The new way I'm downloading stuffs...

[esco123]

how did you guys get it to play HD?

IceFilms addon has plenty of stuff in HD. Using 180 and LU hosting should give you enough speed for live streaming of HD content.

Thanks I'll take a look. Was after TV episodes in HD

[theemaster]

Do any of you guys use XBMC? 1channel? IceFilms? Etc...? Maybe some of you have heard of this but I hadn't.

I spoke to tesco recently about my internet problems with Comcast throttling/blocking Usenet. It's a long story but I basically can't use Usenet since I've moved to the Denver area.

Not, that I’m doubting you about the “throttling” (I've seen it) but why don’t you try vpn’s or ssh forwarding.. some kind of 3rd party routing to move data around..?

I’ve lived in Denver and gotten usenet data off of Comcast.. but I mean qwest does unlimited so if you can something decent going like 15 mbit..? maybe that’d be better (qwest’s network sucks though but that doesn't mean they can't move data..)

Sorry, their not QWEST now.. whatever their new name is frontline or something

Also remember easynews does auto-extraction for you through their 3rd party interface.. your supposed to be able to stream videos and stuff maybe without downloading from the usenet and unrar/unpar..

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Also let me give you one other solution that know one would ever think of but me.. you could rent (could be pricey or cheap) a server or collocate one in a data center where usenet is ran.. than you could download internally through (Ethernet, though they may or may not count that as a bandwidth charge.. you'd have to ask/talk about it)

Straight from the usenet into that server.. you could do all your unrar/par through that server.. than you could VPN into it or whatnot.. and play videos through it to your home computer like it was just a computer you had in another room (assuming encryption/internet wasn't shaky on you)

[KFlint]

Straight from the usenet into that server.. you could do all your unrar/par through that server.. than you could VPN into it or whatnot.. and play videos through it to your home computer like it was just a computer you had in another room (assuming encryption/internet wasn't shaky on you)

are you for real...?

Try XBMC addons and you'll see how simple and efficient it is.

[esco123]

+1 i recommend this, its not to replace your main way of downloading. just as something different to use imo

[s6h9i]

Heh that's what I originally thought as well OP. Then you realize how horrid playback is and if the streaming site gets saturated, good luck scrubbing to a previous position. Don't forget when a plugin breaks/hasn't been updated when there's a minor css change on the site. It's a crapshoot. Just automate everything locally and you'll never look back.

[DngrMs]

...It's a [free] crapshoot...

I just [fixed] that for you.

[s6h9i]

...It's a [free] crapshoot...

I just [fixed] that for you.

Does that make it any less of a crapshoot? It won't be free when your BP shoots to 190 over 110 after the 50th time of scrubbing to your last position. Everyone pays in one way or another.

[DngrMs]

I just [fixed] that for you.

Does that make it any less of a crapshoot? It won't be free when your BP shoots to 190 over 110 after the 50th time of scrubbing to your last position. Everyone pays in one way or another.

No it doesn't. But it's hard to compete with free.

The gist of this thread is that it's a good supplement to local content - I don't want to have to store 1 million episodes of Friends just because my GF wants to watch one of them once in a blue moon. And since it's free it doesn't really hurt much to check it out.

It's far from perfect but it's better than nothing.

[s6h9i]

No it doesn't. But it's hard to compete with free.

The gist of this thread is that it's a good supplement to local content - I don't want to have to store 1 million episodes of Friends just because my GF wants to watch one of them once in a blue moon. And since it's free it doesn't really hurt much to check it out.

It's far from perfect but it's better than nothing.

Supplement, sure. OP's post and title clearly suggest replacement. I just wanted to offer hope (albeit a bit late) that there are other solutions to OP's inconvenient setup (manual unraring/constant interaction).

As a side-note, understand that free isn't always better than nothing when it starts to compound your opportunity cost. Value your time. Cheers.

[shyflyguy]

this is pretty cool thanks for the info