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Using Jäger with BitTorrent

edit David Janes 2004-06-15 04:22 UTC 1  comment  ·

BitTorrent is a technology that speeds up file downloading by sharing the network load across all the users. With its RSS 2 enclosure support, Jäger now works quite nicely with this software. Here's how you do it:

  • download and install a copy of the BitTorrent client.
  • subscribe to an weblog that provides BitTorrent information as RSS enclosures. For example, drag this link over to your copy of Jäger.

When new "torrents" become available, they'll be listed with a little paperclip in the main window.

  • To download, do either "Actions > Open Attachments" or right-click in the list and select "Open Attachment".
  • Jäger will then ask your browser to open the attachment, which will in turn call the BitTorrent client to do the work (this is less clumsy than it sounds).
  • Enjoy your downloaded file

Don't forget to leave a small donation over at the BitTorrent site when you get the chance. Once you've done this you can turn off the annoyware component of BitTorrent by creating a file called "C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\donated".

We don't have an automated downloading function yet, though a fair portion of this code is written. Do you want this? Send us a note or leave a comment.

Comment #1sulleleven

2004-09-25 11:41:54
hi,
i am just about to try jager. thanks.
i think download management of some sort will be wise. I am researching this whole bit torrent with rss enclosure concept (thats how I found jager).

sull