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DIRECT TORRENT – REAL TIME TORRENT CONTENT STREAMING

MATIJA ČUPIĆ
IGNJATA JOBA 3

INTRODUCTION LITERATURE

The project aims to make streaming video content [1] M. Fowler, Patterns of Enterprise Application
from torrents in real time possible. A client (audio/video Architecture (2002)
player) that reproduces video content contained in torrents [2] D. Austerberry, The Technology of Video and Audio
without waiting for the content to be copied to the local Streaming (2004)
disk and without buffering delays, if there logistical
constraints permit. Extensibility, usability and quality were [3] VideoLan: LibVLC doxygen documentation
accented during production. This approach represents a new (https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/doc/doxygen/html
way of providing access to digital content on-demand. /group__libvlc.html)

METHOD OF OPERATION

It was developed using iterative and incremented
development (prototype development methodology). This
approach is the most efficient way of software development
for the given project parameters (development time,
architecture, platform, use and overall solution size).

RESULTS

An agile system, capable of serving video content
with minimal delay, if the machine on which the client was
started has sufficient internet bandwidth and if technical
conditions permit such streaming speed (peer/seeder ratio
of the torrent). This solutions provides a totally new form of
movie reproduction services, which accents reliability,
intuitivity and fluidity. The platform is modular, and leaves
a lot of headroom for advancement and upgrade. The
usability is one of the main trumps of the project, the target
group is the majority of the population of all age and
education.

CONCLUSION

Realizing this project represents a unique solution
to a problem set that accessing digital multimedia content
via torrents brings. One of possible applications for such a
solution is the development of a desktop based platform
that serves movies on-demand, that unlike Netflix and
similar platforms (web based platforms), doesn’t have the
video reproduction constraints of the browser, and uses less
resources.