Test №2 Broadcasting over the BitTorrent protocol, based on Torrent Stream software

Yesterday we released the alpha version of Torrent Stream 1.0.6 (for Windows) and launched the first test broadcast in Full HD (1080p) format, with a bitrate of up to 9 Mb / s.

habrahabr.ru/company/torrentstream/blog/146358

This was clearly an overkill, as many users simply could not, due to such high demands, take part in testing the Live Stream feature or simply ran into problems while playing.
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Considering what a furore on the Internet and in particular on Habré ( habrahabr.ru/post/138216 ) made a test launch of the on-air broadcast Bram Cohen, through his new creation BTLive , where the test was broadcast with a bitrate of 512kbit / s (almost 20 times lower than the broadcast included by us), we made conclusions and included a new test broadcast with a lower bitrate (up to 3 Mbit / s) so that the maximum number of people could take part in the test and test the technology normally.

We could not stand it and again turned on the broadcast with a higher bitrate (up to 7 Mb / s) !!!

In general, let's try to spin 720p, and if there are few active testers who pull this speed, then we will return again to broadcast from 3 Mbit / s



Software installation:

1. Uninstall the previously installed version of the Torrent Stream software (for those who already have the Torrent Stream software installed) Instructions for reinstalling the plugin

2. Download and install the test version of Torrent Stream 1.0.6 Full software (currently only for Windows)
Direct download link "

Test number 2 720p , with a bit rate of up to 7 Mbps; (video: h264 / AVC; audio: AAC)

Attention! To participate in the test number 2, you must comply with the minimum requirements:

- The speed of the Internet connection should be at least 7 Mbit / c (Please, on the lower channels do not even try to start playing this test, in order not to spoil the impression of the technology and not mislead us by saying that something is buggy and .P )
- The power of your processor should allow you to play video in the specified resolution with the appropriate bit rate, using no more than 60% of the resources. You can also try to turn on TS Player settings (desktop player included in Torrent Stream 1.0.6 Full installation package), the option “use video accelerator” to remove the load from the CPU (this option does not work with all GPUs, but you should try )

1. Playing in the web player. Go to the test page torrentstream.org/stream/test.php and start playing

2. Playing in the desktop player .

Option №1 Download the test file (analog / modification of the torrent file) and start playing it in TS Player (desktop player included in the Torrent Stream 1.0.6 Full installation software package) Download file: test.tslive

Option # 2 Copy the content ID (Content ID) and use it as a source by entering it in the appropriate field of the player (Media - Open Torrent Stream Player). Content ID: 605a6130dcbd3ab6a892e199c2035c30e1f56039

For information: On the test page indicated the number of peers connected to the broadcast (
Total peers); the number of compounds / peers (Helping); download speed stream (Down); flow rate (Up)

Ps . If you have delays / departures for buffering during playback, look at the download speed of the stream, and if it slows down the picture (frame / slideshow) look at the processor load

PPS New test version of the software, as well as everything you need for the tests, you can find on our forum, in the topic Testing the Torrent Stream 1.0.6 software (for Windows) (Ru)