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+ <title>VLC in Debian now can do bittorrent streaming</title>
+ <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/VLC_in_Debian_now_can_do_bittorrent_streaming.html</link>
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+ <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 21:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
+ <description><p>Back in February, I got curious to see
+<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Using_VLC_to_stream_bittorrent_sources.html">if
+VLC now supported Bittorrent streaming</a>. It did not, despite the
+fact that the idea and code to handle such streaming had been floating
+around for years. I did however find
+<a href="https://github.com/johang/vlc-bittorrent">a standalone plugin
+for VLC</a> to do it, and half a year later I decided to wrap up the
+plugin and get it into Debian. I uploaded it to NEW a few days ago,
+and am very happy to report that it
+<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc-plugin-bittorrent">entered
+Debian</a> a few hours ago, and should be available in Debian/Unstable
+tomorrow, and Debian/Testing in a few days.</p>
+
+<p>With the vlc-plugin-bittorrent package installed you should be able
+to stream videos using a simple call to</p>
+
+<p><blockquote><pre>
+vlc https://archive.org/download/TheGoat/TheGoat_archive.torrent
+</pre></blockquote></p>
+
+</p>It can handle magnet links too. Now if only native vlc had
+bittorrent support. Then a lot more would be helping each other to
+share public domain and creative commons movies. The plugin need some
+stability work with seeking and picking the right file in a torrent
+with many files, but is already usable. Please note that the plugin
+is not removing downloaded files when vlc is stopped, so it can fill
+up your disk if you are not careful. Have fun. :)</p>
+
+<p>I would love to get help maintaining this package. Get in touch if
+you are interested.</p>
+
+<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
+activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
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<title>Using the Kodi API to play Youtube videos</title>
<link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Using_the_Kodi_API_to_play_Youtube_videos.html</link>
Also, "aptutude upgrade" can upgrade single packages, thus avoiding
the need for using "dpkg -i" in the script above.</p>
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- <title>The worlds only stone power plant?</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_worlds_only_stone_power_plant_.html</link>
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- <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 10:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
- <description><p>So far, at least hydro-electric power, coal power, wind power,
-solar power, and wood power are well known. Until a few days ago, I
-had never heard of stone power. Then I learn about a quarry in a
-mountain in
-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremanger">Bremanger</a> i
-Norway, where
-<a href="https://www.bontrup.com/en/activities/raw-materials/bremanger-quarry/">the
-Bremanger Quarry</a> company is extracting stone and dumping the stone
-into a shaft leading to its shipping harbour. This downward movement
-in this shaft is used to produce electricity. In short, it is using
-falling rocks instead of falling water to produce electricity, and
-according to its own statements it is producing more power than it is
-using, and selling the surplus electricity to the Norwegian power
-grid. I find the concept truly amazing. Is this the worlds only
-stone power plant?</p>
-
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