X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/bc5057d5500cec9ff7a83e371a70213ff74d937d..d12d4beb903a92d5c2f602546f91a694d39dfcc4:/blog/archive/2020/05/05.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2020/05/05.rss b/blog/archive/2020/05/05.rss index 8036b3b633..67f6668c69 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2020/05/05.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2020/05/05.rss @@ -6,6 +6,39 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + More reliable vlc bittorrent plugin in Debian (version 2.9) + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/More_reliable_vlc_bittorrent_plugin_in_Debian__version_2_9_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/More_reliable_vlc_bittorrent_plugin_in_Debian__version_2_9_.html + Sun, 24 May 2020 17:00:00 +0200 + <p>I am very happy to report that a more reliable +<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc-plugin-bittorrent">VLC +bittorrent plugin</a> was just uploaded into debian. This fixes a +couple of crash bugs in the plugin, hopefully making the VLC +experience even better when streaming directly from a bittorrent +source. The package is currently in Debian unstable, but should be +available in Debian testing in two days. To test it, simply install +it like this:</p> + +<p><pre> +apt install vlc-plugin-bittorrent +</pre></p> + +<p>After it is installed, you can try to use it to play a file +downloaded live via bittorrent like this: + +<p><pre> +vlc https://archive.org/download/Glass_201703/Glass_201703_archive.torrent +</pre></p> + +<p>It also support magnet links and local .torrent files.</p> + +<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> + + + Debian Edu interview: Yvan Masson http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Yvan_Masson.html @@ -73,7 +106,7 @@ than another free software solution, but what I like is the "all in one" solution: everything has been thought of and prepared to ease installation and usage.</p> -I like Free Software because I hate using something that I can not +<p>I like Free Software because I hate using something that I can not understand. I do not say that I can understand everything nor that I want to understand everything, but knowing that someone / some company intentionally prevents me from understanding how things work is really