Furious BitTorrent users for the replacement of Xvid files to MP4!

Great inconvenience has caused to the BitTorrent user community-and in particular those who download TV series, the recent announcement of the adoption of new norms and replace files Xvid / avi with MP4/x264.




In particular, popular groups such as LOL, MOMENTUM, ASAP, and many others published a paper called The SD x264 TV Releasing Standards 2012, which discloses the transition to the standard x264 files which mainly HD, explaining that provides better compression and is generally the most advanced encoder at the moment.


However, this is not enough to convince angry "pirates" who inundate websites with torrents and other abusive comments protest. The reason is that many DVD players and other players do not support MP4, and therefore either can not watch the episodes of their favorite TV series or any time you have to convert the files to a compatible type.

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BitTorrent will bring the uTorrent application soon to Android smartphones / tablets!

How would you feel if you had the option to download torrents directly from your Android smartphone or tablet that you own? Interestingly enough, we would say, considering that most high-end devices can streamaroun content on TVs via DLNA or MHL link.

Currently, there are several applications in the Android Market operating as "remotes" for uTorrent client computers, but this time the authors are preparing a native BitTorrent client devices for Android, but no mention of when it is available.




The aim of BitTorrent Inc. is extended to the mobile market, after already using the uTorrent client more than 140 million users worldwide, and prepare the corresponding version for Linux. However, there are no thoughts about iOS, since Apple does not want to have anything to do with BitTorrent and its applications, because they stimulate piracy.

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Removal of the torrents from Pirate Bay on 29 February!

The popular website The Pirate Bay announced that as of February 29 will cease to offer files for download. Torrent, deleting many of them shared by more than 10 users.

Nevertheless, the announcement is not related to the possible closure of the website but the decision to replace the specific type of file called magnet links (already offered on site by default against the torrents).


In practice, the process of using the service remains the same, while the only change that might be the time to start the download. This is because the magnet links require a few seconds more until you start downloading, and especially in cases where files are shared between a limited number of users.


On the other hand, the existence of magnet links contribute significantly to the discharge of the web servers with an indicative example of the portability of the entire contents of the site on a USB stick! Moreover, the transition to type the file Pirate Bay will be able to avoid any legal problems, no longer hosting files that lead to illegal content.

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The torrents do not affect the U.S. Box Office!

With torrents sites closing one after the other (see Megaupload, Filesonic, BTJunkie), the data comes to reverse a new study suggests that illegal file-sharing related little or nothing to the U.S. Box Office.


The study conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota Wellesley College as noted, reduced sales of the International Office Vox mainly related to delayed releases of films in the world than the U.S..


In other words, the research suggests that users tend to download movies when they are available on the internet and have not even released in their country, which is the responsibility of the film industry.


"The findings suggest that the International Box Office was low at least 7% compared with the sales would have achieved freedom from the early releases torrents. Instead, the U.S. Box Office does not appear to be affected by piracy. We believe that this is responsible for delaying the legitimate movement of the film world. "

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