A new P2P distribution method...

Gottaname · Post by **Gottaname** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 7:23 am

I came across this excellent way of P2P distibution
http://www.anime-source.com/html/module ... ge&pid=197
The good thing about this sytem is:
1. Doesn't need a program to run. It only needs a script.
2. If you download, you have to upload, or else you can't download.
3. With this new system, it actually makes your download go faster.

Well, it's quite a simple plan. Basically, you just click and download normally off a link on a downloads page. What this program does is that if you're downloading, and another dude comes along to d/l the same file, he will connect to you instead of connecting to the server, this script is rigged in a way that you cannot stop uploading if another guy starts d/ling a file. In this way, your computer is turned into a node for others to d/l as well for you to d/l other users who are logged on before you, because of this, the speed could be higher than normal P2P networks and it could be even faster in fact.

Ashton · Post by **Ashton** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 7:27 am

Wow... that sounds really great... but.. uhh... why is it that you are always looking for hosting solutions? It seems like your entire mission here on the org is to provide hosting solutions? Are you just a really nice guy?

Gottaname · Post by **Gottaname** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 7:34 am

Yes, I'm going to cambodia on a mission trip tommorrow... hell, I volunteered

, I'll post up some pics when I return...
But that's not the problem, I'm now working with some internet pals whom I know since 1999 (Their site is the above link), they started up a site where you can download fansubs and they have spent much more time reserching into these technologies, since most ppl here at a-m-v.org have problems with hosting, this might be the answer... with this program, the possiblity of using Home Servers to serve AMVs and fansubs can be truly realized...

Ashton · Post by **Ashton** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 7:40 am

egad this is cool! Tell me Gottaname, is there anyway that you can run a tracker from animeconnection? That would be ubber cool, and then we could all exchange AMV ubber fast!

Gottaname · Post by **Gottaname** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 8:09 am

Sure, why not? But like the link I just posted, it's still being setup... and the home server I'm building isn't ready yet, But I can gurantee that this sytem will be working by June...

Ashton · Post by **Ashton** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 8:26 am

BTW, for the time being, where do I find a tracker?

Garylisk · Post by **Garylisk** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:10 am

Yeah, I heard about BitTorrent a while back and thought it sounded cool. I'll probably start using it once I get broadband again.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 12:20 pm

Bittorrent is likely not going to help you with amv distrobution at all. The way bittorrent works is on the assumption that many people are constantly downloading the same file. This probably isn't the case with your AMVs. Back when I was hosting all my amvs on my own server, I rarely had more than two people downloading at a time. Now maybe just no one likes my videos, and you get much higher response than that, but unless you consistently have about 3-4 or more people leeching the same video, bittorrent is pretty much useless.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 7:40 pm

how about someone set up, a DC channel we can use to disro our AMV's? that way even the people that are behind firewalls and have their comp on a network can esily and quickly get all our AMV's out there for everyone to see?

§_Akuma_§ · Post by **§_Akuma_§** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 7:53 pm

CaTaClYsM wrote:how about someone set up, a DC channel we can use to disro our AMV's? that way even the people that are behind firewalls and have their comp on a network can esily and quickly get all our AMV's out there for everyone to see?

we have already tryed that many times already and no one seems to be interested in it. lol isnt that right Garylisk? ^_^