Homebrew uTorrent DS?

[Ferrariman]

Why. There is no point.

 

[Mustank]

Win2DS

 

[kennypu]

The point was not to be an actual bitTorrent client, but a remote that controls a bittorrent client being run on a computer, actually read the whole thread if your gonna engage in conversation. We already established that the dswifi libraries and hardware are too slow for any practical torrent downloading, therefore we are looking at alternatives such as maybe a Homebrew uTorrent Remote that hooks into the Web API and looks I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, LOOKS!!! like uTorrent, but is NOT uTorrent, just a program interacting with the uTorrent on your COMPUTER!!! Now that we're all caught up.... Any suggestions on how one should go about this. I've already figured out the HTTP request that would be required of libNDS's getHttp function. (Yes I am going to attempt, but no promises... I'm a very lazy person when I'm not in the mood to code.)

well in that case, there is already a webui for utorrent, which in theory you could use from the nintendo browser, and I'm pretty sure there are already vnc clients/desktop viewer apps for the ds.

Actually uTorrent use AJAX programming, and the Nintendo DS Browser cannot interpret it. Soory, but it's not possible to control uTorrent over the DS. rtorrent over SSH is however a possibility.

I know that the DSi's ds browser supports ajax :3

 

[ShadowEO]

The point was not to be an actual bitTorrent client, but a remote that controls a bittorrent client being run on a computer, actually read the whole thread if your gonna engage in conversation. We already established that the dswifi libraries and hardware are too slow for any practical torrent downloading, therefore we are looking at alternatives such as maybe a Homebrew uTorrent Remote that hooks into the Web API and looks I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, LOOKS!!! like uTorrent, but is NOT uTorrent, just a program interacting with the uTorrent on your COMPUTER!!! Now that we're all caught up.... Any suggestions on how one should go about this. I've already figured out the HTTP request that would be required of libNDS's getHttp function. (Yes I am going to attempt, but no promises... I'm a very lazy person when I'm not in the mood to code.)

well in that case, there is already a webui for utorrent, which in theory you could use from the nintendo browser, and I'm pretty sure there are already vnc clients/desktop viewer apps for the ds.

Actually uTorrent use AJAX programming, and the Nintendo DS Browser cannot interpret it. Soory, but it's not possible to control uTorrent over the DS. rtorrent over SSH is however a possibility.

I would really like to know where you get your information from m-p{3} because uTorrent does not use AJAX Programming, the default webUI does, which can be changed to a non-AJAX WebUI, also it is possible to control uTorrent over the DS with calls straight to the WebAPI, make a few pages that output info about a torrent that can be parsed into a table along with pages that start, stop or pause downloads. Also to burst your bubble.. Look up uTorrentMUI and tell me that's AJAX, there is no tags within that anywhere! Now, please go and spill your misinformation elsewhere, Besides, a uTorrent Remote UI has been created in Flash, HTML, VB.NET, possibly C#.net and they all connect through the WebUI. It is extremely possible to control on the DS, Someone just has to either make a set of auto-refreshing webpages or make a client in C for the DS.

 

[omgmog]

You guys throw around terms such as 'AJAX' as if it's some mystifying language... It's just XML/Javascript/CSS used together, nothing special about it.

As ShadowEO said before me, the WebUI for uTorrent has an API.

A page could be created that uses a static HTML page, instead of one powered by AJAX.

 

[kennypu]

you can basicly just make a simple web page on your computer, access it from your ds and make commands to utorrent right? That shouldn't be too bad, if the commands can be sent using simple buttons and forms :3

 

[ShadowEO]

You guys throw around terms such as 'AJAX' as if it's some mystifying language... It's just XML/Javascript/CSS used together, nothing special about it.

As ShadowEO said before me, the WebUI for uTorrent has an API.

A page could be created that uses a static HTML page, instead of one powered by AJAX.
Thank you very much, It's good to know that not everyone in this topic is misinformed about how the uTorrent WebAPI works.

QUOTE(kennypu @ May 23 2009, 02:01 PM) you can basicly just make a simple web page on your computer, access it from your ds and make commands to utorrent right? That shouldn't be too bad, if the commands can be sent using simple buttons and forms :3

I know, I used the uTorrentMUI webUI so that I could access from my DS once, It worked great.

 

[Maz7006]

The ultimate solution: buy an eeePC.

Point made.

The most intelligent answer i saw in this thread,

Utorrent for DS

wont work and completely useless.

 

[ShadowEO]

The ultimate solution: buy an eeePC.

Point made.

The most intelligent answer i saw in this thread,

Utorrent for DS

wont work and completely useless.

Your being as unintelligent as the person who said that.
1) It's already been established that a native Torrent Client is useless on the DS.
2) We're looking into controlling the torrent software through it's web advanced programming interface (API)
3) 1 and 2 are more intelligent than the person who said to buy an EeePC and your useless comment about how all os us talking of programming a new UI to connect to and control a already running uTorrent on the COMPUTER using a DS. Is all of this registering in your head now or is it still going in one ear, out the other like a Neanderthal. Please, read the whole topic, and get your information correct before posting things that have already been established and instead of the useless comments like that, help us find an alternative that will still work on the DS.

Good day to you SIR!

 

[omgmog]

So the next step now would be producing a website optimised for the DS screen, using the uTorrent webAPI as referenced here - http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=25661

looks to me as if the reference guides listed there return the data in the form of a JSON feed, which I'm pretty sure can be interpreted by the nintendo ds browser (as it's just javascript, and the nintendo browser _is_ opera).

failing that, it might be possible to create/host a PHP file on the server (or a median server) hosting the utorrent client/web ui, have the PHP parse the JSON into a database, and then have that PHP page served to the DS.. Would get around any Javascript problems.

 

[mad maniak]

So the next step now would be producing a website optimised for the DS screen, using the uTorrent webAPI as referenced here - http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=25661

looks to me as if the reference guides listed there return the data in the form of a JSON feed, which I'm pretty sure can be interpreted by the nintendo ds browser (as it's just javascript, and the nintendo browser _is_ opera).

failing that, it might be possible to create/host a PHP file on the server (or a median server) hosting the utorrent client/web ui, have the PHP parse the JSON into a database, and then have that PHP page served to the DS.. Would get around any Javascript problems.

Not everyone with a DS has access to the Opera browser (no EzFlash 3in1 or no DSi for instance), so a non-javascript solution would be king (for me for instance, it would).

But if that wouldn't be feasible, I'd buy a EzFlash 3in1 just for this.

MM

 

[ShadowEO]

So the next step now would be producing a website optimised for the DS screen, using the uTorrent webAPI as referenced here - http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=25661

looks to me as if the reference guides listed there return the data in the form of a JSON feed, which I'm pretty sure can be interpreted by the nintendo ds browser (as it's just javascript, and the nintendo browser _is_ opera).

failing that, it might be possible to create/host a PHP file on the server (or a median server) hosting the utorrent client/web ui, have the PHP parse the JSON into a database, and then have that PHP page served to the DS.. Would get around any Javascript problems.

QUOTE(omgmog @ May 24 2009, 09:49 AM) So the next step now would be producing a website optimised for the DS screen, using the uTorrent webAPI as referenced here - http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=25661

looks to me as if the reference guides listed there return the data in the form of a JSON feed, which I'm pretty sure can be interpreted by the nintendo ds browser (as it's just javascript, and the nintendo browser _is_ opera).

failing that, it might be possible to create/host a PHP file on the server (or a median server) hosting the utorrent client/web ui, have the PHP parse the JSON into a database, and then have that PHP page served to the DS.. Would get around any Javascript problems.

Not everyone with a DS has access to the Opera browser (no EzFlash 3in1 or no DSi for instance), so a non-javascript solution would be king (for me for instance, it would).

But if that wouldn't be feasible, I'd buy a EzFlash 3in1 just for this.

MM

It is completely feasible not the have Javascript within the WebUI at all. I encourage anyone who wants to try and work on this to look up uTorrentMUI, download it, then study the code. It uses absolutely no JSON or JS period. omgmog your idea is also correct, that could be done as well. But when I was using the uTorrentMUI webUI it functioned perfectly inside DSOrganize.

Also I know that Antoligy is attempting a PHP version of it, I told him that I'm not sure if uTorrent can use external CGIs but it could be possible.
Another problem would be turning off the Authentication that uTorrent uses since the browsers cannot do authentication except for Opera.

 

[mad maniak]

So... is anyone actually working on this right now?

(In no means I am trying to be pushy.

)

 

[ShadowEO]

Yes, I believe someone is, but it will not download torrents on your DS, just allow you to control torrents on the PC

 

[omgmog]

If there is enough interest in this I might work on something, but I haven't got any free time until the end of June because of finals.

 

[KingdomBlade]

How using a RAM expansion?

 

[omgmog]

I meant I would eventually work on a webUI to be used with the Nintendo browser, or bunjalloo, or DSOrganize

 

[mad maniak]

I meant I would eventually work on a webUI to be used with the Nintendo browser, or bunjalloo, or DSOrganize

That would be epic win, so please do!
In any case, school goes first. Good luck with that.

 

[Sarvesh50]

utoorent for the dsi would be pretty cool with the better wifi shit its faster

 

[MockTurtle]

uTorrent MiniUI works on th DSi