Remote Control

I would like to requestthe remote control feature, where I can control utorrent running from a remote machine by a browser like IE or Firefox. This feature is like Swing Web Interface for Azureus.

It should:-

- listing the torrent(s) running.

- allow add a torrent.

- stop, start a torrent.

- Set upload/download bandwidth.

maybe you could just simply use TightVNC ?

http://www.tightvnc.com/

That would mean for controling it from work etc, you would need to install it, and hope the company firewall doesn't block the port..

Where as, I'd assuming 100% of corprate firewalls allow port 80, for websites.. (Yeh you could set it to use port 80, but you still need to install it, besides, it's far easier just to visit a DynDNS url, and login..)

The only things stoping me uninstalling Azuerus justnow are :

No plugins (Which would solve this, and loads of other requets.. )

No DHT

I still have a few torrents downloading in Azuerus..

I find Azuerus far far more reliable (in terms of speed), which I'm sure is mainly due to the decentralised tracker thing..

Hmm.. Theres tiny programs that allow you to send (sort of) button clicks to a program (Like : Do File > Exit, so you'd do theProgram.exe File,Exit)

Using this, you could do very basic remote control, using PHP and a webserver on your PC..

<?PHP
if($_GET['exit']=="true"){
system("theProgram.exe File,Exit");
}
?>
<a href="theFile.php?exit=true">exit</a>

But it's really basic..

Something that would allow you to add a torrent from a URL, pause/start torrents, set speeds, etc, as mentioned, would be great..

It's a huge shame that uTorrent doesn't support plugins, as a optional thing ("Make a folder called plugin in the same folder as the EXE and put this in"), so people coudl still have their tiny 90kb barebones, efficant Bittorrent downloader, and people that want more features, can have their 90kb torrent downloader, with 300 plugins..

Doing that would mean people who never download using RSS feeds wouldn't need to have this feature, but people that want it, and don't mind the (tiny) performance hit could use it..

Keeps everyone happy, no?

- Ben

Well sort of.

What I would like is to have a webinterface run on the port I wish that would allow me to run it on something like either torrentflux(if you guys can talk to them about the software they do, and output a linux version, then... well you would capture about 20% of the market like that!)

Love you software thou, paypaled you $20, (another linux geek looking for the linux version). Of course the $20 was for your work and what a great program you have done.... not to get you to do linux ;-) would be nice thou.

Love you software thou, paypaled you $20, (another linux geek looking for the linux version). Of course the $20 was for your work and what a great program you have done.... not to get you to do linux ;-) would be nice thou.

Hi, I never got a $20 donation, are you sure it went through correctly?

Thanks

/Ludde

Love you software thou, paypaled you $20, (another linux geek looking for the linux version). Of course the $20 was for your work and what a great program you have done.... not to get you to do linux ;-) would be nice thou.

Hi, I never got a $20 donation, are you sure it went through correctly?

Thanks

/Ludde

He's a liar.

I would just like to resurect this thread to say that I to would like some sort of ability to control uTorrent remotely. I used to use Azureus (like most people around here) and I had the XmlHttp plugin installed, as well as the Dashboard Widget on my iBook, and this made it really easy to have my desktop PC running as a file server, and my iBook would just access Azureus via the Widget (adding torrents, removing, checking speeds, etc.). This was also suppose to work over the internet as well, but I actually never got around to trying it.

I'm sure I could write the Widget, just that I need the right functionality built into the program. I agree that having a plugin system would allow for the 'micro' part to hold true, but also provide a much more expansive program in the end.

I actually like this idea, particularly because it could be used from inside a LAN. But I reckon this is not very common among most users.

He's a liar.

If you're questioning ludde's integrity, you may as well say this entire forum is an information farm designed to learn about your surfing habits and to find exploits to install more spyware on your computer. It makes you look like an ass

Look at the quote. He was referring to MeriX's post on the donation.

Well, since he included ludde's post in his quote, I'm still assuming he was referring to ludde. If he meant just MeriX then he probably should have just quoted his post only XD

To bring this thread back on topic and to second what dyck15 suggested, I too would like to see a XML over HTTP plugin. I would love to leave Azureus, but I have grown to love the Azureus Dashboard Widget. I'm sure that widgets for Konfabulator/Dashboard could be written to provide remote control for the Windows/OSX crowd.

I think this feature would be awesome. But i think there's one problem which is overlooked easily.

(If it's crappy english, i'm sorry)

Íf Utorrent is going to have a webserver feature, you'll probably be able to add torrents to Utorrent by entering the URL for the *.torrent file.

BUT some private trackers work with hashes. That means you'd have to be logged in first to even be able to download the torrent at all. It's not ip binded.

Is this implementable ?

maybe it could transfer the torrent files to your local machine, and run them from there.

I'd love to see this too - or better still - have utorrent publish a RSS feed of current torrrent status - it would be relatively easy to do and lightweight, not to mention easier to maintain.

Im against VNC...you can let someone else work on THAT computer when you use Web Interface, not VNC!

I'm using azureus right now on a win2k box, I use mac os x as my main desktop and since I'm completely dependant on the azureus widget I would like to see the XML over HTTP option in utorrent to switch, I would be glad to code a widget to utorrent users using this interface.

So +1 from me on this feature.

the webui is currently developed.. there's a private beta.. it'll probably be released to public as a beta soon..

Just for those of you that don't know, a web interface is already in the works and is currently in BETA.

EDIT: dAbReAkA

Anyone know when the webui is likely to go into public beta? I'd really like to give it a shot.

Dunno , it still has quite a few issues but they've done a really good job so far so it might not be far off.

Too much issues for a public beta yet IMO.

Indeed, that's my opinion as well. Besides that, Directrix is in the middle of rewriting the table code (sorta... more like incorporating a new one), so that'd probably have to undergo some further testing. Who knows though.

I would be glad to implement the widget for utorrent!! I will switch to utorrent then!

good to hear!

thanks

Holy thread resurrection, Batman! Sorry, had to do it. Is anyone still thinking they might make a Konfabulator (now Yahoo) widget?

Oh? I don't think that was ever suggested before.