Tribler Information & Tribler Links at HealthHaven.com

Tribler
	; Tribler 5.1.2
Developer(s)	The Tribler Team: Delft University of Technology and Vrije Universiteit
Initial release	?
Stable release	5.1.2 (2009-07-02; 5 months ago) [+/−]
Preview release	5.1.2 (July 2, 2009) [+/−]
Written in	Python
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Type	BitTorrent client
License	GPL (free software)
Website	tribler.org

Tribler is a software program for watching TV online.

Specifically, Tribler is an open source Peer-to-Peer client with various features for watching videos online. The user interface of Tribler is very basic and focused on ease of use, instead of including features.^[1] Tribler is based on the BitTorrent protocol and uses an overlay network for content searching.^[2] Due to this overlay network Tribler does not require an external website or indexing service to discover content.^{[citation needed]} Tribler features include: video-only searching, experimental video streaming, and an integrated video player. Tribler is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

The name Tribler stems from the word Tribe, referring to the usage of social networks in this P2P client. The first version of Tribler was a small enhancement on the ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client), leaked out on the web on February 26, 2006.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009 the development team behind Tribler stated that their efforts for the coming years are focussed on integration of Tribler in television hardware.^{[citation needed]}

The latest version 4.1 in the Tribler evolution has just been made public by the Harvard University development team at http://tv.seas.harvard.edu/.

Tribler 4.1 Brand new features^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Features

Tribler adds keyword search ability to the BitTorrent file download protocol using a gossip protocol, somewhat similar to the eXeem network which was shut down in 2005. The software includes the ability to recommend content. After a dozen downloads the Tribler software can roughly estimate the download taste of the user and recommends content.^[3] This feature is based on collaborative filtering, also featured on websites such as Last.fm and Amazon.com. Another feature of Tribler is a limited form of social networking and donation of upload capacity. Tribler includes the ability to mark specific users as online friends. Such friends can be used to increase the download speed of files by using their upload capacity.^[4] Due to these features Tribler differs from other popular BitTorrent clients such as Vuze and μTorrent.

[edit] Development

Tribler created by university researchers which are trying to improve Peer-to-Peer technology.^[5] Tribler is designed to enhance BitTorrent by removing the need for central elements such as the websites for finding content. The aim is to increase performance, reliability, and scalability.

[edit] Uses

The European Union's P2P-Next project to develop an internet television distribution standard will build on Tribler technology under development at the Delft University of Technology.^[6]

[edit] See also

Free software portal

Internet portal

Television portal

Torrent Swapper builds on Tribler

[edit] External links

[edit] References

[0] Milestone Tribler V5.0 | Tribler.org

[1] The BitTorrent overlay swarm|Tribler.org

[2] DecentralizedRecommendation - tribler.org

[3] CooperativeDownload - tribler.org

[4] ttp://www.tribler.org/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/File/CPE-Tribler-final.pdf

[5] BBC NEWS | Technology | Europe funds internet TV standard

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

Contents