Bittorrent PVR

BitTorrent has been around for long enough that most people are aware of what a terrific tool it is for the TV lover. As clients like Azureus and µTorrent keep getting stronger and more user friendly, it’s easier than ever to find and download your favorite TV shows on BitTorrent. But the fact is, relative to the easy television scheduling found in the DVR world, it could be a whole lot easier.

Unless you’ve decided to take the plunge and build your own DVR, most BitTorrent clients don’t quite size up when all you want to do is set up a recording and let the shows come to you. Instead, you have to go hunting for new torrents each week and fire up your client to download them. Luckily, things are getting easier. This week I’ll show you how to set up and automate BitTorrent downloads so that you can quit your weekly search for torrents.

The method I’m describing here uses the previously-mentioned free, open source torrent episode downloader, Ted. While Azureus and µTorrent both have built-in RSS parsing and downloading features, Ted is the most user-friendly, simplest solution I’ve seen for downloading television on a schedule, and since all it does is download the torrent and open it in your favorite BitTorrent client, you can use it in conjunction with most popular BitTorrent clients.

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