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Hi all,

Here at Mininova we are working continuously on ways to improve our platform. One example is our content distribution service, where we offer producers and artists a way to expose and share their work with BitTorrent users.

Today, we decided to extend our platform and run a trial with content recognition. This basically means that likely infringing video files referred to by torrents are checked by a third party content recognition system. If the system finds that the file corresponds to unauthorized content, we remove and block the torrent that refers to this file on Mininova.

We hope that this system will make it easier for copyright owners to remove torrents that refer to infringing content from Mininova, while still offering the best platform to our users.

Cheers!

The Mininova staff

Hi there,

A quick update about a new and cool feature we just implemented: personal bookmarks! From now on, logged-in users can bookmark their favorite torrents.

After clicking the “Add to bookmarks” button, a torrent will be added to the list of bookmarked torrents available at “My bookmarks“. Bookmarking is convenient if you want to save a torrent so you can quickly find it back.

Another useful (and more powerful) scenario is remote downloading.

How does it work? In most BitTorrent clients (for example: uTorrent) you are able to poll an RSS feed. Go to the “My bookmarks” page we just described, and copy your “personal feed” URL. In uTorrent, click the “RSS Downloader” button and add the feed URL from your clipboard.

Now, go to “Favorites”, add a new filter (the name doesn’t matter) and enter “*” as “Filter” and choose a download folder at “Save in”. You’re done, click “Close” to make

Now, if you’re at work and see the latest album of your favorite featured artist, just hit the “Add to bookmarks” button. The torrent is added to your bookmarks and personal feed, and within a few minutes your BitTorrent client at home will refresh the feed and notice the new torrent. Your client will then start downloading the torrent in the background, so when you come home you can listen to the album right away. No need for WebUI’s, port forwarding, and exposing local computers in your home network.

Do you like this feature? Or would you like to see any changes? Please let us know in the comments. We might not answer all comments, but we surely read them!

Thanks!

Hi all,

We’re excited to announce several new (and in our opinion, very cool) features! Let’s kick off:

Streaming of distributed music torrents

In close cooperation with the guys from BitLet, we added a “stream this music” button to torrents containing music (MP3/OGG Vorbis) files (example). This feature allows you to play the music right in your browser, without the need to download the content with a BitTorrent client. Note that this feature is only enabled on distributed (featured) torrents. Artists who’re interested in this feature: sign up for our free Content Distribution service.

Updating seeds/leechers statistics

This one was on top of the list of requested features. Our scraper system updates all torrent statistics several time a day. Many people think this is not enough, so we added an “update” button. With just one click, the statistics are up-to-date again. Note that this feature is only available for registered users, and there’s a time constraint per user and per torrent.

Tracking your comments

This is a nice feature for our active commenters. We already had the my torrents page, and now there’s also my comments. Did you forget where you left a comment? Just check out this page to find it back.

Mininova toolbar

Last, but absolutely not least, we’re happy to announce the Mininova Toolbar. This toolbar (available for Firefox and Internet Explorer, Windows/Linux/Mac) is the perfect way to stay in touch with Mininova. The toolbar features integrated RSS feeds, category browsing, quick shortcuts and of course torrent searching in your browser. Give it a try: the toolbar is absolutely spyware/adware free!

Do you miss some features? Or have you got an awesome idea? Please let us know, and we’ll look into it

Thanks!