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OG Xbox Forums => XBMC for Xbox Forums => Software Forums => XBMC Python Scripting Forum => Topic started by: Doodmar on November 09, 2004, 08:43:00 PM

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Doodmar on November 09, 2004, 08:43:00 PM

Ok, I just downloaded the BitTorrent python script for XMBC. I followed the directions in the readme to the best of my ability. So, I put it in the scripts folder on my xbox. When I go to launch the script, next the the script filename it says [Running] for like a half a second, then it stops, when I press the white button it gives me this error message

##################################

Scripts Output
-->Python Initialized<--
Traceback (most recent call last):
File 'W:\scripts\torrent\BITBOX.PY', line 13, in ?
from BitTorrent.download import download
ImportError: No module named BitTorrent.download

##################################

I have absolutely no clue on how to fix this. Can someone give me some kind of n00b tutorial on how to make this work?

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: akm2b on November 10, 2004, 12:53:00 AM

did you copy the .py file AND the folder to your scripts dir...
if yes ... show me your config ...

2b

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Skyblast on November 10, 2004, 09:50:00 AM

Where'd you find it? The link I see for it from xbmc's python scripts site has been dead for a while now, and I'd really like to try it.

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: bong888 on November 10, 2004, 05:31:00 PM

looks like you need to edit the py.

open up with notepad.

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Doodmar on November 10, 2004, 06:12:00 PM

F:\Apps\XMBC\scripts\torrent\BITXBOX.PY

and also

F:\Apps\XMBC\scripts\torrent\BitTorrent\ <-- this has all the files that came with it

When I opened the .rar it had like 3 readme's and BITXBOX.PY and a folder with all the other files in it.

What do I need to edit in the .PY file?

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: triggernum5 on November 10, 2004, 10:42:00 PM

That script was written prior to many python updates.. I'll take a look at it.. The error you showed however is kinda odd though.. That part of the language doesn't change.. do you see Downlod.py/pyc in the bittorrent directory?

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: akm2b on November 11, 2004, 01:24:00 AM

QUOTE

F:\Apps\XMBC\scripts\torrent\BITXBOX.PY

and also

F:\Apps\XMBC\scripts\torrent\BitTorrent\ <-- this has all the files that came with it

I have the bitxbox.py and the bittorrent folder in the root scripts dir ... and had no problems ... try not puttin it in an extra dir ...

you have to edit these:

source = ''
destination = 'F:\\Media\\Download\\'
dirselect = 'E:\\test\\'

source : leave empty and you get an open file dialog
destinaion: destination = 'F:\\Media\\Download\\' for downloading to F:\media\download
dirselect: dirselect = 'F:\\media\\download\\' for picking the torrent files from f:\media\download

if you take f:\media\download as your dir ... ftp the torrent files there and start the script
make sure that there are only ftp conform characters in the filename

the torrent script can be found here :
http://xbmc.evo-x.de/script.html

2b

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: bong888 on November 11, 2004, 11:16:00 AM

any 1 know how 2 host with this app?
and set up sever?

iv tried but seems quite hard.
any1 tried this yet?

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Doodmar on November 11, 2004, 12:34:00 PM

EDIT: Yes, I see the download.py and download.pyc in the BitTorrent directory

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: bong888 on November 11, 2004, 12:47:00 PM

the source id used to grap torrents of the web and can also be used for downloading any file off the web .

yes point to directery with torrents in & yes u can change the name

if u leave the source blank will go to torrent select.

if any 1 knows any thing about hosting, would be nice
i did not understand that side of it.

#thanx

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Doodmar on November 11, 2004, 06:24:00 PM

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Doodmar on November 11, 2004, 09:14:00 PM

Ok, I just thought of something. Does it matter if the filenames are all in upper case? I havent been able to FTP to my xbox lately so I have been burning CD's with nero(Then I just copy the CD to where I want it). It makes all the filenames in uppercase, no matter what I do. Could this be the problem?

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: akm2b on November 12, 2004, 12:37:00 AM

It seems that your Nero makes your filenames oldschoool MSdos compatible (8.3) ... ?
That can be a problem if some filenames are longer than 8 characters
Switch to "ISO Level 3" And check "Joliet" ...

Obiously he can not find the BitTorrent Dir.
The error is on line 13
"from BitTorrent.download import download"
So have you reftp'd it to your root scripts dir ?

Another Problem could be:
Do you have a / the latest Python Package installed? Which build of XBMC are you running?

2b

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Skyblast on November 12, 2004, 03:04:00 PM

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Doodmar on November 12, 2004, 07:56:00 PM

QUOTE

the torrent script can be found here :
http://xbmc.evo-x.de/script.html

Yes I have it in the root scripts dir now. I'll reburn with those settings to see if that works.

I have the latest xbmc (10-29-04) and whatever python that came with that.

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Doodmar on November 12, 2004, 08:49:00 PM

I just reinstalled xbmc with the caps off (thx akm2b) and it worked!

Now I just gotta get better Dl speeds.

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: KidOtaku on December 01, 2004, 08:51:00 PM

Hey everyone,

I installed the bittorrent script, and it seems to work, as I can see the downloaded file size increasing on the disk. However, I can't seem to get to the download progress page, supposedly reached by pressing the white button, according to the documentation.

Anybody knows why it doesn't work? Could it be because I'm using a recent version of XBMC?

Thanks guys!

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: harrypotter333 on December 04, 2004, 11:31:00 PM

try and copy keymap.xml from your previous build to your recent build, worked for me

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: triggernum5 on December 15, 2004, 08:25:00 AM

White should get you there, but word of advice: If you try to look at script output while the xbox is Checking Existing File, it will probably freeze/crash..

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Master-Chief on December 15, 2004, 01:46:00 PM

Get the Torrent Browser. It can be found here:

http://dwl.xboxmediacenter.de/index.php?su...119391c44227471

This post has been edited by Master-Chief: Dec 15 2004, 09:47 PM

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: 8itgreat on December 15, 2004, 08:17:00 PM

this script is a nice idea but in theory who the hell wants to leave their xbox on for days at a time downloading large files...can just do that on a computer...for small files i guess its cool but bit torrent take forever to download large items

just my two cents

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: Mephiska on December 16, 2004, 10:46:00 PM

QUOTE (8itgreat @ Dec 16 2004, 12:44 AM)

thats why torrent browser is so much better, it browses a certain genre of game torrents over at a certain big torrent site. and it lists them on the screen. you can either 1) save them to your xbox hdd 2)have the script ftp the torrents to your comp. 3)*best of all* have it send to torrent directly to ABC 2.6.9 when you have the abc webservice enabled.

that way, you browse torrents with your xbox, and once you pick a torrent, it sends it to your computer which then spends all of the time downloading. meanwhile youre sitting around playing halo 2.

its a great thing.

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: philbee on March 30, 2005, 07:19:00 PM

hi guys, i have torrentbrowser.py and it works fine, i pick my file and it says saving torrent, then i open bitbox.py and because i have no torrent dir. specified it shows me the e directory, i go to my torrents folder whre mydownload.torrent is saved but bitbox just jumps back to the scripts page with no errors, what am i doing wrong, ive read and followed the posts befrore this one and im sooo close .

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: philbee on March 30, 2005, 07:16:00 PM

now, when i select a torrent it goes back to the scripts directory and bitbox.py has runing written beside it and there are no indicators of whats happening, the xbox isint frozen and the lan led is lighting every so often, what am i missing here? ps.thanks in advance for any help. pps im pressing the white button but nothing is happening, still says running

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: philbee on March 30, 2005, 09:02:00 PM

it is working as i can see the file downloading into my downloads section but still nothing when i press the white button, would be very handy to be able to see how long left etc. great script all the same and thanks for it. :beer:

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: chilin_dude on April 03, 2005, 02:38:00 PM

QUOTE(philbee @ Mar 31 2005, 03:32 AM)

Yes that would be a nice update!

Title: Help With The Bittorrent Plugin!
Post by: AOforever1 on January 14, 2006, 09:42:00 PM

QUOTE(8itgreat @ Dec 15 2004, 08:48 PM)

Well I have two cents on that too.
Xbox only takes up 72 watts of power. My rigs takes up 400 watts... thats a big save on my electric bill!

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