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Originally Posted by DaveNull
interesting. does it encrypt the traffic to avoid throttling from the ISP? Does it require a MU account?
Are you familiar with SickBeard? Also might be something up your alley.
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Why would your ISP throttle traffic due to its source? There's no need to encrypt the traffic. ISPs are not, and don't want to be, the internet police. They only give users issues when they're presented with an order from the MPAA or such. Other than that, they're not giving many ****s about what you download, let alone stream. And 3rd party sites like the RIAA and MPAA can't monitor what you stream like they can monitor torrent downloads. They have no access to that info, only the ISP does.
The XBMC Icefilms plugin doesn't require a MU account. But there are advantages to having one. The free account doesn't allow you to pause the stream more than 5 minutes or so, and you can't fast forward or rewind the stream. And you're only allowed to stream one MU source per IP, so if you have 2 devices, only one could stream at a time without a paid account. With a paid account, you can pause, FF and rewind, and have multiple download streams, along with getting a faster download.
Sickbeard is the shit. As is CouchPotato, which is a similar app I use for movies. I have both installed. But honestly, with the availability of unlimited online streaming content through ATV, I use it less and less all the time, and just stream everything.