Vuze brings online video to game consoles, portable media players

by Darren Murph posted Mar 23rd 2009 at 1:09PM

Sheesh -- this is dangerously close to getting out of hand. We've got Hulu, boxee, ZeeVee and Vuze (amongst others) all vying for your attention in the wide world of broadband video, but it's the latter dishing out a potent new offering with its latest version. Today, Vuze has announced a new iteration of its online video portal application that integrates playback with iPhone, iPod, AppleTV, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 devices. So far as we can tell, no other competitor offers that much integration (read: direct Mac / PC-to-device transfers) across so many products. Of course, none of this matters if you aren't a fan of Vuze itself, but you can surf on over to download it (gratis, naturally) in order to test the waters.

Filed under: Misc, Others, Internet, Apple, New content

Tags: apple, AppleTV, Azureus, content, internet tv, InternetTv, iPhone, iPod, microsoft, online tv, OnlineTv, playstation 3, Playstation3, programming, ps3, sony, vuze, Xbox 360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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mitchelljd @ Mar 23rd 2009 1:34PM

Vuze being an online video portal is not just what it is. As a video portal, the content is has looks like window dressing. What it actually is P2P version 3.0, it doesnt just connect to itunes, its real functionality is meant to connect to P2P programs on your computer and take it to the next level.

Vuze tries to create a seemingly "plausible" program to be like the others, but it merely is another fancy new breed P2P program. I'd worry about hackers gaining access to files on my computer and more.

sorry, but this functionality is something i'd say is ... well not totally legal

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Jake @ Mar 23rd 2009 1:51PM

mitchel is wrong (and seriously uninformed).

Vuze = Azureus, yes. And Azureus was (is) an open source bittorrent client. But the Vuze Network, while P2P, is fully legal. It features sponsored or user-created or independent video content that is delivered via torrent. The client can also be used to search and access other torrents. But none of that is "illegal," and neither is this new functionality. Vuze is lauding that you can now directly port Vuze HD Network content (i.e., the legal stuff) direct to your media viewer of choice -- i.e., Vuze Network content can be downloaded in a variety of formats. Their is nothing "not totally legal" about that. It is not suggesting that ALL torrent content can be converted for media viewer playback.

That said, this isn't all that big a deal, because there is not much but movie trailers and music videos on the Vuze Network. So meh.

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Jake @ Mar 23rd 2009 2:00PM

Or maybe I'm wrong and this will convert any video into an appropriate format for the PS3, XBox, or iPod.

In which case it is still not illegal, as there are literally hundreds of tools out there that legally convert video into formats playable on any of those (and other) platforms.

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mitchelljd @ Mar 23rd 2009 4:56PM

The Azureus connection is what my issue is with. it is a big issue, so yeah even if Vuze has some licensed/free content, it isn't that much to be honest. no network shows, no hollywood movies.

take Azureus away, i have no issues. having Azureus on your computers up and running can lead to issues, privacy issues. stealing content via p2p of music, movies is still stealing.

alot of people have had things stolen off their computers by p2p networks granting access to their entire hard drive. identity theft is on the rise. i'd beware!

hey don't take my word for it
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Cybercriminals-Use-P2P-Tools-for-Identity-Theft-Security-Analyst-Warns/

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Patrick @ Mar 23rd 2009 7:58PM

you cited an article from 2006 that referred to limewire and others similar to limewire? not very relevant to torrents and vuze.

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Ordeith @ Mar 24th 2009 1:20AM

Copyright infringement is not stealing.

It doesn't even fit the definition of stealing.

That said, if a free consumption of content were your intent and you didn't have a friend to borrow from then actual stealing of the content would carry less of a punishment than committing copyright infringment or violating the DMCA if you were caught.

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carg0 @ Mar 23rd 2009 5:49PM

no, this has ALREADY gotten out of hand.

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