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Download Torrents With the PS3

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I, nor PS3mods.com condone downloading of illegal media. Please use with caution and intelligence.
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"ken_vs_ryu" at ps3mods.blogspot.com has found a way to download torrent files directly to the PS3 without using a client.

"Here are the instructions on downloading torrents directly to the PS3 via TorrentRelay.com.

1. Find torrent link.
* hint: mininova links are easy to memorize.
2. Copy .torrent link *for example:www.mininoa.org/get/########
3. Go to http://torrentrelay.com
4. Click on 2nd input box with [Get URL] next to it. Type in the link from step #2.
5. Click on [Get URL].
6. # Click on the file you want. It will list all the files available on the torrent.
7. Save As dialog should pop up.
8. We only tried an mp3 and it was downloaded directly into the Music folder.

This really isn't good for the torrent community since the PS3 cannot seed files but it's interesting that it's possible.

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Silogon5820d ago

What I am still shocked about is the ps3 is 1 year and 8 months old now or 7, something like that, and there is not no hint or sign of an emulator for the system without installing the cumbersom linux. That is shocking with the webbrowser and all you'd think the ps3 would've been cracked 1 week out from launch.

DJ5820d ago

Cell has 3 layers being run at any given moment. Developers and gamers have access to Level 2, SCE has access to Level 1, and No One (and I mean no one) can access Level 0. Cell has built-in security thanks to DMA.

RSX has some kind of protection as well; Linux users are blocked off from RSX usage, though if you look it up a few people have gotten basic hacks working on the GPU.

GutZ315820d ago (Edited 5820d ago )

Watch this thread get barred because the word torrent and ps3 some how mean pirated media.

Torrents are used for legal media to if you have forgotten.

*not directed at above posters, only the reporters.*

ProblemSolver5820d ago (Edited 5820d ago )

Yeah, the Cell/B.E. processor/architecture was built with security in mind,
straight from the metal, to support not only games but also a lot of other
applications (finance, transcoding, ...).

The security of the Cell/B.E. reads as follows;
"..., the Cell BE security architecture offers three core features. By using
the hardware Secure Processing Vault feature, an application can execute
isolated from the rest of the software environment. With the Runtime
Secure Boot feature, an application can run a check on itself before it is
executed to verify that it hasnot be modified and compromised. If a
modification in the application is detected, the application execution can
be stopped. Secure Boot is normally done only at power-on time, but the
Cell BE processor can Secure Boot an application thread multiple times
during runtime. And finally, with the Hardware Root of Secrecy feature,
unlocking of secrets such as various keys can be protected using the
robustness of hardware. A fourth feature, a hardware random number
generator, is also relevant to some security issues. The following section
gives a brief overview of the Cell BE architecture so you can better see
the framework in which these features are provided." -- Kanna Shimizu,
Security Architect, IBM Systems and Technology Group

// IBM developerWorks: The Cell Broadband Engine processor security architecture
http://www.ibm.com/develope...

Well, remember, Cell/B.E.'s security is part of its architecture! It's not
an afterthought.

Up until now, the PS3 proofs the given security architecture in action.
And it can be assumed that there are really tough hackers out there
trying to break the system by all means necessary.

Fishy Fingers5820d ago

"without installing the cumbersom linux"

Cumbersom? never heard Linux described that way, hmmm... have you even ever used Linux, soory but most people who talk smack about it haven't even tried it, or did 10 years ago.

anh_duong5820d ago

hope this doesn't catch on until people can actually seed torrents and not just leech.

jadenkorri5819d ago

not that im looking, but the discussion came up one day between me and my friends, were commenting everything gets hacked and i mentioned that ps3 still has not, but he looked at me as if i was the dumbest person alive and said its been hacked...Well online noone has hacked it or been able to, according to the sites i have been, or maybe im not key wording it properly on google, other people tell me it has not and others say it has not...someone know anything and can clarify..

znu5819d ago (Edited 5819d ago )

that really depends on how you describe hacked,

yes there are little hacks

but what you want to say is has it been hacked to allow piracy, and the answer to that is no.

You can do little hacks (cod4 for example) but you cant mod it like the psp.

But to that point, hacking or modding ps3 is stupid. You want to run homebrew on you ps3... why? ATleast psp was portable so it made sense but playing roms on your ps3 is just useless since its easier to do on a pc with no risk rather than destroying your ps3.

If it is to run games off the hard drive, you would need to spend about $100-1000 hardrive to fit full games. each game is roughly 8-50 gb.
Not to mention the risk of doing something like that.

Third, is burning blurays, blu ray disk writers are too expensive, and the blu ray discs themselves are expensive too.

Not to mention, you wouldn't be able to firmware update, (no online!!!)

It's just impractical to mod or hack the ps3 since it is dangerous and pretty much useless.

jadenkorri5819d ago

thxs znu...I was aware of small hacks like that of COD4, but i was looking more at piracy, either Harddrive games, or on blu ray discs, i even heard someone had cracked DLC from PSN network...but anywho thanks, i was partly right....

i got a disagree for asking something...what the hell... well anyways

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Ri0tSquad5820d ago

You can actually stream AVIs from the web browser on the PS3 too. There's some sites out there that are specifically made for the PS3 web browser only to achieve this task. It works really good.

Dir_en_grey5820d ago

Anybody have the links handy that they want to post?

It used to be that I can watch vids off Veoh.com on PS3 but I guess they use a newer version of flash now which PS3 doesn't support yet...

Hopefully with the next firmware update veoh will work and hopefully more video codecs are added.

Fatmanp5820d ago

lol torrents are awful use newsgroups

MazzingerZ5820d ago

NOT interested at all...but I still post :)

Britjadg5820d ago

will have a gander later when i'm in but two things strike me as potential problems

1. torrent speeds especially on larger files like TV shows etc. downloading an mp3 is one thing, but this is quite another.

2. mutiple files in a single torrent. i.e downloading albums, series etc

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It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga1d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1821d 13h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie1d 3h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere18h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin23h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere18h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow4h ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere18h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow4h ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX1d 16h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody1d 16h ago (Edited 1d 15h ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno1d 15h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Sheppard7t31d 13h ago

How did Sony kill the series?

Inverno1d 13h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii23h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno22h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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