Is Miro safe to use with Linux?

[Jim Dandy]

I have had all kinds of trouble trying to download a movie--in fact, I haven't even been able to get one to start. I have downloaded most of the bit torrent clients in the repository and Firefox seems to have an issue with what I am trying to download.

Here is the message I get when I click on Get this torrent:

The address wasn't understood
     
Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (magnet) isn't associated with any program.
       
You might need to install other software to open this address.

According to the page at http://tpb.sourceforge.net/help/ "Download and install Miro from getmiro.com. It works on Windows, Mac, and Linux."

It is not in the repository so that is why I am asking. I would never put anything on my computer that is not in the repository without checking first.

[Crow]

You can find Miro 4.0.4-1 in repositories.

[agmg]

I have had all kinds of trouble trying to download a movie--in fact, I haven't even been able to get one to start. I have downloaded most of the bit torrent clients in the repository and Firefox seems to have an issue with what I am trying to download.

Here is the message I get when I click on Get this torrent:

The address wasn't understood
      
Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (magnet) isn't associated with any program.
        
You might need to install other software to open this address.

According to the page at http://tpb.sourceforge.net/help/ "Download and install Miro from getmiro.com. It works on Windows, Mac, and Linux."

It is not in the repository so that is why I am asking. I would never put anything on my computer that is not in the repository without checking first.

The problem in this case is that you don't have magnet links associated with your torrent client in Firefox.
I use TransmissionQT for my torrents and it can handle magnet links without any problem once you create the association.
Read this thread: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=103267.0

[Jim Dandy]

I have had all kinds of trouble trying to download a movie--in fact, I haven't even been able to get one to start. I have downloaded most of the bit torrent clients in the repository and Firefox seems to have an issue with what I am trying to download.

Here is the message I get when I click on Get this torrent:

The address wasn't understood
      
Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (magnet) isn't associated with any program.
        
You might need to install other software to open this address.

According to the page at http://tpb.sourceforge.net/help/ "Download and install Miro from getmiro.com. It works on Windows, Mac, and Linux."

It is not in the repository so that is why I am asking. I would never put anything on my computer that is not in the repository without checking first.

The problem in this case is that you don't have magnet links associated with your torrent client in Firefox.
I use TransmissionQT for my torrents and it can handle magnet links without any problem once you create the association.
Read this thread: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=103267.0

I read the thread and did what was suggested and it still didn't work for me. I clicked on the magnet link and got the same thing that I got before.

[Jim Dandy]

is it a torrent downloader?  i use ares in wine for that, also ktorrent

btw, miro is on the repos, form synaptic

"Miro Player
Internet TV player with integrated RSS and BitTorrent functionality."

Thank you. I checked but maybe I made a typo or something. Still no luck so far.

[Nok]

This works for me using ktorrent.

Right click on the magnet link and copy the link address. Then in ktorrent, click on open URL. It should automatically enter the address you copied.

Best of luck.

[Jim Dandy]

This works for me using ktorrent.

Right click on the magnet link and copy the link address. Then in ktorrent, click on open URL. It should automatically enter the address you copied.

Best of luck.

Thank you. I will try that. I haven't had any luck so far but maybe that will do it.

I just now tried it and it does seem to be working. I got some notice that something wasn't enabled and I would get better results if it were enabled but I didn't write it down so I don't remember what it was. But the movie I wanted seems to be downloading anyway.