Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Transfer files to the cr48 using uTorrent

Are you sick of waiting for USB flash drive and SD card support?

Do you wish you could easily transfer files to your cr48 from your Windows computer?

With uTorrent you can.


First you must download a special Alpha version of the uTorrent 3.0 client and sign up for an account within the client. You'll need a Windows computer to run the client.
Go to http://www.utorrent.com/labs/get-falcon and download uTorrent onto your Windows PC.

Install the client and run it.

Click the uTorrent Web Access Preferences button in the µTorrent toolbar.
Check "Enable uTorrent Web Access". Choose a username and password and enter it here.
Click the "Apply" button. After a few seconds, you should see "Status: Accessible".

Close the preferences.
Congratulations! You can now access your client from anywhere at https://web.utorrent.com or https://falcon.utorrent.com/

Now in utorrent create a new torrent by clicking this toolbar button.
Or by going to file and selecting create a new torrent.

Select the directory you want to access or an individual file. 
Make sure to select start seeding and preserve file order at the bottom. 
Click create and save as. Name your torrent and save it somewhere you can find it.
Then just pause or stop the torrents you just created by selecting one and pressing one of these buttons in the toolbar.

Now on the cr48 download the utorrent app from Chrome Underground.

Sign into the utorrent web app with the info you created on the host computer. Once logged in you should see the torrent files you created. 

Now click on the files tab in the lower half of the window. 

You can download the individual files by clicking the dark green download button under actions. 
Or, right click the button and save link as, then pick the folder you want to download the file to.

You can also double click the file name to open a file. Please note Chrome OS can only open certain files, other files will just automatically download when double clicked. So if you have a directory of mp3s, you can just double click one to open it and listen to it or, if it’s a bunch of pictures, double clicking one will open it in a new tab.

When you're done with a torrent just select it and remove it by clicking the big red X in the toolbar.
Or, leave them up so you can access your files anytime.

P.S. You must keep utorrent running on your host computer at all times to access it from the web app.

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