BitLite is a brand
new online multimedia storage service that comes with a twist: full
BitTorrent support. Users are able to upload .torrent files locally or
even from a remote torrent URL. And since the service works entirely on
the server-side, download speeds are incredibly quick. Once completed,
multimedia files (video, music & images) can then be streamed in a
browser to provide flawless online playback. Listen to albums, create a
playlist, view image libraries, and stream movies (even in 1080p HD) in
full-screen mode just like as though if you were watching it on a home
computer.
Being fresh out of the box and still in beta, BitLite is looking for 200 ‘live’ testers to help gauge how well capacity handles demand. For a short time FileShareFreak is offering a special free BitLite signup link available to the first two hundred lucky people:
http://bitlite.com/index.cove?-=register&invite=filesharefreak
In the above link, scroll down to where it says “Free for 5 days” and click on Signup. Users will be able to try the service for 5 days. The trial plan includes 5GB of bandwidth and 1GB of storage - more than enough to get an adequate feel for the service.
Uploading Torrents (Locally)
To upload your own
saved .torrent files, click on the Upload tab and then select the Local tab option. Click on “Choose your files” which opens a browse-to window - here you can browse to the location of the .torrent file. This is the exact same procedure used for uploading your own local media files (instead of browsing to a torrent, browse to an AVI, MKV, MP3, FLAC, OGG, JPG, GIF, PNG file - or any other supported media file/container).
**NOTE:
** BitLite indeed “works” with private torrents, but seeding is limited to 150KB/s (upload rate) while the torrent is actively downloading. Take extreme caution here - or safer yet - don’t attempt using it on private trackers. Additionally, RARsets are not (yet) acceptable multimedia files (any torrents or uploads that contain rar files will be discarded). In relation to torrents, this service is best suited for torrents that contain **extracted** media files
as usually found on public torrent indexers. Furthermore, any files that are not considered media files will not be added to the upload queue (this includes .txt, .nfo, .sfv, .srt, .sub and likely a whole bunch more that we’re not mentioning - see the complete list of allowable file extensions below).
Uploading Torrents (Internet)
To upload torrents into BitLite that are on the Net (remote torrent links), first find a link and ‘copy’ the URL. Below we used mininova, although it also works well through most other public indexers.
Back in BitLite, go to Upload and choose the Internet tab. Next, simply ‘paste’ the link in the provided space and click “Upload Files” to complete.
Files in the upload queue are shown below in “Upload Activity”. Once completed they will be assigned to a proper media section (video, audio, or pictures) in BitLite.
Allowable File Extensions:
Below is a list of file extensions that are allowed to be uploaded to BitLite. Check back on BitLite’s Forum link here for future updates.
| **Audio |
| ** | **Video |
| ** | **Pictures |
| ** | |||
| mp3 | avi | jpg | |
| mp4 | mov | jpeg | |
| wma | mkv | bmp | |
| wav | mp4 | gif | |
| ogg | mpeg | png | |
| flac | mpg | ||
| wmv | |||
| flv | |||
| rmvb | |||
| rm | |||
| ram | |||
| asf | |||
| asx |
[Audio] — All audio is converted to 320kbps 44100 Hz MP3 regardless of its previous encoding (even lower bit rates are upconverted/transcoded) to maintain 100% flash / browser / device compatibility.
[Pictures] — Untouched photos come standard with every BitLite account. All your pictures are untouched, keeping every pixel of picture quality.
[Video] — Video files are instantly converted and ready for streaming in a browser, mobile device, phone.
More Than Just Torrents…
In addition to uploading torrents, users are able to upload their own local multimedia files to the BitLite service. Here’s a sample scenario; if you already have a local copy of a movie or album but wish to view/listen to it online at another location (@ work, school, or even on a mobile device or phone) you can do so by uploading your own content to the BitLite account. Use the Upload > Local option to import your own files.
**Uploading Multiple Files & Folders
** — Using this same method; multiple files, folders and torrents can be uploaded simultaneously. In Upload > Local > Choose your files, simply select multiple items by using the CTRL or SHIFT key.
— The Upload > Internet feature also allows users to extract certain media from a chosen website. Instead of uploading a torrent location in this field, paste in the URL of a specific site that you want to scan the media from. In the example below use the “Click to Save Image” option which then adds that image into your “Pictures” media location. Some txt and pdf documents can even be viewed through your BitLite account.
Streaming / Viewing Content
Once files have been successfully
uploaded to your account (whether it be from torrents, webscan or
local upload), they are now ready to be accessed through the
Organize tab. Depending on the type of file (and how big it is), it
may take some time for the media to be properly converted before
becoming available for streaming. There are three distinct categories of
media content [Pictures, Audio, and Video] as seen beneath the
Organize menu tab. Shown below is a default view of the Video
media tab. Online playback is just one click away.
Keeping in context to the displayed Video tab, files can be filtered by all sorts of criteria. Date added, filename, number of views, length (duration), ratings, or when added - these are just some of the filter methods. Quality can be sorted to show files that are in SD or HD (the difference in SD/HD is automatically applied by BitLite upon upload). The video pane itself can be customized to display ‘thumbnail’ resolution and number of rows.
BitLite has its own built-in media player to handle various file types for playback in the browser without the need to install a gamut of third-party plugins, codecs or webapps. The only browser addon that’s required is the latest version of Adobe Flash Player (v10.x).
Users are able to ‘full-screen’ the videos (even HD) by toggling the display mode located at the bottom of a running video; a feature that does not diminish the quality of the playback.
Requirements for Streaming Media:
**Internet Connection
:** Streaming media requires the following minimum internet speeds.
- SD Video - 175 KB/s (1.5 Mbps)
- HD 720p Video - 250 KB/s (2.5 Mbps)
- HD 1080p Video - 300 KB/s (3.5 Mbps)
- Mobile Video (SD/HD) - 100 KB/s (1 Mbps)
- Audio - 50KB/s (0.5 Mbps)
**PC Requirements
:** See this forum thread for complete details.
- Windows XP, Vista and 7: 3 Ghz or higher dual core CPU or 2.75 quad core.
- Mac OS X: 2.5 Ghz or higher dual core CPU or 2.00 Ghz quad core.
- Linux: 2.5 Ghz or higher dual core CPU or 2.00 Ghz quad core.
Our specs: In our tests we had no playback issues whatsoever using Vista & Firefox on a dual core 6300 (@ 1.86 Ghz) with 4GB RAM.
Managing Files
Directly under the Organize tab (shown above) there are various options for file management; these are used directly for deleting files, changing their categories or moving files around within the account. It’s set up this way to allow for multiple tasks to be performed quickly - which at first glance appears similar to a batch job for deleting, renaming, categorizing, etc.
- • New Folder — Creates a new folder within your home folder.
- • Move & Copy — Media files can be moved (or copied) to different folders. This is applicable only if new folders have already been created.
- • Remove — Use this to remove folders; this is also the master delete function to remove media files from all areas within the BitLite account.
- • Rename — The titles of files can be renamed using this feature.
- • Category — This is where categories can be appended to each media file.
- • Description — Descriptions can be added or edited using this function.
What’s remarkable is that all of these changes can be applied to multiple files on-the-fly. We’ll show a couple of examples in reference to how this can be done.
**Deleting Files
** from your BitLite account (en masse):
- 1. Go into one of the media categories [Pictures, Audio or Video] in the Organize tab.
- 2. Click the Remove button. New icons will appear under each thumbnail (see #3).
- 3. Change the (
) to a checkmark
(
) for each file you want to delete. - 4. Click the Delete button to finalize, as shown below:
**Renaming Files
** in your BitLite account (en masse):
- 1. Go into one of the media categories [Pictures, Audio or Video] in the Organize tab.
- 2. Click the Rename button. An edit-box will appear under each media file.
- 3. Enter in a new name for as many files as you wish to rename.
- 4. Click the Rename button to finalize, as shown below:
**Changing Categories
** for files — This is accomplished similar to the examples above, except that you’ll need to also select a category by placing a checkmark (in the Browse by category section to the left in BitLite) to match the chosen media files.
Making a Playlist
Normal playback (non-playlist) — By default once playback of an audio or video file comes to an end, BitLite will automatically begin to play the next media file in the list. The order of this is dependent upon how you’ve chosen to arrange the media files (by date, name, views, length, rating). Yet there’s another optional feature whereby users can create a custom playlist of video files (BitLite currently doesn’t support audio files for playlists, for what we can tell). But for video, here’s what you do:
1. Browse into Organize >
Video, and click the icon () to
change it over to a green plus. It’s located on the right side of the
browser, next to ”Quick Playlist (0)”.
2. Drag-n-drop video files to the playlist:
3. To play back your playlist, click directly on the “Quick Playlist” link. Files here will play in a loop.
Mini-icons on Thumbnails & Mouseover preview
Mini-icons on Thumbnails — Show related media, watch again, and continue watching (resume) are just some of the options as shown on each video file.
Animated Thumbnails on video — Hover your mouse over an icon to preview a video file before deciding to play it.
Mobile Devices, Phones, PS3, etc
TV / PS3 — BitLite can be accessed using your Playstation3 or other web-enabled TV, including NMT hardware.
Media Players — Support for iPhone, iPod Touch and Archos media players are fully compatible with BitLite.
Cell Phones / PDAs — Access your BitLite account on Android, Symbian or any other cell phone (you should be automatically redirected to bitlite.com but if your device is not recognized then visit http://m.bitlite.com).
(For mobile video your phone must be connected to a 3G, 3G+, 4G, WiFi or other high speed downlink pack access network.)
Robust Settings…
Just about every facet of BitLite’s functionality can be configured through the vast array of settings options. We won’t document these individual settings (that would take an entire article in itself). Notable BitLite features: optional SSL browsing, custom themes, friends lists/messaging & sharing (still in alpha dev), personalized profile, fancy uploading, RSS support (coming soon), RAR/ZIP extraction (coming soon).
Final Thoughts
It takes a bit of effort to become accustomed to the layout, but it’s worth it once you realize the power and versatility in managing (and viewing) media files. We’ve yet to discover any other service that offers HD 1080p streaming in full-screen mode such as this.
If you experience choppy playback on video files, try to restart your browser and close other tabs (this worked for me). Just like with any streaming service, satisfaction can vary depending on many factors - the first one being the specs of your Internet connection; and secondly, what else are you doing with your bandwidth at the same time? Kill BT (uTorrent), YouTube, P2P proggies, IRC, FTP or anything else that hogs your throughput.
Happy streaming!
A Says:
Got in, lets see how it works.
Thalantas Says:
This service seems pretty amazing!
Now it gives me headache to decide between paying this service every month or paying a Newsgroup subscription monthly…
DEAR GOD Says:
Thanks. 169 left now.
Disappointed Says:
Another advertisement. What happened to the good old filesharefreak ?
Seedbox Freak Says:
Just a note, doubt this service will stay around for very long…
i suggest you use a seedbox to be safe..
If you want a seedbox i suggest http://superseeder.eu/ , very good service and currently a massive 10% off..
really do recommend the shared 675gb, giga lines
about this service again, really do hope this stays online but cant see it myself
Old Yeller Says:
Absolutely stunning. This service is near perfect.
GREAT ARTICLE FILESHAREFREAK! Don’t bother 04′. That’s what FSF is here for, education!
One thing I wish the bitlite service had was the ability to email uploads to it. Everyone should check this puppy out. I also have a put.io account and bitlite.com BLOWS that crap out of the water.
You guys should hurry up as of me there are only 135 left!
ninefangs Says:
how does this compare to put.io
A Says:
Amazing. Me and my friend just split the $10 USD option, 50gb storage and bandwidth a month. Probably a bit small for most users though, but we barely use 30Gb for media services anyways. Try it out though.
Old Yeller Says:
@A That’s so sweet… I should get my friend on here too.
I just realized bitlite will let you sign in from multiple places at once (fount it in settings->security). Seems like a friend and you can share the same account.
@NINEFANGS:
Seems to have at least straight up ten times the features. Also the mobile version works better and also has more features.
Put.io seems so cheezy and useless now…
Random Says:
I cant even get the desktop version to work.
Ricer Says:
LOL random get off the computer if you don’t know what you’re doing.
And thanks to you Oldyeller… You just saved my friend some money! We can share the same account. Brilliant!
Just signed up for ultra and saw there were only 99 invites left… Hurry fellas!
Kieters Says:
“Another advertisement. What happened to the good old filesharefreak ?”
I thought exactly the same thing - FSF has sunk very low in my books and is now nothing more than an advertising platform. Disgraceful, RIP legacy filesharefreak, I have now unsubscribed from your RSS, permanently.
WHO Says:
0) very expensive
1) the service sucks a big time (it needs 8 hours to process a 950MB file)
2) prices are too much for a service that i don’t know why anyone will use (seedboxes are much cheaper)
3) R.I.P the old FileShareFreak, welcome FileAdvertismentFrek
4) prices are incredibly high
and yeah, it’s too damn expensive
PIPE Says:
This is the sickest thing I have seen in the past few years…
FloatBlock Says:
Why are you guys bashing FileShareFreak..this is a unique file sharing service paid or not he has the write to blog about it.
butters Says:
who wants to share their account with me?
toomuchadz Says:
ads are getting out of hand
abs0lut3 Says:
‘Your Password contains special characters or spaces. Check your information and try again.’
LOL!
Taller Says:
This was what I’ve been looking for.
BITLITE IS OUTRAGEOUS.
Taller Says:
Forgot to say Thank you FileShareFreak!
Thalantas Says:
I downloaded a movie on it via torrent and now i don’t know how to download it to my computer ? is it possible at least ?
ANON Says:
Just wondering, those users that start by going “BITLITE IS AMAZING!”.
Are they just bots trying to advertise or something similar? There are FSF supporters but just wondering.
butters Says:
too expensive for me
GRAW Says:
@ANON
They’re usually posted by the owners of the website to generate more hits/customers. I doubt they’re genuine users as the service seems kinda mediocre to me.
It’s slow, overpriced and has very few features. Pretty Lame.
LOL Says:
I am trying it out on the new Top Gear (BiA) release and its damn slow, I created a torrent on openbittorrent and got it from my server.
It downloaded at 300kb/s and then put me in a queue of 374 people to encode it.
To be honest, unless they drastically improve the encoding servers its not worth it.
FYI, they’re hosted on Carat networks. I snatched the IP from the peer list.
Pantherking Says:
well let me just say that i hate this service with a passion, download speeds werent that great, settings were mediocre at best, the queuing thing is absolute shit, i cant even delete the files that are supposedly on there. i have tolerated the blatant adds on FSF because they looked like legitimate websites that could be useful but this is just ridiculous. i have lost all faith in you sharky
Jo Ding Says:
OK that makes a lot of sense dude, I like it.
Lou
Colo Says:
Does anyone have an invite?
PANTHERKING I think you might be retarded in the head. Someone here said it might be in beta so things like this are expected.
AGAIN I NEED AN INVITE!
plz email me spmy@gmail.com if you have one
F9 Says:
How do they get it faster than my internet? I get good speeds from Poland.
11m 1s 2,500 K/s 1.21 GB [Cancel Transfer]
Surfig Says:
Crap, don’t paid for this.
draconian Says:
please take a look at this new torrent community, http://seedthis.info .
Looking for highspeed uploaders too. Xvid/HD and TV Series.
Nutru Says:
Great, works as promised.
FloatBlock Says:
Comment #025
It seems slow but I think its due to the the buzz it generated online, the host isn’t the one responsible for the hardware or speed issues caused by the owners of bitlite.
Overall im satisfied with this product, i think once the owners realize the usage they will invest some money in to fixing the code, increasing efficiency and getting users the speeds they pay for.
john Says:
Great another add wtf happened fsf?
butters Says:
excuse me John but i do believe it is spelled “ad” not “add”
Save Says:
Seems like its faster already. I signed up with the first round of invites and there was a capacity problem. When I add stuff now it is quick.
Austin Says:
Got 1,800 K/s downloading through a private tracker
Jo Denny Says:
BitLIte is amazing. Really super cool and easy to use.
Lou
Terminal Says:
So far so good. All the URL’s I’ve tried so far have worked without a hitch. I found the interface take a small amount of time getting used to though.
fashions Says:
So far so good. All the URL’s I’ve tried so far have worked without a hitch. I found the interface take a small amount of time getting used to though.
Austin Says:
They made a post about seeding. They said you can enable it from settings. This is great because I only use private trackers.
David Says:
This site is shit,
no one is gonna use this,
Dimitri Says:
Very impressive but totally useless for me, beause i cant download the movie onto my HDD via FTP as i would with a seedbox.
squirrel Says:
ITS A VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous Says:
Sounded interesting until
>All audio is converted to 320kbps 44100 Hz MP3
but oh well I kept reading until
>HD 1080p Video - 300 KB/s (3.5 Mbps)
…
That’s just Redicolous. Better than other streaming sites maybe but nevertheless completely worthless to everyone with the slightest bit of demand.
Jo VInnyh Says:
Oh wow, BitLIte looks like it might be pretty good man.
lou
http://www.Total-Anonymity.es.tc
NAT OK Says:
Looks good. Works great with my PRIVATE TRACKERS! Seeds until 1:2 (unlike put.io which seeds to 1:1 only)
Quick to download and fairly quick to convert. Quality is top drawer.
filesharingfool.co.cc Says:
Thanks but I can download torrents to my file hosting account with 10upload
http://www.10upload.com
There is also another good service to upload torrents and then share the links, which I like because you don’t have to use your own bandwidth to upload stuff.
http://www.ravishare.com
NO NO Says:
USE BITLITE ITS HOTNESS
http://bitlite.com
user Says:
i took look, and all i can say is
Ronald Santos Says:
it works perfectly with me. This is actually what im doing when i upload files to http://www.sumotorrent.com Fast and reliable. Almost Millions of Verified files.
Amanda Says:
62 invites left if anyone wants one get em while you can
XvCluTchvX Says:
Oh wow, BitLIte looks like it might be pretty good man.
GreenLeaf Says:
zircon Says:
http://www.tribler.org/trac im for it.