Setting up Vuze with DuckieTV
This is a step by step guide on how to set-up Vuze Bittorrent with DuckieTV. This guide is based on my installation on the Windows 7 platform, but this guide should hold true across other platforms (more or less).
Vuze Bittorrent 5.6.x.x or newer. Get the latest version at the official download site here
Vuze Web Remote 0.5.9 or newer. Installed using the Vuze Plugin manager, described below.
DuckieTV 1.1.4 or newer. Get the latest version at the official download site here
Dtv Nightly. Get the latest version at the official download site here
The Vuze user guide can be found at http://wiki.vuze.com/w/User_Guide
Once you have installed Vuze Bittorrent (I recommend using the customize option so you can choose to decline any of the additional giftware), you next need to install the Vuze Web Remote Plugin. So Start Vuze, and
-
Click on the Plugin menu entry and select the Installation Wizard
-
Click on the Next button
-
Scroll down until you find the Vuze Web Remote entry, click its check box to select it, and then press the Next button
-
Click on the Install for All Users radio button, then click the Finish button.
-
Press the Install button to load the plugin.
-
And press the Restart Vuze Now button to complete the plugin integration.
Now we can
-
Click on the Tools menu and select the Options entry
-
Click on the Arrow next to the Plugins option to expand the list
-
And scroll down to the Vuze Web Remote and click on that entry
-
Click the Enable check box to activate the plugin
- HTTPS is currently not supported.
-
then Scroll down and click on the Enable Password check box, and enter a Username and Password
-
Click on the Save button
Start up DuckieTV and
-
Start up DuckieTV and click on the Settings Icon
-
And then click on the Torrent button
-
Now click on the Vuze button
-
Next, click on the Vuze Integration button
-
Enter the same Username and Password that you used on the Vuze HTML Web UI settings page
-
if you are running Vuze on a different computer than DuckieTV then enter its ip address in the Address box
-
Now click on the Test and Save button
-
You are connected!
If all went well, you should see a green dot next the the DuckieTV Vuze Icon on the left hand side and a Status: Connected to Vuze API on the right hand side.
Please note that being connected is not a guarantee that everything is operational. Some clients have further validation that only occurs during submissions of commands and requests for results.
- Did you get the username or password on the DuckieTV Vuze Integration panel wrong? When you press the Test and Save button, and the test fails, DuckieTV does not save the username and password (or any other fields), so when you try again, you will need to enter both the new username and password (and any other fields you previously changed) again.
- If you previously tried a connection and failed, and subsequently followed this guide and are still not connected, first try clicking on the DuckieTV Vuze icon on the left. This will retry the connection attempt.
- If the connection is still not established, try closing both Vuze and DuckieTV and starting them up again. Then click on the DuckieTV Vuze icon to try establishing a connection.
- Still not connected? See if you can connect and login to the Vuze WEBUI directly via your Browser. for example,
at the address box paste
http://localhost:9091and press enter.You should get the Login challenge followed by the Vuze torrent page if successful.
If this does not work then you know the problem is with your Vuze setup or with some system setup, such as firewall or antivirus or network or something.
- Could your local firewall or security app or router be blocking Dtv from accessing the inbound/outbound Vuze port? Do you need to add a permission rule?
- In the unlikely situation where you may be running multiple torrent clients on the same PC as DuckieTV, especially either Transmission or BiglyBT alongside Vuze, ensure you allocate unique WEBUI ports on each of the clients.
- Check the DuckieTV console log for errors, by pressing the F12 key (on Windows and Linux) or Cmd-Alt-I (OSX) to open the development tools page, and clicking on the console tab to view the log.
and feel free to raise a ticket on GitHub here, or submit a post on Reddit here
You should get the Login challenge followed by the Vuze torrent page if successful.
If this does not work then you know the problem is with your Vuze setup or with some system setup, such as firewall or antivirus or network or something.
and feel free to raise a ticket on GitHub