How to watch a Caachi film without using Miro
Caachi believes in openness. Here we explain how you make make your own choices in downloading and watching films from Caachi.
Want to use something else besides Miro to download and watch films from Caachi?
When you download a film from Caachi, you first start by downloading a torrent file. This torrent file is not the actual film itself but a "ticket" that lets you download the film from a peer to peer (P2P) network of servers. This is P2P network communicates using the BitTorrent protocol for fast and efficient downloads. There are a number of BitTorrent client programs which you can download and install on your system to access Caachi's P2P network. These include:
You are free to use any client that supports the BitTorrent protocol.
Just so you know - you can not watch your film while downloading because BitTorrent does not download the film in a streaming style from from start to finish. Instead, BitTorrent breaks up the downloaded file into multiple pieces which can be sent out-of-order. Doing it this way makes the download faster.
Watching the Film
To playback films downloaded from Caachi, we recommend that you use VLC, an open source video player that supports playback of many video formats. That said, you are free to use any video player that supports the following open formats:
- XviD (MPEG4 AVI)
- iPod Video (H.264 MP4)
Summary
To watch a film from Caachi you need a BitTorrent client and a video player installed on your system. With these you can then:
- Download the torrent file.
- Open the torrent file with your BitTorrent client to download the film file
- Open the film file with your video player and enjoy the show!
