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CNET is reporting that popular torrent client Vuze (formerly known as Azuereus) has released an update that allows users to streamline their content through various devices, including iTunes, Apple TV, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The update features a transcoder that re-formats all downloaded content to work with external devices via a specific plug-in developed by the Vuze programmers.
Integrating the automatic conversion process allows content to be compatible with both televisions and mobile devices via the new Devices tab, which offers a drag and drop interface depending on which format the user chooses to export to. Whatever device is connected to the user’s computer will be recognized by the software wherein users can choose what downloaded content goes where. While iTunes will automatically sync up with Vuze, users will manually sync their portable devices without much effort. Those using video game consoles will see their content streamed onto their televisions directly from their computer.
Word around the tech-verse is that speed is an issue with Vuze’s latest update, but considering the utility of the program it would seem that the slow rate of conversion is a small price to pay. 25,000 people responded to a poll put forth by the Vuze team asking which devices they’d most like to see homogenized with their computer content (iPod was rated the highest), so clearly there is no shortage of a user-base. We’ll just have to wait to see what’s in store for the forward-thinking torrent client during the much-anticipated next update.