stream
Streaming torrent client for Node.js
npm install -g @meteor314/stream
Usage
stream-cli can be used with a magnet link or a torrent file. To stream a video with its magnet link use the following command.
stream "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:ef330b39f4801d25b4245212e75a38634bfc856e" --vlc
Remember to put " around your magnet link since they usually contain &.
stream will print a terminal interface. The first line contains an address to a http server. The --vlc flag ensures vlc is opened when the torrent is ready to stream.
To stream music with a torrent file use the following command.
stream "http://some-torrent/music.torrent" -a --vlc
The -a flag ensures that all files in the music repository are played with vlc.
Otherwise if the torrent contains multiple files, stream will choose the biggest one.
To get a full list of available options run stream with the help flag.
stream --help
Examples of usage of could be
stream magnet-link --list # Select from a list of files to download
stream magnet-link --vlc -- --fullscreen # will pass --fullscreen to vlc
stream magnet-link --mplayer --subtitles subtitle-file.srt # play in mplayer with subtitles
stream magnet-link --connection 200 # set max connection to 200
Programmatic usage
If you want to build your own app using streaming bittorrent in Node you should checkout torrent-stream
Chromebook users
Chromebooks are set to refuse all incoming connections by default - to change this:
sudo iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
Chromecast
If you wanna use stream on your chromecast checkout peercast or castnow
License
MIT