Storrent
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Storrent is a BitTorrent implementation that is optimised for streaming
media: it allows you to watch a movie or to listen to music from a Torrent
without downloading it entirely.
Storrent works entirely in RAM: except for the DHT bootstrap database, it
will never write anything to disk. It requires a fair amount of memory
(1GB will do, 4GB is better).
Installation
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git clone https://github.com/jech/storrent
cd storrent
CGO_ENABLED=1 go build
This will yield a binary called `storrent` or `storrent.exe`.
Running
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./storrent &
Now go to
http://localhost:8088
and add a magnet link or a link to a torrent file. Wait a few seconds,
then hit reload; you should see a link to a playlist which you may
download and feed to your favourite media player.
Command-line options
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storrent -help
By default, storrent takes 1/2 of the total RAM on your machine. You may
tune this with the `-mem` command-line flag:
storrent -mem $((4 * 1024 * 1024)) &
By default, storrent attempts to open ports in your NAT box or firewall
using NAT-PMP, or, failing that, uPNP. You may disable port mapping with
the `-portmap` flag:
storrent -portmap=off
I usually run storrent in a slightly more paranoid mode than the default:
storrent -encryption 5 -dht-passive
For privacy reasons, storrent doesn't use trackers or webseeds by default;
you may enable them on a torrent-by-torrent basis in the user interface.
Should you wish to override the default, do:
storrent -use-trackers -use-webseeds
Author
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Juliusz Chroboczek <https://www.irif.fr/~jch/>