ways to watch a torrent while it's downloading? (kbin.social)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by milkytoast@kbin.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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let's say I'm torrenting a movie, and the torrent is downloading faster than the movie would play, is there any software that can handle a constantly changing file? thanks

edit: basically as long as you tell your torrent client to download sequentially, VLC (and probably most other video players) can just play the file like normal. though as one user pointed out, this may affect dl speeds.

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[-] ANIMATEK@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

Nobody mentioned Popcorn Time? It is a bit torrent client with an integrated media player. It does exactly what you are asking + it has a great “poster wall” interface.

[-] taaz@biglemmowski.win 8 points 9 months ago

Be vary there is a lot of shady versions of PopcornTime.

Stremio with Torrentio plugin is a decent alternative.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

I remember when PopcornTime was the thing!

It was everywhere on the news websites haha.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

I was gonna mention this. Popcorntime certainly brought back many memories. I didn't even realize I was torrenting it, thought it was just a slow alternative to Crackle.