vlc-bittorrent (Bittorrent plugin for VLC)
What is this?
With vlc-bittorrent, you can open a .torrent file or magnet link with VLC and stream any media that it contains.
Example usage
$ vlc video.torrent
$ vlc http://example.com/video.torrent
$ vlc https://example.com/video.torrent
$ vlc ftp://example.com/video.torrent
$ vlc "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:...&dn=...&tr=..."
$ vlc "magnet://?xt=urn:btih:...&dn=...&tr=..."
Installing on Debian/Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-bittorrent
Installing on Fedora
$ sudo dnf install vlc-bittorrent
FAQ
Does it upload/share/seed while playing?
Yes. It works as a regular Bittorrent client. It will upload as long as it's playing.
Does it work on Ubuntu/Debian?
Yes!
Does it work on Windows, Mac OS X, Android, Windows RT, iOS, my toaster?
Probably. I have not tested. It should run since libtorrent works on most systems and the plugin is just standard C and C++. Patches are welcome.
Dependencies (on Linux)
- libtorrent ("libtorrent-rasterbar9" in Ubuntu 18.04)
Building from git on a recent Debian/Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install autoconf automake libtool make libvlc-dev libvlccore-dev libtorrent-rasterbar-dev g++
$ git clone https://github.com/johang/vlc-bittorrent.git vlc-bittorrent
$ cd vlc-bittorrent
$ autoreconf -i
$ ./configure --prefix=/tmp/vlc
$ make
$ make install
Then, to load it in VLC player:
$ VLC_PLUGIN_PATH=/tmp/vlc/lib vlc --no-plugins-cache video.torrent