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[SOLVED] Linux app which downloads torrent from begginning to end and allows me to watch the torrent as I am downloading it. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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You lovely people have given me a lot of great FOSS apps and I thank you for your suggestions

Although this feature is available in new Transmission 4, I am using Transmission 3 and I can use flatpak to download the latest and the greatest, but yeah, I choose to just go for other apps for now. If you are looking to make transmission work, this comment is for you, again to repeat, flatpak transmission is the best transmission if you want to stick to it.

  1. Deluge you are as beautiful as I first found you 😇 comment [Installing this next time I distrohop]
  2. qb which also has this functionality.
  3. steamio
  4. btfs
  5. webtorrent installing now
  6. kodi + elementum I don't like KODI :( So, I don't think so

edit: I am using Debian Stable, so though I have Transmission the transmission I have is the older one released in 2020. So, unfortunately, I can't use the latest greatest thing (unless I use flatpaks), I have however chosen to use qb and I like it as well! Thank you all

Two uses I think I would have from this app

  1. I can see the quality of the file as I am downloading it and I can remove it if I don't like it.
  2. I can obviously watch the movie or show I want to watch without waiting for it to be downloaded.

I am using Transmission now and I love it, but yeah, this would be a good addition.

PS: I do realize this would most likely work only for torrents with good number of seeders. ****

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[–] PropaGandalf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hey this is exactly what I was looking for some days ago. Then an app was published on flathub called Muktiplex. It allows you to download and stream torrents directly through mpv. I watched Ahsoka only through this but I have to warn you: it is very new and it can crash sometimes but other than that it just fills this usage gap perfectly!

Edit: I have seen all the other comments and they either propose no solution at all ("just download the torrent") or they name some proprietary websites which also didn't really work for me. So I really think Multiplex comming as a nice looking gtk flatpak has a great potential.

[–] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hey, thank you!

[–] PropaGandalf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you found it?

[–] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah, one I can vouch for is qbittorrent, it works. Just choose download the first and last pieces first and open destination folder, play like a normal file, except you won't be able to fast forward, I am pretty sure there are apps which can do this though, but for the time being this is enough for me. Also, look at the post again, I have summarized the comments, you probably will find it very helpful

[–] PropaGandalf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well you can do just that with Multiplex lol