Torrent Viewer
Browse a torrent's files and open them in Persephone, streamed from the swarm. Metadata only until you open something.
More than a torrent downloader
Torrent Viewer also adds a content provider to Persephone. It registers the
magnet: and torrent: link schemes, so every file inside a torrent gets its own link,
such as torrent://<info-hash>/<path>.
Persephone's editors and other boards read that link like any other source in the content pipe. The bytes stream straight from the swarm, piece by piece, as the reader asks for them:
- the video player starts playing before the download finishes, and seeking fetches only the part it jumps to;
- an image, PDF or text file opens in its usual editor or viewer board, with no copy on disk;
- downloaded pieces stay in memory. A file is saved only when you choose Download this file.
Magnet links from web pages, .torrent files and .torrent download links all open in the board.
The status bar of a page that is reading a torrent shows its live peers and download speed.
| Opens | *.torrent |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.9.3 |
| Needs Persephone | 5.0.7 or later |
| Download size | 569 KB |
Install
Open a matching file in Persephone: the editor switch offers to install Torrent Viewer. You can also install it from the Published Boards catalog. The board is downloaded, checked against its published checksum, and runs only after you trust it.