[SOLVED] Linux app which downloads torrent from begginning to end and allows me to watch the torrent as I am downloading it. - eviltoast

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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      • neveraskedforthis@lemmy.world
        41·
        1 year ago

        Sequential order just means downloads files in sequential orders, you can’t for instance watch a 2 hour Linux ISO documentary until the file is downloaded.

        There is a plugin for VLC which does allow this though, but I don’t remember the name of it. No need for external torrent software, just plop a magnet link in VLC, or a torrent file, and it’ll start streaming the legal Linux ISO documentary.

        • Entropy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          I found the gentoo iso really hard to watch, couldn’t really finish is

          Debian was good though, 10/10 would watch again

  • 3laws@lemmy.world
    23·
    1 year ago

    Stremio. Hands down the best. It has so many plug-ins for all types of content, yes furry porn and hentai included.

    You can add items to your library w/o downloading, I use it as a watchlist.

    I open Stremio if I know it’ll be one off, for my actual library good ol’ Jellyfin.

    • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      1 year ago

      ohh yes deluge! of c! my first ever open source torrent downloader. This is where I remember it sequential download from

      I love Deluge, but rn I have qb and it has great functionality as well, so imma stick with it. Thank you tho

  • LaggyKar@programming.dev
    5·
    1 year ago

    Ktorrent can do it. It’s got a built in media player, and if you watch a file in it, it will try to download it sequentially.

      • Engywuck@lemm.ee
        22·
        1 year ago

        I have a pragmatic approach. I prefer to always use the app/program that works best for me and choose FOSS everything else being equal.

        • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
          3·
          1 year ago

          everything else being equal is almost never the case. I like the fact that FOSS code is openly available, gives me a sense of peace of mind like none other. But yeah, I get your point

  • Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    In settings untick append .part to incomplete files Then find enable sequential download and tick it.

    I think this is a global setting rather than per torrent

  • PropaGandalf@lemmy.world
    41·
    1 year ago

    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.

        • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          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

  • flubba86@lemmy.world
    41·
    1 year ago

    I use stremio. I have a Real-Debrid account, I log into that in Stremio for cached torrents.

  • vic@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been using Peerlix for years. While there might be better alternatives nowadays, have not had any need for them.