Could anyone tell me about how torrent streaming works? Is it just the file being downloaded to a server and streamed to a bunch of viewers, or something else?
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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I use WebTorrent / WebTorrent-CLI and it basically streams/partially downloads the torrent and plays in your player of choice.
Not sure about this other option here.
Is this the same as Plex's 'watch together' feature?
I hope this gets ported to Windows. I use Linux, but many of my friends don't and won't.
WSL?
Same
This seems like a cool project, I'll have to try it out!
Hmm, I wonder if this could be aadapted to a Stremio plugin.
Is it in the aur