shyba
commented
2 years ago 1-
Running from latest source:
lbrynet get bigbuckbunny-torrent1
results in:
2022-07-08 02:26:34,669 INFO lbry.file.file_manager:214: starting download for bigbuckbunny-torrent1
2022-07-08 02:26:35,137 INFO lbry.torrent.session:182: torrent alert: added torrent: dd8255ecdc7ca55fb0bbf81323d87062db1f6d1c
2022-07-08 02:26:36,991 INFO lbry.torrent.session:101: Metadata completed for btih:dd8255ecdc7ca55fb0bbf81323d87062db1f6d1c - Big Buck Bunny
2022-07-08 02:27:03,563 INFO lbry.file.file_manager:135: claim contains a metadata only update to a stream we have
2022-07-08 02:27:03,569 INFO lbry.file.file_manager:166: already have stream for bigbuckbunny-torrent1
2022-07-08 02:27:03,570 INFO lbry.torrent.session:101: Metadata completed for btih:dd8255ecdc7ca55fb0bbf81323d87062db1f6d1c - Big Buck Bunny
2022-07-08 02:27:04,175 INFO lbry.torrent.session:182: torrent alert: added torrent: dd8255ecdc7ca55fb0bbf81323d87062db1f6d1cplays fine.
None of the binaries include support for it as they do not ship with libtorrent.
This issue comment points to other places where libtorrent is used with python and pure python implementations of a simple downloader.
2 - Streaming can be achieved by either:
- libtorrent as we have it. Improving the bindings and telling libtorrent to prioritize what is being streamed.
- Getting a pure python implementation to do it (nicer, probably unfeasible right now)
The main missing thing at the moment is building and shipping libtorrent with bindings properly across all supported platforms. That requires some work but is definitely doable as many projects are shipped this way. In the long term, having better bindings or a pure python lib is ideal.
Does support for downloads only include the ability to create claims with BT infohashes?
1 - What's the status of existing code? 2 - What would be necessary to ship an SDK (and Desktop release) that would offer torrent support for downloads only? What about streaming?