Torrents

[Sonix]

To add download functionality via Bittorrent, these would be the basic steps:

1. user selects a file to download
2. system checks if there is a corresponding torrent file. If yes -> Step 4. else:
3. If not, create a torrent file via transmission-create with approriate options and moves it into torrentfile cache 3a. transmission-daemon watches the torrentfile-cache dir and automatically adds the new torrent + starts seeding
4. Torrentfile is delivered to user via HTTP
5. user starts downloading by adding torrentfile to client

Would require:

• opentracker (& libowfat)
• transmission (cli, not GUI)
• libowfat & transmission are installable via homebrew

[arbyter]

There is also a RPC-Interface available which can be used with transmissionrpc.

[arbyter]

Argh…