blog/data/2020-05-24-vlc-bittorrent.txt

   1 Title: More reliable vlc bittorrent plugin in Debian (version 2.9)
   2 Tags: english, video, verkidetfri
   3 Date: 2020-05-24 17:00
   4
   5 <p>I am very happy to report that a more reliable
   6 <a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc-plugin-bittorrent">VLC
   7 bittorrent plugin</a> was just uploaded into debian.  This fixes a
   8 couple of crash bugs in the plugin, hopefully making the VLC
   9 experience even better when streaming directly from a bittorrent
  10 source.  The package is currently in Debian unstable, but should be
  11 available in Debian testing in two days.  To test it, simply install
  12 it like this:</p>
  13
  14 <p><pre>
  15 apt install vlc-plugin-bittorrent
  16 </pre></p>
  17
  18 <p>After it is installed, you can try to use it to play a file
  19 downloaded live via bittorrent like this:
  20
  21 <p><pre>
  22 vlc https://archive.org/download/Glass_201703/Glass_201703_archive.torrent
  23 </pre></p>
  24
  25 <p>It also support magnet links and local .torrent files.</p>
  26
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