Webseed without .torrent

[pimboli]

Hello,

Is it possible to stream/download a file only having a magnet link and a webseed?

I have a file called 2.mp4, then I create create a .torrent file with the command:
create-torrent -urlList 'https://free-cdn.domain.com/2.mp4' 2.mp4 -o 2.torrent
and with webtorrent info 2.torrent I extract the info hash.
The Hash I've got: e78341f222031b8c35076c722e5bbf4877d7f5e2

But unfortunatly I cant access the torrent via this magnet link (with embedded webseed):

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e78341f222031b8c35076c722e5bbf4877d7f5e2&dn=2.mp4&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexplodie.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.empire-js.us%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.btorrent.xyz&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.fastcast.nz&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openwebtorrent.com&ws=https%3A%2F%2Ffree-cdn.domain.com%2F2.mp4

When I create a torrent file with
create-torrent -urlList 'https://free-cdn.domain.com/2.mp4' 2.mp4 -o 2.torrent

and open the torrent file I can download and seed the video, then It works also via the magnet link.

It seems that webtorrent can't handle downloading via magnet if not at least one peer is connected even tough there is a ws defined...

Why??? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

[SilentBot1]

Hey, Its not possible to do this. You require both the magnet and metadata in order to download a torrent from a WebSeed using a magnet uri. In a typical scenario with peers who hold the metadata, this option will work, but if there are no peers with the metadata, this won't work. Like you've discovered, when using a torrent file, which includes the needed metadata, this works fine. If you need any more help with this, please let me know. Edit: Just to add to this, you can specify the &xs property in a magnet URI to specify the location of a .torrent file and this will be loaded by WebTorrent and load the metadata from here.

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On Wed, 19 Jun 2019, 16:40 pimboli, ***@***.***> wrote: Hello, Is it possible to stream/download a file only having a magnet link and a webseed? I have a file called 2.mp4, then I create create a .torrent file with the command: create-torrent -urlList 'https://free-cdn.domain.com/2.mp4' 2.mp4 -o 2.torrent and with *webtorrent info 2.torrent* I extract the info hash. The Hash I've got: e78341f222031b8c35076c722e5bbf4877d7f5e2 But unfortunatly I cant access the torrent via this magnet link (with embedded webseed): magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e78341f222031b8c35076c722e5bbf4877d7f5e2&dn=2.mp4&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexplodie.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F% 2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.empire-js.us %3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F% 2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.btorrent.xyz &tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.fastcast.nz&tr=wss%3A%2F% 2Ftracker.openwebtorrent.com&ws=https%3A%2F%2Ffree-cdn.domain.com%2F2.mp4 When I create a torrent file with create-torrent -urlList 'https://free-cdn.domain.com/2.mp4' 2.mp4 -o 2.torrent and open the torrent file I can download and seed the video, then It works also via the magnet link. It seems that webtorrent can't handle downloading via magnet if not at least one peer is connected even tough there is a ws defined... Why??? What am I doing wrong? Thanks. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1645?email_source=notifications&email_token=ADS6FYKPDWLTF77ZLJHHZETP3JHOFA5CNFSM4HZK55HKYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFUVEXG43VMWVGG33NNVSW45C7NFSM4G2N3MVA>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADS6FYJGUUAKF7RG7BQFV43P3JHOFANCNFSM4HZK55HA> .

[SilentBot1]

Hey @pimboli,

I'm going to close the ticket as the question has been answered but if you require further help regarding this issue, please feel free to continue in this ticket and we'll try and help you.

Many thanks,
SilentBot1