Test webtorrent command line app on Windows

[feross]

On unixy operating systems you can install a command line webtorrent app like this:

$ npm install webtorrent -g
$ webtorrent
               _     _                            _
 __      _____| |__ | |_ ___  _ __ _ __ ___ _ __ | |_
 \ \ /\ / / _ \ '_ \| __/ _ \| '__| '__/ _ \ '_ \| __|
  \ V  V /  __/ |_) | || (_) | |  | | |  __/ | | | |_
   \_/\_/ \___|_.__/ \__\___/|_|  |_|  \___|_| |_|\__|

  Usage:
      webtorrent <options> <torrent>

      Download the torrent, given as:
          * magnet uri
          * http url to .torrent file
          * filesystem path to .torrent file
          * info hash (hex string)

  Streaming options:
      --airplay               stream to Apple TV (AirPlay)
      --chromecast            stream to Chromecast
      --mplayer               stream to MPlayer
      --mpv                   stream to MPV
      --omx [jack]            stream to omx (jack=local|hdmi)
      --vlc                   stream to VLC
      --xbmc                  stream to XBMC

  Options:
      -p, --port [number]     change the http port [default: 9000]
      -b, --blocklist [path]  use the specified blocklist
      -t, --subtitles [file]  load subtitles file
      -l, --list              list available files in torrent (with indexes)
      -i, --index             stream a particular file from torrnet (by index)
      -n, --no-quit           do not quit webtorrent on vlc exit
      -r, --remove            remove downloaded files on exit
      -q, --quiet             silence stdout
      -h, --help              display this help message
      -v, --version           print the current version

  Please report bugs!  https://github.com/feross/webtorrent/issues

I haven't tested this on Windows yet. Can a Windows user test this out and share instructions so we can update the README?

(I just bought a copy of VMWare Fusion 7 and I'm downloading a Windows 8.1 VM from https://www.modern.ie. To be continued...)

[ghost]

Hi,

I'm using Windows 8.1 and it worked fine for me. I decided to test it out by downloading a random torrent.

All I used was Windows Powershell with node (0.10.26) in the environment. I wanted to stream directly to VLC.

1. npm install -g webtorrent
2. webtorrent --vlc "magnet_uri"
3. Within about a minute, stream started as expected.

Here's a screenshot:

Hope that helps.

[feross]

Awesome, looks like we don't need to make any changes! I'll close this now.