Test video streaming exemple

[ghislainf]

Hello !

I have test video streaming exemple with browserify, but the callback of client.download was never call. Any idea what's wrong ?

The magnet link works with webtorrent command line

Chrome v39.0.2171.95 (64-bit)
OSX 10.10.1

var WebTorrent = require('webtorrent')

var client = new WebTorrent()
var magnet_uri = "<redacted>"

client.download(magnet_uri, function (torrent) {
  // Got torrent metadata!
  console.log('Torrent info hash:', torrent.infoHash)

  // Let's say the first file is a webm (vp8) or mp4 (h264) video...
  var file = torrent.files[0]

  // Create a video element
  var video = document.createElement('video')
  video.controls = true
  document.body.appendChild(video)

  // Stream the video into the video tag
  file.createReadStream().pipe(video)
});

[feross]

Until mainstream BitTorrent clients support WebTorrent, or we build a client that gains traction, the brower-based webtorrent client can only download from from other browser-based clients. Browsers can't open arbitrary tcp/udp connections -- just WebRTC connections.

The torrent you selected likely has no seeders in the web network.