browser-download.js example not working / Can't start download in browser

[fpinzn]

When used as is, the following warning is thrown:

Warning: must specify a tracker server to discover peers (required in browser because DHT is not implemented yet) (you can use wss://tracker.webtorrent.io)

When the tracker is appended to the url like magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d2474e86c95b19b8bcfdb92bc12c9d44667cfa36&tr=wss://tracker.webtorrent.io the execution never reaches the add callback.

Here's a plunkr: http://plnkr.co/ey0bp4

Neither does it work in node.

I guess the magnet uri used not longer works. When its changed for a torrent file uri works like a charm in node. In the browser throws an Invalid torrent Identifier error

Like in here: http://plnkr.co/edit/6Jr7qH?

[piedshag]

You must be explicitly seeding the file using webrtc. You are able to seed a file on http://instant.io and then download using your provided script with the correct infohash. Feross has explained this multiple times.

[fpinzn]

Even when seeding explicitly, the code doesn't reach the torrent metadata callback. This doesn't happen when running in node.

[feross]

I'm in the middle of refactoring bittorrent-tracker to support discovery of WebTorrent peers, and deployed to tracker.webtorrent.io and accidentally broke things. Working on fixing that today :)

[fpinzn]

👌

[feross]

Okay, https://instant.io is working again!