How to watch movies and TV shows through torrents, without waiting for the download
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Torrent client for Windows, macOS and Linux
qBittorrent
qBittorrent - is a great torrent-client with tons of features. It's free, but it can easily put on the blades of a popular, but filled with advertising uTorrent. In it, there are built-in search, and easy to subscribe to RSS filtering, and fine-tune the schedule. But the real killer-feature qBittorrent - serial download mode.
Add the torrent and start downloading a video in qBittorrent, and then click it in the list of downloads, right-click to open the context menu. Click on the item "Load series." Wait 30 seconds, then right click again and select "File Preview". And yet, start watching a video.
QBittorrent is best works in conjunction with video player VLC: The latter can play not until the end of the downloaded files.
More qBittorrent, as befits any decent torrent client, can download these or other files in the hand in turn. This is useful if you are downloading a TV series with multiple seasons and want to start watching it from the first series.
After the start the download and put a tick "Load sequence", click the bottom button "Files". will list all series and seasons before you. Locate the first edition, click on the right mouse button and under "Priority" set the "Max."
Now you can start watching the first series, and then the rest will be loaded. You can also uncheck the episodes and seasons that you do not want to swing.
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WebTorrent
Cute open source torrent client. WebTorrent interface is simple in the extreme, however, the functions it is inferior to the same qBittorrent. But with video playback of torrents he copes perfectly.
Open WebTorrent, and then drag it to the window any torrent-file with video. Or click File → Open Torrent Address... and enter the URL of the torrent or magnet-link.
Then click on the round button Play next to the name of the movie in the downloads list.
If you are uploading a series, click on the entry in the list, and see a list of all the series. You can choose the one that you want to view.
WebTorrent supports a considerable number of video formats, but sometimes it is not able to open any MKV, for example. In this case, the program will offer to play in a third-party player - best fits the same VLC.
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Torrent client for Android
Flud
The Android operating system does not lack torrent client. And Flud, perhaps the best of them. It looks good, works steadily and has a large number of settings, not yielding desktop torrent clients.
Open in Flud any torrent file or magnet-link and activate the check box "Enable progressive download." Then click on the button with the plus sign. Wait a few seconds, click on the downloaded torrent and click on the tab "Files". Click on the video and you will be prompted to open it.
You can select any video player, but it is better to cope VLC. If you are downloading a file it will ask you about the damaged index, simply press the Play as is, and playback will begin.
Price: Free
tTorrent Lite
Another good client for Android. He's not as functional as Flud, but still useful for fans torrents.
Start upload any movie or TV show using tTorrent Lite, then click on the entry in the downloads section. On the Properties tab select the "Progressive download".
Then through your file manager, go to the folder where you downloaded torrents, and open the downloaded movie in VLC. If the player does not appear immediately and notifies you about the damaged index, press Play as is.
Unfortunately, tTorrent Lite does not allow to start browsing right from your interface, forcing the user to switch to file manager and open the folder manually downloads.
Price: Free
Media Players
ROX Player
ROX Player - very handy media player for Windows, which has a useful function torrents playback. Run it, click "File» → «Open .torrent», and then specify the torrent-file, URL on it on the web or a magnet-link. After a short buffering will start playing the movie. Everything is very simple.
At the same time ROX Player supports even rewind the video. Press the rewind bar at the bottom, and the program will start downloading exactly the part of the film that you need.
Default boot program downloaded to the folder, and cleared when leaving the ROX Player. This can be changed if you want to save the viewed movie to watch them and then once more.
Open the "Options» → «Settings" and click the "BitTorrent" tab. In the "Folder for downloads" click "Edit" and select any folder of your choice, such as "Videos" or "Downloads". Then uncheck "Automatically clean the load when the program starts." All are now your movies will be stored, how much you will need.
ROX Player can play not only movies that are downloaded via torrent, but also the series. If you specify a torrent-file or magnet-link with several video files, the program will show you a playlist where you can select which series to show. The series will be played one after the other.
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see also🧐
- Worthy alternative torrent client uTorrent
- Skytorrents - guide to the torrent tracker
- As the player VLC continue watching from the point at which you completed