btdash-http-player

This is a btdash playback implementation that makes use of an HTTP server to forward BitTorrent traffic to a web browser's MediaSource API.

Usage

./btdash-http-player -port 8888

• Open https://localhost:8888/index.html in your web browser
• Use the file selector on the page to load a torrent file packaged with btdash-packager
• Watch the video playback 📺

GET Routes

• /torrent/<infohash>/data is used in conjuction with the Range request header to get the video file data
• /torrent/<infohash>/info returns the torrent file for download
• /torrent/<infohash>/manifest returns the playback manifest embed in the torrent file

POST Route

• /torrent Adds the torrent file supplied in the request body