VLC BitTorrent Plugin Streams Video Torrents Without Waiting For The Complete Download | Linux Today

VLC BitTorrent Plugin Streams Video Torrents Without Waiting For The Complete Download

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Oct 24, 2018

Want to stream video torrent files with VLC media player without having to download the complete torrent and only then start playing it? There’s a VLC plugin, called vlc-bittorrent, that’s able to do just that, which was added to the Debian repositories about a month ago.

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