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The [WebTorrent](https://webtorrent.io) project provides a way for websites to
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share the bandwidth load with the users viewing content. It works on almost any
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content, but the first thing I I implemented is for Video.
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This will most likely *only* work if you have your server on `localhost:5001` since the torrent file is configured for that. Also, the default `npm run dev` will run the simple tracker implementation found in `services/tracker.js`. If you want to generate the torrents again then run:
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```
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sh scripts/mktorrents.sh sample.mp4
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```
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It uses the [mktorrents](https://github.com/pobrn/mktorrent) to generate the torrent since it is faster. Be careful of the WebTorrent specific options I use in the ``services/mktorrents.sh`` that are needed for WebTorrent to understand the torrent:
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* `-p` -- Sets the private flag. This isn't needed for WebTorrent but is
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needed if you want to add extra protections to people accessing your content
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only after they log in.
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* `-l 15` -- Sets the piece length to 15.
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* `-w localhost:5001` -- Sets an initial web URL to use as a source. You
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should remove this if you want them to only go through the tracker and other
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users.
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Download Link
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===
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If you want to let people download the video then add the `download={ true }` property. This demo sets that option so you can see how it works.
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