The [WebTorrent](https://webtorrent.io) project provides a way for websites to share the bandwidth load with the users viewing content. It works on almost any content, but the first thing I I implemented is for Video. # Getting Media This demo is found in `admin/bando/demos/WTVideos.svelte` and it is coded to expect a sample image, video and torrent file at: * `/images/sample_video.mp4` * `/images/sample_image.jpg` * `/images/sample_video.mp4.torrent` If you want it to work locally, grab a video and an image and place them there, then use `mktorrent` as described next. # Making the .torrent This will most likely *only* work if you have your server on `127.0.0.1` 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: ```shell mktorrent -v -w http://127.0.0.1:5001/images/sample_video.mp4 \ -a ws://127.0.0.1:9001/ \ -o static/images/sample_video.mp4.torrent \ -p -l 18 static/images/sample_video.mp4 cp -r static/images public/images ``` It uses the [mktorrent](https://github.com/pobrn/mktorrent) to generate the torrent since it is faster. Be careful of the WebTorrent specific options I use in the `mktorrent` that are needed for WebTorrent to understand the torrent: * `-p` -- Sets the private flag. This isn't needed for WebTorrent but is needed if you want to add extra protections to people accessing your content only after they log in. * `-l 18` -- Sets the piece length to 18, which is what WebTorrent seems to need. * `-w 127.0.0.1` -- Sets an initial web URL to use as a source. You should remove this if you want them to only go through the tracker and other users. * `-a ws://127.0.0.1:9001/` -- Tells WebTorrent where the tracker is located. # Bugs 1. It looks like WebTorrent has a problem getting the last chunk in some situations and I'm quite sure why. If you have an idea let me know. # Download Link If you want to let people download the video then add the `download={ true }` property.