A file system for the real pirates – BTFS (bittorrent file system)BTFS Bit Torrent File System :
BTFS Bit Torrent File System :
In order to mount the torrent as a directory and allow the use of torrent-files and magnet-links, Linux supporters have created a new file system BTFS. BTFS is very simple to work. You will find the magnet link on the torrent tracker and you need to use it with the system mount command. As a result, the contents of the selected torrent are mounted in the directory. Further, when one of the programs tries to open the file for reading, physical content is downloaded on demand. Plus, tools like ls, cat and cp work as expected and it lets you to use it as any read-only directory in your file tree. There are two advantages to work with torrents with this Unixway-approach: The program works so: Create the mount point mnt first. Then it binds the content of the torrent (video.torrent) VLC and starts playing the video. Installation BTFS into Linux Mint: BTFS code does not need intervention into the Linux kernel, as it runs on top of FUSE. Using BTFS, the whole tracker to the “hard drive of your computer” can be pre-mounted. Only when you refer to that data, will the actual data loading start and you will no longer need the website tracker. It can turn your VLC App into Popcorn Time. Mount a TV season torrent and watch episodes without necessarily using enough disk space for the whole set or waiting for completion. Contents are downloaded on demand when accessed by the applications like Vlc or mPlayer , gedit , file–roller (for zip/tar files) Source: Mint Guide
