The streaming content via *Torrent* has become the workhorse of many developers struggling to impose this way of broadcast content between users without industries such as *MPAA* can hardly do anything. I'm not running for or against. I'm paying for online-content and sometimes also download some TV shows I can't get in my country.
In any case, a new tool has appeared on the scene in recent days that surely you already have read something: [Webtorrent Desktop](https://webtorrent.io/desktop). Perhaps what maybe don't you know is that **it has a version for the command line that run perfectly** on boards as *Raspberry Pi* or similar. This weekend I've tried and I'm going to teach you how to install and use it.
**NOTE:** The use of torrent may be prohibited in your country. Make sure you can use it before following the steps below.
First update *Node.js* to the latest version. If you have not installed and prefer the easy way, remember that you have an install script available with [PiKISS](https://github.com/jmcerrejon/PiKISS).
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sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable
Now it's the turn of *webtorrent-cli*:
sudo npm install webtorrent-cli -g
You have all the help available with *webtorrent --help*, but the most common use is with the following parameters:
Download *torrents*: *webtorrent-cli torrent_link*. It can be a file, a *magnet* link, *http* address,...
Streaming *torrent* files to a *device/player*: *webtorrent-cli --device*, which can be:
--airplay Apple TV
--chromecast Chromecast
--mplayer MPlayer
--mpv MPV
--omx [jack] omx [default: hdmi]
--vlc VLC
--xbmc XBMC
--stdout standard out [implies --quiet]
That's right, **it supports *omxplayer* flawlessly**. My testing have been in a *Raspberry Pi 2* and was able to play a *1080p* video with a little problem (1/2 second with no sound maybe due my limited bandwidth).
Link: [github.com > webtorrent-cli](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-cli)