Torrent-stream does not detect files

Hi.

I have a simple function:

function play(magnet) {
    var torrentStream = require('torrent-stream');
    console.log("Creating torrent stream for " + magnet);
    var engine = torrentStream(magnet);

    engine.on('ready', function() {
        engine.files.forEach(function(file) {
            console.log('filename:', file.name);
            var stream = file.createReadStream();
            // stream is readable stream to containing the file content
        });
    });
}

to which I pass this link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:02b6b3ed991edb7f173469f5bf8d8267 7380ea53&tr=http://tracker.torrentleech.org:2710/a/xxxxxx6xxexx44xxa01X772601xxdfc/announce. (login token hidden)

The link works If i open it manually in a torrent program, but console.log('filename:', file.name); does not print anything. Nothing happens, execution stops and nothing gets printed. Why?

[williamsbs]

hi i still have this probleme, some magnets don’t trigger the engine.on(‘ready’, fn), does anyone have a solution ?

[tsoernes]

Take a look: DHT Off: DHT On (never finishes):

This is a very strange issue. If I try the magnet link in peerflix-cli, it does not work, but if I download the torrent-file and put it in the cli, it works. Do you have any idea what it could be? I can email you a torrent if that would help.

This is a possible workaround, but it’s not pretty:

// Torrent location is relative to the location of this script
    var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
    var child = spawn('cmd', ['/c', 'peerflix', torrentFilePath, "--mpchc"]);
    child.on('error', function (err) {
        console.log('Failed to start child process.');
    });