RapidBay: Self-hosted torrent videostreaming service that works with Chromecast...

RapidBay

Rapid bay is a self hosted video service/torrent client that makes playing videos from torrents as easy as:

1. Opening the webapp on a phone/laptop/tablet.
2. Searching for content.
3. Selecting desired video file.
4. Waiting for Download/Conversion.
5. Playing on the device or cast to AppleTV/Chromecast

Features:

• Search using a combination of the top torrent search engines - easily extendable to support other backends.
• Pick individual video files you want to play and the system takes care of the rest to make it streamable.
• Automatic download of Closed Captions/Subtitles
• Automatically converts the video file and subtitles to be playable on all browsers/chromecast/appletv
• Automatically converts audio that is unsupported by browsers to AAC
• Allows registering as a handler for any magnet link
• Automatically cleans up disk space so you don't need to manage it yourself

Demo:

Running:

Requires Docker

docker run -p 5000:5000 -p 6881:6881 -p 6881:6881/udp -e USERNAME=<some-username> -e PASSWORD=<some-password> hauxir/rapidbay

App will be running at http://localhost:5000

Registering as a handler for any magnet link:

• Go to https://<RAPIDBAY_HOST>/registerHandler and it should prompt you to register your running RapidBay instance as a default handler for torrent links on any torrent site!
• You can also copy/paste a magnet link directly into the search bar to open magnet links manually.

Developing

Requires Docker + docker-compose

docker-compose up

Running RapidBay on a VPS

Setting RapidBay up on a VPS and tunnel torrent traffic through NordVPN