I hacked on this over the weekend to see how feasible it is to create a torrent streaming app on tvOS. I ended up using a server backend to support the streaming for the tvOS app.
p/s: My roommates insist that I need to use the name "siongTime".
@staringispolite it is inspired by Popcorn Time but tvOS doesn't support web view :( for now, siongTime(i love the name :) requires a server backend to process the torrents for it to work on the Apple TV.
btw, are you changing your username to @heartingispolite?
@siong1987 Could you talk a bit about the server tech involved? And are you taking bets as to how long before The Man shuts it down? :)
I'll wait and see how this hearts thing goes
h/t @SWatercolour
@staringispolite on the Apple TV app, when you click on the movie, it will initialize a download of the torrent on the server. once the download is initialized and enough buffer is created, the server will start streaming the movie down to the TV app.
i don't provide specific details on how/where to get the torrents metadata in order for this app to work :)
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Looks awesome, I assume you need to sideload it onto tvOS?
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