$ show johang/vlc-bittorrent
vlc-bittorrent is a VLC media player plugin that enables direct streaming of .torrent files and magnet links. It integrates libtorrent-rasterbar to handle the BitTorrent protocol, providing three VLC submodules: a stream_directory module to list torrent contents as a virtual directory, a stream_extractor module to stream individual files with on-demand piece downloading and priority-based piece selection, and an access module to resolve magnet URIs by downloading metadata from peers. The plugin manages a single libtorrent session shared across multiple torrents, handles asynchronous alerts via a dedicated thread, and supports interruptible I/O compatible with VLC's blocking read model. It includes a comprehensive test suite with TAP output and deterministic expected results.
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Manages a singleton libtorrent session with an alert listener registration mechanism. Uses a dedicated thread to pop alerts and dispatch them to registered listeners. Provides add_torrent and remove_torrent methods. The class is self-contained, depending only on libtorrent and standard C++ libraries, making it reusable as a standalone session manager for any libtorrent-based application.