Magnet links in Firefox using Transmission (Karmic)

[prince.buster]

Transmission supports Magnet links from version 1.80 onwards, which will probably not be added to the Ubuntu repositories until the Lucid Lynx release in april.

You can upgrade it anyway using the PPA:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~transmissionbt/+archive/ppa

A tutorial on adding PPA's can be found here.

Then you must configure Firefox to recognise the Magnet links.

* Type about:config into the address bar and press Enter.
* Right-click -> New -> Boolean -> Name: network.protocol-handler.external.magnet -> Value -> true
* Right-click -> New -> String -> Name: network.protocol-handler.app.magnet -> Value -> /usr/bin/transmission
* Ensure network.protocol-handler.expose-all is set to true
(thanks to kwacka for this info)

P2P is the way forward, folks

p.s note that this only works for magnet links that refer to torrent files. Other P2P URN's such as those found on Gutenberg.org will not work with the above settings. We are still waiting for comprehensive URN handling in Firefox.

[mörgæs]

Confirmed: In the alpha version of 10.04, Transmission is version 1.90 supporting magnet links.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

[snapy]

Confirmed: In the alpha version of 10.04, Transmission is version 1.90 supporting magnet links.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

does firefox also work correctly?

[phpdonk3y]

Before trying the about:config route try disabling your firewall for the first torrent then you may find that it configures itself ie your firewall is blocking the process. You only need to disable it for a minute then put it backup.

Try

sudo ufw status

if it says its enabled then try

sudo ufw disable

click on the torrent link then it should configure itself to handle them its just the initial step that seemed to screw it up

then

sudo ufw enable

to stay safe[r]

worked for meeeeee.
BYe

[oklokl]

https://launchpad.net/~tualatrix/+archive/ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install qbittorrent ubuntu-tweak

ubuntu-tweak


http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.p...1&d=1333775083


http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.p...1&d=1333775083

Firefox open
start qbittorrent

sudo ufw allow out 6881:6999/tcp
sudo ufw allow out 6881:6999/udp
sudo ufw allow out 30000:60000/tcp
sudo ufw allow out 30000:60000/udp

[mikewhatever]

Transmission supports Magnet links from version 1.80 onwards, which will probably not be added to the Ubuntu repositories until the Lucid Lynx release in april.

You can upgrade it anyway using the PPA:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~transmissionbt/+archive/ppa

A tutorial on adding PPA's can be found here.

Then you must configure Firefox to recognise the Magnet links.

* Type about:config into the address bar and press Enter.
* Right-click -> New -> Boolean -> Name: network.protocol-handler.external.magnet -> Value -> true
* Right-click -> New -> String -> Name: network.protocol-handler.app.magnet -> Value -> /usr/bin/transmission
* Ensure network.protocol-handler.expose-all is set to true
(thanks to kwacka for this info)

P2P is the way forward, folks

p.s note that this only works for magnet links that refer to torrent files. Other P2P URN's such as those found on Gutenberg.org will not work with the above settings. We are still waiting for comprehensive URN handling in Firefox.

This doesn't work, even if the correct path for transmission (/usr/bin/transmission-gtk) is used. Another disadvantage of this method is - there is no apparent way to undo the changes.

This is the way that works: http://maketecheasier.com/open-magne...ser/2010/02/19

...and to undo the changes, run "gedit .mozilla/firefox/*.default/prefs.js", search for "magnet" and remove the two lines.

[ubudog]

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