pirateflix

Stream piratebay movies directly from CLI

Usage no npm install needed!

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  import pirateflix from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/pirateflix';
</script>

README

pirateflix

Stream piratebay movies directly from CLI

Installation

Original pirateflix has been unpublished from its repo,using my repo instead.

# the output of "node -v" is referred as $NODE_VERSION
$ node -v

$ git clone https://github.com/Lisheng2016/pirateflix.git

# install pirateflix to /usr/local/Cellar/node/$NODE_VERSION/lib/node_modules/pirateflix/bin/cli.js
$ npm install  

# enable pirateflix globally by creating symlink
$ npm install -g

# make sure pirateflix is correctly placed
$ which pirateflix
  /usr/local/Cellar/node/$NODE_VERSION/bin/pirateflix

Options

$ pirateflix --help
  Follow the steps by the wizard and
  make sure you have VLC installed.

  Options:
    --search Optional value to start the query.
    --history Starts with the history of watched torrents.
    --clear Clears history of watched torrents.

  Usage:
    pirateflix [options]

Usage

$ pirateflix # will open movie wizard
$ pirateflix --search="Interstellar" # will perform a search

Overview

Make sure you have VLC installed, it might take a while until the movie starts depeding on the number of seeders/leechers. The movie will start streaming at http://localhost:8888 you can always manually access and check it out.

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License

MIT © 2016 Weslley Araujo
MIT © 2018 Jim Li