It is something that has been with us for many years and has not stopped being used, as most of you probably already know. For all this, P2P networks and the corresponding clients such as uTorrent or qBitTorrentamong other similar solutions.
But of course, at the same time we must bear in mind that, although in general terms the use of these clients is simple, there are times when it is not. This is something that is especially evident among novice users in this type of work. Therefore, sometimes these downloads for some become a somewhat annoying or cumbersome process. To a large extent, all this is given because, in addition to the browser, we have to install additional programs in the form of the mentioned P2P clients. In addition, in some cases we have to configure them or at least adapt them to our needs.
We tell you all this because at this point, many users have the idea that it would be easier discharge a torrent directly from your browser. This is something that would make things easier for the most novice users in this type of download, of which there are still many.
Open torrent files on PC
On the internet we are going to find a huge number of web pages that offer us files in this format, Torrent, of all kinds. In most cases we use specific programs to download these files. When we talk about programs, we refer to the usual clients that are specially designed for these tasks. Among these we can highlight common options such as uTorrent or qBittorrent, in addition to many others that we can use. That is why we are now going to talk about how to download these specific files through the chrome browser.
Well, if we have installed one of these customers that we are commenting on, as a general rule it is enough that we click twice on the file for it to be loaded directly in the corresponding client. This is because by default Windows has established to open torrents with the client that we have specified.
Use Chrome extensions
In the same way there are people who do not want to use a additional software for this type of task, so we are going to help you in these same lines. Specifically, we are going to show you some alternatives to download torrent files from the browser itself.
Specifically, we are going to focus on the most used and widespread software of this type, such as the Google proposal, Chromeand some of its extensions.
JSTorrent, manage and download torrents quickly
Here we meet JSTorrent, an extension for the Google browser that allows us to search and download torrents directly from here. It must be taken into account that once installed, the downloads are added to the program as if they were a normal file from any other website. At the same time, it offers us a series of management functions for torrent downloads and shows us information on each file we deal with.
This is how we see the download speed, the size, or its status, among other things of interest. In this way we avoid having to resort to external third-party clients.
Bitford, download and preview
Another of the extensions that we can use to download torrents It is this proposal, a complement that we can download and install in Chrome. Once this is done, it presents us with a series of interesting functions in this regard. As an example, Bitford allows us to preview the videos that we are downloading via streaming, something that will be very useful for us.
It must be taken into account that in this case we find ourselves with an open source project developed in JavaScript and it saves us the use of additional P2P clients.
uTorrent easy client, the uTorrent extension for Chrome
Next, we show you the alternative called uTorrent Easy Client, which as its name indicates, is the Chrome extension of the popular uTorrent client. This only requires a simple initial configuration so that we can download files in torrent format without using any other program besides Chrome.
.torrent to Transmission, Transmission extension for Chrome
On the other hand, as in the previous case, other of the P2P clients The most popular also offers us its own extension for the Google browser. In this way we will have the possibility of getting hold of and working with these files that we are talking about, directly from here as if it were just another web download.
BitTorrent For Chrome
This BitTorrent extension will allow us to send a link to the BitTorrent web UI and the BitTorrent UI for PC. This extension is responsible for adding an item to the context menu as we click with the right mouse button on a magnet link. That link can then be sent to the BitTorrent user interface for download without leaving the current page. This way you can instantly start downloading a torrent or magnet link into a configurable set of directories in BitTorrent.
Limitations of this download mode
One of the main advantages that we find around this torrent file download system through Chrome, is that today we use the browser for a large part of the tasks that we carry out on the computer. However, in the long run we will find many disadvantages when using this download method. Despite the fact that we have Google Chrome open on most of the occasions when we are in front of the PC, downloading torrents is not among its main uses.
Basically, this means that, in this well-known and widely used application, we are going to find ourselves with a good number of limitations with respect to the usual clients that we use for this type of content download. Actually, we want to tell you that we can download these files belonging to the P2P network of networks, without further ado. If we want to have greater control over the downloads and be able to configure everything related to them to the maximum, we will not be able to here. This is precisely why the most experienced users in this type of Internet use prefer to use specific clients that are specially developed for all this.
We will be able to customize and adapt the operation of these programs to the maximum to better manage downloads and speed them up as much as possible, something that we are hardly going to achieve in Chrome.
Download from web pages
We also have another possibility to dispense with the use of additional clients to the browser, downloading these files torrent from the web directly. This is something that we are going to show you along these same lines.
For example, this is the case of uTorrent Web, something that you can take full advantage of. As you can imagine, this is the web version of the well-known P2P client to be able to deal with torrent files without leaving the browser. Although we use it in Chrome, it should be noted that how could it be otherwise, this service works in most programs of this type. And we find a very similar case with BitTorrent Web, another online service to download torrents directly from Chrome and the like. It must be said that for this we will have to access . Changing the third, this is a proposal with this same type of use that is somewhat less known, but just as effective. We refer to WebTorrent, platform to which you can.
And to finish we will mention seedr, a website that also allows this type of download without the sometimes annoying P2P clients. We can agree to this proposal.
Problems we can find
Although the process is simple, as we can see, in reality not everything is rosy, and if we are not careful, we can find many problems when downloading these files from the Internet. The first thing we must take into account is that web browsers are already, by themselves, programs that consume a lot of memory, and many resources, on our computer. Therefore, if we are not careful, when using extensions or tools to download torrents from Chrome itself we can end up running out of available RAM memory, blocking the entire computer, or blocking all connections by not leaving available bandwidth.
In addition, we must be very careful with the downloads we choose. There are always hackers waiting for the slightest opportunity to get hold of any kind of information related to us. Especially if we use, for example, little-known and closed-source extensions, or websites like the ones we have seen. Be very careful with what we download through these services.
Lastly, it must be borne in mind that this type of tool, although it fulfills its purpose, is not as complete as a client such as uTorrent, Transmission or qBittorrent. Therefore, we may be exposing our privacy and missing opportunities to speed up downloads (for example, using DHT).
Worth?
The short answer is no. Downloading torrent files through a browser does not imply any additional advantage compared to using a dedicated application, an application that is also specifically designed to perform that function, so it is optimized to consume as few resources as possible. In addition, the download speed will be much faster than using any browser. We are also going to avoid the risk of accidentally closing the browser and completely canceling the download, which will force us to start it again.
If our team cannot download applications from outside the Microsoft Store, as it is an S version of Windows or a user account of a minor, it is not necessary to resort to a browser, since in the Microsoft Store we can find some applications that allows us to download this type of files without any problem. One of the best known and with a user interface that the most popular torrent applications would like is Torrex, an application that is available in Lite versions (with limitations and free) and paid (costs 9.99 euros). If our needs are not very high, with the free version we will have more than enough. This application has an average rating of 4.3 stars out of a possible 5 after receiving more than 1,000 ratings, so we could say that it is a guarantee of operation.
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