Seveleven Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 For all those who dislike the way µTorrent 2.x.x handles magnets, there is a very simple workaround.(For this short guide, I'll be using Pale Moon (Firefox derivative) as an example, but this should work with any browser. I'll also be using µTorrent 2.0.4 (build 22967) for reference.)1. First, if not already so, make the bookmarks toolbar visible. This will make things much easier.2. Right-click the bookmarks toolbar and select "New Bookmark..."3. In the "Location:" field, paste ONE of the following lines of code:javascript:var%20magnetLink='http://zoink.it/torrent/%27+document.getSelection();location.assign(magnetLink)+%27.torrent%27;ORjavascript:var%20magnetLink='http://torrage.com/torrent/%27+document.getSelection();location.assign(magnetLink)+%27.torrent%27;You can name the bookmark if you want. I personally chose to leave it blank so that only the favicon will appear.Of course I used the Bookmark Favicon Changer add-on for Firefox,https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bookmark-favicon-changer/to replace the blank icon with the following magnet icon:The end result is a simple yet nifty little button in my bookmarks toolbar:(Note that other browsers might not have this cool feature.)4. Now that you have your little bookmark button set up, you can use it to download magnet links as torrents directly from your browser.All you need to do is highlight a torrent's "Info Hash" and then click the bookmark button.Pro Tip: Instead of manually highlighting the info hash by sliding your mouse, just double-click it.You can try it out on the following info hash for an Ubuntu distro:ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso:8AC3731AD4B039C05393B5404AFA6E7397810B415. The Open/Save dialog box should appear.Select Open with µTorrent and check "Do this automatically for files like this from now on."Click OK and...Voila! The good ol' "Add New Torrent" box. It's the same old routine from here folks.You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfarley Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 ^ Nice tip Seveleven, thanks!!! Works for me with uTorrent 3.1.2 and latest Chrome browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knk2006 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 genius.... loving it.. thanks :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbebad Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Wouldn't you have to setup one for each site you downloade a magnet for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaco1946 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Cheers Seveleven.It works with utorrent 1.7.7.Your a "STAR".Thanks.James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfarley Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Wouldn't you have to setup one for each site you downloade a magnet for?As long as the Info Hash is displayed and selectable, it will work for any site. It relies on http://zoink.it/ being available to supply the torrent file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbebad Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 ifarly - that is the problem. It only works if zoink.it has the torrent file. And if it doesn;t? How do you handle the error other than doing it as we? did it before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seveleven Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yes, it's certainly not the perfect solution but it's definitely better than nothing for µTorrent 2.x.x users, or clients that don't fully support magnets. Torrage.com and Zoink.it have most of the torrents available on TPB and other sites except for a few obscure 0day torrents (or torrents with zero seeds)."Eventually" µTorrent 3.x.x will have better magnet handling, but I'm not going to use 3.x.x for a number of reasons. For one, it's nearly twice the size of µTorrent 2.0.4, and for what? Obviously a program doesn't double in size due to security patches so what else is there? I don't need any more features and don't have any speed problems, so the only things µTorrent 3.x.x has to offer really is more bloat and a UI that's a step backwards. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natong Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Thank for your trick. I modifed to shorter.javascript:location.assign('magnet:?xt=urn:btih:'+document.getSelection()); Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beasly Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 You can also convert .magnet to .torrent using...1) http://magnet2torrent.com/OR2) http://www.btspread.com/convert/magnet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Or use the Magrent extension for FireFox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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