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Topic: Magnet links in Firefox [Solved] (Read 45313 times)

russell.eberhardt
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« on: March 06, 2012, 08:24:58 AM
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Hi,
Many bit torrent sites such as Pirate Bay now use Magnet links. If I click on
a Magnet link in Firefox I get, "Firefox doesn't know how to open this
address, because the protocol (magnet) isn't associated with any program."
KTorrent understands Magnet so any ideas how to get Firefox to link to it?
TIA
Russell.
« Last Edit: March 06, 2012, 02:58:42 PM by russell.eberhardt »

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Re: Magnet links in Firefox
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2012,
08:28:17 AM »

http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201203/page14.html

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nixer
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08:50:03 AM »

I had this same problem a couple of days ago. This is what I did to solve
it. I am using transmission as my BT client but use Firefox as my browser.
These steps may help you.

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In Firefox, under file > preferences, click on the applications tab. Scroll
down to "magnet" and select to "always ask". Then click on the magnet file
and it will ask you which program to use to open it. In transmission, I had
to manually "browse" to the program in /usr/bin and select it for it to work. I
guess this is because firefox recognized "transmission" but when I browsed
to the actual file, the file name was transmission-gtk and not merely
"transmission". At any rate, after I did this, it worked fine.
Hope this helps.
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russell.eberhardt
Sr. Member

Posts: 413

02:58:00 PM »

Thanks guys.
I installed transmission instead of KTorrent. Copied and pasted the
commands from the PClos Mag, followed nixer's instructions and all works
fine.
Thanks again.
Russell.
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coffeetime
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05:20:38 PM »

Firefox
about:config

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enter handler.expose

right click - New - Boolean

Enter the preference name network.protocol-handler.expose.magnet

Set its value to false

Click on the magnet link and you should see Firefox’s Launch Application
Choose Dialog

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Select your torrent client.
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russell.eberhardt
Sr. Member

05:38:45 AM »

Posts: 413

Thanks Coffeetime, that's perfect.
Russell.
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shimonl
Sr. Member

03:58:15 PM »

Posts: 258

Another thank you to Coffeetime! Worked perfectly!
Shimon
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cpufrier
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2012, 10:20:36
PM »

Posts: 72

Thank you , thank you, thank you.
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Dreamofgilgamesh
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« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2012, 08:11:17
AM »

Posts: 215

Hi, i just found this topic and i found it very helpful. The only bit I'm stuck
on is this,
"Select your torrent client."
Where in the Linux file system do i find Ktorrent please?
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russell.eberhardt
Sr. Member

« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2012, 11:01:58
AM »

Posts: 413
Quote from: Dreamofgilgamesh on June 10, 2012, 08:11:17 AM

Where in the Linux file system do i find Ktorrent please?

Here:
/usr/bin/ktorrent
Russell.
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Dreamofgilgamesh
Full Member

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« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2012,
11:21:46 AM »

Posts: 215

Thank you Russel, much appreciated.
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Jim Dandy
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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2012,
11:41:50 AM »

Posts: 185
Quote from: coffeetime on March 06, 2012, 05:20:38 PM

Firefox
about:config

enter handler.expose

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right click - New - Boolean

Enter the preference name network.protocol-handler.expose.magnet

Set its value to false

Click on the magnet link and you should see Firefox’s Launch Application
Choose Dialog

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Select your torrent client.

That didn't work for me. Even after I did the boolean thing and set it to
false, I got the same message on/with Firefox.
« Last Edit: November 23, 2012, 01:04:31 PM by Jim Dandy »

pb100
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« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2012,
05:26:24 PM »

Posts: 37

Worked! Thanks
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