Is it possible to post magnet links?

[Ceewan]

well, like the thread topic sugests....

Is it possible to post magnet links? if so how? I have to admit I do not fully understand the concept even though I use them quite often.

 

[CoolKevin]

Upon my ignorance, I have never heard of a magnet link, all I know is I would never put a magnet next to my hard drive andalaugh:

but seriously what are they

 

[Ceewan]

but seriously what are they

It is a type of torrent link.

 

[Syobon]

Upon my ignorance, I have never heard of a magnet link, all I know is I would never put a magnet next to my hard drive andalaugh:

but there are magnets... inside your hdd hnoes:

 

[CoolKevin]

I always thought that the magnetic field draws all the data written on a hardrive and leaves partially damaged and unreadable

 

[Ceewan]

I always thought that the magnetic field draws all the data written on a hardrive and leaves partially damaged and unreadable

Not quite. A strong magnetic field changes the polarity of the magnets on your hard drive therefore effectively erasing all data. Data is stored using binary language, 0's and 1's, (or highs and lows/ positives and negatives). Rollyco could explain it better, he took the computer classes, (way more recently than I have anyway). Unfortunately he has not addressed this thread. Maybe I should have put this question in the tech area but it seemed to be a site problem.

I can copy and paste a magnetic link to my torrent client but if I copy and paste the link here then it will not work with my torrent client.....go figure. Not that copy and pasting a torrent link is acceptable here anyway, although I thought a magnet link would be different. I guess I could have researched them, I just have not gotten around to it.

 

[Rollyco]

he took the computer classes

I've never taken a computer class, where do you get your information?

In order to wrap magnet: URIs inside of <a> HTML tags, I would have to rewrite the [noparse][/noparse] bbcode vBulletin parser. But since I've never seen a magnet: URL posted on Akiba-Online I'm not going to waste my time. Unless a content uploader tells me they really need it.

If you DO manage to find a magnet: URI on Akiba-Online and you can't paste it into your bittorrent client, paste the URL into your browser's address bar instead and press Enter. That will exercise the same codepath in your browser as left-clicking on a magnet: hyperlink.

 

[Ceewan]

I've never taken a computer class, where do you get your information?

I thought you had mentioned it once.

In order to wrap magnet: URIs inside of <a> HTML tags, I would have to rewrite the [noparse][/noparse] bbcode vBulletin parser. But since I've never seen a magnet: URL posted on Akiba-Online I'm not going to waste my time. Unless a content uploader tells me they really need it.

If you feel like it I would use it. I consider myself a content uploader, not my own content, (lets face it, we don't get much of that anyway), and not on par with the majority of uploaders....yet I am definitely a content uploader.

If you DO manage to find a magnet: URI on Akiba-Online and you can't paste it into your bittorrent client, paste the URL into your browser's address bar instead and press Enter. That will exercise the same codepath in your browser as left-clicking on a magnet: hyperlink.

Thanks for the information but I was just interested in posting magnet links from other sources because sometimes a torrent link is not available to me and it is not something I would download, yet something I would share here nonetheless.