Re:Instant.io – Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent
by szimek on Monday September 19, 2016 @03:30AM
(#12529599)
I'm using idb.filesystem.js in https://www.sharedrop.io, so that only very small part of the transferred file is stored in memory, but then without asking users for permission (i.e. using non-persistent storage) you "only" get ~4GB (not sure exactly, I tested it with files up to 1.5GB).
You can then use idb.filesystem.js to add api support for firefox etc. Search the file above for "is_chrome" for a few idb.filesystem.js-specific quirks.
Looking at that page, it looks like firefox will ship with support in version 50?