I know you can open .torrent files using Opera, but not magnet protocol links. I have tried "Opera > Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Programs > Add > Protocol" and typed "magnet", but I don't know what to put in "Open With Other Application". I don't want to install a Bittorrent Client. How does this work?
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When a web browser opens a magnet link, that causes it to open the application needed to access the content offered through the link. For bittorrent magnet links, it opens your bittorrent application,
So configuring Opera for magnet links does not eliminate the need to have a bittorrent client. You need one, unless Opera is able to act as a bittorrent client itself. I do not believe this is the case, though it's imaginably possible that such a feature could be added in a later version. (You would still not be able to open a torrent magnet link without a bittorrent client though; this would just mean that your web browser was also your bittorrent client.)
Eliah Kagan
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