[diericx]

Is there any way to get it to immediately start downloading the files, then prioritize the bits requested by applications reading the file?

Also, very curious, how have you been using btfs? What have you been using it for?

[rnhmjoj]

I think this should be the default behavior: as soon as you mount the torrent btfs start fetching it like any other torrent client.

I use it mainly for streaming videos: btfs comes with a small python script "btplay <magnet>" that will mount the torrent and start your player, very handy. Another cool thing you can do is downloading and extracting a file simultaneously, just mount a torrent and call "unzip".