See What is Inside a Torrent Before You Download It
Paste a magnet link or info hash and get file listings, size breakdowns, and screenshots before committing to a download. No client needed.
Downloading a torrent blind is a gamble. You wait for the thing to finish, open it, and discover it is not what you expected. Maybe the file names were misleading. Maybe the quality is wrong. Maybe it is a completely different thing packaged with a familiar name.
Seed Preview lets you look inside before you commit. Paste a magnet link or info hash, and you get the file listing, total size, file count, content type, and screenshots when available. All of this happens in your browser. No torrent client, no downloading, no waiting.
磁力链接预览
通过磁力链接预览种子文件详情和截图
What you get from a magnet link
The tool takes two kinds of input: a full magnet link or a bare info hash. Either way, the result is the same.
It queries the whatlink.info API to fetch metadata about the torrent. The response includes:
- Content type. Is this a movie, a software package, a music album, a game? The tool identifies the category.
- File type. More granular than content type. MKV, MP4, EXE, ISO, and so on.
- Name. The torrent's display name as it appears in the swarm.
- Total size. How much disk space the full download would consume.
- File count. How many individual files are in the package.
- Screenshots. For video content, preview images that show what the actual footage looks like.
This is the same information a torrent client shows you after it has connected to the swarm and fetched the metadata. Seed Preview just does it without downloading anything.
How it works technically
Everything happens client-side. Your browser talks directly to the whatlink.info API. There is no server in between storing your queries or logging what you are looking up.
The API resolves the magnet link or info hash against distributed hash table (DHT) peers to fetch the torrent's metadata. This is the same metadata exchange that happens when a torrent client starts a download, except Seed Preview stops after the metadata phase. No actual file data is transferred.
This means the tool works even for torrents you do not have a client for. You can check what is in a torrent on a work machine, a phone, or a tablet without installing anything.
Practical uses
Verifying a download before committing bandwidth. If you are on a metered connection or have limited storage, knowing the exact file list and total size before downloading is valuable. A torrent that claims to be a 4K movie might actually be 80 GB, or it might be a 2 GB re-encode. The preview tells you.
Checking file structure. Some torrents are poorly organized. A music album might have 200 files including samples, NFO files, and unrelated extras. The file listing shows you exactly what you would get.
Identifying fake or misleading torrents. If the name says one thing but the file listing says another, that is a red flag. Seed Preview makes this obvious before you waste time.
Sharing information without sharing files. If someone asks you what is in a torrent, you can paste the magnet link into Seed Preview and screenshot the result. No need to download and extract.
What it does not do
No downloading. This is a preview tool. If you want the actual files, you need a torrent client.
No streaming. You cannot watch or listen to content through Seed Preview.
No search. You need to already have the magnet link or info hash. This tool does not find torrents for you.
No seeding or leeching. The tool fetches metadata only. It does not participate in the torrent swarm beyond the initial metadata exchange.
The tool does one thing: show you what is inside a torrent without downloading it. If that is what you need, it works.
Torrent Preview · Z.Tools
Preview torrent file details and screenshots from magnet links
