diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs
index 387e09e..60dd1d5 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/live/mod.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ pub struct TorrentStateLive {
     meta: Arc<ManagedTorrentInfo>,
     locked: RwLock<TorrentStateLocked>,
 
-    files: OpenedFiles,
+    pub(crate) files: OpenedFiles,
 
     stats: AtomicStats,
     lengths: Lengths,
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/mod.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/mod.rs
index adb2d62..65071ef 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pub mod initializing;
 pub mod live;
 pub mod paused;
 pub mod stats;
+mod streaming;
 pub mod utils;
 
 use std::collections::HashSet;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ use initializing::TorrentStateInitializing;
 
 use self::paused::TorrentStatePaused;
 pub use self::stats::{TorrentStats, TorrentStatsState};
+use self::streaming::TorrentStreams;
 
 pub enum ManagedTorrentState {
     Initializing(Arc<TorrentStateInitializing>),
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ pub struct ManagedTorrentInfo {
 
 pub struct ManagedTorrent {
     pub info: Arc<ManagedTorrentInfo>,
+    pub(crate) streams: TorrentStreams,
     locked: RwLock<ManagedTorrentLocked>,
 }
 
@@ -548,6 +551,7 @@ impl ManagedTorrentBuilder {
                 only_files: self.only_files,
             }),
             info,
+            streams: Default::default(),
         }))
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/streaming.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/streaming.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..555df7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/torrent_state/streaming.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+use std::{
+    io::{Read, Seek, SeekFrom},
+    sync::{
+        atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+        Arc,
+    },
+    task::{Poll, Waker},
+};
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use dashmap::DashMap;
+use librqbit_core::lengths::ValidPieceIndex;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncSeek};
+
+use crate::{opened_file::OpenedFile, ManagedTorrent};
+
+use super::ManagedTorrentHandle;
+
+type StreamId = usize;
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub(crate) struct TorrentStreams {
+    next_stream_id: AtomicUsize,
+    wakers_by_stream: DashMap<StreamId, (ValidPieceIndex, Waker)>,
+}
+
+impl TorrentStreams {
+    fn next_id(&self) -> usize {
+        self.next_stream_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+
+    fn register_waker(&self, stream_id: StreamId, piece_id: ValidPieceIndex, waker: Waker) {
+        self.wakers_by_stream.insert(stream_id, (piece_id, waker));
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn wake_streams_on_piece_completed(&self, piece_id: ValidPieceIndex) {
+        let mut woken = Vec::new();
+        for w in self.wakers_by_stream.iter() {
+            if w.value().0 == piece_id {
+                w.value().1.wake_by_ref();
+                woken.push(*w.key());
+            }
+        }
+        for w in woken {
+            self.wakers_by_stream.remove(&w);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn drop_stream(&self, stream_id: StreamId) {
+        self.wakers_by_stream.remove(&stream_id);
+    }
+}
+
+struct FileStream {
+    torrent: ManagedTorrentHandle,
+    stream_id: usize,
+    file_id: usize,
+    position: u64,
+
+    // file params
+    file_len: u64,
+    file_torrent_abs_offset: u64,
+}
+
+macro_rules! map_io_err {
+    ($e:expr) => {
+        $e.map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e))
+    };
+}
+
+macro_rules! poll_try_io {
+    ($e:expr) => {{
+        let e = map_io_err!($e);
+        match e {
+            Ok(r) => r,
+            Err(e) => return Poll::Ready(Err(e)),
+        }
+    }};
+}
+
+impl AsyncRead for FileStream {
+    fn poll_read(
+        mut self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut std::task::Context<'_>,
+        buf: &mut tokio::io::ReadBuf<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
+        // if the file is over, return 0
+        if self.position == self.file_len {
+            return Poll::Ready(Ok(()));
+        }
+
+        // determine the piece that position is pointing to.
+        let lengths = &self.torrent.info().lengths;
+        let dpl = lengths.default_piece_length();
+
+        let abs_pos = self.file_torrent_abs_offset + self.position;
+        let piece_id = abs_pos / dpl as u64;
+        let piece_id: u32 = poll_try_io!(piece_id.try_into());
+
+        let piece_id = poll_try_io!(lengths
+            .validate_piece_index(piece_id)
+            .context("bug: invalid piece"));
+        let piece_len = lengths.piece_length(piece_id);
+        let piece_offset = abs_pos % dpl as u64;
+        let piece_remaining = piece_len as u64 - piece_offset;
+
+        // queue N pieces after this if not yet
+        // TODO
+
+        // if the piece is not there, register to wake when it is
+        // check if we have the piece for real
+        let have = poll_try_io!(self.torrent.with_chunk_tracker(|ct| {
+            let have = ct.get_have_pieces()[piece_id.get() as usize];
+            if !have {
+                self.torrent
+                    .streams
+                    .register_waker(self.stream_id, piece_id, cx.waker().clone());
+            }
+            have
+        }));
+        if !have {
+            return Poll::Pending;
+        }
+
+        // actually stream the piece
+        let buf = buf.initialize_unfilled();
+        let file_remaining = self.file_len - self.position;
+        let bytes_to_read: usize = poll_try_io!((piece_len as u64)
+            .min(buf.len() as u64)
+            .min(piece_remaining)
+            .min(file_remaining)
+            .try_into());
+
+        let buf = &mut buf[..bytes_to_read];
+
+        poll_try_io!(poll_try_io!(self.torrent.with_opened_file(
+            self.file_id,
+            |fd| {
+                let mut g = fd.file.lock();
+                g.seek(SeekFrom::Start(self.position))?;
+                g.read_exact(buf)?;
+                Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(())
+            }
+        )));
+
+        self.as_mut().position += buf.len() as u64;
+
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsyncSeek for FileStream {
+    fn start_seek(
+        mut self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>,
+        position: std::io::SeekFrom,
+    ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        let end_i64 = map_io_err!(TryInto::<i64>::try_into(self.file_len))?;
+        let new_pos: i64 = match position {
+            SeekFrom::Start(s) => {
+                self.as_mut().position = s;
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            SeekFrom::End(e) => map_io_err!(TryInto::<i64>::try_into(self.file_len))? + e,
+            SeekFrom::Current(o) => map_io_err!(TryInto::<i64>::try_into(self.position))? + o,
+        };
+
+        if new_pos < 0 || new_pos > end_i64 {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                anyhow::anyhow!("invalid seek"),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        self.as_mut().position = map_io_err!(new_pos.try_into())?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn poll_complete(
+        self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>,
+        _cx: &mut std::task::Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<u64>> {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(self.position))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for FileStream {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.torrent.streams.drop_stream(self.stream_id)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ManagedTorrent {
+    fn with_opened_file<F, R>(&self, file_id: usize, f: F) -> anyhow::Result<R>
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(&OpenedFile) -> R,
+    {
+        self.with_state(|s| {
+            let files = match s {
+                crate::ManagedTorrentState::Paused(p) => &p.files,
+                crate::ManagedTorrentState::Live(l) => &l.files,
+                _ => anyhow::bail!("invalid state"),
+            };
+            let fd = files.get(file_id).context("invalid file")?;
+            Ok(f(fd))
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn stream(self: Arc<Self>, file_id: usize) -> anyhow::Result<impl AsyncRead + AsyncSeek> {
+        let (fd_len, fd_offset) =
+            self.with_opened_file(file_id, |fd| (fd.len, fd.offset_in_torrent))?;
+        Ok(FileStream {
+            stream_id: {
+                let this = &self;
+                &this.streams
+            }
+            .next_id(),
+
+            file_id,
+            position: 0,
+
+            file_len: fd_len,
+            file_torrent_abs_offset: fd_offset,
+            torrent: self,
+        })
+    }
+}