I want to seed some files but idk how to make a torrent, every time I try something breaks, how do I do it

  • Destide
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    107 months ago

    Most clients have a create torrent function, what is breaking?

    • sleepybisexualOP
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      27 months ago

      First one, it eventually stopped seeding after I copied the folder being seeded. The second one I could not get a .torrent file. Both in the transmission client

      • @YukiA
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        37 months ago

        It works fine using qbittorrent, at least, for me.

        • sleepybisexualOP
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          27 months ago

          Uhh, so basically I have a list of like 100 trackers being used, I have sub 1kb/s and its not even consistent

          • @onlinepersona@programming.dev
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            7 months ago

            What are you trying to do. Please could you list the steps from beginning to end. Try to make as little assumptions about our knowledge of your problem as possible. If it makes it easier, make a video or a series of screenshots.

            We can’t sit beside you and see what’s happening.

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            • sleepybisexualOP
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              27 months ago

              Its OK though. No longer have any need to seed, pthe people have their own, likely better backups

            • sleepybisexualOP
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              27 months ago

              So I downloaded several romsets. Compressed into .zip and all stored in a single, uncompressed folder.

              I used a random list of 100 ish trackers, most of which were broken. It was a random list https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist I used the “all” section. Placed them in tracker slot. No web seeds

              I copied the contents of what I was seeding and extracted a copy of one of the zips.

              The torrent broke about a minute after

              I don’t think I can upload media to beehaw

              • @onlinepersona@programming.dev
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                17 months ago

                So I downloaded several romsets. Compressed into .zip and all stored in a single, uncompressed folder.

                Downloaded using torrents or directly?

                I copied the contents of what I was seeding and extracted a copy of one of the zips.

                How did you do this?

                The torrent broke about a minute after

                What specifically do you mean by “broke”? Did you get a popup with an error message? Did your application crash? Did the torrent have a new icon in the application?

                I don’t think I can upload media to beehaw

                Use peertube or streamable for video, and imgur for pictures. With pictures you can black out any information you deem private.

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                • sleepybisexualOP
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                  17 months ago

                  The zips were all direct download.

                  I copied one zip using the copy function in thunar (I think)

                  Extracted it elsewhere

                  It just stopped uploading. Nothing happened to client

                  • @onlinepersona@programming.dev
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                    7 months ago

                    It just stopped uploading. Nothing happened to client

                    How many leechers / people downloading it were there?

                    Do other torrents you downloaded from the web work?

                    Additionally did you just the trackers to the list or did you also publish your torrent somehow? I know of some trackers that require you to upload the .torrent and provide a description plus more information, otherwise nobody will be able to find it.

                    Edit: regarding the last point, trackers like the pirate bay allow uploading a torrent file (which is the procedure I knew of), but it seems like that isn’t always necessary with trackers. Many are just indexed by torrent search sites, so your torrent can be found.

                    Maybe just leave transmission open for a while and check that there actually leechers downloading it. BTW, if you aren’t already, consider a VPN, otherwise anybody will be able to see what you’re torrenting.

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