BitTorrent is a widely-used peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol, invented by Bram Cohen in 2001. BitTorrent is mostly decentralized, and is optimized for transferring large files. A substantial fraction of internet traffic uses the BitTorrent protocol. For originators of the content, BitTorrent is ...
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Failed sharing my first file with BitTorrent
I read some tutorials, but for some reason, I can't download the file:
On the source PC (ie. the one that has the file I want to share), I launched uTorrent, chose File > Create New Torrent, and ...
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How does downloading a file overnight affect the CPU and hard disk?
I am currently downloading a legal torrent of 49 files (8 GB total) and getting the speed of 50 KBps. How does doing this overnight affect the CPU and hard disk? Are there any long-term risks to the ...
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Torrents never start downloading with Transmission
I'm using the latest version of Transmission on a machine running OS X Lion. When downloading the torrent file version of Fedora 16's "scientific" spin, I've run into the following problem: Nothing ...
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Is it possible to retrieve magnet link via transmission-remote?
I'm running torrents on the home server, and I talk to home server via the transmission-remote utility. I'd like to retrieve the magnet link for one of my torrents, however this seems to be ...
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Obtaining IP information from Trackers
I undertand the basics of torrents and file sharing over distributed networks.
A torrent file contains two important pieces of information; the torrent tracker address and the hash key. The address ...
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How do I block my torrent client from sending data in a certain time range?
I'd like to block my torrent client on Mac OS X Lion from accessing Internet, from 6pm to 2am, so that it doesn't slow down my connection while I need it.
Is there a way I could do that using some ...
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After a while downloading torrents my network card stops working properly
The situation
I download happily torrents with uTorrent for a long time, maybe 12 hours.
Suddenly, I notice my connection stopped working.
When I check uTorrent is still downloading stuff.
When I ...
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A torrent client which automatically detects http and related activity from the web browser and reduces its upload/download speed
When my torrent client(transmission on ubuntu) is on, I can barely browse the web.
Manually closing the torrent client or reducing its speed every time I use the browser and then bringing it back to ...
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Do I leave an identifiable trace if I use a torrent client on different network connections?
I am using a usb-stick based operating system. So I use different computers and network connections. If I use Vuze for example, could a remote entity (eg a tracker) track my movements by seeing some ...
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Download torrents on an iPad to a NAS [closed]
I recently purchased the amazing TonidoPlug 2 to be a media server. Now, I would like to run a torrent client on my iPad, but save the downloads right to the TonidoPlug. The TonidoPlug has various ...
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Is it feasible/likely that my ISP is doing per-client throttling of bittorrent?
Seems very strange to me, but I've run a few tests, and would love some ideas of other tests. I have a linux box here running Deluge, where I most of my bittorrent activity happens, and a Windows box ...
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web seeding in Transmission
Is there a way to use webseeding (use a download link as a torrent peer so you can pause downloads) in Ubuntu's Transmission bittorent client?
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Can't install torrent clients on CentOS
I tried to install transmission and bittorrent. Now, for some reason I can't install them.
When I run rpm -xxxxx transmission or bittorrent, it just goes to the prompt. I can't run them from the ...
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Access to self created torrent on public tracker [closed]
Not sure if this is the right site to ask this, but here it goes:
Let's say I'd like to share a couple of private files with a few friends. The size of these are quite large, so I've figured the ...
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Can my Internet be slowed down by someone else's torrent downloads?
I am on a home wireless network with three other users. One of them downloads torrents 24x7.
Whenever the other person is doing his thing with torrents, my laptop's Internet speed drops to a crawl. ...
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Are torrents less efficient than regular downloads?
When I download a file in torrents, the actual download (seen in the Ubuntu 'System Monitor') is a bit more than the download observed in the 'Transmission BitTorrent Client'. Are torrents less ...
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D-Link 323 NAS built-in BitTorrent Client doesn't work
I have a D-Link DNS-323 that comes with a built-in BitTorrent client.
I installed it and set it up as described in the manual.
However the client doesn't work at all. I use it according to the ...
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How to resume seeding a specific torrent after re-installing Windows?
Assume we downloaded a torrent completely and seeded it for a while; now we're gonna re-install Windows and install the torrent client again. We also have downloaded files here too.
So, how could I ...
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utf8 torrent files
I have a CinemaGo HD media player, that has a built-in torrent client (I guess it is bit-torrent). But I am unable to download some torrent files because they are not in utf-8 format (you can see it ...
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Running a script on rtorrent completion
How can I make rtorrent run a script when it's finished downloading a torrent, with the full path to the torrent's folder as a parameter?
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How to export/import torrent in transmission in Ubuntu?
I need to move a couple of torrent transmissions to another idle computer. I have copied all the downloading files into (equivalent) ~/Downloads of machine 2 but the Transmission client on machine 2 ...
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Bittorrent using only 5 connections
I'm downloading a torrent with over 350 seeders and 2200 leechers. However I only download at about 10 kbps with 5 seeds/leechers.
I'm figuring out it's because utorrent didn't check for speed with ...
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uTorrent not starting as “minimized” even though settings have been set appropriately
Whenever I run Bittorrent (Win + Bittorrent + ENTER) it will start minimized to tray.
However my settings in uTorrent have been set, yet it isn't starting as "minimized":
Does anyone know how do I ...
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Torrent Tracker for Private Downloads
I've recently come across the problem of having to share several large files with multiple individuals (data collected from experiments, nothing shady). Distribution through torrent seems the best ...
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Why is distributing random pieces of a file faster than a contiguous transfer?
Why is it said that BitTorrent is faster, partly, because it transfers random pieces of a file instead of transferring it from start to finish in a contiguous/linear fashion?
EDIT: But why do they ...
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How to change the magnet uri handler in Google Chrome?
I removed the Transmission BitTorrent client from my Ubuntu and installed Deluge. Now magnet URIs don't work anymore. How to tell Chrome to launch the new app instead?
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Limit traffic based on WiFi network name
I would like to be able to automatically disable or block traffic from my bittorrent application when I'm connected to WiFi network "A," and automatically enable it when I'm connected to network "B." ...
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Using Linux how to resume a torrent download started on Windows?
Maybe some torrent client for Linux can understand the metadata generated by a Windows client. Or maybe there is a Web/Desktop client that works in both systems. Is there any way to do that?
I use ...
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changing the location of currently running torrents
My torrents is currently downloading to C:\Users\Joseph\Downloads
I want to change it to another location (say C:\Downloads)
But of course the torrents (about 5 of them) have not finished ...
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running bittorrent and utorrent together
I want to migrate to uTorrent however I've got some files running in bittorrent so basically I'm having both bittorrennt and uTorrent running now.
1) I was wondering will we have any problems running ...
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The ratio / availability / added on / completed on / etc info in uTorrent?
In bittorent we have these useful info like:
But why don't we have these info in uTorrent?
Like say at a glance, I can see the "problematic downloads" in bittorrent:
But there's no way for us ...
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'Error: Element not found' error when downloading lots of torrents with the BitTorrent client
I have many torrents downloading at once in the BitTorrent client and keep getting an error:
Error: Element not found.
Does anyone know how I can fix this error?
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Is it possible to tell if a file is valid after an incomplete torrent download?
I'm trying to downloading a torrent file using uTorrent but it only gets to 99.3%... no one else is seeding anymore.
If I open the torrent folder I can see all the individual files I'm looking for. ...
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Supplant torrent download with an Http download?
When downloading a large file, is it possible to download it via both the BitTorrent and HTTP protocols?
For example, when downloading an Ubuntu ISO image, I would like to download via BitTorrent, ...
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How can I tell my bittorrent client to download as much as it possibly can?
to the answers at Am I connected to ALL the people who are currently downloading/seeding that Bittorrent file? we can confirm that bittorrent indeed selects only a subset of clients instead of ...
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Am I connected to ALL the people who are currently downloading/seeding that Bittorrent file?
When I open a Bittorrent file, am I connected to ALL of the people who are currently downloading/seeding that Bittorrent file?
Or am I only connected to a subset of people who are currently ...
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Will installing IPv6/Teredo for bittorrent allow me to connect to more people and vice-versa?
What's the point of installing IPv6/Teredo for bittorrent?
(I use Bittorrent btw)
Will it allow me to connect to more people and vice-versa (and hence my downloads would be faster)?
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What is the difference between “Force Start” and “Start” in BitTorrent?
My BitTorrent download has been stuck at 99.8% for five hours. The bar is green so I have no idea what's going on.
If I pause it and "Force Start" it again there is still no progress.
What's the ...
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Does not seeding torrents slow them down?
Is it simply a myth that the more we seed in bittorrent the faster we can download?
If i stop all my seeding will my downloads slow down? (or will it actually go faster since now I have lesser total ...
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How does traffic shaping work? [closed]
In this case, I am referring to that of a university/ISP detecting torrent traffic and shaping it to like 0.1kb/s which is what I get.
Suppose I am using uTorrent, and am able to get some peers. I ...
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uTorrent or Transmission web interface hosted on web server
Is it possible to host my Transmission or uTorrent web interface on my web server? They have a local network web interface, and I don't want to port forward... Can I somehow configure it to it to log ...
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Can I create a .torrent file that will download files from an webhost ftp?
I have a webhost that lets me have ftp accounts for large file transfers. I can use vuze in OS X to create a torrent fine...but I don't know how (or with the more research I do if it's possible) to ...
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Does torrenting slow down internet browsing? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do torrents slow down my internet?
I was wondering if having bittorrent running would slow down my web browsing in any way?
Usually at any one time I'm downloading ...
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OS Recommendation for home server [closed]
I have a fairly straightforward list of needs and wants from a server OS, and so far haven't found anything I'm truly happy with. I'm looking for:
An OS that will run on my x64 CPU, 4GB RAM, 120GB ...
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Does downloading torrents to an AirDisk affect my internal SSD?
I gather that it's not recommended to download torrents using an SSD (due to the high number of write operations, the SSD will be worn out pretty fast).
I've changed to an AirDisk connected through ...
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console torrent client alternative to rtorrent
Because of bug (some torrent can't be downloaded - error "Tracker group list not a list") in rtorrent i'm searching for alternatives. I need torrent client with good and intuitive console interface ...
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Why does my local uTorrent client work, but my seedbox doesn't?
When I attempt to download a public torrent with my local uTorrent client (on my Mac), it works great. But when I use it through my seedbox, the torrent never starts download (it's stuck at 0 bytes). ...
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High speed downloads to NAS via workstation reporting “disk overload”
After a couple of years of down- and uploading files (mostly by torrents) directly to the hard drive of my workstation, I recently set up a NAS to handle storage and the read/write load. That, of ...
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Download Missing Chunks of an Incomplete File Using a Non-Torrent Source
Context: Last night I was downloading a video from HTTP source (Megaupload to be precise) with DownThemAll! manager. Went to sleep, came back this morning and found the PC had shutdown during the ...
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need a bittorrent daemon
I'm building a Ubuntu server for the house. I want to centralize torrents. what I'm looking for is something that runs as a service (daemon) that has 3 folders to configure.
Actively downloading ...
