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How to seed many files with aria2?

I'm using aria2 with these aliases: cat .bashrc alias download='while true; do timeout -s 9 1260 aria2c -j 10 *.torrent --bt-require-crypto=true --lowest-speed-limit=1024 --disable-ipv6=true --seed-...
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Change uTorrents list highlight color

After last update uTorrent changed skin. And now its hard to recognize selected torrent from list or files from files tab. How can I change this color?
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Can't connect to qbittorrent (or other client) Web UI, except through localhost

I'm trying to use qBittorrent's (I've also tried other torrent clients') remote Web UI, but can't seem to get it to work. I can connect just fine using http://localhost:PORT, but can't connect using ...
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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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qBittorrent: how to add a torrent using it's hash?

I did try to Use "add torrent link" pasting magnet:?xt=urn:btih:INFOHASH (where the INFOHASH is the hash number) But the hash appear like 00000000000000000 Any idea how to add a torrent from the ...
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How to connect to a torrent tracker running on a local host?

I want to share huge files via bitTorrent. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. I've set up a tracker opentracker listening to port 6969, and a client kTorrent listening to port 6881. My network uses NAT. I ...
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What are cookies for in a Torrent client (qBittorrent, specifically)?

I noticed that qBittorrent has in "Tools" a "Manage cookies..." section. In it, one finds the cookies stored. My questions are: What are these cookies for? Who stored them there (that is, how and ...
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BitTorrent - Automatically rename files

I have the data files for a torrent but because the file names differ I cannot simply load it into a client and join the swarm. It would be very tedious to manually rename the files so I am looking ...
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Why do bittorrent clients connect to seeds when they are themselves seeding

I noticed that when I'm seeding a torrent (using Transmission, the default client under Ubuntu), it regularly connects to other seeds, to which, obviously, I won't send any data. People I know have ...
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A lot of jitter when running a torrent client

I've been running into an issue that is making me tear my hairs out. In my network, whenever I run a torrent my network clogs up. I experience packet loss and a very high ping. I've limited the ...
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The torrent is seeding in my torrent client but others can't download the files, how to seed correctly?

I created a torrent by following the approach mentioned in this link. The torrent status is showing as seeding on my machine. I kept on a VirtualBox VM< with NAT connection. But, it is not ...
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How do "peer-port" settings work in Transmission (especially for VPN & port-forwarding-enabled false)?

I am wondering how the "peer-port" settings should be configured when Transmission (specifically transmission-daemon) is working together with a VPN service provider, for which I intend to ...
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Why don't torrent leeching sites leech video files to complete 100%?

I downloaded .mp4 file using torrent leeching sites. After checking the downloaded data with torrent file, it shows only 99.9% (no problem with playback) It only for videos files, but for zip/exe ...
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Proxy Socks5 and allowing UDP trackers connection?

OS : Debian 10 Software :Tixati 2.66 Hey hi guys so lately i had some trouble with my torrent client software (stalled) so i changed for tixati , im a Ipvanish member and so for torrentting i use a ...
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One torrent file downloading speed is depending on the other torrent file which is being downloaded

Today I encountered a strange problem when downloading a new torrent file. I had paused another torrent file with a healthy seeding list 2 days earlier (2 separate files). Today, when I am downloading ...
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Where can I see the total size is the selected torrents in qBittorent?

After selecting several torrents in qBittorrent, where can I see the total size these torrents would take after the download is completed? (i.e., the sum of the "total size" column of the selected ...
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Transmission: Watch-dir correctly configured, finds torrent, doesn't add

Running transmission-daemon on a debian 7 box and everything works perfectly. Except the watch dir. Transmission picks up any torrent placed in the directory but doesn't add it. Watch Dir ...
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Linux - download torrent file via two network interfaces

I have 2 different network connections, so I want to speed up torrents loading by using these networks simultaneously. I assume that each network has different torrents peers and one torrent part can ...
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Transmission not downloading - can't connect to trackers

I've got Transmission 2.82 installed on my NAS drive (MyBookLive) and it has been working great for over a year now. I moved (physical locations) and now none of the torrents will download. When I ...
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Slow and strange network after bittorrent downloads

I have a rather strange problem, after I have downloaded bittorrent content the network on my computer becomes strange and unresponsive. And I have to reboot the computer to get it to function ...
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Shuffled file listing in rtorrent

I've encountered plenty of *.torrent files, in which file names are shuffled, i.e. *.torrent file contains following directory structure \ Directory 1 \ SubDir 1.1 | File1.1.1 | File1.1.2 / \ ...
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Chrome ignores magnet links

Chrome used to ask permission what to do when a magnet link is clicked. Two days ago it started ignoring it. I haven't installed or did anything unusual with the pc. I tried reinstalling chrome and ...
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Deprioritizing (traffic shaping) bittorrent seeding

I have a linux server with spare bandwidth. I thought about running an rtorrent client and seeding some popular distros images. However, I can't allow myself to curtail the normal operation of the ...
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Restarting partially completed torrent with Transmission

I have the following issue with transmission. I have a collection of files, which form part of a torrent, some of which are complete and some of which are incomplete (and have a .part extension). I ...
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how to remove "downloading" or 0% complete torrents in rtorrent using bash script?

I have 10K torrents and 7K of them are going too slow. I would like to remove them but the rutorrent and rtorrent interface is unusably slow. I noticed that the info about rtorrent is kept in .session ...
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how can one deploy/install "Shadowolf"?

This is the project that I am talking about. However, there is no mention of the way that it can be installed. I have installed Tomcat. I have also svn-checked out the src code with: svn checkout ...
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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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Torrents not downloading on a QNAP TS209 NAS

I have a Linux-based NAS from QNAP, which comes with a built-in torrent downloader. I have never really had reason to moan until about three weeks ago, when it suddenly stopped downloading anything. ...
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Deluge client cannot connect to the server

I have a deluge daemon (version 2.0.3) running on my home server (Ubuntu 20.04). The problem is that I am not able to connect to it with my client (v 1.3.15) running on Mac OS: It's looks pretty ...
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Torrents slow down to a crawl

Recently I started noticing qBittorrent slow down to a crawl (from 5MB/s down to 1-3 kilobytes per second) Bear in mind, this is with a dozen or so extremely well-seeded torrents on top tier private ...
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Is it possible to create a torrent where nobody has a full copy?

I'm working with a few other people on different chunks of the same dataset. It would be good to have an easy way of unifying and deduplicating our results. It occurred to me that torrents are already ...
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rtorrent: Move a completed download

After upgrading to rTorrent 0.9.8, my old rTorrent configuration-file did not work. By reading the docs, I used the new example and just adjusted the directories. However, I have one problem: After ...
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Magnet links don't open in Chrome

When I click magnet links in chrome nothing happens. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\magnet has qBittorrent set correctly. When I edit C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State I ...
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Failing to create and share a Torrent (with both DHT and trackers)

Just trying to seed and download my newly created Torrent. I'm creating a Torrent with qBitTorrent, with/without DHT, and with/without trackers (tried all 4 combinations). I'm of course checking "...
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How does BitTorrent seed files on a shared IP?

I am reading about BitTorrent, and the one thing I do not understand is that when I am on a shared IP, how does it seed files to others? How do the others connect to my computer?
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2 ISPs - use 1 for browsing surfing and other for torrents

I have 2 ISPs: a) ISP1 - has a 500 mbps line but blocks torrents (when i say block, its a packet level thing so no way around it. VPNs also don't work and i don't wanna invest) b) ISP2 - supports ...
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How to trigger script when adding existing torrent with different label in rtorrent?

I share a seedbox (rtorrent) with a friend and we use different labels for our Movies (e.g. Me Movies, Him Movies). When a torrent has finished I send it's base path and label to a script and symlink ...
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Magnet not redirecting on uTorrent

On downloading VLC Torrent Streamer, the torrent magnets now get redirected to VLC, and I am unable to change it back to uTorrent. I tried deleting the magnet-redirect plugin that got installed in VLC,...
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Folder on HDD showing larger than it actually is

I have a 3 TB WD Red, which I have had for around 2 years and it has been working fine, though in these last few weeks I have been experiencing weird issues with my torrent client locking up that ...
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How to add a remote folder using command line in Resilio Sync?

I have a folder that's currently shared by another machine running Resilio Sync (formerly Bittorrent Sync). How do I grant a new machine access to this share using the config file? I don't want to use ...
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Transmission-daemon permission denied in /home/pi/ folder. How to fix it?

I don't want to use any USB drive with my Raspberry Pi because my SD card has 32GB storage. So i put /home/pi/torrent/downloads and /home/pi/torrent/incompleted location in the /etc/transmission-...
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Possible to limit torrent speed when another device is connected to the network?

Is there any way for me to be able to limit my overall torrent speed when another device is connected to the network? I would like my desktop pc to throttle the download speed of any running torrents ...
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Cisco ASA fails to handle service objects with special characters after creation

Issue I have the two ASAs, which are listed in the Meta section. On those devices, I configured ACLs (both devices) and PAT (5506-X only) for a device to be able to perform peer-to-peer file sharing (...
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Can I merge torrents which have the same files from two different sources?

Thanks for having interest in my question. I found a torrent which I had the exact same content but no seeder (I will call this A). I want to be the seeder of the A torrent, but unfortunately, the ...
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QNap download station does not upload

I am using Download Station on my QNap NAS TS 253-B. I have been downloading a number of torrents. But the Download Station does not seem to be seeding/uploading. This is going to destroy my ratio at ...
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Chrome beta keeps forgetting default BitTorrent for magnet links

It was working on Chrome. I installed Chrome Beta. On Chrome Beta, it keeps asking if Vuze (my BitTorrent client) should be used to open the magnet link despite clicking the checkbox. I uninstalled ...
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Is there a way to fully automate torrent seeding without having to provide the torrent list myself?

I moved and finally I have a very fast fiber connection and I'd like to contribute to the torrent network. I'm searching for a way or tool, which automatically finds, downloads and seeds torrents - ...
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Can µTorrent torrents start automatically at top of queue?

Can I make Add to top of queue default to true () in µTorrent's Add New Torrent popup window?
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qBittorrent - and possible Asus RT-N66U port forwarding

I've recently reformatted my computer and re-installed Windows 8.1 (as it's the only version I have on hand at the moment) but am experiencing some shoddy upload speeds from my torrent client, ...
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How can u torrent download same files in the exact same location without rechecking?

I have been using utorrent for quite sometime now.Recently I noticed a problem. When I download a file partly and remove the torrent and then again re-add the torrent I find that the file starts ...
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