Making torrents with BitComet
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Open torrent maker Dialog
- Method 1 : Drag-and-drop source file or folder to BitComet main Window or floating Window.
- Method 2: Click "File" then "Make Torrrent...".
- Torrent maker Dialog popping up:
Choose source file or folder to make torrent
Source File
Please first choose the type of source file, "single file" or "Directory(Muti-Files)", and then click 
to navigate to the location where the source file resides and select the source file (folder).
Piece Size
Unless you have a special need, keeping the default setting "Auto" is recommended.
Tracker Server and DHT Network Node List
Fill in the URL of the tracker server and DHT network node list in the blank filed.
But there are some points you need to pay attention when entering URLs, therefore, please read further on:
BitComet Multi-server syntax specifications:
Server groups: BitComet connects to all servers according to groups. And those URLs that share the same tracker servers are classified as one group, or in another words, the same server with different ports is regarded as one group. And BitComet only connects to one of the URLs in every group. Keep reading for instructions about how to write in this field:
Torrent URLs: [ [Group A Server 1], [Group B Server 1], [Group C Server 1] ]. These URLs should be written like this in the blank field of Tracker Server and Node list:
Line 1: Group A Server 1 Line 2: Group B Server 1 Line 3: Group C Server 1
Torrent URLs:[ [Group A Server 1, Group A Server 2, Group A Server 3]] These URLs should be written like this in the blank field of Tracker Server and Node list:
Line 1: Group A Server 1 Line 2: |Group A Server 2 (Please remember this "|" can not be omitted). Line 3: |Group A Server 3
Torrent URLs: [ [Group A Server 1, Group A Server 2], [Group B Server 1] ] These URLs should be written like this in the blank field of Tracker Server and Node list:
Line 1: Group A Server 1 Line 2: |Group A Server 2 Line 3: Group B Server 1
DHT Network Node: Every BitComet user in a DHT network is a node. Usually, you only need to tick the checkbox "Add DHT nodes to tracker list". But if you need to enter some node's URL, please write it this way:
node://host:port/ or node://ip:port/ . For example: node://router.bittorrent.com:6881/ or node://router.bitcomet.net:554/
Options
Note: The default settings work well under most situations. If you want to know more about the options, please read further:
- Private Torrent (use this option only if the tracker rules require it).
- Add DHT nodes to tracker list. See more.
- Align file to piece boundary. See more.
- Enable search for Long-Time Seed when downloading. See more.
- Calculate ED2K link for each file. See more.
Output (pathname for the generated .torrent file)
The default pathname is the same with the one of the source file. If you want to change the pathname, please click to navigate to the destination or enter a path manually.
Publisher Info
Publisher Info (Optional)
- ticking "Embedded Publisher Information, Modification Unavailable", others will not be able to modify the information.
Web Seeding
Web Seeding (Optional)
Web seeding was implemented in 2006 as the ability of BitTorrent clients to download torrent pieces from an HTTP source in addition to the swarm. The advantage of this feature is that a site may distribute a torrent for a particular file or batch of files and make those files available for download from that same web server; this can simplify seeding and load balancing greatly once support for this feature is implemented in the various BitTorrent clients. In theory, this would make using BitTorrent almost as easy for a web publisher as simply creating a direct download while allowing some of the upload bandwidth demands to be placed upon the downloaders (which normally use only a very small portion of their upload bandwidth capacity). Read more here. BitComet implemented this feature from version 1.14, and supports the Getright Webseeding spec.
If you know the HTTP source of a file that is the same as the source file (or the URL of the source file), you can enter the URL here. This is helpful for downloaders to acquire data, or another word, download, from HTTP server, in this way to improve downloading speed.
- When torrent content is for a single file, a specific URL should be entered. For example:
Published File name: file.exe URL you will enter in the blank form should be: http://mirror.com/pub/ Web Seeding address: http://mirror.com/pub/file.exe
- If the published torrent is for a directory (muti-files), file name can be omitted in the URL you enter. But please note that the URL must end with a slash "/". For example:
Published File Name: movie314
Files contained in the directory: movie314\movie.avi
movie314\poster\pic1.jpg
movie314\poster\pic2.jpg
URL you will enter in the blank form should be: http://mirror.com/pub/
Web Seeding address: http://mirror.com/pub/movie314/movie.avi
http://mirror.com/pub/movie314/poster/pic1.jpg
http://mirror.com/pub/movie314/poster/pic2.jpg
Tips: You can enter several mirror sites in the list. One for each line only.
When you have done all things, please do not forget "Make torrent" to finish.
Note: When you have made a .torrent file, you must publish the torrent on a torrent site. And please make sure BitComet is started and seeding the task, so that others can download from you once they saved the .torrent file.