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Torrent Related
I've just finished my torrent download, what are all these files inside the torrent's directory?
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How come I'm downloading so much rubbish data. In fact, what is rubbish data?
Solution
Rubbish data is simply caused by peers sending bad packets to the swarm. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, we're still not sure. It could either be caused by peers having bad connections to the tracker, as well as a variety of other things, as well as so-called government companies which are able to mingle into the swarm and release bad data intentionally so as to hinder torrent users.
The only solution so far to this problem is to download Peer Guardian: http://phoenixlabs.org Download and install the client, and when it comes to the screen of 'Updates' click on the check-boxes: Government, P2P, Ads. Then let PeerGuardian update its lists. Allow PeerGuardian to run every time your BitComet client is functioning.
A reminder to users: This program does not guarantee that you will receive nil rubbish data, or that you'll be "protected" from governmental agencies trying to obtain your IP address. A lot of users are under the general idea that some clients are able to block all rubbish data, we can assure you that this is not true. The most that it can do is limit the amount of rubbish data being passed through to your torrent downloads.
However, personally I find that whenever I use Peerguardian or Protowall alongside any P2P applications, it seems to limit your download capability especially for torrents that connect to remote peers.
What are Private or Public Trackers?
The difference between Private Trackers & Public Trackers. It's important to understand that BitTorrent is a network completely different to FastTrack (Kazaa) or Gnutella (Shareaza, Limewire), in that people who download the torrent must at the same time upload their data to other peers, and the most fundamental rule of all torrents is "The higher your upload capability is, the better your download capability will be." [For more information on how to maximize your download speed with BitComet, please read our Speed Guide
Public trackers are tracker URLs which are made public, or in other words, torrents with this type of tracker allow ALL users to both access and download this torrent's contents. As a result:
- Users with hacked torrent clients or clients with add-ons are able to optimize their own download capabilities at the cost of the swarm of peers in your torrent download.
- Seeders (Users who hold the completed torrent file(s)) have no obligation to continue uploading their data to peers. So the seeders to peers ratio is extremely low.
- Leechers have no obligation to upload their data as soon as their file is completed.
Ex.: isohunt.com, torrentspy.com, mininova.org
Private Trackers are tracker URLs which are private, users must register at their home site to be able to access both this site's torrents and tracker:
- A Download to Upload ratio is in place for every single user who registers at that site. With that users Download to upload ratio, the site controls the number of hours required before the user can access that torrent via the site's tracker.
- People with bad D:U ratio will be kicked off the site
- All users within that private torrent community can enjoy downloading the latest releases of movies, games, programs, applications, animations with maximized speeds (Please note however, this also depends on your upload speed again. So the better your upload capability is, the better your ratio and download capability will be for the torrents on that site.
Ex.: Filelist.org, Midnight torrents, etc. [Search via Google - Private torrent community/site]
I'm receiving tracker errors within a torrent I'm downloading.
In my trackers --> Status tab, I'm seeing errors like Can't connect to tracker (110004), waiting 1800s to retry, or Can not resolve host address [Shown below]:
Solution
Unfortunately there isn't any solution to this issue, because it is the tracker itself that's down or unavailable. Try stopping and restarting the torrent download, to try and re-connect to the trackers. If the trackers are all unresponsive, be sure to use the DHT network to connect to peers [Right-click on the torrent --> Properties --> Advanced --> click the checkbox Enable DHT network].
If your Internet connection is configured to redial if the line is dropped (meaning if your Internet connection disconnects, it will automatically re-dial by itself), and if your Internet does indeed disconnect, and redial by itself, BitComet may be unable to connect to these trackers. This can be resolved by disabling your Internet Connection, and re-enabling it, then opening BitComet to resume the downloads.
If the tracker gives the status: "Can not resolve host address." Then this is mainly because you're using BitComet's UDP trackers, these rarely work unfortunately. Try using public trackers such as
http://tracker.prq.to/announce http://tv.tracker.prq.to/announce
Registration at Demonoid.com and torrentbox.com will also allow you to use their torrent trackers.
BitComet's UDP trackers are usually only used for uploading BitComet torrents i.e. setup files, etc.
How to create .torrent and seed it?
The easiest way is to "Drag & Drop" the file or directory to the BitComet window. You can also go to File >> Create a Torrent... (Ctrl+M), or Hit 'Maker' in the toolbar. All these bring up the "Make Torrent" GUI.
Fill in the fields.
- If you do not use "Drag & Drop", the source file entry is empty and needs to be filled: In the General tab, choose Single file or Directory (Multi-Files). Click Browse to point to the file or directory.
- Put in the announce URL in Tracker Server box. It can usually be found on the Upload page of a tracker.
- (Optional) In the next box, the piece size can be chosen. It is recommended leaving it on "Auto".
- (Optional) Check the "Generated .torrent File" box to find out where it will be saved (same directory, by default).
- (Optional) In the "Optional Comments" tab, type in information, if you like.
Hit OK. Start seeding the task.
Note: When you have made a .torrent file, you must publish the torrent on a torrent index 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.
For more info see Making torrents with BitComet.
How to configure Multi-Tracker when making .torrent?
Refer to BitComet Multi-server writing specifications.
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