Schrodinger
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 08:55 PM |
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Torrent Downloads
I have just tried to download some music from a torrent site using utorrent
http://www.utorrent.com/
The first file I tried worked fine but everything since shows as downloading but all 0% done. Am I missing something?
Keith
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onzarob
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 09:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Schrodinger
I have just tried to download some music from a torrent site using utorrent
http://www.utorrent.com/
The first file I tried worked fine but everything since shows as downloading but all 0% done. Am I missing something?
how many seeders has each listing got? this is the number of people sharing the file
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BenB
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 09:31 PM |
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Some ISPs are throttling P2P quite severely but not enough to get no action..... Sounds like a seed problem.
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 09:32 PM |
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Thanks
Just checked they are all now showing 0!
But when I downloaded the original files they were showing loads.
Keith
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Danozeman
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 09:45 PM |
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Sounds a bit strange. Seeds dont disappear. I use torrents alot. Some do sit there and do nothing but normally show the upload as more than the
download.
Dan
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 10:06 PM |
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Maybe it's the software I'm using can anybody suggest something?
Keith
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onzarob
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 10:35 PM |
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uTorrent is fine, Which ISP do you use?
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 10:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by onzarob
uTorrent is fine, Which ISP do you use?
BT for my sins!
Keith
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 11:02 PM |
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i use azureus, which i like
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RazMan
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 11:19 PM |
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utorrent is the best prog I have used. Seeders do come and go and it normally depends on the popularity of the file - seeders can run into thousands
which normally means a quick download. I have on occasion downloaded files for weeks, but music files seem to be best done overnight when the US is on
line.
One tip - switch on the encryption feature as it will improve your download speeds a lot.
Cheers,
Raz
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the_fbi
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| posted on 3/2/08 at 11:21 PM |
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Most likely to be a port forwarding issue.
At the bottom of uTorrent, to the left of the download speed, there is a little icon which is the network status.
Is this green with a tick?
If not, and your router supports upnp then turn it on and turn it on also in uTorrent.
Also worth patching your tcp/ip stack.
http://www.lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=tools
[Edited on 3/2/08 by the_fbi]
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 6/2/08 at 07:19 PM |
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Thanks for the suggestions and sorry for the delay, I tried to sort the port forwarding then lost the internet connection so have had to revert to the
old settings,
I will be giving it another go tonight.
thanks again for the help
[Edited on 6/2/08 by Schrodinger]
Keith
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 6/2/08 at 08:20 PM |
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I just uninstalled utorrent and then reinstalled and it now seems to be doing something 
It hasn't downloaded anything yet but it's looking
Keith
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