What basically happens when you open up a torrent in a BitTorrent client is that the program automatically finds other users who have a portion of or the whole file you want to download. It accomplishes this task by using trackers. Your BitTorrent client will then download multiple and different pieces of the same file from different users at the same time while also sharing any pieces they've already downloaded, greatly improving the overall speed of distribution.
For more torrent jargon, people who share the whole file are known as "seeders. It is for this reason that hugely popular files are often quicker to download than more obscure ones. To create your own torrent, you'll need a basic torrent client to get started off on the right path. Windows is primarily dominated by torrent program uTorrent , while Mac users will find that Transmission may be more up their alley. Linux users may want to try Azureus or KTorrent. If you're still not sure about which application to use, check out the five best BitTorrent tools according to Lifehacker readers.
In general, creating a torrent to share your own files is very simple. All you need is a good torrent program to get you started on sharing your personal files. In your favorite torrent program, go to the File menu and click the option to create a new torrent. It can be a single file, or even a directory. After this step, you'll need to input some public or private trackers into your torrent. Ever wanted to share a really big file more than 4 GB with someone without a hassle of uploading it to some file upload server?
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For example, if you create a torrent from a folder named 'WEDDING', you must not modify the contents of the folder by adding any new files to the folder as those will not get sent. It's simple - just send the torrent to your friend and your friend simply has to add it to his favorite bittorrent software such as uTorrent. Just like downloading any other torrent! Give it some time up to a minute for your friend to connect to you. You should see your upload rate start to increase with every peer that begins to download from you.
Activity can be monitored in the Peers tab, after you select the torrent row. Some public trackers may request utorrent to update trackers at only a certain interval e. If you are not able to right-click the torrent and click 'Update Tracker', the only thing you can do is wait till utorrent gets a new list of peers from the tracker. My peers are receiving the error messages "invalid http reply" or "connection closed by peer"?
Most likely your ISP is interfering with the utorrent server. The workaround is to tell your peers to manually add your IP to the peer list. Assuming your peers are using uTorrent,. Another alternative would be to use public trackers instead. Note that using public trackers can end in people you don't know downloading your torrent. What solutions are there if I am not able to perform port forwarding? If you still can't get the green port forward to work, you will manually need to add peers as none of the peers can connect directly to your tracker.
Note that those peers must be able to perform port forward successfully i. For example. Once the torrent is seeding, go to the Peers tab, right click on a blank area, click 'Add Peer If even other peers are not able to port forward, you should either use a public tracker or find another computer who can host the tracker not the actual download.
Then when you create the torrent, specify the tracker as the other computer's IP. No 'localhost' tracker is required in this case. Ensure that all parties are using at least uTorrent v2 to take advantage of the UDP hole punching feature. Need Help? Know something? Post your queries in the comments below. If this guide has helped you, please consider donating or if you are not able to, add to your favorite social site using the Bookmark link below.
Page: Prev 1 2 3 4 Next Show All. Enter the port number in this box and click. Admin Administrator if it works well, there's no need to reverse the changes posted 26 Feb - Reply - Permanent Link Unregistered Awesome! Thank you very much! No B. Only you and the people you send the torrent to know about your torrent. Must my friend use a torrent client to download my files? Yes, but you don't really have to install any software to download it. Sites such as Torrent Relay and BitLet allow a user to download the torrent without installing any software.
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