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Dumb question, but how do I make a torrent? (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to seed some files but idk how to make a torrent, every time I try something breaks, how do I do it

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So I downloaded several romsets. Compressed into .zip and all stored in a single, uncompressed folder.

Downloaded using torrents or directly?

I copied the contents of what I was seeding and extracted a copy of one of the zips.

How did you do this?

The torrent broke about a minute after

What specifically do you mean by "broke"? Did you get a popup with an error message? Did your application crash? Did the torrent have a new icon in the application?

I don't think I can upload media to beehaw

Use peertube or streamable for video, and imgur for pictures. With pictures you can black out any information you deem private.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The zips were all direct download.

I copied one zip using the copy function in thunar (I think)

Extracted it elsewhere

It just stopped uploading. Nothing happened to client

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It just stopped uploading. Nothing happened to client

How many leechers / people downloading it were there?

Do other torrents you downloaded from the web work?

Additionally did you just the trackers to the list or did you also publish your torrent somehow? I know of some trackers that require you to upload the .torrent and provide a description plus more information, otherwise nobody will be able to find it.

Edit: regarding the last point, trackers like the pirate bay allow uploading a torrent file (which is the procedure I knew of), but it seems like that isn't always necessary with trackers. Many are just indexed by torrent search sites, so your torrent can be found.

Maybe just leave transmission open for a while and check that there actually leechers downloading it. BTW, if you aren't already, consider a VPN, otherwise anybody will be able to see what you're torrenting.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

There were no leeches, just 2 other android devices. No I didn't register the torrent. When I download torrents they work. I think its the copying that broke it