i usually find anything past 98% is just done.
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Easy. Next time just download the last percentage first.
I call them "zombie torrents"
Could be me seeding the entire torrent except the readme file
The annoying thing about this is that automated systems (like Radarr/Sonarr) will never get notified that it's complete, then.
If you go to your torrent client and disable the missing file, it should get reported as "complete" to the *arrs. Manual and annoying, but it works.
thanks
Lmfao. Hilarious.
BitTorrent has partial seeding. So if someone extends a torrent with some files, the original one can still be used for seeding.
Another reason for the last bit being the slowest is because populars chunks are downloaded first.
Force Recheck.
I have a lot of these just go to 100% after checking the downloaded files.
What does the 0.1% of the file contain anyway, if it's a video and most of the data is there it might be either playable or if not it probably might be able to be repairable so it can play, albeit with minor corruption in the damaged part.
Video files can be played with as little as 5% downloaded, so long as the header and footer are complete
Can those be reconstructed if necessary?
The header and footer? Possibly, if you knew the technical metadata of the file. Codec, bitrate, all that jazz
very loose definition of "played"
It works well with shows you want to start watching immediately. Enable sequential download, 2 minues to grab the header/footer, and you can start watching. It'll download faster than you watch.
well i know that... it's basically streaming from the torrent...
Definitely had some luck with this with videos. Hit or miss, but worth a go
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