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Started by HelpINeedHelp , Jan 25 2011 07:15 PM

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Posted 25 January 2011 - 07:15 PM

Hello, I'm using UTorrent to download 2 torrents. They have peers, but no seeds. Will they ever download? Thanks.

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 07:03 PM

please anyone post a solution!

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 07:11 PM

There isn't anything you can do about it. You just have to wait until someone starts seeding.
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Posted 27 January 2011 - 10:48 PM

There isn't anything you can do about it. You just have to wait until someone starts seeding.

Okay Thanks. I got one question: Is it possible for ME to be the seeder? If thats possible, then how?

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 11:01 PM

You can only be a seeder if you have already downloaded the full file(s).

A seeder is a peer that has an entire copy of the torrent and offers it for upload. The more seeders there are, the better the chances of getting a higher download speed. If the seeder seeds the whole copy of the download they should get faster downloads.

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Posted 27 January 2011 - 11:13 PM

What torrent site do you use for those two torrents?
Try this site: http://bitsnoop.com/
It searches a big number of torrent sites.

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 06:40 PM

You can only be a seeder if you have already downloaded the full file(s).

A seeder is a peer that has an entire copy of the torrent and offers it for upload. The more seeders there are, the better the chances of getting a higher download speed. If the seeder seeds the whole copy of the download they should get faster downloads.

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I have one question: How do people upload these downloads anyways without at least 1 seed?

EDIT: What about the web seeds in properties? Will that help?

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Posted 28 January 2011 - 07:59 PM

When you upload a torrent, you become a seed, but when you turn your computer off and nobody else was able to download your file and become a seeder yet, you'll see "zero" seeders.

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Posted 29 January 2011 - 02:52 PM

When you upload a torrent, you become a seed, but when you turn your computer off and nobody else was able to download your file and become a seeder yet, you'll see "zero" seeders.


So what you mean is that I can't download my torrent because the person that uploaded the torrent's computer isn't on?

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Posted 29 January 2011 - 03:07 PM

Him, or anyone who downloaded that file and became a seeder.

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 04:13 PM

Him, or anyone who downloaded that file and became a seeder.



One more question: How do you seed a torrent? The whole process seems very complicated...

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 04:35 PM

Take a look here for a guide and there is a tab for FAQ's as well: A Beginner's Guide to BitTorrent

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 06:06 PM

How do you seed a torrent?

Once you started download a file, you become a seeder (as long, as your internet connection is on).

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Posted 31 January 2011 - 08:52 PM

How do you seed a torrent?

Once you started download a file, you become a seeder (as long, as your internet connection is on).

Thanks. Again though, my general question was weather if there is ANY, and ANY way to download a torrent which has no seeds but 1 leecher. And I also asked a question about the web seeds section. What is that for? Thanks.

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Posted 31 January 2011 - 09:28 PM

if there is ANY, and ANY way to download a torrent which has no seeds but 1 leecher

No.

I also asked a question about the web seeds section

I didn't catch it. What was that about?

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