@Gr1zz:

PLEASE don't make torrents with raw VIDEO_TS folders at the top layer…

That was a great post,  Gr1zz  🙂
Also another post I read from you in the Request topic is great.

Concerning the Video_ts folder as top layer issue, I guess that's why they wrote same in the FAQ's, here :
http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/faq.php#489

"Uploading a DVD Folder structure :
This is a much simpler option. You just have to take care of some naming conventions:
Create a folder named like the DVD. This will be the folder to create the torrent from (like the root of the DVD).
Inside this folder must be at least one other folder, named  VIDEO_TS" etc…

This is exactly what you explained, great to remember it 🙂
I liked that sentence of yours : "Here's an example of a time bomb waiting for a client program to screw up"
Wish my english was good enough to write this kind of sentence lol

@Gr1zz:

…As an added bonus, you can add your preview pics to the folder too, and it will help keep others from jumping on your upload until you have finished uploading a whole copy.

I'd like to be 100% sure of that.
If anyone already got the same structure of your upload, with all same VOB's IFO's and BUP's , and the only difference is an additional pic in your upload, what will happen if a member jumps-on your torrent ?

He will download your little torrent file, indicate to his client program where is the parent folder on his HD, having exactly the same structure of your uploaded torrent, then ?

Will his client program only download the missing pic and immediately adds him as a seeder ? Or will his client program have to download all the VOB's IFO's and BUP's, overwriting everything on his HD ?

What you say is option 2) will happen, have you tested it ?

Because one of my test showed this : imagine i uploaded a torrent composed of only 1 file (an avi file 1GB)
Then, a few weeks after, for testing, I modify 1 byte in the movie on my hard drive
Then, re-download the initial torrent, what happens ?

Only 1 block was rewritten on my HD (the block in the avi file where i modified 1 byte) and in a couple of seconds I was added as seeder  😞

My question is then : is it so different if you add one pic to the DVD structure ?

Well maybe you're right because, in my example, the movie lenght didn't change (modifying 1 byte in the avi didn't change the movie length)

And a 2nd test I did, where I changed the movie length (by cutting a couple of frames at the very end of the avi file on my HD), then the re-download of the torrent forced the whole avi to be re-downloaded (that's compatible with what you wrote)

So maybe the lenght of the movie(s) is a crucial point, concerning what will be downloaded (just a few blocks or the whole movie)
I don't have enough knowledge to answer this, maybe you or our Mods/Admins do ?  🙂

In the following link, Uwe and Amice both participated to the discussion :  why are GT stats session based ?
http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=13110.msg55659#msg55659

Some people are beyond anything and are incredibly nervy/obnoxious.  An older friend of mine, we'll call her Betsy went to a younger friend, Stella's house for a dinner party.  Betsy asked Stella for a recipe for a dish she liked. Stella said "Oh, I never share my recipes"  Betsy responded with fury  "I practically taught you how to cook, shared my father's recipes with you (he's a professional chef) and now you won't share ONE recipe with me?"

The above is a true story!  Needless to say, Betsy & Stella are no longer friends…..

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@TopDadSD:

@junior1174:

Try utorrent instead.

I just changed from Vuse to uTorrent (Mac)…

How are you liking uTorrent(Mac)? I have always and only used Transmission as that was recommended on another gay torrent site years ago.

Thanks for the input,
frank

I just noticed this thread as I'm slowly going over what I missed when I was gone.

There is an old problem with the "Max entries" setting and selecting [all], don't do it.
Browsers don't like all that. 🙂

Use one of the other options or edit the url to receive a little more feeds than 100 if you'd like.
Edit this part of the generated url -> http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/rss.php?num=100

I forget at which point the problem begins to occur, like how many feeds it takes to bring put firefox's fire out. 🙂

Our sister site www.sextorrents.ru

You need to create an account there (you can use the same name as you use here) and if you don't find what you're looking for then there's a Forum in which you can request it 🙂

Hi again MrMazda.

A newbie list might be handy, but perhaps that's covered already in the FAQ? I was thinking more along the lines of newbies wanting to announce "hey I'm here, this is a little about me, I'm looking forward to this, or I'm a little confused about that" - giving them an outlet to contribute once they join. Also to allow them to get help without any negativity (e.g. "heya mate, yeah it can be really confusing at first to work out uploads. Some guides have been written, and the links are below" versus "if you actually read the forum, you'd know it is here. And here. And here. Pffft!").

Feel free to PM me if you like - and yeah I can understand that I'm new and "unknown" here. There might be some users on here who know me from other boards who can vouch for how evil I am.  ;D

hohoho welcome back! glad to hear your connection is better now.
now go enjoy the holidays!  >:D

@fancydude:

….
This may be all moot - my ratio went from 0.815 to  0.816 and that is with probably about  three fourth's of a day or more of only seeding- and I can't seem to figure out to upload an entire DVD file…....

Perhaps it got off topic because of that blue mention and us trying to give advises.

The most sad thing is, that currently we have no human resources available to do modifications on the main site and tracker, even not to re-introduce fixes for things which were already fixed before the February 2010 server issue.

But basically I'd like to have normal users to see these torrents, too, to give them an incitive to strive to become a Power User (needs a share ratio of 1.05, 40 GB of upload and 30 days membership at this moment to get that status).

This upload guide is great for anything you may have missed while preparing your upload.
http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/uploadguide.php

Good luck and PM a Mod if you get stuck.

Yes Uwe he did show me the settings.  And thanks for the clarification.  Again. lol

quite out of the way to upload pictures in my opinion …
but yea i found it thx.  😄

i'll try and mess around the file manager and see if i can figure it out ...
at least something to take my mind off  things for a bit.

I've been asking many questions on the GT thread since it started using another ID and back and forth private email with the poster of that terrific review site.  He has modified his position somewhat about VPN4All; it would run me $20/mo. for the downloading I do.  He feels pretty positive about HideMyAss, a site I would normally discount because I find company names like that childish and amateurish.  Regardless, they do come in #2 on the review site's ratings; they do provide software; they have addressed in length issues that were brought up on the VPN review site (there are tabs to give you more detailed reviews); they answered my tech questions upfront; and they are about $4.50 more than what I now pay on IPredator.

IPredator has no software, next to zero tech support and is not OpenVPN.  I agree, don't make commitments upfront of a 6 mo. deal.  The web is such that a better mousetrap comes along hourly.

I think one of the key things to look for is whether or not a VPN can "sell you out" if someone starts demanding your credit card info. and IP address.  If they're truly offshore, you have protection.  I remember many years ago when I bought a cable TV descrambler hearing horror stories of how busted companies would turn around and sell their customer lists to the cable operators.

I'm not into pissing, shitting, sweating, spitting, leather, and other sadomado things and I so couldn't understand what that mask in your priopr avatar was for.

Now I understand your pic and I feel free to say: nice avatar!  😄

@leatherbear:

Please do not stop the "Hi Family" greeting s. For me a reminder is a good thing for us all. That line alone says so much about Tim's character and his feelings for the membership here t GT.ru. I intend to use it as often as I can .

For me this is his legacy at GT.ru!!!!

I agree with that statement. It is a tradition within my biological background to keep the memory of a lost loved one alive. It may sound strange, but it's just the way that we do it.

original post by Uwe

It is because the stats are session based. So if the torrent clients stops the downloading and then later restarts, only the later download will be shown. Just look on old torrents with no leecher, the seeder have 0 for both up and download.

@leatherbear:

:rotfl: Excellent list indeed :jaj:

BTW: I did edit this list some what

Thanks. 🙂  I am very happy with the discussion it has started.

My initial thought about the new guides/FAQs is to go with a wiki. The few active members don't have to do everything. Everyone can have as little or as much input as they like. The main problem with this is how much more work will it be required of the site coder to integrate the wiki into the current site.

The more workable that require less effort for the coder is something like this.

Rules page (and new member welcome page) will feature a welcome message with the 10 Commandments and a short 3-5 line of friendly explanation about why the rules exist, to help the website run smoothly and build a community etc… Final line should say: for more details and explanation of the rules, please check out our Guides and FAQs section.

GUIDES.  Move the guides out of the forum and give each guide its own page, all linked together by a master table of content on the guide main page.  At the bottom of each guide is a link to a forum post in the forum where people can post question and answers.

FAQs.  The current FAQs seem to be very comprehensive and adequate.  Just need some layout cleanup. Either have one page per section (Site Information, User Information etc..) or use scripts to only display one section/question at a time.

FORUMS. Clean up the forum by having less sticky topics. Many of the current stickies in the GT.ru Discussion and Guides forum fit more into the guide section.  Only current and most important topic should be sticky. For example New Ratio requirements is now old news, where as First Time uploader program is alway relevant for new member.

That's all for now. 🙂

Thanks. I really Appreciated.
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