Question re single files downloaded from large collections….
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This is a dumb question, but I want to be sure….if I see a collection of say about 50 Gig total, and for this example, lets say the file list is made up of 10 - 5 Gig movie titles. When I go to download the torrent, say I uncheck all the boxes and only check 1 title, because that's the one I am actually looking for. I assume my ratio will be charged only for the 5 Gig's I actually chose to download right, not all of it. But, if I don't download all of those 5 gig's right away and I shut down U-Torrent and restart it later, or for some reason I or the program was to re-open the torrent later, will the torrent "remember" that I only want that one file forever? Or will it just see the torrent and start loading them all? Or will I be presented with the choice again (i.e. - I have to uncheck them all and check the one I actually want from the list again)? LOL Sorry, but I don't want to accidentally end up spending 50 Gig on files I don't want and nuke my ratio is all and its a bit confusing. Thanks.
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Yes…
As long as you don't remove and delete the torrent file it will only remember the one you check that you prefer most w/c is known as priority and the rest are skip from the files info...
And the file only being check and downloaded will only affect your download/upload ratio...
Unless PC accidentally shutdown it will cause an error (missing file or torrent)... -
Be careful if your software crashes or if you have to re-add the torrent file to your torrent client. If the torrent client's settings for that torrent are lost, it might try to download the entire collection. That has definitely happened to me.
Also, sometimes when downloading a file in a collection, small amounts of adjacent files may be downloaded, so your total download may be slightly larger than the file you actually downloaded. Not a big deal but something that might add up if you downloaded ten different files in a fifty-file torrent.
An easy example of that is when downloading a film that has several subtitle files and a sample file, often the subtitle files and a portion of the sample file are downloaded even if they aren't checked.
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Thanks guys. I got dinged by this awhile back somehow and ended up trashing my download ratio for a bunch of files I didn't want. :blownose:
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It should also be noted that if you do not download 100% of ALL of the files in the torrent, the system will forever show you as "leeching" the torrent, even though your torrent client will say that you're "seeding" what you have.
