confused about making my own torrents

lololulu19

I recently had a problem where QTM is not uploading my files, so I am in the process of trying to learn how to make my OWN torrents by sending files from one of my own computers to another which is at a different location.
I tried dozens of different trackers, and nothing seemed to work until now.

One of them is working with a tracker, another is extremely puzzling.. it is working with NO tracker! How is that possible?

lololulu19

@lololulu19 one possible explanation... somehow this computer is automatically a PEER to my router, even though I am not connected to that router right now.

MrMazda

@lololulu19 If you're using the torrent file you created, you likely haven't set the private torrent flag, so the torrent is running on DHT and Local Peer Discovery. The way to get around this is to make sure the content of the torrent is in the folder that your torrent client downloads into by default, then download the .torrent file from the tracker and open it in your torrent client.

When you upload a torrent file to the tracker, the system overwrites the tracker information, so what you put in (if anything) becomes irrelevant. The system also sets the private torrent flag so that when users download it, they are forced to use the tracker to find peers. It is only when you are seeding with the torrent from the site where the torrent is flagged as private and your personal unique passkey is inserted in the tracker URL that the torrent will work for the site.

lololulu19

@MrMazda I sort of understand that.
If using a PUBLIC tracker, should PRIVATE be turned on or off?

I don't see anywhere to enter a passkey when using the private mode.

It is frustrating, because I got it to work VERY VERY slowly with one public tracker, so it is working, but so slow that it is useless.

I wonder if my torrrent creation problems are also the problems I just started having with QTM in which I can't upload anymore.

nix54

@lololulu19
I have known torrents to pass a recheck when the files are in a folder on my network other than the one they are pointed to. This has happened on more than a couple of occasions. I don't know how. Maybe the location gets into the OS default folder parameters. I have never checked though.
I use Qbittorrent - it is a very popular client and has a built in Torrent Creator in recent releases. It is very easy to use and has all the right tick boxes for 'private client' entering private tracker details as required - almost foolproof.
Small word of caution - if you do move files for any reason do not on any account change the folder name.
Qbit works really fast provided the files are on a local drive of the computer that has Qbit working - otherwise over a LAN it sometimes takes an age.

If you want to transfer files to other people or across your network then you can create a public (i.e. not private) torrent and insert details of a number of opentrackers such as
udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:6969
https://privtracker.com/733sax3m1pr66j0myr8mafihc7gasnm5/announce
http://opensharing.org:2710/announce
There are others too and they come and go
If you put these trackers in and then send the torrent created for download then you should have no trouble transferring. It can take a few minutes for the trackers update then the only speed limit is on your system. The torrent is public so don't name it other than with a junk name, not that the details are public only the files existence. After you have finished delete from your system.

MrMazda

@lololulu19 When using a public tracker, it is best to turn the private flag OFF. This will allow DHT and local peer discovery.

It should be noted though that our tracker is considered a PRIVATE tracker, which is why all torrents downloaded from the site have private turned ON.

The passkey is contained in the URL for the tracker. DO NOT post it here, but you will find yours in the URL of the torrents you have downloaded. The URL will be as follows:

https://tracker.gaytor.rent/.../announce

The part I have shortened to ... will be your private passkey for your account. If you use this URL when creating a .torrent file for the site and set the private flag to ON when you create the .torrent file, you will not need to change anything to use our tracker after uploading the torrent, but unti the torrent is uploaded, the tracker will return an unregistered torrent error.

lololulu19

@MrMazda thanks for all your tips and information.. I will set up some new torrents tonight.

I remember decades ago when I had my own FTP sites.. sigh.