Upload credit
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Firstly, what exactly is meant by upload credit? I uploaded a file and it increased the UL amount on my account. However, will the traffic each of my torrents receive be credited to my UL amount (i.e. if 50 people download my file causing 7 GB of data to be downloaded will that go towards my UL amount)?
Secondly, why does my file status on uTorrent status just say "Seeding"? Is it actually working/seeding? Because there is no upload speed. If there is no upload activity does that mean I'm not seeding? Is there something which indicates that I'm seeding other than the 'Seeding' status?
Thirdly, is it possible that users are seeding from other users instead of me? If they are, would I get upload credit still? Would that be credited to the UL amount or my bonus points? I'm confused.
My torrents have been downloaded several dozen times and I have not seen any difference in either my UL amount or my bonus points (other than maybe the usual per hour seeding credit - which I'm not even sure is happening).
Sorry for the basic questions but I'm new to this and I haven't found the answer to my questions elsewhere. Would really appreciate some advice.
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As Lord Palmerston said of the Schleswig Holstein question: “The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe have ever understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it.”
It's much the same for torrents."Upload credit" is the amount of actual data YOU have shared. So you will get at least the amount of your file plus any more that is needed to get the torrent properly seeding. It is, in my experience, always quite a lot more. If people's torrent client grab parts from other seeders, you don't get credit for that, the other seeder does.
As long as you have your file available for people to grab, it is 'seeding' whether anyone wants it or not. Your client should have something which shows if a file is active. uTorrent, for instance has a category for that. You should also see upload/download speeds if you have the columns for those showing. That will show what is happening with you.
The number of times your torrents have been downloaded is not an indication of your upload credit. The torrent clients may have spotted a better connection and grabbed pieces from there.
Bonus points are given from a downloader to your torrent (figures in yellow). They are then allocated to your account automatically. They can't be earned other than by a downloader saying thanks on the torrent page.
Not everyone has enough points to give to every torrent they download. Not everyone wants to give them because it is the one part of the whole business where you are not anonymous. Personally I am always grateful if someone just says thanks.
Finally, if you can keep your torrent client open with the files you have, it's a good idea. As you say you will get the per hour credit. But it is amazing how often someone will suddenly decide to grab a file and you get more credit from them if you seed. I am seeding a file on another site which I first reseeded a month ago. And somebody started grabbing it a couple of days ago.
Somebody has just grabbed a complete torrent that I first posted some years ago.
Hope some of that helps
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Thank you, that was super helpful and informative.
One other question. I deleted my tracker in uTorrent because it wouldn't update unless I manually shut down the client and restart it. How do I get my tracker back? My file won't seed.
Also, as it wasn't updating automatically, I missed out on a HUGE chunk of upload credit. Is there anything I can do to rectify this?
Any advice appreciated.
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Hi, I'm not quite sure when you say 'deleted my tracker'.
The tracker is the software that keeps, erm, a track of what you are doing. You shouldn't need to do anything with it.
Don't forget that nothing will happen if there is no-one who wants your file or there are better alternatives for uTorrent to choose.
If a particular torrent in your list isn't doing what you think it should, you can remove it from the list and remove the torrent (do NOT remove the data). Grab another copy of the torrent file from here and open it, point it to the data/file/folder you are trying to seed and it should start seeding. Remember seeding is not the same as sharing, seeding just means you are standing on the street corner and available
I am not sure if any of that is helpful. If you feel that there is something going missing you can always contact the Helpdesk and ask a staff member. Give them as much information as you can.
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I removed the tracker URL by accident and didn't know what it was to re-add it.
But now I've gone and deleted the original torrent. I downloaded the torrent from this site and when I open it in uTorrent its downloading not uploading :cry2: :cry2: How do I get it to upload instead?
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When it asks where you want to save it you must point it at the file you already have on your hard disk. Then the torrent client will check it and if it is OK will start seeding.
You can stop the torrent, delete it and start again making sure you point to the exact same file. If it starts downloading, you haven't pointed it to the same file
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As a general rule, alittle bit of patience will go a long way…. See, your torrent client will only update your totals with the tracker once every 30 minutes. For this reason, you may notice a delay in the amount of data that has been transferred compared to the amount of data that the tracker shows.
