For how long should I keep downloaded videos
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Hello everyone, I'm new on this site and still learning. Now I have question about seeding files.
I wanted to seed the videos I got from this site so I kept them where they've been downloaded and ran the client(Bitcomet), but it barely uploads anything except those videos which are originally uploaded by me. Sometimes I see a certain video is being downloaded by other users but my client is not uploading that file.
For those videos originally uploaded by me, it seems that I only seeded them for the first downloads, after that the upload speed is always 0kb even when others keep downloading that file.
Could someone explain how the system works and how long should I keep my videos cause my computer is running out of space. -
I periodically weed out my files.
Here's some criteria I use that you might find useful:
1/ Is it stuff I rewatch over and over or is it stuff I didn't finish the first time? Sailor in the Wild, Brian's Boys, and Preppy Summer are going to stay. Something where I don't even recognise the name I'll consider dropping.
2/ Once I've taken out the 5 or 6 files I want to keep no matter what, I'll look at the size of the files. So if I'm freeing up space a 2 GB movie is less keepable than a 200 MB movie. Some of the movie compilations have something like 20 movies out of which I might like 1 or 2. I'll delete the torrent then get rid of the dead weight.
3/ I also look to see how 'rare' the file is. If I'm the only person who still has a vintage movie I'll keep it. If there are over fifty seeders I'll be more likely to get rid of it.
4/ And occasionally a file will go dead on gaytorrent. Just drop the torrent in that case. -
Thank you for your advices. I'm sorry that I didn't make my question clear. The thing is I keep downloaded files in order to seed them and get a good ratio, but I don't seem to seed them at all, so I don't know whether I will improve the situation by keeping those files longer.
I periodically weed out my files.
Here's some criteria I use that you might find useful:
1/ Is it stuff I rewatch over and over or is it stuff I didn't finish the first time? Sailor in the Wild, Brian's Boys, and Preppy Summer are going to stay. Something where I don't even recognise the name I'll consider dropping.
2/ Once I've taken out the 5 or 6 files I want to keep no matter what, I'll look at the size of the files. So if I'm freeing up space a 2 GB movie is less keepable than a 200 MB movie. Some of the movie compilations have something like 20 movies out of which I might like 1 or 2. I'll delete the torrent then get rid of the dead weight.
3/ I also look to see how 'rare' the file is. If I'm the only person who still has a vintage movie I'll keep it. If there are over fifty seeders I'll be more likely to get rid of it.
4/ And occasionally a file will go dead on gaytorrent. Just drop the torrent in that case. -
If you downloaded it to a NAS or hard drive and it's fine in that spot, there's no reason to stop seeding it, ever. This assumes you plan to keep it for a long time/forever.
No one expects you to keep files forever.
If you download less popular videos, then you probably won't seed them unless a fellow member makes it free leech.
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Imagine that the original poster uploaded a 1GB file.
Generally (not always), that poster will have the full 1GB downloaded from him, and in the process several other people will be downloading different parts of that 1GB. Let's say there are 1 people downloading the poster's file.
Downloader:
#1 is downloading the first 100mb (hypothetically)
while
#2 is downloading the 2nd 100mb
#3 the 3rd 100 mb
etc.
until each of the 10 downloaders has a different 100 mb chunk of the video
THEN the poster and those 10 downloaders grab the parts from each other.
This is the ideal situation, but that isn't what actually happens.
Generally the original poster gets between 2 and 3 times the amount of download as is the size of their upload.
Generally, several people will have a copy of the video after 1 day, so don't expect a lot more download points to result after 1 day.There are some exceptions to note. If you have a FAST internet connection, you will wind up getting the lion's share of download points.
Also, for various reasons which I don't fully understand, different torrent clients will download and/or upload files faster.
For instance, Utorrent and Bittorrent are written by the same company, and look and function identically.. but are compiled differently. BUT.. the file transfers under Utorrent are considerably FASTER. There is no best client. My favorite is Utorrent, but sometimes.. maybe 1 out of 200 torrents, Utorrent doesn't work.. I then use Bittorrent (same company - and LOOKS like the same program). Qbittorent is a different company, and VERY similar to Utorrent and Bittorent, but is easier to use and "friendlier". People using android, Apple, or other devices use an assortment of other clients. Beware of clients that are no longer supported - because at some point they are doomed to be obsolete. There are a large number of people who insist on sticking with the very old Utorrent 2.21. They are paranoid about new versions of Utorrent.. because for a long time, Utorrent put out very buggy versions - some nearly non-functional. Utorrent 2.21 is stable, but old. They have made a lot of improvements. and the current version which is 3.5.5 is quite stable. Hopefully future versions will remain stable. I have a little knowledge of the operations of Utorrent.. and it seems that they had one extremely stubborn idiot working there.. who is now GONE. That guy was the cause of the bad versions. Also, for a LONG time they were ignoring the feedback of their users - which is insane. I used to work for a software company which did NO testing of their own products! They would churn out software which was used for many things including doing PAYROLLS.. totally untested! They depended on their USERS to be the guinea pigs to find the bugs and report them.I strongly advise people to download and seed all NEW Freeleech files whether they like them or not.
Another trick is to keep seeding GOOD huge files. Even after YEARS.. someone will come along and download that file.. and because it is so old, you will be the only one seeding it.. and get all the credit for it!
I personally think the ratio requirements are a bit too tight here. I would suggest that people were only "charged" for 50% of what they download.
Many years ago, this site got a daily flood of awful videos that were garbage - posted by people only interested in getting download credits. There were so many videos posted, that it was virtually impossible to keep up with all the posts and find the GOOD posts buried amongst the ocean of garbage. Those days are gone. The general quality of videos posted here has improved dramatically.Lastly, I would suggest buying an EXTERNAL 8TB hard drive. Seagate makes them for about $150! These drives are slow as mud, but extremely cheap, and do fine for using to seed your vast collection of videos. 8TB of NVME Evo Plus will cost you well over $4000. Standard NVME about half that. So.. $150 is nothing compared to other forms of storage.
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Thank you so much for your detailed explanation, especially the torrent system part, really helped my understanding of the system. I use mac OS but I will try other clients, though I doubt uTorrent perform as well as it does on windows. Anyway, your answer is really helpful, newers like me should definitely read it
Imagine that the original poster uploaded a 1GB file.
Generally (not always), that poster will have the full 1GB downloaded from him, and in the process several other people will be downloading different parts of that 1GB. Let's say there are 1 people downloading the poster's file.
Downloader:
#1 is downloading the first 100mb (hypothetically)
while
#2 is downloading the 2nd 100mb
#3 the 3rd 100 mb
etc.
until each of the 10 downloaders has a different 100 mb chunk of the video
THEN the poster and those 10 downloaders grab the parts from each other.
This is the ideal situation, but that isn't what actually happens.
Generally the original poster gets between 2 and 3 times the amount of download as is the size of their upload.
Generally, several people will have a copy of the video after 1 day, so don't expect a lot more download points to result after 1 day.There are some exceptions to note. If you have a FAST internet connection, you will wind up getting the lion's share of download points.
Also, for various reasons which I don't fully understand, different torrent clients will download and/or upload files faster.
For instance, Utorrent and Bittorrent are written by the same company, and look and function identically.. but are compiled differently. BUT.. the file transfers under Utorrent are considerably FASTER. There is no best client. My favorite is Utorrent, but sometimes.. maybe 1 out of 200 torrents, Utorrent doesn't work.. I then use Bittorrent (same company - and LOOKS like the same program). Qbittorent is a different company, and VERY similar to Utorrent and Bittorent, but is easier to use and "friendlier". People using android, Apple, or other devices use an assortment of other clients. Beware of clients that are no longer supported - because at some point they are doomed to be obsolete. There are a large number of people who insist on sticking with the very old Utorrent 2.21. They are paranoid about new versions of Utorrent.. because for a long time, Utorrent put out very buggy versions - some nearly non-functional. Utorrent 2.21 is stable, but old. They have made a lot of improvements. and the current version which is 3.5.5 is quite stable. Hopefully future versions will remain stable. I have a little knowledge of the operations of Utorrent.. and it seems that they had one extremely stubborn idiot working there.. who is now GONE. That guy was the cause of the bad versions. Also, for a LONG time they were ignoring the feedback of their users - which is insane. I used to work for a software company which did NO testing of their own products! They would churn out software which was used for many things including doing PAYROLLS.. totally untested! They depended on their USERS to be the guinea pigs to find the bugs and report them.I strongly advise people to download and seed all NEW Freeleech files whether they like them or not.
Another trick is to keep seeding GOOD huge files. Even after YEARS.. someone will come along and download that file.. and because it is so old, you will be the only one seeding it.. and get all the credit for it!
I personally think the ratio requirements are a bit too tight here. I would suggest that people were only "charged" for 50% of what they download.
Many years ago, this site got a daily flood of awful videos that were garbage - posted by people only interested in getting download credits. There were so many videos posted, that it was virtually impossible to keep up with all the posts and find the GOOD posts buried amongst the ocean of garbage. Those days are gone. The general quality of videos posted here has improved dramatically.Lastly, I would suggest buying an EXTERNAL 8TB hard drive. Seagate makes them for about $150! These drives are slow as mud, but extremely cheap, and do fine for using to seed your vast collection of videos. 8TB of NVME Evo Plus will cost you well over $4000. Standard NVME about half that. So.. $150 is nothing compared to other forms of storage.
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In general, keep seeding for as long as you can
A lot of torrents end up dying even though someone will come eventually to want that torrent. So just keep seeding to make those deaths as rare as possible! -
anyway to know when a torrent is dead ?
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A torrent is dead when nobody is seeding it anymore. There's a box on the page of each torrent that says how many seeders and how many leachers are active.
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Hello everyone, I'm new on this site and still learning. Now I have question about seeding files.
I wanted to seed the videos I got from this site so I kept them where they've been downloaded and ran the client(Bitcomet), but it barely uploads anything except those videos which are originally uploaded by me. Sometimes I see a certain video is being downloaded by other users but my client is not uploading that file.
For those videos originally uploaded by me, it seems that I only seeded them for the first downloads, after that the upload speed is always 0kb even when others keep downloading that file.
Could someone explain how the system works and how long should I keep my videos cause my computer is running out of space.That's not unusual. I have about 1,500 files active on an external hard drive and sometimes none of them are being downloaded. That's expected as new videos are the most popular. The popular videos also have many seeders. I have found that it helps to occasionally close the torrent client software and then start it again or at least to update the trackers.
Very often I download a file with only one or two seeders and sometimes I download a "dead" file over a period of weeks because there is only occasionally a single seeder, probably because they don't seed unless they are downloading. So it is helpful to keep seeding even if there are no downloaders for long periods of time because someone at some point will likely want that file.
If a higher quality file is available later, sometimes I download the new, better one and delete the older, lower quality file.
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I usually recommend to hang onto them for as long as possible. Usually after a while, some of the torrents will disappear into the abyss. When this happens, it can be a great time to start reseeding the torrents, then ask a mod or the helpdesk to promote and/or freeleech the torrents to cash in on having saved the content over time. This is a big part of how I keep my ratio so high.
That said though, I know that not everyone can afford several 3TB SSD drives to store everything on. Also, not everyone has the kind of upload capacity that I do.
