How do you re-connnect an old torrent?
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I posted a few torrents a while ago, but I didn't keep them up.
It looks like they got re-posted for a while, but no one is currently seeding them now. Is there some sort of instruction that tells me how to re-connect the torrents I added long ago?
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If the torrent is still on the tracker, but is just dead (no seeders, no leechers) - e.g.: you can still SEARCH for it, but you have to use the "including dead" option on the right), then you can start to re-seed the file simply by re-downloading the .torrent, and then pointing the client to the already-present file.
The "techincal" term for this is "scraping" the file - that is, you download the torrent, but already HAVE the content, so your client winds up CHECKING the torrent (vs. downloading it), and almost instantly starts SEEDING it.
NOTE: This is EXACTLY what happens when you UPLOAD a torrent here!
You upload a .torrent file to the tracker, but the tracker has to make CHANGES to the file, so you have to download the MODIFIED .torrent file, and "scrape" it in order to start seeding it!
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@bi4smooth is it that easy if you moved the files to a new folder? Last time, I didn't plan on keeping them there forever, and ultimately deleted them. This time I'd like to be better about it and am moving the files to a special 'upload' folder (using utorrent)
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@bi4smooth oh, and it case that isn't clear, that isn't the folder that I download into.
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@bi4smooth also also... I'm not a pro uploader. I'm a very niche collector, so I have very specific items, but also a load of items almost no one else has. So, I really don't know what I'm doing.
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@qvamp said in How do you re-connnect an old torrent?:
@bi4smooth is it that easy if you moved the files to a new folder? Last time, I didn't plan on keeping them there forever, and ultimately deleted them. This time I'd like to be better about it and am moving the files to a special 'upload' folder (using utorrent)
Yes, it's that easy...
IF YOU STILL HAVE THE CONTENTS OF THE TORRENT!
You mention the biggest problem in your reply above: people often remove older material (often, to make room for new!)
The area this presents the BIGGEST problem is when you only download (or still have) a PORTION of a multi-file download... for the "scrape" to work, you need to have all parts in all the right places.
Your comment above also aligns with my personal practice: I keep my uploaded files in a separate folder so that I don't accidentally delete them!
Mind you, if you're going to scrape your torrent, you cannot have auto-start and auto-add both set on your torrent client! Otherwise, you would have to have those original files EXACTLY where the auto-start feature would have put them.
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@bi4smooth I feel like you're making a statement to everyone else, but aren't helping me. I HAVE THE ORIGINAL CONTENT BECAUSE I UPLOADED IT! AndI have a lot more content too. For that I uploaded before I'd like to reconnect the original torrents both because people know they're there, and because people uploaded images and the like.
Also, the biggest problem you said I said here isn't anything I said. I do appreciate your help, really, but I'm pretty sure I'm in a less-common category than who you're speaking to.
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@qvamp said in How do you re-connnect an old torrent?:
@bi4smooth I feel like you're making a statement to everyone else, but aren't helping me. I HAVE THE ORIGINAL CONTENT BECAUSE I UPLOADED IT! AndI have a lot more content too. For that I uploaded before I'd like to reconnect the original torrents both because people know they're there, and because people uploaded images and the like.
Also, the biggest problem you said I said here isn't anything I said. I do appreciate your help, really, but I'm pretty sure I'm in a less-common category than who you're speaking to.
I'm sorry if you think my caveats about still having the contents means I'm not replying to you, but I *am trying to help you. However, I've answered this question for others before - and have, in the past, had people get angry with me because it didn't work... which it will work - 100% of the time - IF all of the files are already there when you point your client to the existing files.
Mind you, I've also had cases where the filenames didn't quite match - if this happens, just delete the torrent in your client (being careful NOT to delete the actual data files), rename the files to what the .torrent file is expecting to see, then re-scrape it again!
Like I said above - it REALLY IS this easy - because scraping a torrent is actually the final step in the upload process to begin with!
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@qvamp said in How do you re-connnect an old torrent?:
@bi4smooth I feel like you're making a statement to everyone else, but aren't helping me. I HAVE THE ORIGINAL CONTENT BECAUSE I UPLOADED IT! AndI have a lot more content too. For that I uploaded before I'd like to reconnect the original torrents both because people know they're there, and because people uploaded images and the like.
Also, the biggest problem you said I said here isn't anything I said. I do appreciate your help, really, but I'm pretty sure I'm in a less-common category than who you're speaking to.
If you want to, paste the link to the torrent you're trying to re-link to, I'll try to help you with specifics, vs. the "general case"...
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@bi4smooth Thanks for explaining, and for the sorry-not-sorry response.
My comment about really not knowing what I'm doing here is the key though. It sounds like you're saying is that my problem isn't a gaytorrent issue, it is not knowing how utorrent works.
Do you know where I could find a tutorial or whatnot that might help me? I'd love to re-connect the files here, but honestly, if it is too much, I probably won't do it. My willingness to upload my library is because I'm passionate about what I love (gay horror). Other than that, I don't get any benefit from doing this.
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@bi4smooth the two most asked for ones are:
https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?returnto=%2Fmytorrents.php&id=2ed547c2e00a6bff99b949efae58d966bd98a86e020e4f6d
https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?returnto=%2Fmytorrents.php&id=f55cacded9f157e999b949efae58d9665efd3d336cac6f7dI'd like to add a fair number more, but just didn't try much in the past.
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OK, pardon my saying so, but you're making a mountain out of a mole-hill here... this REALLY couldn't be simpler!
Thank you for providing link... let's start with the first one:
Gay Zombie (2007).mp4For the sake of an example, let's make 2 assumptions:
- You saved the file in a location I'll call PATH1:
c:/users/<your name>/Movies/Gay/Horror/Gay Zombie (2007).mp4 - Your uTorrent program is set to download files to a different location, I'll call PATH2:
c:/users/<your name>/Downloads
The FAST answer to your question (no explanations) is this:
- Download the .torrent file (click the download link on the site)
- Open the .torrent file with uTorrent (this may happen automatically)
- CHANGE the Save At (aka: "Save To" or "Destination") folder to PATH1: c:/users/<your name>/Movies/Gay/Horror
- Click "OK" or "Start" or whatever it is on uTorrent
- The client should, instead of adding the file with a status of "Downloading" should add the file with a status of "Checking" and then, quickly move to 'Seeding"
Let me know if you need a more detailed answer with more explanations... but this is exactly how you would download any other torrent - except for the step where you change the "Save At" folder!
- You saved the file in a location I'll call PATH1:
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@bi4smooth hah... thank you. I really didn't make a mountain out of a mole-hill though. I asked a question and you got a bit soap-box-y. From there I just asked questions and explained my processes. And like I said, I really don't know what I'm doing torrent-wise.
I've got to head to bed now, but I'll try this out tomorrow. I was hoping it would be simple, since there is only 1 file involved in those 2 uploads.
Thank you again!
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@bi4smooth also also, a lot of this question came because this site had me upload the quick torrent maker, which made things a lot easier to upload, but didn't help me figure out what to do to re-upload.
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@bi4smooth - Hey, hopefully you're still willing to help here.
And sorry for the delay, this was my first free time to deal with this.
I uploaded my old torrents in utorrent, and the clicked 'pause' since I knew they weren't there.
From there I clicked Advanced->'select download location', which let me choose the folder. From there it told me the torrent existed and asked me to overwrite. I said 'yes'. The file was still there, and I could still run it, but at that point things don't seem right. My status says 'connecting to peers', which seems to indicate it isn't connected to anything.
And using this site, I honestly don't know what I'm seeing. Looking at S/L, one torrent says 0/1 and one says 1/1, and I have no clue if that 1/1 is me.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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Sorry for my delay, but I had something come up and I haven't been online for a while...
So if I'm hearing you right (and that's a stretch LOL), you're not getting me... so, I'm going to provide more detail in the hopes that that you might understand. If I'm wrong, then no real harm - I just wasted a lot of time typing!
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So, you create your .torrent file in uTorrent... I'll call it a.torrent (original, no?)... and because you followed directions, you listed the tracker within uTorrent as http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru:2710/announce.
What you probably don't know, is that that URL doesn't actually work! That's actually a string that the tracker software replaces to ensure that your torrent is tracked to your account. This is because this is a PRIVATE torrent tracker! We don't accept torrents from anyone but our members! It is also needed to help manage your upload/download numbers.
So - back to your upload... you have uploaded your "won't-work-like-that" a.torrent file to the tracker... and, along with the other things you included on the upload page, it created a whole web page, just for your torrent! Just one thing though: the a.torrent file you download from that web page IS NOT the same a.torrent file that you uploaded! It's been changed: the tracker entry now is unique to your account (and it will actually work!).
So here we are now: your uTorrent program has your a.torrent "seeding" to a non-existent tracker, nand GT.ru has an a.torrent with no seeders! (If we leave it like this, you get mad because your torrent doesn't seed, and GT.ru staff get mad because your upload has no seeder!)
The fix is the oft-overlooked last step: you need to "scape" your new torrent!
"Scraping" is when you download a torrent for content you already have, generally so that you can begin to seed it immediately (you don't need to download it - you already have it!).
NOTE: This is ALSO how you re-seed a torrent you previously downloaded!
So, when you finished uploading your a.torrent file and page to GT.ru, it took you immediately to that new page - and TOLD YOU that you needed to re-download your torrent! (Technically, as I showed above, you need to scrape your torrent - with the NEW a.torrent file!)
BUT! Before you do! Since you're using uTorrent, you very well MAY ALREADY HAVE a.torrent in your client... seeding with that bogus tracker URL! You need to delete this one (but do NOT delete the content!), and replace it with the one from the new page on GT.ru!
ALSO: When you scrape your new a.torrent file, you will need to tell your uTorrent client WHERE the data file is stored on your computer. It may default to that location, but in most cases not. If you attempt to scrape your new torrent, and instead of "checking" your torrent, you attempt to "dowload" your torrent - then you specified the wrong location. (I do this more often than I care to admit! Just delete the torrent in your client and start the scrape again!)
So EVEN when things work, there may be some glitches... for example: often when I scrape a torrent (I use qBitTorrent, not uTorrent), it won't immediately seed... HOWEVER, if I then ask the client (qBitTorrent for me) to "recheck" the file, it seeds properly.
That's a LOT of detail.... I hope you found it useful
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@bi4smooth thanks. I did find this useful, but I haven't had a chance to work on this yet!
