Hello so I've created a new torrent after following the upload instructions but I still seem to have trouble getting it to seed. I've downloaded the torrent file, directed it to the location of the torrent and checked to make sure that my tracker urls match but I just can't seem to get the torrent to download so I can start seeding. For what it's worth I'm on a mac and I'm using utorrent.
You shouldn't be able to download a torrent you are trying to seed/upload because you already have it on your computer and your torrent software can't initially seed it and download it both at the same time.
If you downloaded the torrent file from this site, added it to your torrent software, and your software matched it to the torrent video file, checked it, and shows it as completed just like torrents you've downloaded and are seeding, then everything should be okay. Otherwise, something you are describing is inaccurate.
When you go to the torrent page here, what does it show as far as seeders and leechers?