TPB 0 byte torrents

[Massz]

Windows 10, 64 bit

The torrents are like 2gb on the site but on the client its at 0% and has 0 bytes, although it is still downloading. It’s only at pirate bay, other sites has no problem. I use magnet links and qbt btw. This hasn’t been a problem before tho. 

Those torrents are: https://thepiratebay3.org/?url=https://t...uphead-GOG 

and

undertale_gog (didnt put link because it was considered as link spamming   )

Help is appreciated! 

SectorVector edited Jul 13, 2018 12:28 pm this post because: Not a site issue. Moved to General Discussion. Provide a link to the torrent in question.

[dueda]

Windows 10 full install with only 2GB ? Normal size would be around 4GB.

[BigNoise]

Windows 10, 64 bit

The torrents are like 2gb on the site but on the client its at 0% and has 0 bytes, although it is still downloading. It’s only at pirate bay, other sites has no problem. I use magnet links and qbt btw. This hasn’t been a problem before tho. Help is appreciated! 

^ the client is not downloading at all b/c there's no source (seed/peer) - aka. dead torrent where only the meta-data was fetched by the client program.

edit: the problem itself has nothing to do with TPB - if you fetch the same magnet elsewhere, the effect would be the same.

[politux]

Because TPB uses magnet links you have to be able to download the .torrent file from the swarm. If no one is seeding the torrent or if you can't connect to anyone you will be stuck at that 0b stage. You need to get the metadata from the swarm. It just means that torrent is probably dead. You can leave it in your client and see if a peer connects eventually or you can try to find another torrent.

[plhbg.sprby]

Since the torrent is well seeded and your other torrents are downloading fine then most likely you are stuck at downloading metadata.

Updating uTorrent to a more recent version solves the problem for me.
On the other threads some suggest to enable DHT.
They might also work for your client.

[Massz]

Windows 10, 64 bit

The torrents are like 2gb on the site but on the client its at 0% and has 0 bytes, although it is still downloading. It’s only at pirate bay, other sites has no problem. I use magnet links and qbt btw. This hasn’t been a problem before tho. Help is appreciated! 

^ the client is not downloading at all b/c there's no source (seed/peer) - aka. dead torrent where only the meta-data was fetched by the client program.

edit: the problem itself has nothing to do with TPB - if you fetch the same magnet elsewhere, the effect would be the same.

Thanks for the info

Because TPB uses magnet links you have to be able to download the .torrent file from the swarm. If no one is seeding the torrent or if you can't connect to anyone you will be stuck at that 0b stage.  You need to get the metadata from the swarm. It just means that torrent is probably dead.  You can leave it in your client and see if a peer connects eventually or you can try to find another torrent.

Well, i’m gonna try to wait if i can. Thanks for the help.

Since the torrent is well seeded and your other torrents are downloading fine then most likely you are stuck at downloading metadata.

Updating uTorrent to a more recent version solves the problem for me.
On the other threads some suggest to enable DHT.
They might also work for your client.

Thanks for the help, ill try those in a few days since i’m somewhere far away from home.

I’ll update this thread once i get home. 

[Massz]

Update:

I’ve downloaded both of those torrents with uTorrent, not qbittorrent. qbt glitched and the download rate and upload rate is capped at 1kb somehow.

uTorrent had no problem at all. But still not yet sure how qbt was capped at 1kb. Thanks for the help.

[dk0dave]

you need to goto tools then options...speed then untick all then apply.... unless you want to choose your upload speed