Torrent I made won't download

[tvenetis]

I made a torrent and sent it to a friend and he can't download it. On my end it says 100 percent and I added 3  trackers when I was making the torrent. It says connecting to peers 0

[ill88eagle]

Could be anything from port forwarding issues on either end to DHT not being enabled. Is your friend able to download other torrents? Are you able to upload to other peers?

Maybe post a link to the torrent here (magnet) or attach it to your next post so people can check if something is wrong...

[tvenetis]

Could be anything from port forwarding issues on either end to DHT not being enabled. Is your friend able to download other torrents? Are you able to upload to other peers?

Maybe post a link to the torrent here (magnet) or attach it to your next post so people can check if something is wrong...

[ill88eagle]

Could be anything from port forwarding issues on either end to DHT not being enabled. Is your friend able to download other torrents? Are you able to upload to other peers?

Maybe post a link to the torrent here (magnet) or attach it to your next post so people can check if something is wrong...

At a glance: All the trackers are dead and have been so for years. In theory just having DHT enabled on both ends should eliminate the need for trackers, but in reality it's slow (especially for small swarms) at best. Here's a recent tracker-list from a TPB torrent (some might be offline):

Code:

udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:6969/announce

udp://9.rarbg.to:2710/announce

udp://9.rarbg.me:2780/announce

udp://9.rarbg.to:2730/announce

udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337

http://p4p.arenabg.com:1337/announce

udp://tracker.torrent.eu.org:451/announce

udp://tracker.tiny-vps.com:6969/announce

udp://open.stealth.si:80/announce

Add (some of) those to the torrent and make sure your friend does too

EDIT: Here's a magnet link with updated trackers:

[tvenetis]

Could be anything from port forwarding issues on either end to DHT not being enabled. Is your friend able to download other torrents? Are you able to upload to other peers?

Maybe post a link to the torrent here (magnet) or attach it to your next post so people can check if something is wrong...

At a glance: All the trackers are dead and have been so for years. In theory just having DHT enabled on both ends should eliminate the need for trackers, but in reality it's slow (especially for small swarms) at best. Here's a recent tracker-list from a TPB torrent (some might be offline):

Code:

udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:6969/announce

udp://9.rarbg.to:2710/announce

udp://9.rarbg.me:2780/announce

udp://9.rarbg.to:2730/announce

udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337

http://p4p.arenabg.com:1337/announce

udp://tracker.torrent.eu.org:451/announce

udp://tracker.tiny-vps.com:6969/announce

udp://open.stealth.si:80/announce

Add (some of) those to the torrent and make sure your friend does too

EDIT: Here's a magnet link with updated trackers:

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Could be anything from port forwarding issues on either end to DHT not being enabled. Is your friend able to download other torrents? Are you able to upload to other peers?

Maybe post a link to the torrent here (magnet) or attach it to your next post so people can check if something is wrong...

At a glance: All the trackers are dead and have been so for years. In theory just having DHT enabled on both ends should eliminate the need for trackers, but in reality it's slow (especially for small swarms) at best. Here's a recent tracker-list from a TPB torrent (some might be offline):

Code:

udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:6969/announce

udp://9.rarbg.to:2710/announce

udp://9.rarbg.me:2780/announce

udp://9.rarbg.to:2730/announce

udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337

http://p4p.arenabg.com:1337/announce

udp://tracker.torrent.eu.org:451/announce

udp://tracker.tiny-vps.com:6969/announce

udp://open.stealth.si:80/announce

Add (some of) those to the torrent and make sure your friend does too

EDIT: Here's a magnet link with updated trackers:

[ill88eagle]

I see the seed but am not connecting for some reason. Check if your listening port for udp is open (somewhere in the settings/preferences of whatever client you are using) and otherwise give it some time.

Edit- I am downloading now

[tvenetis]

I see the seed but am not connecting for some reason. Check if your listening port for udp is open (somewhere in the settings/preferences of whatever client you are using) and otherwise give it some time.

Edit- I am downloading now

[ill88eagle]

I am not on utorrent, but yes. In my clent (transmission) it's under 'edit'->'preferences'->'network'->'Listening port'. I was able to connect to a seed and download some 1% of the torrent. So there should be no port forwarding issues to worry about on your end. Maybe your friend (who also seemed to show up in the swarm) has to check if his own client (and router) has an open udp port?

[tvenetis]

I am not on utorrent, but yes. In my clent (transmission) it's under 'edit'->'preferences'->'network'->'Listening port'. I was able to connect to a seed and download some 1% of the torrent. So there should be no port forwarding issues to worry about on your end. Maybe your friend (who also seemed to show up in the swarm) has to check if his own client (and router) has an open udp port?

[anonemoose]

ill88eagle, what client/app did you use to get that info? Looks like I could use that to troubleshoot some issues I am having.

TIA