Uploaded torrents won't seed

[the_jagaroth]

Someone here may know what simple step I am missing. I am sure I am making an otherwise obvious wrong turn somewhere.

I am using Transmission on Ubuntu to create a torrent. Seems common enough to create torrent files using this common application on more than one platform so decided to use it.

When I upload the torrent file to TPB and test the torrent by attempting to download it. It seems to be stuck collecting metadata and does not seed.
If I place the origional file/files in the folder that the torrent is attempting to download to and tell transmission to verify the existing data, it detects no existing data/files. Also no files appear if I select "Files" in the downloading torrent properties, just blank.

I know the torrent I uploaded lists the correct files because if I add the original locally created torrent to transmission (that I created prior to uploading), and place the original file/files into the folder. Transmission detect all the files as already downloaded if I select to verify the existing data.

I have also tries placing the files into a single zip file and creating a torrent from that. But still the same problem.

I have been testing by downloading from a different computer too, this makes no difference. Which makes sense to me if the torrent file modified by the TPB website can not detect the original files already in the downloads folder.

So something seems to either break the torrent file structure when it has been uploaded, or the folder layout has been adjusted in some way. I have been testing using the magnetic link.

I have also noticed that the modified torrent file from TPB adds plus (+) signs in the folder/file name. I have not noticed this with other torrents i have downloaded, so I suspect it may be something clearly wrong that I am doing. I have been taking into account this file/folder name change when testing, but it also makes no difference.

I have been using various combinations of the following trackers...
udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80
http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce
http://www.torrent-downloads.to:2710/announce
http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
udp://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
http://www.sumotracker.com/announce
udp://open.demonii.com:1337
udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969

I hope that makes sense. I am out of idea's, hopefully someone else here has a pro tip or at least a suggestion or more. (I don't mind being told off for doing something stupid and noob like too as I probably deserve it!)

[Ruler_Of_Hell]

Putting the link to a torrent You're trying to seed would let others check it out

[Moe]

Trackers are irrelevant.

TPB doesn't modify the torrent file because it doesn't serve it. You do.

In order for others to be able to download it, you must be seeding it in your client, and you must be able to create outgoing UDP connections in order to connect to the DHT network so other peers can find you.

[joew771]

Someone here may know what simple step I am missing. I am sure I am making an otherwise obvious wrong turn somewhere.

I am using Transmission on Ubuntu to create a torrent. Seems common enough to create torrent files using this common application on more than one platform so decided to use it.

When I upload the torrent file to TPB and test the torrent by attempting to download it. It seems to be stuck collecting metadata and does not seed.
If I place the origional file/files in the folder that the torrent is attempting to download to and tell transmission to verify the existing data, it detects no existing data/files. Also no files appear if I select "Files" in the downloading torrent properties, just blank.

I know the torrent I uploaded lists the correct files because if I add the original locally created torrent to transmission (that I created prior to uploading), and place the original file/files into the folder. Transmission detect all the files as already downloaded if I select to verify the existing data.

I have also tries placing the files into a single zip file and creating a torrent from that. But still the same problem.

I have been testing by downloading from a different computer too, this makes no difference. Which makes sense to me if the torrent file modified by the TPB website can not detect the original files already in the downloads folder.

So something seems to either break the torrent file structure when it has been uploaded, or the folder layout has been adjusted in some way. I have been testing using the magnetic link.

I have also noticed that the modified torrent file from TPB adds plus (+) signs in the folder/file name. I have not noticed this with other torrents i have downloaded, so I suspect it may be something clearly wrong that I am doing. I have been taking into account this file/folder name change when testing, but it also makes no difference.

I have been using various combinations of the following trackers...
udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80
http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce
http://www.torrent-downloads.to:2710/announce
http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
udp://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
http://www.sumotracker.com/announce
udp://open.demonii.com:1337
udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969

I hope that makes sense. I am out of idea's, hopefully someone else here has a pro tip or at least a suggestion or more. (I don't mind being told off for doing something stupid and noob like too as I probably deserve it!)

I should say that I'm only familiar with utorrent, not transmission. Anyway, once you ul a torrent, provided you did it right, you don't have to dl anything at all. Your client should begin seeding.

Just keep your client open and wait.

Also, like Moe said, trackers are meaningless on TBP, so don't worry about those.

The only thing I can think of is that you need to enable DHT, which I don't know how to do in transmission, but I'm sure it's in the options somewhere.

And once you put the torrent and the file(s) it belongs too where they are supposed to be, don't move them.\

[the_jagaroth]

Thanks for the reply.
Here is the URL anyway https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/1724890...-1994).zip

DHT is enabled as far as I can see. I will leave it running for longer.