explain something to me please

[Ladyanne3]

I've got a download and there's 1 seed (confirmed)

Yet...  I'm not getting anything from it.

Why is that?   Is there something I can do to force it to download from the seed?

[RodneyYouPlonker]

The best suggestion is to download it using a seedbox.  If you're more a serious kind of torrent downloader you might find better luck doing it that way.  Certainly one thing is that downloading on your home internet you might struggle to download certain things.  Having a seedbox is a good solution because sometimes you're better to seedbox download it and it's always on all the time so that you can download it even during the night time when you're sleeping and you don't even have to have your computer on at home the seedbox will get it.

Many times I've found it's a lot better, if you're serious then maybe consider giving it a try and find out the difference.  You can always start out with beginner packages and try budget ones that are very affordable.  You can even do trial seedbox runs to get an idea.  It depends on how serious you consider yourself as a torrent enthusiast.  Never know you might prefer it to home downloading all the time.

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I would also say that part of your problem is that the seed that you can see is infact busy at the moment.  It's most likely that seed is infact uploading to other clients and it could take some time before it eventually starts.  The seedbox solution is usually the best bet you can put it there and just leave it for a few days and you'll be surprised it will download at some point maybe even if you're out and about doing other things.  Having to leave your computer on for days on end I would not recommend.  Too much a waste of electricity for starters, plus there's always the reason why you shouldn't leave your computer on when you're not using it because somebody else might use it instead when you don't want them.  You can download off your own seedbox with ease so you're simply putting the seed there and then you can just download off that...

[Ladyanne3]

The best suggestion is to download it using a seedbox.  If you're more a serious kind of torrent downloader you might find better luck doing it that way.  Certainly one thing is that downloading on your home internet you might struggle to download certain things.  Having a seedbox is a good solution because sometimes you're better to seedbox download it and it's always on all the time so that you can download it even during the night time when you're sleeping and you don't even have to have your computer on at home the seedbox will get it.

Many times I've found it's a lot better, if you're serious then maybe consider giving it a try and find out the difference.  You can always start out with beginner packages and try budget ones that are very affordable.  You can even do trial seedbox runs to get an idea.  It depends on how serious you consider yourself as a torrent enthusiast.  Never know you might prefer it to home downloading all the time.

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I would also say that part of your problem is that the seed that you can see is infact busy at the moment.  It's most likely that seed is infact uploading to other clients and it could take some time before it eventually starts.  The seedbox solution is usually the best bet you can put it there and just leave it for a few days and you'll be surprised it will download at some point maybe even if you're out and about doing other things.  Having to leave your computer on for days on end I would not recommend.  Too much a waste of electricity for starters, plus there's always the reason why you shouldn't leave your computer on when you're not using it because somebody else might use it instead when you don't want them.  You can download off your own seedbox with ease so you're simply putting the seed there and then you can just download off that...

I've got a trial seedbox but still nothing.  

I know this is really stupid but I've always had a fascination for trucker culture and I wish I could have been one. 
So I only need it for this one dumb tv show:  https://www.magnetdl.com/file/213927/mov...on-1-1974/

Right now I've got 6 full episodes but I want the season and then I'm going to find a place to upload and share it with everyone.

[RobertX]

It's fucking unfair, but sometimes it's not possible to get something.

That being said, I'll be on the lookout. Who knows, it might turn up sometime... perhaps.

[RodneyYouPlonker]

I've got a trial seedbox but still nothing.  

I know this is really stupid but I've always had a fascination for trucker culture and I wish I could have been one. 
So I only need it for this one dumb tv show:  https://www.magnetdl.com/file/213927/mov...on-1-1974/

Right now I've got 6 full episodes but I want the season and then I'm going to find a place to upload and share it with everyone.

Okay I've just had a look, it seems that lots of people are all stuck at 77%. I will try and download this for you so just give it a few days. We'll see what happens, at the moment it seems a bit stuck but you never know a full seed might come along. Keep trying anyway for the next several days, if it will download then great, I'm trying to help you as much as I can. Just check every day and if you can see a full seed then just leave it on and don't turn your client off you never know it might download.

[Ladyanne3]

I've got a trial seedbox but still nothing.  

I know this is really stupid but I've always had a fascination for trucker culture and I wish I could have been one. 
So I only need it for this one dumb tv show:  https://www.magnetdl.com/file/213927/mov...on-1-1974/

Right now I've got 6 full episodes but I want the season and then I'm going to find a place to upload and share it with everyone.

Okay I've just had a look, it seems that lots of people are all stuck at 77%.  I will try and download this for you so just give it a few days.  We'll see what happens, at the moment it seems a bit stuck but you never know a full seed might come along.  Keep trying anyway for the next several days, if it will download then great, I'm trying to help you as much as I can.  Just check every day and if you can see a full seed then just leave it on and don't turn your client off you never know it might download.

A big thank you for trying to make this work.

[RodneyYouPlonker]

I've got some good news on this torrent:

The latest update is that it's actually moving.  Since yesterday it has moved slightly.  It seems that somebody somewhere is playing a game and it's "movin' on" very slowly as somebody keep feeding it bit by bit.  I wouldn't worry too much, considering this torrent is almost 10 years old it's actually still being seeded somebody is just messing around and having a bit of fun.  I'll let you know when it's finished it totally depends on the person who is playing games.  I think the name of the series has a lot to do with it, sometimes people like messing around and they find it funny at times.  It might be a while yet but the good news is at least there is actually a very small amount of movement which is better than something just completely dead.  There is at least a bit of hope on the horizon.  As soon as this person keeps seeding it will be grabbed in an instant.

I'll let you know later on and will post in this thread...

[rezwaki]

If it is not a principle to download this particular torrent, there are two complete seasons up on archive.org, can be downloaded from there in bulk, see the request topic

[Ladyanne3]

I've got some good news on this torrent:

The latest update is that it's actually moving.  Since yesterday it has moved slightly.  It seems that somebody somewhere is playing a game and it's "movin' on" very slowly as somebody keep feeding it bit by bit.  I wouldn't worry too much, considering this torrent is almost 10 years old it's actually still being seeded somebody is just messing around and having a bit of fun.  I'll let you know when it's finished it totally depends on the person who is playing games.  I think the name of the series has a lot to do with it, sometimes people like messing around and they find it funny at times.  It might be a while yet but the good news is at least there is actually a very small amount of movement which is better than something just completely dead.  There is at least a bit of hope on the horizon.  As soon as this person keeps seeding it will be grabbed in an instant.

I'll let you know later on and will post in this thread...

I'm at 78% today!   Whatever you're doing is working!  

If it is not a principle to download this particular torrent, there are two complete seasons up on archive.org, can be downloaded from there in bulk, see the request topic

No it's not a principle but I am emotionally invested in it.

So I'm going to persevere with the torrent and I'll download the the links you gave me if it doesn't seem to work.

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I'm at 80% and it's coming really slowly. (Less than 1k)

When I get 100% and become a seed... I'm then going to seed the heck out of it!

[Ladyanne3]

Whatever you're doing is working!

I'm at 82% this morning !!!