| Richard Orchard 01.04.2004 00:57 |
Resources to access Information on Bittorrent: FAQ: link |
| David Jones 11.04.2004 06:54 |
If you have a firewall installed, then can you still use Bittorent succesfully? |
| David Jones 11.04.2004 07:33 |
Which Firewall do you use Barry? |
| David Jones 11.04.2004 09:27 |
Hmmm, I wonder whether Norton will do the same.... |
| Richard Orchard 14.04.2004 08:34 |
Hi, I use Norton internet security 2004. I just let bittorrent connect on all ports. Richard |
| David Jones 14.04.2004 14:37 |
Brilliant! Will try and get it working this weekend! Shame I've missed so many concerts already! Hopefully someone will seed them again - can't remember who said they were gonna do it now... :-) Cheers Richard! |
| Lord Blackadder 16.05.2004 15:25 |
It wont work on Windows Media Player, why not? Or is it just in mine? What player should I use?? |
| Mr Mercury 23.06.2004 18:22 |
What I'd like to know is how safe is Bit Torrents? The reason I ask is because having used the likes of Kazaa and having a real bad experience with them (corrupt files and viruses, etc), I have been put off this form of file sharing. Any info, anyone? Dave |
| thankstogravity 27.06.2004 18:08 |
Bittorrent is nothing like sharing using Kazaa. Follow Richard's link above for more info, or go to link and read the "Getting Started" forum. |
| marko87 30.06.2004 14:42 |
How can i torrent to this tracker? The login won't accept this forum username and password. |
| Maz 07.09.2004 01:28 |
Can we make this a sticky again? Or, better yet, perhaps some enterprising QZ poster would like to write a brief Torrent FAQ for the site? Either way, we've been getting a lot of questions lately from users new to torrents. Having a stable place of reference would help. |
| YourValentine 07.09.2004 02:49 |
link It's only a start. I am adding some detailed questions and answers about flac and video formats this week. If people can help, please send the question and answer to Queenzone through the "contact" link on the main page. |
| Saint Jiub 08.10.2004 01:25 |
I had trouble converting four songs in Copenhagen to WAV using FlacFrontend (could not initiate file). DBpoweramp was able to convert these four songs no problem. Go Figure. Thanks. This will be slightly (LOL) better than my cassette conversion to MP3 ... |
| Richard Orchard 12.11.2004 21:23 |
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| CESAR BELTRAN M 03.12.2004 21:24 |
THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAN I HAVE 7 OR 8 INCOMPLETE FLAC CONCERTS, AND I'M EACH DAY TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS, BUT 0 BYTES EACH DAY! :( WHAT CAN I DO?? SOMEONE CAN RESEED THESE SHOWS I NEED?? I WOULD LIST THEM FOR SURE IF YOU CAN HELP ME ON THIS! I HOPE YOU CAN. THANKS A LOT IN ADVANCE CESAR |
| Shinigami 10.12.2004 22:42 |
Yeah you can use bitorrent with a firewall otherwise i would kill Norton and symantec. |
| neeuqfonafamai 26.12.2004 12:47 |
Can |
| neeuqfonafamai 26.12.2004 12:47 |
Can I convert bittorent files into MP3s for use on my MP3 player? |
| David Jones 26.12.2004 13:30 |
Yeah, if your find a programme to download called dbPowerAmp (its free) and download the flac codec, you should be able to encode them into mp3. Go to link and look under Codec Central to download the codec. Hehe, just looking back at previous posts in this topic, I said I would start bittorenting then! But I've only just started (shows how lazy I am!) and I have to say its going pretty well! |
| neeuqfonafamai 28.12.2004 07:06 |
Thanks very much, now it's worth me buying an mp3 player with my christmas money |
| [ Wybren™ ] 02.01.2005 07:29 |
Which bittorrent program do you use? I've Azureus (link and I'm quite pleased with it but the only problem is that the JAVA program is slowing down my pc. Any suggestions for other programs? |
| Banshee 02.01.2005 09:00 |
ABC (Yet Another Bittorent Client) |
| good old fashioned lovergirl 02.01.2005 18:26 |
its taken me 3 days but iv finally figured out how to use bit torrent....yeah....im downloading my 1st torrent right now iv got my fingers crossed hopefully it will work this time! |
| good old fashioned lovergirl 03.01.2005 09:23 |
i spoke too soon, i downloaded the torrent got myself winamp and a flac plugin but i still cant play the torrent what could i be doing wrong seems like iv tryed everything can anyone help me please? |
| Banshee 03.01.2005 10:54 |
You could be downloading the torrent itself, or your plugins aren't installed properly, or you might even have downloaded a non FLAC show... :) If you want I could help you with this. My E-mail: queensearch@hotmail.com Prolly gonna work best over MSN-messenger. |
| MercuryArts 03.02.2005 18:46 |
Hi Richard, I have tried to download the BT's for different files you have shared on the home page. It seems I have done that correctly then proceded to DL the concert. Everything seems to have loaded in correctly. I have the BT file saved and showing in the main file I put it in. And I also have Dl'd the concert properly. That fole is saved as well. But it will not open to play it. Windows Media Player, Real Player, & Quicktime Player will not recognise it. What am I doing wrong? Please advise. Thank you, Steve |
| Saint Jiub 03.02.2005 20:51 |
link Flac files do not play in MediaPlayer, RealPlayer or QuickTime etc. You need a Flac player. The above link, provided earlier in this thread by YourValentine should be helpful (it helped me anyway). |
| We Are The Champions 28.03.2005 11:41 |
Maybe I'm somewhat naiive when it comes to bittorent files...but why does it take so long to download before using encoding? I'm now downloading my first bittorent file with BT Bit Tornado and will then use Flac Frontend to decode files. Is this right? Any help or reassurance would be welcome. |
| omega 30.03.2005 11:41 |
help can somebody tell me how to post a bit torrent please. i have copied the channel 4 documentary "is this the real life" and i would like to share |
| inu-liger 30.03.2005 18:13 |
Yes, please say how you can upload a BT file! I have a Queen show on MP3 I'd like to share! (The BT file is already ready to go!) |
| tano 31.03.2005 11:50 |
why does it take so long to download? it says it gonna take 1 day to download!!! how can i make it faster? |
| QUEENFANLos Angeles 31.03.2005 22:41 |
why is it that it is frozen on 99.9% downloaded can someone help me?? |
| We Are The Champions 02.04.2005 12:51 |
tano wrote: why does it take so long to download? it says it gonna take 1 day to download!!! how can i make it faster?It's very frustrating isn't it? You have to be patient unless you can get them on mp3's. |
| jcrawford79 07.04.2005 02:05 |
I have a question....when I'm through downloading a Torent file, do I have to keep the window open or just keep the file in my hard drive in order to keep others from losing their DL opportunity. I'm new to this and I'm still learning...... |
| great king rat 1138 07.04.2005 05:34 |
Hi, I'm sorry to sound a bit thick, but last night I downloaded my first file via a torrent, using eDonkey as my client. According to the torrent window, I have downloaded 100% of the file, but I can see no way of opening the file itself, as I was never asked where I would like to save it. I thought it might be in my eDonkey downloads file, but alas, no sign. Any ideas? Cheers |
| jcrawford79 07.04.2005 22:47 |
Go to "start" then "search" then "all files and folders" and type in a part of the filename you can remember. It should locate the file for you so that you can open it. I hope this answers your question. |
| Millay 24.04.2005 16:23 |
Help me PLS: I have tried to use bittorent with some links I found on this site. When I tried it says that I'm not authorized to download. I use the same name and password I see in my profile here (I even used clipboard to make sure it's the same) and after # tries I allways get 401 / Unauthorized. What am I doing wrong? |
| Akale 30.04.2005 13:44 |
I have a problem with download for 46664! When start the download by Torrent,come outside the written"queen at 46664" : Aborting the torrent as it was rejected by the tracker while not connected to any peers. Message from the tracker: requested download is not authorized for use with this tracker". What must i do ? Bye from Italy |
| thankstogravity 09.05.2005 19:14 |
I've asked Bewley for permission to quote the following FAQ from link (the Bowie download site) forum located at link . I hope this helps some people. ------------------------------ I am collecting, posting, and attempting to answer some of the questions I have seen on the various forums and torrent comments. Please consider this as an addendum to the FAQ found at the Savage Jaw torrent. I hope that this posting will provide some additional information for those new to torrents. ------------------------------ Q: Home many torrents can I leech (download) or seed (upload) at one time? A: This all depends on your connection speed. A normal cable/ADSL connection can not handle much more than one or two downloads at a time without bogging down. The recommended approach is to focus on a single torrent for a day or two and then move on to the next. By all means, do not attempt to seed or download four or five torrents at a time unless you have the bandwidth (fiber, T1, etc) to handle it! ------------------------------ Q: How long should I keep my client open after download? A: There is no "set" rule for the length of time. People interested in keeping the torrent going will try to keep their window open until reaching a ratio of at least 1:1 (same amount uploaded as downloaded). Often, this is not possible as the torrent will die out (there are no more downloaders) before a 1:1 ratio is met. If this happens, simply try to make up the ratio on the next torrent downloaded, or better yet, see if there is an old torrent you can re-join to help out (both the downlaoders and your ratio!). Do not forget, your upload to download ratio is "public knowledge", and on some sites, the administrators may ban your IP address if they perceive you to be a leecher who is downloading and then running. In addition, many torrents are "policed" by users who will report this activity and alert admins of this behavior. Remember, torrents are a "community" effort and if you do not wish to give as much as you receive, then you run the risk of exclusion from future downloads! ------------------------------ Q: I have xxx speed connection, but I am downloading very slowly. Why? A: There could be a number of reasons for this. Since you are downloading with a group of people, it is possible your connection is faster than the others in the torrent and they are not able to provide you with data fast enough. The people seeding the torrent may be leeching or seeding elsewhere, thus slowing you down. You could be experiencing line problems or the seeders may be focusing on other downloaders with a greater percentage complete (thus attempting to make more seeds) at the moment. So there are a number of things to consider when looking at overall download speed. Can you do anything about it? Possibly. Download speeds are only 1/2 of the equation when participating in a torrent – upload speed is very important too. To better configure your client, you need to know your upstream (upload) speed. Most ADSL and cable connections have a much slower upstream speed than downstream speed. If you know your upstream speed, simply divide that number by 8 to determine your maximum speed in Kb/s. For example, a 256K upstream speed equates to a total of 32 Kb/s. If you do not know your upstream speed, then set your client to “Unlimited” and join a busy torrent. Simply monitor your speed… You should get an idea of your Kb/s after 15 minutes or so. Once you have determined your Kb/s, it is time to configure your BT client. If you are looking to share as much as possible during a download, then set your client to 80% or more of your maximum download speed. If you plan to download quickly and then upload for a while afterwards, you may want to set your download speed to roughly 50% while leeching and then 100% while see |
| deleted user 21.05.2005 10:17 |
QUANDO QUALCUNO MI SPIEGHERA' IN ITALIANO COME CAZZO SI FA A CONDIVIDERE UN CONCERTO NE METTERO' VENTI! Ho London '74, Tokyo '76, Houston '77, Copenhagen '77, London '77, Philadelphia '77, New York '77, Chicago '80, Caracas '81, Milton Keyenes '82, Fukuoka '82, Milan '84, Birmingham '84, Rio '85, Slane Castle '86, Astoria '90, Amsterdam 2002, Fancourt 2005, Milan 2005 and 7 from Rome 2005! |
| David Jones 31.05.2005 14:35 |
Richard Orchard wrote: Hi, I use Norton internet security 2004. I just let bittorrent connect on all ports. RichardBecause I'm running a firewall, sometimes the light on Bittornado stays yellow and speeds are slower. I'm currently trying to download a torrent off another website which says there are seeds and peers, but when I connect I get no download/upload speed and the light remains red. How do I let the firewall allow bittorrent through all ports? |
| nasty_queenie 22.06.2005 05:11 |
How exactly do you seed something? Because I've tried but it always says it's leeching again, the only time I can seed anything is immediately after I've finished a download and I don't close it. |
| Hawklords 23.06.2005 16:44 |
ROGER37 wrote: QUANDO QUALCUNO MI SPIEGHERA' IN ITALIANO COME CAZZO SI FA A CONDIVIDERE UN CONCERTO NE METTERO' VENTI! Ho London '74, Tokyo '76, Houston '77, Copenhagen '77, London '77, Philadelphia '77, New York '77, Chicago '80, Caracas '81, Milton Keyenes '82, Fukuoka '82, Milan '84, Birmingham '84, Rio '85, Slane Castle '86, Astoria '90, Amsterdam 2002, Fancourt 2005, Milan 2005 and 7 from Rome 2005!---------------------------------- Following... the italian "how to use it" description for ROGER37 who ask "so gently" for it. ---------------------------------- ROGER37 Vai al seguente link e dai un'occhiata in giro, troverai tutte le spiegazioni che ti servono su BitTorrent (e tutte in italiano)... link ...quando avrai capito come funziona vai invece qui... link ti traduco le istruzioni che ha postato Richard Orchard. ----------- COME CREARE I file .torrent: E' molto semplice. Io uso un programma chiamato MakeTorrent link l'indirizzo che devi usare per creare i tuoi torrent (va' inserito in MakeTorrent) e' link Ulteriori informazioni... etc. etc... FAQ page (ma in inglese) COME CARICARE IL TUO TORRENT FILE SU QUEENZONE.COM TRACKER: Vai al seguente indirizzo per caricare il tuo .torrent file sul tracker di queenzone.com link INIZIA A CONDIVIDERE IL TUO TORRENT (tu sei il SEEDER originale ed all'inizio unico): Ora che il torrent e' caricato sul tracker, tu devi iniziare a condividere il tuo file. Questo significa che devi aprire (lanciare) il tuo torrent nel client che hai deciso di usare (ce ne sono decine tra cui scegliere, uno dei piu' semplici e' BitTornado link. Visto che sei tu che offri il file (seeder), puoi solo inviare parti di esso ad altre persone (devi mantenere aperto il tuo client perlomeno fino a che non vedi che alcuni utenti collegati a te hanno finito di completare lo scaricamento.) FAI SAPERE AGLI ALTRI DI QUEENZONE.COM CHE IL TUO FILE E' A DISPOSIZIONE Dopo che hai caricato il torrent sul tracker e che sei pronto a condividere con il client aperto vai al "Sharing The Music" forum di Queenzone.com e posta un nuovo topic. Il titolo dovrebbe rappresentare il contenuto del file (ad esempio ANNOUNCE: Expo 92 - Guitar legend DVD video). Aggiungi nel "corpo" del post tutte le informazioni necessarie come l'elenco dei brani, la sorgente originale, il posto del concerto, la citta', etc. In fondo al "form" (prima di postarlo) c'e' l'opzione di caricare un file. Clicca su "BROWSE" e seleziona il tuo .torrent file (ovviamente sul tuo computer). Postando questo "new topic" permetterai alla gente di scaricare il tuo .torrent file, e questo (tramite il tracker) li mettera' in contatto con i files che tu hai preparato sul tuo PC (e solo quelli) e' tutto ...buon divertimento |
| Rik&Roll 16.12.2005 10:22 |
When I´m seeding a torrent in ABC, after a while it stops seeding and shows just ´completed´. When I press ´resume seeding´ it often starts uploading right away. Problem is that when I go to bed and want to do my good deed by seeding overnight it just does so for an hour or so. I can´t seem to work out why...Anyone? |
| cexycy 18.12.2005 00:16 |
Does anyone remember Audio Galaxy when it was free to use? Does Bittorent work in the same way? |
| Rik&Roll 09.01.2006 10:43 |
Another question... Howcome sometimes a torrent is downloading and uploading in a reasonable pace, but when you look at the current seed/peer it can´t find any??? |
| magicalfreddiemercury 14.01.2006 10:19 |
I didn't know where to ask this, so I hope I'm in the right place - I've downloaded a few bit torrents recently - never did that before and jumped in. Yesterday someone asked to have a file seeded - Freddie's Loves. I opened the file and clicked seed indefinitely but clearly that's not the correct way to do it since uploading remained a 0%. Please help me. I don't want to be a leech, but I can't figure out how to share what I've received. |
| Ginger01 14.01.2006 13:37 |
Seeding is easy - simply open your torrent and point it at your (completed) file, just like you did when the file was incomplete and you were downloading. You will see zero download speed (normal, since you are not downloading anything) but hopefully you will see an upload speed from people who are downloading your file. You are now seeding. Depending on the BT client you are using you might have to make some adjustments to the settings - if you have put "seed indefinitely" (in terms of time)this is fine. In terms of volume you might want to set your client to 500% (or even more). Simple, isn't it? Hope this is of help. |
| magicalfreddiemercury 14.01.2006 13:44 |
Ginger01 wrote: In terms of volume you might want to set your client to 500% (or even more).Thanks so much! You do make it sound easy - easier than I thought it was. :-) |
| magicalfreddiemercury 14.01.2006 22:01 |
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| Maz 16.01.2006 11:55 |
You need the flac plugin to play them on Winamp. link |
| magicalfreddiemercury 23.01.2006 20:29 |
Ginger01 wrote: Seeding is easy - simply open your torrent and point it at your (completed) file, just like you did when the file was incomplete and you were downloading. You will see zero download speed (normal, since you are not downloading anything) but hopefully you will see an upload speed from people who are downloading your file. You are now seeding. Depending on the BT client you are using you might have to make some adjustments to the settings - if you have put "seed indefinitely" (in terms of time)this is fine. In terms of volume you might want to set your client to 500% (or even more). Simple, isn't it? Hope this is of help.My last reply wound up on top - hope this goes where it should... Just wanted to thank you for your help. I've been seeding - giving not just taking! Thanks! |
| Queenrocks1991 19.03.2006 06:52 |
Hi ! I've got a question, just about FLAC, how can I convert Flac into MP3 or at least .wav ? Thanx for your answers ! |
| Ginger01 19.03.2006 14:13 |
You can convert FLAC into .wav with the programme link which you can find in a previous post on this page. To convert to mp3, Nero can do it but I'm sure there are lots of other programmes that can do so as well. |
| Nathan 05.05.2006 03:10 |
Is there any specific version of BitTorrent that would download these concerts or would any version? (I'm completley new to the whole BitTorrent thing) |
| Silvia_71 05.05.2006 03:57 |
Please, please, help me! It's a couple of days I can't download any torrent, it all worked fine before... In View/Log it says: "Problem connecting to tracker - <urlopen error (10060, 'Operation timed out')> What can I do??? Thanks a lot. |
| YourValentine 05.05.2006 04:33 |
The tracker is offline - please check the other thread. |
| magicalfreddiemercury 27.06.2006 10:37 |
I have a seeding question. I just finished downloading the Vienna and Caracas DVD torrents and am now seeding both. What I don't understand is why, if there are peers for each, one uploads at 34KBs while the other only goes at either 1KB or none at all. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to balance that out? No matter what 'maximum upload rate' I enter, one file out-runs the other. |
| queenfanatic77 01.07.2006 16:59 |
can anyone please be kind enough to explain to me why the torrent download is sooo slow and most of the times doesnt work!?!?!! please! Thank you very much! |
| queenfanatic77 01.07.2006 17:43 |
what kind of decoder or media software does one need to play the torrents, (there are some weird filetypes (VOB< IFO etc)? Thanx |
| Smitty 08.07.2006 21:02 |
I'm having a problem seeding the LK thing. When I open up the BitTornado program and start seeding, whether there are people there or not, the light just stays red. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thanks. |
| Saint Jiub 08.07.2006 22:18 |
Maybe remove the apostrophe's from your song titles, and create another torrent with a slightly different name. that has helped me once or twice. |
| Smitty 09.07.2006 00:37 |
Rip Van Winkle wrote: Maybe remove the apostrophe's from your song titles, and create another torrent with a slightly different name. that has helped me once or twice.Well, there's no apostrophes to worry about but there is the name thing. I'll try it. Thanks. |
| andy1962 13.09.2006 09:24 |
hi there not to sure about this,i have posted a torrent and have noticed that on tracker status i have the following message "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.".is this going to stop the torrent working right,it's still seeding @ 40 kb/s???? |
| deleted user 19.09.2006 09:46 |
i just want to say that the address link made it easy to download bittorrent's latest version, also made it easy to have files in bittorrent. i have used it for a necessary software yet, but i m going to use it for the nice live performances :) thanks for everybody for sharings again. |
| The Wild Wind 19.11.2006 23:54 |
Can anyone answer what it means when bittorrent lists a seed (100%) and that address stays on the peer list for hours, and you don't get a single byte from it? Does it mean they are behind a firewall that is not allowing it to share? |
| agrasso 28.11.2006 12:12 |
Hi, it's the Queenzone torrent out of work these days or it is just me? All my Queenzone torrents aren't working, but other torrents are working perfectly...how come? |
| yuri78 24.12.2006 07:31 |
why me 5.0 don't work. he sai impossible tracker queen zone. why? i'm italian excuse me for my english |
| verder27 25.12.2006 19:50 |
Does anyone have a copy of the 1975 Christmas eve performance at the Hammersmith that would not mind sharing? It is my favorite Queen CD and I would love to have the DVD as well. |
| BobbytheCat 12.02.2007 11:21 |
I'm trying to download several files but there's nobody in the peerlist. Do i just wait forsomeone to seed or can i choose it somewhere? |
| Ginger01 12.02.2007 14:10 |
Two things : 1. Find the thread with the torrent you downloaded and add a message asking for seeders. 2. If someone says they are seeding but you don't see any evidence of this you might have a problem with your client. Try utorrent (link which generally works very well here. Hope this helps! |
| BobbytheCat 12.02.2007 15:05 |
Thanks Ginger, I'll give it a try. (",) |
| Silvia_71 26.02.2007 08:18 |
Ginger01 wrote: Try utorrent (link which generally works very well here.Please, I have BitTorrent and would like to change it with utorrent. But what about all the torrent I'm downloading? Will I loose them?? Sorry if you already answer this question before... |
| YourValentine 26.02.2007 09:01 |
I do not think you lose your unfinished torrents when you switch client as long as you do not move the files into other folders on your hard drive. The client (uTorrent) should hash the files and resume the download. |
| Silvia_71 26.02.2007 12:07 |
Thanks a lot, I'll try... |
| tjbarrett96 03.08.2007 15:34 |
Hey guys, I've always had a lot of trouble with BitTorrent speeds. It's usually on an average of 10 - 20 kilobytes-per-second...is that speed normal? What could I possibly do to increase that speed? |
| YourValentine 21.09.2007 06:22 |
The speed depends on the number of seeders, your connection and other applications you run on your PC, for example DC ++. |
| asitbegan 27.09.2007 09:18 |
Uhmm I've jusst downlaoded "(1975-04-23) Queen(Live in Kove) Kobe FLAC" and now I'd like to isten to it (of course) But the file tehy're downloaded in is .flac, and as far as I know I can't play it Help please |
| pittrek 13.11.2007 08:17 |
asitbegan wrote: Uhmm I've jusst downlaoded "(1975-04-23) Queen(Live in Kove) Kobe FLAC" and now I'd like to isten to it (of course) But the file tehy're downloaded in is .flac, and as far as I know I can't play it Help pleaseSometimes searching is enough : link |
| bohemianmoomin 23.11.2007 13:56 |
I've consistently had connection problems - it takes days to connect to torrents that are being seeded, even when seeders are definitely online,a nd sometime it never happens at all. Any ideas what could be causing the problems? |
| xaxaxx 12.12.2007 11:03 |
Well, there really is a problem with the QZ tracker. I'll start by giving a little background information in the shape of a simplified description of what happens when your client (uTorrent, or Azureus, or whatever you use) communicates with the tracker. I only mention the stuff that is relevant here, there is really much more taking place while communicating. There are two basic types of communication between you and the tracker: scraping and announcing. When you scrape the tracker, you request (and get) information about how many seeders (with a complete set of files for the torrent) and "peers" (with an incomplete set of the files) the tracker knows about. These are the numbers that appear between brackets in your torrent client. When you announce, the tracker receives and registers your IP address (and the port you use for incoming connections), and the tracker sends you a list of IP addresses for the other peers for that torrent. Then it is up to the peers to connect to each other - there can be connection problems that have nothing to do with the tracker, and there can be slow speeds that have absolutely nothing to do with the tracker. Most bittorrent problems have to do with peer communication, not client - tracker communication. If and when a connection is established with another peer, it will show up in your client as a number outside of the brackets in the seeder or "peer" column. Now to the problem. It has happened several times that I haven't managed to connect to any peers for QZ torrents, even though I see them in those brackets, while torrents from other trackers work fine. Then all of a sudden, the QZ tracker will "kick in" and the torrents work as expected. It seems completely arbitrary. There is no telling when it will work and when it will not. Most of the time I use uTorrent for QZ torrents, but I have also loaded them in Azureus once in a while. It does not matter which client I use, which is not surprising since uTorrent and Azureus are both well-behaved clients. (Less well-behaved clients may cause problems because of poor implementation of the bittorrent protocol.) Right now I am in one of those "can't connect" phases again. This time I decided to see what is going on by starting a couple of QZ torrents in Azureus and then check the log. (There is an option to have a very detailed log file created as Azureus runs - you don't have that option in uTorrent.) The problem is what I was beginning to suspect it was: even though my client sends an announce to the tracker, all I get is a scrape. I am told how many peers there are, but the tracker does not send me any IP addresses. Since I can leave the torrents open for days without making any connections, I suspect that the tracker doesn't register my IP address either. It treats my announce as if I were scraping. There is nothing I, or any other user in this situation, can do about this other than wait and hope that the tracker decides to reply properly to an announce, as long as you use a decent client (like uTorrent) from the start. It would be interesting to know if any admin has noticed this, though, and if there is possibly something that could be done about it. ;-) |
| pittrek 17.12.2007 12:58 |
FANTASTIC post ! FINALLY somebody who really CARES about problems. I unfortunatelly have no idea what's going on, but when this happens to me, usually the option "Update tracker" in uTorrent helps me to start the torrent. I don't know if this fact helps you somehow, because I have no idea what EXACTLY this option does :-( |
| xaxaxx 17.12.2007 19:30 |
Thanks for the kind words and the advice, pittrek! Good to know that SOMEBODY ELSE cares. :) Yes, updating the tracker may sometimes help. What you are actually doing when you click "update tracker" is making a so-called manual announce. Since the tracker sometimes responds properly when you announce, this certainly might help. I did not want to recommend it, though. This is why: You normally announce once every 30 minutes to the QZ tracker - the interval is set by the tracker. (It is one of those other things that happen when you communicate with the tracker.) The reason for the interval is to keep the load on the tracker down - every announce uses some resources. The QZ tracker is already showing signs of being overloaded at times. If you look at the icons in uTorrent, you will notice that they will go red once in a while, with an arrow pointing upwards or downwards depending on whether you are seeding or downloading. That suggests that the tracker could not respond to an announce - a typical sign of overload (or other connection problems). In fact, I wonder if overload is what is causing the problems with the mere scrape response to announces, too. Anyway, the conclusion is that you may of course try announcing manually (updating the tracker) a few times, but don't do it too often. If a lot of people do it, the problems may in the end go worse. :( |
| bohemianmoomin 19.01.2008 12:19 |
Ok, I have a technical question regarding seeding. I am using a laptop with a small hard drive to download my concerts too, then ideally moving them over to my vast USB hard drive. I cannot download straight to the drive, but when I move them over, can I still seed them from the new location? |
| xaxaxx 21.01.2008 18:09 |
Yes, you can. You just need to re-target the torrents - how to do that works slightly different for different clients. In uTorrent, stop the torrent (right-click and choose "Stop"), move the folder with the files to the new location, right-click the torrent and choose "Advanced - Set download location..." and browse to the folder with the files. If, for example, you moved a folder called "Queen - 1982-08-13 Chicago, USA [FLAC]", that's the one you should browse to. In order to be extra careful, you can right-click the torrent again and choose "Force re-check". The client should end up saying that the torrent is 100% done. Then it's time for the final right-click, choose "Start", and you're back seeding. :) |
| bohemianmoomin 23.01.2008 08:37 |
:D many many thanks! I will try this now, I'm transferring the Japanese Jewels DVD over, let's hope it works! |
| bohemianmoomin 23.01.2008 12:02 |
Rechecking in progress....veeeeery slowly |
| bohemianmoomin 23.01.2008 14:01 |
Seems to be working! Many thanks! |
| xaxaxx 23.01.2008 18:59 |
Ah, good to hear that it worked! :) (And, yes, I agree - re-checking a DVD feels like it takes ages.) |
| Leha____ 03.02.2008 07:24 |
I Cannot download with torrent. Please tell what to do? |
| IsilwenGilraen 03.02.2008 18:38 |
Can anyone suggest a free program that would help me burn the Houston '77 DVD torrent that went up a while ago? I've been trying to burn it to a DVD, but most of the programs like NERO cost money and I need something free. I tried using DVD flick and was actually really happy with how simple it was and it worked okay. However, the person who put the DVD together had a really great menu page with chapters and scene selections. I would hate to lose those, but DVD Flick just burns it staight out, and the 'title page' I guess you could call it and the scene selections don't work, they are just another chapter that I have to fast forward through to get to the actual concert. Any suggestions of a different program I could use to keep it all together like I got it with the menu options that I can actually click on? |
| Roly-Poly 20.03.2008 09:31 |
IsilwenGilraen Now, I've not tried this software, but sourceforge is a good reliable place to get freeware, so this is worth a try link I use Nero, you can get Nero v8 Essentials in the UK for about 5 pounds (10 bucks) link maybe you can get the same deal somewhere in the states? |
| RMT1983 17.04.2008 08:16 |
My Bit Comet is very slow for download torrent...How can do for encrase speed? Thanks! |
| tjbarrett96 02.09.2008 12:09 |
Yesterday, I had a download speed of over 65 kB/s, with only one or two seeders! Today, the highest I can get is 30. Does anyone know why my client did that? Oh, and my upload speed was around 14 kB/s, and now I can't even get it above 1 kB/s. Please help! |
| deleted user 01.03.2010 17:10 |
Can someone explain what the downward arrow at the top right of screen is showing when I am logged in and hover over it? It doesn't appear to be my share ratio [img=/images/smiley/msn/confused_smile.gif][/img] |
| DaveyLane 30.10.2010 20:02 |
Hi there, any time I try to open a QZ torrent in BitTorrent OSX I get an error and this message in the log Critical: Aborting the torrent as it was rejected by the tracker while not connected to any peers. Message from the tracker: mandatory announce parameter info_hash in query missing Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Cheers! |
| pittrek 21.11.2010 08:25 |
What is the correct tracker url ? |
| Gaabiizz 18.04.2011 15:57 |
excellent |
| Magmadrag 07.03.2017 15:28 |
I try to download by torrent (did this on other things for a long time) Well, I see that there are seeds for every file but I don't get any connection (it works with other trackers quite fine) So any suggestion what I might need to change? E. g. a special port which works better for Queenzone? Fast help would be appreciated especially as nobody knows how long there are seeders! |
| Magmadrag 07.03.2017 15:29 |
I try to download by torrent (did this on other things for a long time) Well, I see that there are seeds for every file but I don't get any connection (it works with other trackers quite fine) So any suggestion what I might need to change? E. g. a special port which works better for Queenzone? Fast help would be appreciated especially as nobody knows how long there are seeders! |
| Magmadrag 07.03.2017 15:29 |
I try to download by torrent (did this on other things for a long time) Well, I see that there are seeds for every file but I don't get any connection (it works with other trackers quite fine) So any suggestion what I might need to change? E. g. a special port which works better for Queenzone? Fast help would be appreciated especially as nobody knows how long there are seeders! |