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6. March 2008 @ 19:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I recently put up a batch torrent on the pirate bay. 39 GB's of 53 PSX eboot conversions I made, and 52 PSP original titles. I also added a bunch of individual torrents for each specific file. Check out thepiratebay.org/user/seclusive to see what I mean if this isn't clear enough.

so anyway... how do I know when i can stop seeding my torrents? There's a lot I don't get about this stuff.

for example, under one of my torrents, under Seeders it says 0(3) and Peers 11(23). What does this mean? I don't get why there are two different numbers... one outside of the parenthesis, and one within. What's the difference?

Also, the blue bar next to "Availability" on all my torrents are all multi-colored with empty gaps and such, and slowly increase. What does this mean? If I made the torrent and have 100% downloaded by default, doesn't that mean ALL of it is available to the public?

That brings up my next question... and that's... how do I know when I can stop seeding? do I have to wait until the "Availability" bar is 100% blue? It's confusing me even further though because even though some of these aren't fully blue, under Seeders in some of the torrents, it says 0(3) or whatever, so does that man 3 people have the file? If so, then what's with the 0?

Also, I check the stats on the pirate bay to see how many people are seeding and leeching and whatever, and some files say there's more than 1 seed already, but the Availability bar in utorrent isn't complete.

I'm SO lost. I really just don't know what the hell I am doing. I simply just want a way to know when there are enough seeders on a file so I can stop seeding them, and also want to know how I can tell when someone has finished downloading the file.

Any help please?
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6. March 2008 @ 20:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I can answer partly.

On the 0(3) and the 11(23), the numbers inside the parens are the total in the swarm and the numbers outside are the ones you are connected to.

So you are connected to 11 of the 23 peers (less than 100%) in the swarm.

You are connected to 0 of the 3 seeds because there is no reason for you and them to be connected as you all have 100%.

When to stop. If you had to, then you could now as there are 3 seeds.
But probably best to go a little more.

You could check under the Peers tab on the bottom when the torrent is highlighted and see the % that the peers you are connected to have.
There may be a few close to the end and it would be healthier to have at least a couple more seeds.

Edit: I forgot to mention that you should edit your signature the Forum Rules say no more than 5 lines in the signature.
That was fast editing. I guess you saw the rule somewhere else.

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 6. March 2008 @ 20:28

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6. March 2008 @ 23:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by jeffw224:
I can answer partly.

On the 0(3) and the 11(23), the numbers inside the parens are the total in the swarm and the numbers outside are the ones you are connected to.

So you are connected to 11 of the 23 peers (less than 100%) in the swarm.

You are connected to 0 of the 3 seeds because there is no reason for you and them to be connected as you all have 100%.

When to stop. If you had to, then you could now as there are 3 seeds.
But probably best to go a little more.

You could check under the Peers tab on the bottom when the torrent is highlighted and see the % that the peers you are connected to have.
There may be a few close to the end and it would be healthier to have at least a couple more seeds.

Edit: I forgot to mention that you should edit your signature the Forum Rules say no more than 5 lines in the signature.
That was fast editing. I guess you saw the rule somewhere else.

Hey, thanks a lot. you cleared up a lot of stuff and helped me realize what's what, and I greatly appreciate that. I feel I can now track and understand the my seeding status a little better.

Oh, and as for the sig, I editted sometime after posting this thread. Another member of the forum mentioned it to me 2 days ago and I forgot about it, only realizing I forgot now. Thanks for pointing it out though. To be honest, I never read FAQ's and rules. If I do something against them, I wait until someone points it out to me, that way I can actually remember, because honestly, I've got a comprehension problem when it comes to understanding more than just a few things at a time and forget anyway.

Thank you so much for replying :)
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8. March 2008 @ 06:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Always glad to help an uploader.
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