joshace Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 The first pieces of a torrent are not always downloaded first. That means, I can have a 6 GB movie that I am downloading, which I can't preview until it's nearly complete or fully complete. If the first few pieces were downloaded first (the headers), then I would be able to find out the duration of the movie, and identify it. Back in the olden days.. I recall there was a setting someplace that allowed one to give priority to the first and last pieces of a torrent. I don't see that option anymore. I think the header file is necessary to determine what codec is needed to play the movie. Of course, downloading the entire movie sequentially would defeat the purpose of torrenting.. but I would really like the FIRST few pieces downloaded first, so I can avoid downloading things I don't really want. For instance.. some screwballs intentionally upload massive files, with deceptive names, just to get their ratios up. When I download what is labeled as a 10 GB Blue Ray version of "Mary Poppins" and it turns out to be a documentary about basket weaving in Bangladesh.. I'm not happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themov Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Under Advanced settings, try to enable bt.prio_first_last_piece https://www.netcheif.com/Articles/uTorrent/html/AppendixA_02_12.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshace Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thanks themov! I checked and it was already set to TRUE which is the default. It doesn't always grab the first pieces first though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted January 8, 2021 Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 It should... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoid Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 thankfully not many BS videos posted out there, some but they tend to be weeded out fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 On 1/3/2021 at 11:05 PM, joshace said: Thanks themov! I checked and it was already set to TRUE which is the default. The "*" shows that it is NOT the default,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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