Futtbucker Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 When viewing the various details in the General tab for each torrent, quite often I notice that the listed seeds and peers will have 2 numbers associated with it, one that says "X of X connected", and another set in brackets that says "X in swarm". What exactly are these numbers showing, since they almost never jive?At first I thought it was reflecting numbers reported by the tracker, and the numbers being available via DHT, but this disparity still occurs even with private trackers (which I assume utorrent doesn't use DHT for torrents with the private flag).Is it perhaps indicating total available connections in brackets and actual/viable connections (due to forced encryption)? It's sometimes a rather large difference, so I've been rather curious about it for some time now, but keep forgetting to come by and ask FB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determination Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 PEX also effects this count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtbucker Posted November 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Sure, but IIRC, PEX also doesn't come into play with private trackers, which still doesn't explain the disparity. Just what DO the numbers being presented actually mean?FB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determination Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 From DWK: "X of Y (Z in swarm). X is the number you're connected to. Y is the number uT suspects are there. Z is the number the tracker suspects are there."IDK really beyond that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Tracker scrapes are often inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtbucker Posted November 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Ah, ok, so it's basically just a set of guesstimate ranges. That makes sense then. Thanks guys!FB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsyben Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Well how do you find a good torrent then?is it purelly luck or trial and error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Yes. (How is that related to this thread anyway...?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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