richard Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Hi,Apologies for what is probably a very simple question to most.I am doing my first download of one of my favourite TV shows and noticed it had uploaded a large amount of data.So panicked and stopped it.So far Downloaded 26.9 MB of 350MB and uploaded 16.2MBWhat has it uploaded, worried it's somebody just getting stuff of my computer.How do I stop people doing that or can they not do that anyway.Apologies again for being a beginner.Cheers Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phempa Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 sharing utilizing bittorrent requres you to share what you downloadallowing people to upload the same thing you are downloading is a must, and people who don't share are considered leechers, and are less respectedin most bittorrent communitiesa good rule of thumb: seed what you download, to a 1:1 ratio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbad0n Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Or preferably more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted November 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Thanks for that it does make alot more sense and I have no intension of being a leecher.But if my computer is open to other people downloading files from it, how do I police what they can get.Are they just doing it through Utorrent and Utorrent knows whose got what.Also when the file has completed downloading if I move it to a different folder will it still be available for people to upload, will Utorrent still be able to find it. I ask this as again I do not want to be a Leecher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbad0n Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Only your active torrents are available. And if µTorrent can't find the file, it won't be an active torrent. You'll have to tell the program where you moved the files too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted November 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Thanks.What defines an active torrent?A file that is currently being downloaded?and / orA file that is completly downloaded?Anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbad0n Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Any torrent that is uploading/downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted November 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Thanks you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdArmor Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 It is completely safe so no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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