Quitch Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 1. Does setting the priority of a file affect my seeding of it, or does this only impact on downloads?2. Seed While is set to 150% yet I have a file with a 1.8xx ratio. Does this setting have no impact if you don't set the "Limit the upload rate" setting?3. If I setup the seeing of a torrent, do I need to keep the .torrent file I generated after uploading to the tracker, or can I delete it?4. Is there any reason to keep a .torrent for a completed download? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Indeed, the setting has no impact as long as "Limit the upload rate to" isn't checked and set properly. If you loaded the .torrent file in µTorrent already, then no, there isn't any reason to keep the .torrent file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitch Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 If I don't choose a storage area for .torrent files, does uTorrent automatically delete the .torrent file upon download completion?5. How does the automatic setting for upload limits work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Nope, it doesn't automatically delete.Automatic uplink throttling periodically unlimits the upload rate, then after a period of testing, it sets the upload rate limit to a certain fraction of the maximum averaged speed for the unlimited period. The amount of time and fraction depends on the bt.auto_ul_* settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitch Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Automatic isn't on by default, unlimited is, and the Speed Guide test still sets hard limits. Is automatic considered an inferior, but more convinient method, or one most people, who aren't baby sitting their downloads, should be switching to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Automatic isn't really inferior or just for convenience. It's for people who want to maximize their upload rate without being bound by static limits that may not always be close to the connection's maximum. A possible problem with automatic uplink throttling is that during the window that it's testing the connection's maximum upload, the ping time may increase drastically, causing some minor, temporary lags (though probably major if the user is playing some online game). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitch Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 That raises an interesting point. Does automatic negate the need to disable torrents during gaming, or is it still wise to switch 'em off?Also hoping someone can answer question one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Depends. If you're not overloading your connection, then the ping times should remain low, and lags shouldn't occur. Really, keeping pings low isn't as much the job of auto-uplink throttling as it is the job of a real QoS solution. The performance "hit" from maxing the connection out via auto-uplink throttling during the testing times aren't really too bothersome for normal internet usage (chatting, browsing, etc), as they don't rely as much on keeping latency low.As for question 1... Which priority? Queueing priority, or bandwidth allocation priority as selectable via the torrent job context menu? If you're referring to queueing priority, it affects only downloading torrents. If you're referring to bandwidth allocation, then it affects only uploading speeds directly (though it may have some consequence on download speeds as well, indirectly); that means it can affect both downloading and seeding torrents, as long as they're uploading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitch Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Are priorities directly relational? i.e. one low and one normal is the same as one normal and one highTalking about Bandwidth Allocation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Yes, they're only relative. If everything is set to high, it's as if they weren't changed in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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