mattstan Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Hi,I'm downloading a 4.4 GB torrent, which has no seeders but 205 peers, how can I tell if 100% of the torrent is available from the various peers?There is quite a lot of information displayed in the 'General', 'Peers', 'Pieces', and 'Files' tabs, might the data of whether 100% of the torrent is available be displayed somewhere in these tabs?Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 General tab, Availability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Black Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 When I would guess I think it would be seen under 'Availability'Edit:Okay, he beat me to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattstan Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Thanks guys, you replied within 15 second of each other.The availability bar is a mixture of red and blue with an associated value on the right of 0.267, see image below.Does this mean only 26.7 percent is available?Many thanks.--EDIT-- The image is automatically squashed, click the clickable thumb below for the full image:--END EDIT-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Pretty much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattstan Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Ok, many thanks. I'll post a message asking for re-seeders.EDIT -- not allowed to enter 2 posts in a row for some reason. It says to edit the previous post instead, so...I've not realized that 'Avail.' is also one of the columns in the main torrent list. When I last had 200 peers and no seeders this was on 0.295 but when 1 single seeded joined this was on 1.2 or about that. Can someone explain exactly how this works to me please.Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 The availability represents the number of complete copies available from those you are connected to.If you are connected to one seed, and no peers, this will be 1.0.Connect to 3 seeds, and it will be 3.0The extra part of the number comes from how much you can possibly hope to achieve from all connected peers. Sometimes there's enough to only make 0.2 of a complete copy, sometimes there's enough to make more than one complete copy.If availability is anywhere above 1.0, you have a good chance of completing the download easily.If it's below 1.0, you may get stuck at xx%, or there may be a super seeder hidden amongst the peers.If all other peers are stuck at xx% for a long time, then you probably need to make a reseed request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattstan Posted September 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Thanks System, now I understand.BTW, what is a 'super seeder hidden amongst the peers'?Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 A super seed doesn't let other peers know it is a seeder. It simply tells the peer it has a piece that the peer doesn't have. Accordingly, even though you don't know there is a seeder in the swarm, it might still be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattstan Posted September 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 I see thanks again. What purpose is there in being a super seed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-seedingIt attempts to use less bandwidth to get a higher distribution of the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattstan Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Ok, thanks, and for the Wikipedia link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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