How to transfer files over home network?

[Chancer]

I have big video files on my desktop, and sometimes I want to see them on my TV, so I transfer it to a notebook (over LAN) and plug into my TV.

However, there are errors while transferring, and the file is not 1:1 of the original, even if I leave the computers doing this single task. It's very annoying when you're watching a movie and it starts to fail.

I'd like to know if there's a way to use uTorrent to check the files and "redownload" the affected parts all over LAN.

Or, at least, is there any program able to do it?

[moogly]

If you want to use a better program than Windows Explorer to transfer file, use freeware SuperCopier: http://supercopier.sfxteam.org/

About uT, just create a torrent with the file on your desktop then load it into uT installed on your laptop.

[Chancer]

If I create a torrent, what tracker should I use?

[GTHK]

You could enable the internal tracker using the advanced settings and use that, or you could use an open one like denis stalker. Or, if LPD is working on your network, don't use a tracker and let the peers discover each other.

[moogly]

http://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce

http://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce

You have the choice. But check the private flag when you're creating the .torrent.

[Chancer]

This internal tracker looks interesting. I found this on FAQ:

[noparse]Once you have enabled it, you can use it by simply putting the tracker's URL into a torrent. The tracker URL is http://your.ip:port/announce (port being µTorrent's incoming port). IP can be external or internal, depending on if you want to use it in a LAN or across the Internet.[/noparse]

To make it work I should use "http://192.168.1.2:12345/announce" and that's all?

[GTHK]

If that's the IP address of the computer running uTorrent with the internal tracker, then yes. Does LPD work on your network though?

[Chancer]

I have no idea about what is this LPD...

[GTHK]

Local Peer Discovery. You can try it like this, load the same openoffice torrent onto both computers, and look at the Trackers tab. If you see in the [LPD] section 1 peer appears, and upload/download in the speed graph includes some odd colored lines, then the computers can find each other without a tracker.

If you enable the internal tracker, it's open to anyone that wants to use it, you can't really control it unless you unforward your port.