EricBJ Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Could someone please help a new user to understand how this setting is suppose to work and when it is suppose to work?Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Buzzard Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Just how it sounds. When the download is complete it moves the .torrent file it saved when you first loaded it to the specified folder. Me, I don't bother using it since I haven't found a reason to yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBJ Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 That is what I figured, but so far in practice nothing happens...I have specified the folder to move them to. I've set the torrents to seed to 150% and then to stop... ...but no .torrent files are moved.Maybe I'm not understanding what a completed torrent is?I am assuming that when there is that green check mark to the left of the torrent, that means it is complete. ...am I understanding correctly?Thanks for the reply... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Buzzard Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 You're understanding well enough but they should be moved as soon as the torrent is done downloading, not after you stop seeding. These are torrents you started after you changed the Move completed downloads to: setting, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBJ Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Yes, these are torrents that were started after I changed the settings.I just looked in the folder that they were to be moved to on completion and I do see them there. So I guess the problem was that I didn't understand what to expect because there is also a copy of the torrent file still in the original folder where they were placed when I started the download.I was expecting the original to be moved, not a copy, to the completed torrents folder.So I guess after all that I do have one more question.Why is there a need for 3 folders and 2 copies of the .torrent files?There is the folder to store .torrent files, the folder to move completed .torrent files to and the folder for auto loading .torrent files.Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5parky Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 it should be moving the ones in the "autoloading" folder (so they don't keep auto loading) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBJ Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 I have one machine on my network setup to run uTorrent and the torrents and downloads are stored on a NAS device.When I find a download I want when I am on a different machine I simply download the .torrent file to the autoload folder and uTorrent takes care of it, which is wonderful. I do find that once in a while I have to go tidy up the autoload folder.During this thread I have discovered that the "move completed .torrents to" is in fact working, but it is more like "copy completed torrents to" because the original file is still in the autoload folder. Could it seem this way because .torrent files in the autoload folder are renamed to .loaded?Also, if I am using the autoload folder, is it still necessary to specify a location for the "Store .torrent files in" folder. It seems to be not needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Yes, auto-load only copies the .torrent to the .torrent storage folder, then renames the one in the auto-load folder to .loadedIf you don't want it left over, turn on "Delete instead of renaming", which is designed for that purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBJ Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Thank you for the information. I looked at that option but was a little nervous because it said "Delete torrent instead of renaming, when loading" and didn't know what would happen if I had to shutdown the program. I was afraid I would lose the .torrent.Thank you for all the assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Make ABSOLUTELY sure that the auto-load and .torrent storage folders are not the same, else you WILL lose torrents when rebooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBJ Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Are you talking about the "completed torrents" folder or the "Store torrents in" folder needing to be different from the "autoload" folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 "Store .torrent files in""Move .torrents for finished jobs to""Automatically load torrents in directory"All 3 must be different folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBJ Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Okay make all 3 different folders.But it looks like I am only using 2 of the 3. Do I need to specify a folder for "Store .torrent files in" at all. Can I leave that entry blank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 You don't need to specify a folder for any. None of them have to be used in tandem with another, or at all.You can leave it blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBJ Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Okay, I think I understand it all now.Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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