Downloading more than actual file size.

[hypnose]

Hi!

Something weird is happening with utorrent. Next to 'downloaded:' in the 'Transfer' section, it displays 900MB when the file is only 300MB. This is a file still being downloaded, so the MB reading consistently changes. Underneath all of this, it tells me how much I've really downloaded (in the 'general section').

Am I doing something wrong?

If someone has already posted in regards to this topic, I apologise. If you could forward a link, that'd be great.

[µtorrent-Guest]

what is the "Wasted: xx hashfails" value in the same spot little to the right?

Maybe you have a poisoned torrent there.

[hypnose]

It says '322.7' (495 hashfails)

It happens on all of my torrents.

[µtorrent-Guest]

On all of your torrents?!

Whoops, so either you just download copyrighted stuff where the torrents are heavily poisoned, or you have a network equippment piece/or setting that corrupts all the pieces you are getting.

Read the FAQs and the stickies regarding problems with different equipment or settings like DMZ.

Try a torrent from legaltorrents.com if your other torrents are of that kind we are not can discuss here about to see if your networkequippment is the caouse for the hashfails.

[DreadWingKnight]

What do the OpenOffice Torrents do for you?

[hypnose]

Thanks for your help, mate. I appreciate it.

DWK - I'll download and let you know.

edit: OpenOffice seems to be downloading fine. Running at full speed.

[use EDIT. Don't double post.]

[Ultima]

Probably a poisoned torrent then =T

[hypnose]

All of them?

[Ultima]

Er, what router are you using?

[hypnose]

Netcomm NB5+4

[DreadWingKnight]

All of them?

Just the ones you choose to download.

If OpenOffice downloads fine, it's a problem with the swarms having many peers that send out corrupted pieces in an attempt to reduce swarm performance.

[hypnose]

Thanks for the information - appreciate the responses.