ErnieD Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 On one of the sites I frequent, people post links that look like this: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:43C6274249F533E17259D71B821260FDE010BA64&dn=Miles%20Davis%20-%20A%20Tribute%20To%20Jack%20Johnson%20%281846%20MasterSound%20SRCS-9120%30 (I've changed some of the numbers to hide the magnet.) The magnet is text only; there's no hyperlink, nothing to click on. I've tried to cut and paste the link, using the Add URL button on uTorrent. The name shows up in my queue, but status sticks on Downloading metadata, and there's no size listed, because uTorrent isn't detecting a torrent in the appropriate folder. How do I use these magnets in uTorrent? I'm using version 1.8.7 on an iMac. Thanks for any pointers or advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 You show more patience and/or make sure that DHT is ENABLED and working on your install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErnieD Posted June 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Thanks for your reply, DreadWingKnight. I checked preferences -- DHT was already enabled. I'm fine with being patient, but as far as I understand the problem, nothing is going to download, no matter how long I wait, because there's no .torrent file for the data in my dot.torrent files folder. It seems like uTorrent isn't downloading because cutting and pasting the URL didn't download a .torrent file, as happens when you click on a magnet icon. As an exercise, I did this: went to a site that has "Download torrent file" and "Download as magnet link" for the same torrent. When I clicked on "Download torrent file," the DL began almost immediately. When I clicked on "Download as magnet link," there was a brief pause, and then the .torrent file was recognized and the DL began. So I think the problem is specific to the kind of magnet file I'm trying to use. Here's another way to look at the problem: If you were on a torrent site and saw a link that said: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:43C6274249F533E17259D71B821260FDE010BA64&dn=Miles%20Davis%20-%20A%20Tribute%20To%20Jack%20Johnson%20%281846%20MasterSound%20SRCS-9120%30, with no hyperlink and nothing to right-click, how would you proceed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Highlight, copy and paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErnieD Posted June 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Thanks again, DreadWingKnight. After highlighting, cutting, and pasting, all my torrents are still stuck in the Downloading metadata stage. It looks like all the torrents are currently unseeded, and the lack of hypertext link on the site is due to the peculiarities of the site's text editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike20021969 Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 If you're copying and pasting, you don't even have to use that full magnet link.Just copy and paste magnet:?xt=urn:btih:43C6274249F533E17259D71B821260FDE010BA64. And some torrent clients (although currently not uTorrent) will accept just the 40 digit alphanumeric code i.e. 43C6274249F533E17259D71B821260FDE010BA64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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