ofer_r Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 l started experiencing some torrent problems.1. When adding the torrent, getting the message "torrent is not valid bencoding". I've searched this error and saw it occured to others , but I haven't been able to understand the reason. I tried uninstalling and installing BitTorrent, but the problem remains. On some torrents I noticed that if I add them using Magnet Link, it works.Also, torrents that downloaded and used a few weeks ago still work.I am downloading from http://tpb.pirate-proxy.info/ 2. Some torrents manage to load but are stuck at "connecting to peers".see following screenshot: https://www.transferbigfiles.com/d7cf0d52-b369-4651-980f-91a4197b116b/yJ8lG7PSkp51KoXyoOfv8g2 Also , some just simply run very slow. In the below link , see "Beautiful Creatures"and "Phantom" https://www.transferbigfiles.com/44359063-47c3-4af5-aace-7cc5073c6649/D9cy8HUnkhS5-O77k2aoEw2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 You're providing screenshots showing dead torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofer_r Posted January 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 what indicates they are dead torrents?and why do these dead torrents exist in the first place ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 The extremely low number of peers on them. They exist because they used to be alive and now they're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofer_r Posted January 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 What's the difference between seeds and peers? What about the problem of "torrent is not valid bencoding" when adding torrents ? Why is it happening? I never experienced this problem (and the dead torrents) before. What can be causing these issues now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 It's probably a site-specific problem for the bencoding error. As for the dead torrents, it's probably the specific torrents you're choosing. Do torrents from http://slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php work right or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofer_r Posted January 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 how do you use torrents from this site? I usually used piratebay (now http://tpb.pirate-proxy.info/) , searched for a movie and got a list of torrents to choose from, loaded the torrent to bittorrent. Not sure how to use this slackware.com site. Can you explain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Just download one of the torrents on the page. If it all works fine, then the problem is the site you're using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofer_r Posted January 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 the torrent from slackware works fine. Why would this site have bad torrents ?Especially since this is the proxy site of the former piratebay which had torrents that worked fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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