Trying to understand "Stalled" Status (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by BurnerPhone867@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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So a file I was needing is showing as 9 seeds, 5 peers, but its stalled.

Why is that? And what does it mean for me other than I can't grab it. Is there something I can do on my end, or is it on the other side of things?

I've just cut the cord, so if these questions are basic, I apologize, I am just now learning a lot of this stuff

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[-] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on where you got the torrent, but those seeders might actually be just wrong reports by the tracker. It has happened to me as well. I've left torrents for months just to see if it will eventually start downloading... nope, just sitting there, idle.

Can't say what the real reason behind this is, but my best guess is some bots are reporting wrong info via DHT and/or the trackers. Why? Have no idea, your guess is as good as mine 🤷.

[-] BurnerPhone867@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I added in more trackers by finding the same file on few other servers, that seems to have resolved it for one of the files I need. But not the second one. First one should be done now in 57 minutes. The other is showing it DLing, but the ETA is infinity lol

[-] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Is it actually downloading or just saying it's downloading? Like, is the there some trafic downstream?

[-] BurnerPhone867@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

the progress meter on File 1 is growing, so yes, but file 2 it shows the status change, and the down speed will max out at 304 B/s, then slowly taper off until it stalls, and then it spikes back up again.

I wish there was a YTS server but for TV shows, it would make this easier

[-] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

RARBG is the go to for anything older than 1 year or so when they shut down.

[-] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How big is the spike? If it's in hundreds of KB, yeah, chances are it really is downloading something. If it's in bytes, it's probably dead, those are just sync packets most probably.

YTS 🤨?