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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Thebay to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Sometimes, when I try to torrent using qBittorrent or Transmission, the search for metadata appears to take forever. What could be causing this issue?

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[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 20 points 4 months ago

A magnet link is basically a torrent of a torrent, so the answer to your question is going to be the same as "why won't this torrent download quickly / at all?".

It could be:

  • No seeders
  • Firewall rules blocking DHT
  • No port forwarding
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
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