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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
[-] axzxc1236@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago
  1. Dead torrent
  2. Your Internet blocks torrent/DHT traffic.
[-] amio@kbin.run 11 points 4 months ago

If magnets, then there's less info in the link itself (compared to a .torrent) and that needs to be located. If availability is shit, that will be hard/impossible.

[-] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Go to the connection settings and copy the "Port used for incoming connections". Paste it into a service like: https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

If your port isn't "open", that's your issue. You need to configure port-forwarding in your router or VPN client.

[-] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Sometimes I paste a list of open common trackers into the details and it'll fnd some peers that way. This is for public torrents only, ofc.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Not exactly the place to ask, but I can't seem to get to the piracy page to make a post

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