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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[–] axzxc1236@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

Dead torrent
Your Internet blocks torrent/DHT traffic.

[–] amio@kbin.run 11 points 9 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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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 9 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 9 months ago

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