How to get Qbittorrent to seed more?

[imcookincorn]

So for a long time Qbittorent would never seed at all. I played with the settings some, got it to seed files that I was actively downloading or had just downloaded (but it only ever seeded those ones and then next time those would be done for and wouldn't seed any more either )':). I've seen a few people post with similar problems elsewhere, and followed the settings someone screencapped and posted as a solution for themselves on Reddit. That worked for a while but I still go through long periods where there is no seeding.

I have a lot of files up for seeding so it seems off to me for it to be that way. I've been torrenting for almost a decade now and with previous clients I've used (Shareaza, Utorrent, Transmission, Vuze, etc) I was always seeding, 100% of the time, maxxing out whatever speed I allotted to it. Is there a trick to seeding more with Qbittorent? Having my ratio so lopsided makes me feel very guilty ):

[Switeck]

Sounds like you're now having connectivity issues causing your speed issues.

In qBT...
Are the torrents' trackers working?
Is DHT and PEX working? (can only help on PUBLIC torrents)

[imcookincorn]

DHT, PeX, LSD (heh) all say working, on all the torrents.

The trackers are a mix. Most common is "not contacted", but on others it's a mix of "working" and "not working".

[Switeck]

If DHT and PEX are working and lots of peers are reported on those torrents relative to the number of seeds, then you should at least be connecting to some of those peers.
And if you're connected to the peers, you should be uploading to some/most/all of them depending on the upload speed max you have set, torrent queueing limits, global max upload slots, and max upload slots per torrent.
I'll need to know those settings are a bit more to narrow down if it's the fault of your settings, you're on a hostile ISP that's crippling/throttling BitTorrent, or something else like a bad software/hardware firewall.

[Gilgamesh]

I have the exact same problem : DHT, PeX, LSD are working, some trackers are not responding (opentrackr almost always good) and even with 150 or 200 peers, qBittorrent sometimes does not send data. I also rarely reach my maximum upload speed, and when it happens, it never stays long. I can run long upload sessions but from time to time, it stops and the only "solution" seems to restart qBittorrent (doesn't work that often). I feel bad for the ratio too

What kind of settings would you need to figure it out?

[KitKat]

Try disabling Torrent Queueing.
May just be getting shit luck with libtorrents internal seediing prioritisation.

[Gilgamesh]

I tried but it doesn't change. FYI, I am on ubuntu 14.04 using kernel 3.19 and qBittorrent v3.3.4. No informations in the log file. Is there any way to use some kind of a debug mode and figure out what is happening or blocking?

Something I saw is that the torrent uploads quite fast if I let qBittorrent open after the download is completed. And it seems difficult to upload when I restart the soft, even if there are multiple peers.

[Switeck]

Gilgamesh,
It might be a stale peer cache coupled with a software firewall problem.
Most of the peers qBT "remembers" seeing before are gone or changed ips in as little as a couple hours.
Or they could be firewalled (or your end is!) and qBT is guaranteed to fail when attempting a direct connection to them.
No real solution to this -- other than checking to see if qBT is partially/fully firewalled.

If you're dealing with private trackers, the problems are even worse.

So...do you see multiple peers connecting to your end while you're seeding?
Do many/most of the connected peers download from you?

Uploading at maximum speed also depends on how close to absolute max you have qBT set as well as how common other internet and LAN traffic can disrupt your upload (such as interference on wifi or others sharing the same connection). uTP responds very negatively to even very brief connection hiccups.

[Gilgamesh]

Interesting, it makes sense!
I'll tell you what info I have on peers. I can see a large numbers in the peers column between brackets, 500, sometimes 2000 or even more. But I often only see a number lower than 10, which seems to mean that not that many people are actually connected to me. For example, right now, I see 654 peers on a torrent, in the Trackers tab, Opentrackr can see 200 peers. In the Peers tab, there are only 6 or 7 people, fluctuating. It's been 5 minutes since I started it and no one is downloading from me.

I just added a rule in the firewall via UFW, it doesn't seem to have change anything. I have numerous entries of UFW in /var/log/syslog (around 10 block per minute). OK real time update, it seems to be better. I'm flirting with 1 MiB/s as I should and it's been a long time I haven't seen it.
I'll keep looking, thanks

EDIT: update after some time. Still fluctuating, and only one torrent is uploading for 3 peers but it reaches max upload speed more often. It's the only active torrent with 2 working trackers (coppersurfer and opentrackr), it may help getting more active peers. Is there any debug mod or advanced log file where I can find info about what is happening?

[Switeck]

[quote="Gilgamesh"]I just added a rule in the firewall via UFW, it doesn't seem to have change anything. I have numerous entries of UFW in /var/log/syslog (around 10 block per minute).[/quote]Sounds like that firewall is blocking/disconnecting most peer connection attempts.
How is the firewall configured in terms of allowing connections and ports?
Anything in there about blocking DDoS attacks and floods?