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qBittorrent doesn't see all peers
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:54 pm
by SlimShaggy
The torrent list shows only 2 peers for a torrent that has a tracker with 8 (see screenshot). Why does this happen?
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Re: qBittorrent doesn't see all peers
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:40 am
by Peter
Tracker sees 8 peers.
But the peers might not have any free upload slots left for example. They are just reporting to the tracker, that they have the file and they are "waiting". But it does not mean they are ready to seed OR they are connectable OR you are connectable, etc. There is a lot involved in peer-to-peer file sharing.
Re: qBittorrent doesn't see all peers
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 2:56 pm
by mushu
This is similar to my question:
viewtopic.php?t=10618
Re: qBittorrent doesn't see all peers
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:37 pm
by SlimShaggy
Peter wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:40 am
Tracker sees 8 peers.
But the peers might not have any free upload slots left for example. They are just reporting to the tracker, that they have the file and they are "waiting". But it does not mean they are ready to seed OR they are connectable OR you are connectable, etc. There is a lot involved in peer-to-peer file sharing.
I thought the numbers on the main screen are
connected_peers (total_peers)
And total_peers must be at least 8 if there's a tracker with 8 peers. Otherwise, what's the meaning of the number in parentheses?
Re: qBittorrent doesn't see all peers
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 11:52 am
by Peter
SlimShaggy wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:37 pm
Peter wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:40 am
Tracker sees 8 peers.
But the peers might not have any free upload slots left for example. They are just reporting to the tracker, that they have the file and they are "waiting". But it does not mean they are ready to seed OR they are connectable OR you are connectable, etc. There is a lot involved in peer-to-peer file sharing.
I thought the numbers on the main screen are
connected_peers (total_peers)
And total_peers must be at least 8 if there's a tracker with 8 peers. Otherwise, what's the meaning of the number in parentheses?
https://www.libtorrent.org/reference-To ... ent_status
Look for "num_peers" and "num_seeds".
(The number is obtained from the libtorrent library, it is not handled by qbittorrent so to say.)