Place files in folders with Torrent Name

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shmixx

Place files in folders with Torrent Name

Post by shmixx »

I've run myself ragged trying to find where I might be missing a configuration I would imagine must exist. When I download torrents, I turn off the window prompts to customize save locations and choose files, etc. I want torrents to start downloading when I add them and not bother me for more input. I have not found a way to have the system automatically place the completed files into a folder with the name of the torrent when complete. I have set the option to have files placed into a temporary directory until complete (which I noticed does use a folder with the torrent name). I just hate when I download a torrent that has 18 files, and another with 5 files, and another with x files. I end up with a folder full of files, and would like them to be grouped together in a folder with the torrent name for organization and knowing which files go with which.

Any possibility someone can explain how this can be done?
shmixx

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ironcross

Re: Place files in folders with Torrent Name

Post by ironcross »

[quote="shmixx"]
...and would like them to be grouped together in a folder with the torrent name...
[/quote]

qBittorrent do that by default without any settings.
Anyway, check the option Tools - Options - Downloads - Save files to location. That will be the default storage folder for all completed torrents. They should go there with subfolders with their names and their files inside.
shmixx

Re: Place files in folders with Torrent Name

Post by shmixx »

Ironcross,

Thanks for the reply. That's what I was expecting, but unfortunately that is not how it has been behaving. The only time I see that behavior, is if the torrent itself contains the files in a folder. If a torrent (for example) called Example Torrent was added, it would download the contents (File1, File2, File3) into the default folder identified for saving files. Thus I end up with a jumble of files in 1 directory. In this case, I download lots of torrents with various files in them, and have a mess of files, instead of logical folder sorting. I'm wondering if there is some option that I've marked off or something to modify the default behavior.
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Re: Place files in folders with Torrent Name

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I have doubts regarding this too. I think this feature does not exist in qbittorrent yet. But this is related:

https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/6843
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorr ... -294504570

In qBt 3.4 (Beta) is an option "Create subfolder" when adding new torrent.
Also in qBt Options/Download i see "Create subfolder for torrents with multiple files"

Yet, it do not create folder if a torrent contains only one file in a payload.
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Re: Place files in folders with Torrent Name

Post by vurtvurt »

Hi,

If you go to :

Tools/Preferences/Downloads

There is a drop down box next to "torrent content layout"

in there you can select "create subfolder"


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Re: Place files in folders with Torrent Name

Post by rdalek »

vurtvurt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you go to :
>
> Tools/Preferences/Downloads
>
> There is a drop down box next to "torrent content layout"
>
> in there you can select "create subfolder"
>
>
> Regards
> V


That's my thinking as well. When I first started using QB, it wasn't set to create a subfolder and some torrents just went into the default location. It made finding some torrents difficult because the name of the torrent isn't always the name of the file. Once I set QB to create a subfolder, then it placed everything inside a directory which has the same name as the torrent. I also set it to not ask about each torrent I started or if I added more torrent info from a different site.

To be honest, I wonder why creating a subfolder isn't the default. Then again, maybe there are more people who like it the other way. Hard to imagine tho.
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