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.torrent files editor & ability to avoid DHT restriction in torrent file
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:16 am
by r619
Some trackers are blocking DHT function with modifying .torrent files. But sometimes nobody seeding, and then - DHT is only way to download something faster.
Also, torrent editor would be useful for publishers.
Sorry for my bad eng.
Re: .torrent files editor & ability to avoid DHT restriction in torrent file
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:06 pm
by Nemo
If the torrent has DHT disabled by default it should stay that way. It means its private most of the time and DHT isn't allowed with that torrent.
Re: .torrent files editor & ability to avoid DHT restriction in torrent file
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:03 pm
by r619
then torrent editor should display that warning about DHT.
Re: .torrent files editor & ability to avoid DHT restriction in torrent file
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:32 pm
by Peter
There are patches for clients, which enable this behaviour.
By default, a client will respect the DHT flag. If it's disabled at the torrent, no DHT.
But if you patch the client, it will ignore that flag.
Since qBittorrent is open-source, you can easliy create a patch like that, or just modify the source code. Compile it again, and you have a client with DHT always ON.
About whether it's good or bad... it depends. Sometimes, a newbie will create private torrents, even if he meant to upload the given torrent to a public tracker. And if the included trackers die, the torrent becomes useless. On the other hand, DHT would ruin a private tracker.