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What exactly is the info_Hash in a torrent file

I am reading lately a lot about hash from torrents, and magnetic links, etc. But there is a question I don't understand. I have: hash of a file and the infohash of a torrent Is the infohash = hash of the file ? If yes what if the torrent describes…
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Transmission torrent client sequential download

I'm using TransmissionBT torrent client (http://www.transmissionbt.com/). Is it possible to make simple modification in code to be able to download files in sequential mode (from beginning of the file). Then it will be possible to play video file…
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Is it possible to seed only with aria2?

I build a little tool (IoT) with an Intel Compute Stick which downloads a torrent content and then seed it. And it works. Now I want to seed the files I have downloaded EVEN after a restart and without re-downloading them (for obvious…
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MonoTorrent magnet link download does not start

I strongly believe that MonoTorrent library can do this, but it is probably due to the lack of documentation that I haven't been able to get it working. To start with, MonoTorrent seems to be able to successfully download original torrents by using…
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How to close connection immediately after finishing download with aria2c?

Occasionally, I will leave an aria2c connection seeding after it has finished downloading, and then hop on a network which doesn't like me seeding. I'd like to immediately close the connection after I finishing downloading, preventing me from ever…
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How to get responses to ut_metadata piece request ? (node.js Bit Torrent BEP 0009)

I'm building a Bittorrent client using Node.js and am failing at getting answer from peers over the PWP metadata extension (BEP 0009) I get peers from the DHT (BEP 0005) (where i announce), then send Handshake and Extended Handshake over PWP using a…
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Torrent padding files

Did anyone created padding files for torrent? How many clients use this stuff nowadays? Is "padding files" comprehensive? I didn't found this feature in new clients such as ctorrent,ttorent, trasmission etc. Do you have implementaions of this…
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What happens when I download the same torrent file using BitTorrent in two different pcs and using the same internet connection?

If I have two laptops and connect them to the same internet connection then download the same torrent file using a BitTorrent software, what do the trackers see? and how will the torrent software behave?? Let's say in Laptop A I start downloading…
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How Proxifier works?

How does proxifier works ? Eg- My college doesn't allow students to connect to torrent sites.But when we put a specific i.p address in proxifier and set the "protocol type" to HTTPS in proxifier, torrent sites open.How does it happen.Just this one…
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Best way to retrieve external torrent statistics in an active website

I'm making a bittorrent tracker/website similar to The Pirate Bay, Kickass.to, etc. It's necessary to retrieve torrent statistics (seeders, downloads) in both the index and torrent page.…
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How Kademlia tree of nodes relates to the infohash of a torrent file?

I'm trying to understand how Kademlia works in regards to finding a resource. There is pretty good description of now to build a node tree which is closest to the self node, how to find the distance between nodes, how to initiate the process etc.…
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Hash calculation in torrent clients

I was wondering if someone knows what a "hash" in a BitTorrent client is referring to, it is clearly not the hashcode of the file, but something different. I think thats more a magnet link to a file, but how is this connected to the file itself? I…
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Why DHT can't find resource when to download with a trackerless torrent?

Please do as i do in your vps and then maybe the issue reproduced,replace the variable $vps_ip with your real vps ip during the below steps. wget …
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Creating a Flutter torrent stream plugin using torrentstream-android plugin , unable to start the download progress

Url for the below Code : https://github.com/amankapur007/openflix_torrent I am trying to convert https://github.com/TorrentStream/TorrentStream-Android to the flutter plugin . I am able to start the stream and am also able to prepare it , but after…
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Flutter plugin to download torrents

I want to develop a flutter app to search and download files from torrent. The searching part is done but now I'm out of any idea how to implement the download functionality. I want to download the actual file that the torrent file or the magnet…
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