making new torrent..error -> to large.....

[bigwurock]

trying to upload a show & when i am done making the torrent & try to upload it with the submit page it give me an error..to large...i come up with like a 600+kb torrent..i think max is like 350kb or something...it is for a dvd..any ideas on what i should do..??..i have never come across this before
thanks

[retired]

hhmmm, how big a show is it? Teddy uploaded his PH 12/31/99 seed that was 20+ gigs and Nightfall uploaded a torrent in the last month that was around 20 gigs...which is a good question? i think you're right, there's a limit of around 300 kb for the torrent file....Lynne?

[U2Lynne]

What program are you using to make the torrent? (We've had people say they had problems uploading torrents created with torrentspy.)

[bigwurock]

show is only 8.03GB...just 2 dvds...my torrent comes out to be 645kbs...this is really strange...i have redone it 4 times and comes out the same size everytime...

[U2Lynne]

What application are you using to make the torrent file? And, have you ever used another before? What bt client are you using?

[bigwurock]

Originally Posted by U2Lynne

What program are you using to make the torrent? (We've had people say they had problems uploading torrents created with torrentspy.)

am still using bittorrent 4. something...i am wondering if it got screwed up...because a new bitttorent 5.0 came out and asked me if i wanted to download it...i did but could not get that to work so i went back to my old version & now this has started...never a problem with all the other uploads..??

[bigwurock]

btw...390.6kb is the max...just in case anyone needs to know....

[Chachi420]

yeah, I had that problem on occasion when I used to use torrentspys...it was strange...I switched to maketorrent2 after lynne's suggestion and that worked for me. Try maketorrent2 and see if that helps

[U2Lynne]

When you create a torrent, many programs ask what size you want the 'Piece Size' to be. Default is usually pretty large, but if you make it smaller, the torrent size will be larger. Do you have the option to change that size? (Azureus suggests 2 MB for a 4 GB show I have, so perhaps choose 3 or 4 MB?)

[retired]

Originally Posted by bigwurock

show is only 8.03GB...just 2 dvds...my torrent comes out to be 645kbs:

Is that 645 kb or 64.5 kb?

Teddy's 12/31/99
Full Size: 25.63 GB, Torrent File Size: 261.0 KB

[bigwurock]

Originally Posted by U2Lynne

When you create a torrent, many programs ask what size you want the 'Piece Size' to be. Default is usually pretty large, but if you make it smaller, the torrent size will be larger. Do you have the option to change that size? (Azureus suggests 2 MB for a 4 GB show I have, so perhaps choose 3 or 4 MB?)

i am using bittorrent 4.4.1..when i make a torrent the box gives me this...

make torrent file for this file/directory (search for the files/folder)
then it says piece size...32kb,64kb,128kb,256kb,512kb,512kb,1.0mb,2.0mb
i have it on 256...can't remember if it was always on this or not
then it just needs the tracker addy....

[bigwurock]

nope it comes out at a full 645kb...crazy...

[U2Lynne]

OK, try to set the piece size to 2.0mb for this torrent.

[retired]

yeah, something is way off there...10 gig torrent shouldnt be more than 65-70 kb torrent file or so

[U2Lynne]

Yeah, I think it must be the default piece size on his client. The bigger the piece size, the smaller the torrent size. Most clients adjust the piece size based on the size of the torrent folder.