Magnet Links take forever

[ved]

When I download a torrent and I choose the magnet link instead of the downloading the file and opening that file, the magnet takes a long time to show all its information in uTorrent. Why does this happen?

[ved]

@papus thanks for the like?

[Neil]

It's just based on the torrent itself with regard to seeds, peers, etc. There's no functional difference between a torrent file and a magnet link.

The Metadata has to be downloaded no matter what, so your speed may vary depending on both your Internet connection and how many peers/seeds the torrent has. Could also be throttled by your ISP.

Additionally, uTorrent is an awful bit torrent client, and you should really switch.

[ved]

It's just based on the torrent itself with regard to seeds, peers, etc. There's no functional difference between a torrent file and a magnet link.

The Metadata has to be downloaded no matter what, so your speed may vary depending on both your Internet connection and how many peers/seeds the torrent has. Could also be throttled by your ISP.

Additionally, uTorrent is an awful bit torrent client, and you should really switch.

Which client should I use instead?

[Neil]

Which client should I use instead?

I use deluge

[ved]

I use deluge

What does Deluge do that uTorrent doesn't do?

[d3sl91]

What does Deluge do that uTorrent doesn't do?

+1 Deluge. 

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/197542/the-4-best-alternatives-to-utorrent-on-windows/

[techguru]

you guys should be useing VUZE

its the absolute best torrent client

[techguru]

When I download a torrent and I choose the magnet link instead of the downloading the file and opening that file, the magnet takes a long time to show all its information in uTorrent. Why does this happen?

magnet links taking along time is normal

the torrent info has to be downloaded from other peers

and it take a while to find the peers and sources

[Neil]

What does Deluge do that uTorrent doesn't do?

 

It doesn't suck. It doesn't have ads. It doesn't track you. It doesn't do really stupid shit that no bittorrent client needs to do.

 

For the record, on mobile, I use flud

[papus]

@papus thanks for the like?

I liked cause I have the same problem and wanted to get notified

[dalekphalm]

I use deluge

Second this. I also use Deluge. It's also open source, and it's not compromised (allegedly) by the NSA.

 

What does Deluge do that uTorrent doesn't do?

See above, and see @niel's response as well.

 

you guys should be useing VUZE

its the absolute best torrent client

No way. VUZE is a buggy piece of shit that runs on JRE. Anything that must run on JRE I therefore hate by default.

 

 

It doesn't suck. It doesn't have ads. It doesn't track you. It doesn't do really stupid shit that no bittorrent client needs to do.

 

For the record, on mobile, I use flud

This. Deluge is my favourite Windows client. There are other good ones, but uTorrent is no longer safe or good to use.

[techguru]

 

No way. VUZE is a buggy piece of shit that runs on JRE. Anything that must run on JRE I therefore hate by default.

 

 

then you haven't used vuze in along time

[dalekphalm]

then you haven't used vuze in along time

I used it for literally since like 2005, right up until I switched to to Deluge a year or so ago. I don't see anything it offers that is useful compared to Deluge, while Deluge performing far better with no bugs, glitches, crashes, freezes, slowdowns, or anything else.

[Darren]

I used it for literally since like 2005, right up until I switched to to Deluge a year or so ago. I don't see anything it offers that is useful compared to Deluge, while Deluge performing far better with no bugs, glitches, crashes, freezes, slowdowns, or anything else.

 

Ah, before February 2013 deluge was a steaming pile of crap if you had any large amount of torrents (100+)

 

Windows you'd be alright, do an apt-get install on a debian box and you'll get a very old version.

[dalekphalm]

 

Ah, before February 2013 deluge was a steaming pile of crap if you had any large amount of torrents (100+)

 

Windows you'd be alright, do an apt-get install on a debian box and you'll get a very old version.

 

I don't run Linux as my daily driver, so that isn't an issue. Also, who downloads 100+ torrents at once? I don't have time to watch the crap I DO download!

[Darren]

I don't run Linux as my daily driver, so that isn't an issue. Also, who downloads 100+ torrents at once? I don't have time to watch the crap I DO download!

 

Not so much about downloading, it's about seeding (private trackers). Currently seeding 338 myself

[Neil]

Not so much about downloading, it's about seeding (private trackers). Currently seeding 338 myself

 

That's a ridiculous waste of your bandwidth.

[dalekphalm]

Not so much about downloading, it's about seeding (private trackers). Currently seeding 338 myself

What is your internet Download/Upload speed?

[linuxfan66]

then you haven't used vuze in along time

Thing is last version of vuze I remember was a commercial sellout based on the already too big azureus made even more bloated

[.:MARK:.]

Some magnet links may not come with tracker information, meaing it may take longer to download. Also in terms of clients I usually recommend deluge, but the latest version has been nothing but problems for me, so I can't say much.

[Darren]

That's a ridiculous waste of your bandwidth.

 

 

What is your internet Download/Upload speed?

 

My internet is free, since my workplace pays for it. Will have 200/200 in a month or so. But in saying that 97% of them are inactive, and I rate limit the upload to 2.5Mbit since I only have 10 up at the moment. It's all about longevity of content. The vast majority of my bandwidth is done by a VM in France which has 1000/1000, and I don't pay for it. I've sustained a week at 800Mbit upload on that box before.