How to make your own torrents and upload them to a public tracker
This week's series of tips is all about downloading files via BitTorrent. We'll highlight ways in which to torrent more efficiently, obtain higher download speeds, and generally make the whole process easier. For more tech tips, check our Tips index. To wrap up our series of BitTorrent tips, we're going to show you how to make your own torrents. After all, torrents have to come from somewhere, right? You've been leeching for years -- isn't it time to give something back? Just follow these simple steps:- Open up your BitTorrent client of choice. uTorrent, Vuze, Transmission -- whichever, they all work in the same way
- File > Create Torrent (or simply hit the 'Create' button, if there is one)
- Select a source file or directory -- this can be absolutely anything
- Now you need to find some trackers. If you're making a torrent for a private torrent index, make sure you use its tracker. Otherwise, paste all of the following into the box:
udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce
udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce
http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
http://tracker.torrent.to:2710/announce - If you want to add a comment, go for it! Include your name, website, email address -- whatever you like
- Make sure Private Torrent is unchecked, unless you're creating a torrent for a private tracker
- Click Create -- then add the new torrent to your client and start seeding!
How to make your own torrents and upload them to a public tracker originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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