BitTorrent app: Seed/Peer 3 decimal explanation

[iLOVENZB]

Can someone explain to me IN PLAIN ENGLISH how to read the seed/peer decimal number?

Attempted Google but keep getting conflicting answers or answers from a chemist graduate.



I can't maths

[anon]

Got a screenshot?

[smcewa11]

Do you mean the availability number? edit: Just in case you do mean the availability... There used to be a ten page explanation of this on the uTorrent forums but here is a quick summary. The decimals are the percent of the torrent completed divided by 100. To have a number below 1.00 needs a leecher as all seeders will be counted as 1.00 as they have 100% of the data because 100/100=1.00 . An example, seeds 4(10), leechers 1(2), swarm availability 4.73, this means you are connected to 4 of 10 seeds (and they give 4.00 of the availability), 1 of 2 leechers, and the leecher has 73% completed the torrent aka 73/100 = 0.73. This assumes you have just joined the swarm. If you have not just joined the swarm then the 0.73 will be your completion plus the other leechers completion...but this 0.73 will only count unique pieces so you could both be at 0.73 but have the same pieces so it just gets counted as 73% of a full copy of the data in the torrent.

[anon]

Oh, availability. I had no idea what he meant with "seed/peer 3 decimal", hence my screenshot request

That explanation is spot on.

[smcewa11]

Oh, availability. I had no idea what he meant with "seed/peer 3 decimal", hence my screenshot request

I took a guess as availability and ratio are the only two things I could see with three decimals.

[iLOVENZB]

Do you mean the availability number? edit: Just in case you do mean the availability... There used to be a ten page explanation of this on the uTorrent forums but here is a quick summary. The decimals are the percent of the torrent completed divided by 100. To have a number below 1.00 needs a leecher as all seeders will be counted as 1.00 as they have 100% of the data because 100/100=1.00 . An example, seeds 4(10), leechers 1(2), swarm availability 4.73, this means you are connected to 4 of 10 seeds (and they give 4.00 of the availability), 1 of 2 leechers, and the leecher has 73% completed the torrent aka 73/100 = 0.73. This assumes you have just joined the swarm. If you have not just joined the swarm then the 0.73 will be your completion plus the other leechers completion...but this 0.73 will only count unique pieces so you could both be at 0.73 but have the same pieces so it just gets counted as 73% of a full copy of the data in the torrent.

Thank you all for the replies, this makes much more sense now.

[cindyjia]

it is useful for me , thanks