How to maintain a good ratio if no one is downloading off me?

[lynx]

Also, if you use Azureus..you can set it to "Force Seed"...this will Force you to seed when file is completed & wont drop you off....also, Burst is a great program for Seeding too.

BitComet is clever, it switches to Seed mode automatically. Come to think of it, so does Azureus unless you specifically tell it not to.

I often find that while I'm downloading I don't get much upload, but as soon as it completes the upload rate goes maximum. Never could get good speeds either up or down with Azureus, but that's probably because I run Folding@Home 24/7 and there just isn't enough cpu time to service Azureus's excessive demands.

BTW Rip, don't want to upset you but that torrent is Nuked - bad Aspect Ratio.
Edit: too late, I see you've finished it now.

[Rip The Jacker]

BTW Rip, don't want to upset you but that torrent is Nuked - bad Aspect Ratio.
Edit: too late, I see you've finished it now.

Actually the aspect ratio is just fine for me. I noticed it got nuked, and I don't know why, but this looks great. When watching it in ZoomPlayer, you can change the aspect ratio to Widescreen 16:9 and back. It makes a very little difference.





What are the numbers supposed to be for widescreen movies?

Thanks everyone for your suggestions... I guess I can start leaving my PC on at night... that sounds like the best solution. I'll try to start downloading torrents with more leechers now....

[zeustke165]

Just stay with it, alot of torrents have a longer life span than you think, if you keep it seeded more people will start to drop off, and more people will start to download... very rarely have i ever found a torrent where if i didn't stay on it long enough i wasn't able to seed it to over 1:1... definitely leave your computer on... windows is stable enough now where there really isn't any need to reboot it all the time... this system had been running for 42 days now... last time it was rebooted was simply for an software upgrade...

Zeus

[Rip The Jacker]

Just stay with it, alot of torrents have a longer life span than you think, if you keep it seeded more people will start to drop off, and more people will start to download... very rarely have i ever found a torrent where if i didn't stay on it long enough i wasn't able to seed it to over 1:1... definitely leave your computer on... windows is stable enough now where there really isn't any need to reboot it all the time... this system had been running for 42 days now... last time it was rebooted was simply for an software upgrade...

Zeus

Wow... 42 days running. Doesn't that cost you more on your electricity bill?

I guess whats the only reason I shut down my PC at night....

[lynx]

I don't know what the figures for width x height should be, but the ratio of them should be about 2.3, not 1.7 as shown there. Pisexy and FileList both have the Proper version.

Apart from reboots for software upgrades, 2 of my systems have been running for about 6 months. Only one monitor though, and that shuts off after 5 minutes.

@zeus, the last torrent I had only got to 0.8 before it died - and that was on Pisexy.
Still, I've got another one that's currently at 5.8 and shows no sign of slowing down at the moment.

[zeustke165]

@zeus, the last torrent I had only got to 0.8 before it died - and that was on Pisexy.
Still, I've got another one that's currently at 5.8 and shows no sign of slowing down at the moment.

From what I see that torrent @ .8 is still going... your at .816 now... with 4 leechers still... :-P

and the other torrent has been active on the site for 1027 hours now, amazingly that is just about 43 days... and it still has active leechers... goes to show torrents can have a long life if you stick with them... :-)


Zeus

[RPerry]

Just stay with it, alot of torrents have a longer life span than you think, if you keep it seeded more people will start to drop off, and more people will start to download... very rarely have i ever found a torrent where if i didn't stay on it long enough i wasn't able to seed it to over 1:1... definitely leave your computer on... windows is stable enough now where there really isn't any need to reboot it all the time... this system had been running for 42 days now... last time it was rebooted was simply for an software upgrade...

Zeus

Wow... 42 days running. Doesn't that cost you more on your electricity bill?

I guess whats the only reason I shut down my PC at night....

I haven't seen where it costs that much extra to run a pc all the time RTJ,but if it worries you, set the power management to shut off the monitor after 1 hr idle or something

[mobo]

just keep on seeding thats the only way

[tracydani]

Just stay with it, alot of torrents have a longer life span than you think, if you keep it seeded more people will start to drop off, and more people will start to download... very rarely have i ever found a torrent where if i didn't stay on it long enough i wasn't able to seed it to over 1:1... definitely leave your computer on... windows is stable enough now where there really isn't any need to reboot it all the time... this system had been running for 42 days now... last time it was rebooted was simply for an software upgrade...

Zeus

Wow... 42 days running. Doesn't that cost you more on your electricity bill?

I guess whats the only reason I shut down my PC at night....

But you more then make up for it with the discounted movie prices

TD

[cldnails]

@Rip The Jacker

You don't need to upload as much as you d/l on one torrent, just make up the balance on another torrent that has plenty of leeches on it.

I'm not sure that is good advice...because that would make him known as an HNR.... Hit and Run. That's just as bad as a leecher because he is still abandoning a torrent where he could help others out....no matter the situation. In addition, TL the site that he is using...I think starts banning below .4 ratio...so better start crackin on a more popular torrent.