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Never needed to use this but have seen that tools like https://github.com/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli are able to export lists of loaded torrents in various formats, it might do what you want.

e.g. if you're going to load the output in LibreCalc then you probably want to export a list in csv format most likely (the project's wiki mentions it https://github.com/fedarovich/qbittorrent-cli/wiki/Output-Formats).

so when choosing which content to purge, I want to just sort by Ratio in qBittorrent and start purging anything older than 30 days that isn’t getting uploads. The problem is, more often than not I’m cross seeding the same content across multiple trackers, so although a specific torrent on a specific trackers may be performing poorly, that doesn’t mean the same content isn’t performing well on another tracker.

Something to consider for the future, you could re-work how you are storing your torrent data and hardlink all those cross-seeding torrents in their own folders. So if you do a full delete of one torrent + data it won't actually affect the torrent + data of other torrents. If you have it split out like that then you could even try to automate the whole process of deleting old torrents with tools like https://github.com/Hundter/qBittorrent-Ratio-Manager or https://github.com/Mythic82/Qbittorrent-auto-delete

On Linux it would be something like

cp -al /home/barnaclebill/mytorrents/trackera/thismovie.2025 /home/barnaclebill/mytorrents/trackerb/

Would hardlink the same torrent data in two places so that torrents for trackera can point to the trackera folder and torrents for trackerb can point to the trackerb folder.

One thing you may want to update - listing Tor's logging policy as "No Logs" is a bit misleading, that's really more of a voluntary recommendation for individual Tor exit relay operators.

Tor exit relay operators absolutely can store logs of outgoing connections if they choose to. And technically they could even snoop on non-secure traffic if they choose, there's a reason you should be using HTTPS if you're going to use Tor for clearnet browsing.

Of course most Tor exit relay operators aren't going to do these things but it's all voluntary, seems incorrect to claim all exit relay operators follow no log principles.

EDIT: Also AFAIK you can't forward a port from the clearnet through a Tor exit relay's public IP address back to your own Tor client, Tor doesn't do port forwarding like that. It's definitely not needed to run Tor Browser (and Tor VPN I think) but that isn't needed for any of the other VPNs either, a bit confusing how you listed that one.

Agreed, if OP is going to add Tor in a "VPN" list then may as well add I2P. I2P + outproxies are pretty much the same thing as Tor + Tor Exit Relay. It's not the best way to utilize I2P but the option does exist.

Then again neither Tor nor I2P should be in a "VPN" list, the whole thing seems more of a VPN provider topic.

This doesn't answer your main question but I suspect their thinking is that VPN use is already very common in torrent communities. So common that it's not really a big deal for users to browse the site via VPN if necessary. It's not really that the staff there is going to do age verification, realistically if necessary they'd likely just block access from whatever states/jurisdictions are giving them issues with age verification.

That aside not too sure if what you're looking for currently exists. There are a few general torrent sites that also operate Tor / I2P domains, and also the general torrent indexer Postman exists on I2P. The amount of users in Tor / I2P networks is way lower vs the clearnet torrent sites so a hyper-focused torrent site in Tor / I2P doesn't seem viable but I could be wrong.

Everything normal here. Granted I'm not on a network that blocks Tor so the Tor Browser's normal startup/connecting routine has always worked fine.

Yes, that's why qBittorrent's "Download first and last pieces first" option exists. You'll be able to stream that .mp4 with its moov atom at the end of the file as long as you download that last piece during the beginning of the download. In some ways that makes qBittorrent a better streamer for .mp4 files vs other methods.

Maybe the other commenter is referring to some other media file type that can't be streamed.

EDIT - Haven't checked but am guessing torrentio also downloads first/last pieces first otherwise it'd be a terrible torrent streamer.

Hmm, having checked “Download first and last pieces first” usually fixes that. e.g. a .mp4 with its moov atom at the end of the file won't stream unless you make sure to download the last part of the file starting out. Just curious which media file type are you referring to that won't stream regardless of having the first/last pieces downloaded?

But either way OP using Stremio + torrentio won't fix that, that's just another torrent client doing a torrent stream. If it won't play mid-stream via qBittorrent it won't play mid-stream in torrentio either.

Since you're just streaming torrents you could just use a torrent client to download the torrent(s) in sequential mode.

e.g. Load the torrent in qBittorrent and make sure to enable "Download in sequential order" and "Download first and last pieces first". When the torrent is about 5-10% downloaded you can start playing the incomplete file while the torrent continues to download in the background. Load the file in your preferred media player (VLC or whatever) and play.

They are slightly different, I think people are kind of asking if you are specifically looking for a VPS vs a seedbox. Some people do want a VPS so it's a fair question.

A VPS implies that you'll be renting a server and installing/setting up all the software on your own. You'll probably have some sort of SSH + root access to install things there since you're doing all that on your own.

A seedbox is more like a pre-configured shared VPS so it'll already have torrent clients pre-installed along with other software commonly used with torrent clients. Depending on the vendor and type of seedbox you often won't have root access and/or SSH access, usually the vendor won't want you to randomly install software system-wide that might disrupt other users on that seedbox server.

PS - !seedboxes@lemmy.dbzer0.com also exists, a bit quieter there but it's specific to the topic.

All good answers, one thing not mentioned is that there are smart/managed switches where you can toggle PoE on/off per port on the network switch. Could be useful, sometimes it's best just to never provide power on any network ports until you know you need it.

My Sony Trinitron served me well back in the day - But no, I don't miss the CRT era. Just too huge and heavy. And honestly I don't remember the generic non-Trinitron CRTs being anything special, they were kind of shitty.

Anyways I thought the CRT thing is just collectors/old school gamers looking to display older media on a proper CRT? Obviously people with a lot of space, garages, basements, etc.. people in tiny rooms and apartments need not apply LOL.

This whole article seems a bit off.

If I create a new torrent, does CGNAT (carrier-grade network address translation) prevent me from being an initial seeder of that torrent?

It's not ideal, you won't be able to seed/upload to any other firewalled (non port forwarded) peers.

But technically any connectable (port forwarded) peers connecting to you will still be able to download from you, so you'd still be able to seed in that sense. That does mean you're only initial seeding to peers that have their own ports open/forwarded.

I can download and upload in my torrent client just fine, so I know my ISP isn’t (intentionally) blocking and firewalling torrents.

Yup that would work fine, you can participate in torrent swarms that contain other connectable peers and that's usually how most torrent swarms are. You'll probably have trouble with the random low seed torrents e.g. a torrent with one lone seed who also has no ports open, that seed won't be able to send you any torrent data.