Torrent stats

Im new to torrents and have no idea what those stats are. Any help on what they mean and if they are good or bad would be awesome.

Time Elapsed = How long you have been active on the torrent.
Remaining = Estimated time left on download based on current download speed
Downloaded = How much data you have downloaded
Download Speed = How fast you are currently downloading
(avg.) = Average download speed over the download period.
Uploaded = How much data you have uploaded
Upload Speed = How fast you are currently uploading
(avg.) = Average upload speed over the upload period.
Seeds = How many seeds (people with 100% file) you are currently connected to, and how many are available
Peers = How many peers (people without 100% file) you are currently connected to, and how many are available
Wasted = wasted download data, repeated packets, packets that have failed hashchecks, etc.All in all, pretty self explanatory.

Replying to #2

THanks, yeah most of them are pretty self-explanatory, seeds and peers are what had me confused. One more question, it finished downloading the .RAR, and it is now seeding, which will take another week or so. Do I have to wait for it to finish seeding before I can use the RAR?

Replying to #3

No. Just stop seeding and extract it. When it's done, you can resume seeding.
Extracting while seeding can lead to corrupt files. Not good if you need them to be perfect, like disc images...

Replying to #4

No it won't. Seeding doesn't change the file, and extracting doesn't change the original file (it does create the extracted file though). You can view pictures, read files, watch movies, extract compressed files, etc all while keeping your torrent active.

So now just burn the 6 iso's to discs and install right?

Replying to #6

I guess. Or watch your 4+GB of pornography. I really don't know what you were downloading :)

Replying to #7

Unreal Torunament 2004 :P Who know though, there probably is a porno mod for that.

4+ gb? Mine is usually around a hundred ;)

Replying to #9

I dont know if anything can get that big if its not porno.. wait, that came out wrong.

TirithRR · #5No it won't. Seeding doesn't change the file, and extracting doesn't change the original file (it does create the extracted file though). You can view pictures, read files, watch movies, extract compressed files, etc all while keeping your torrent active.

Every time I extract an ISO while seeding, and then burn it, I get an unreadable disc...If I stop the torrent, then extract it, then burn it, it turns out fine.

Replying to #11

I didn't even end up burning this one. I just mounted all the install dics one at a time with DAEMON, then noCD patched the game, works fine.

insanecrazy07 · #11Every time I extract an ISO while seeding, and then burn it, I get an unreadable disc...If I stop the torrent, then extract it, then burn it, it turns out fine.

That sounds like you're running really old hardware with no buffer underrun protection on the burner and your hard disks are not able to supply the data at a fast enough rate to keep it supplied.