Sharing already downloaded torrents through i2p (transmission --> XD)? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by potosi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I have lots of torrents downloaded through transmission, which I would like to continue seeding through i2p via the XD client, without having to re-download the files. How do I "move" my seeding to i2p? Do I have to upload the torrents to an i2p torrent tracker, or can I avoid that?

Would you recommend this in the first place?

Sorry for the stupid question folks, help is appreciated, even if not specific to these clients. Thanks in advance!

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There are open trackers on I2P e.g http://opentracker.skank.i2p/ and http://opentracker.dg2.i2p/ both trackers don't have a search interface though, so probably people won't find your torrents unless they are very popular. You can upload the torrents to http://tracker2.postman.i2p which has a good interface.

Doing so would help with the download speeds for other users.

P.S I've enever used XD. So I can't help you out there, but it seems like a very bare-bones torrent client. qbittorrent recently added support for it ~~but if you're running a headless server, XD doesn't seem like a bad option~~. Github says it has no DHT support? Not sure if that's the best option, but good luck with it.

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[-] potosi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

I'll try qbittorrent too, just I was attracted to XD as it only supports i2p and it therefore claims it can have no ip leaks (ik that probably doesn't mean qbittorrent is insecure). I guess the only way would be to upload to the torrent tracker, thanks!

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

qbittorrent's wiki says:

If you're using VPN, proxy or I2P, you probably want to enable Anonymous Mode.

Good luck!

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[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

If you can find the same torrent already existing, you should be able to add the torrent, paused, then copy the file to the empty folder. Force a recheck and then it should hash check the files.

Not specific to XD as I dont use it, but has worked for me when changing trackers. I havnt tried when downloading over different protocols, but it should not make a difference.

[-] potosi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah the thing is that transmission sadly does not support using a proxy (therefore no i2p/changing to i2p trackers) so that sadly would not work (except if I got it wrong). Adding the torrent link as-is would not work through an i2p client as it only supports torrents inside the i2p network, and the torrents I have are from clearnet ~~(can I add the torrent file, though?)~~. Sorry if I do not make any sense, but thanks I'll try it out anyway!