Topic: Sharing Archive.org torrents on bt.etree.org

[ScoobieKW]

I've uploaded my first show to archive.org since they've started offering torrent downloads.

Part of me thinks I should share the archive.org torrent on bt.etree.org rather than creating another torrent.

The only downside is that the archive.org torrent has the mp3 and ogg files in the fileset as well as flac.

What's your opinion?

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I know on unix you can edit pre-created torrents to add new tracker addresses and tinker with file hashes. Maybe look at stripping out the non-flac files and add bt's tracker.

but otherwise I wouldn't bother, just create a second one. Very few people use archive's torrent feature.

[Marshall7]

Very few people use archive's torrent feature.

I actually only found out this existed this week!

[ScoobieKW]

I like the idea of using the archive's torrent as there would be a permanent seed.

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

I like the idea of using the archive's torrent as there would be a permanent seed.

I'm not sure how to direct a BT.ETREE Torrent to DL a Torrent from Archive??? 

I guess you could DL the Archive Torrent, and then turn around and seed said material unadulterated to ETREE, but with a new .Torrent file???  Or I suppose you could DL the Archive .Torrent file, ZIP it, and make that the actual Torrent you DL from BT (you DL another .torrent)  I'm not sure how to work through the details...

Interesting, b/c Archive could serve as a perma-seed! 

Terry

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I like the idea of using the archive's torrent as there would be a permanent seed.

If that functions as I would expect a "web seed" to, you won't see the seed until you actually start the download, so it will look like a dead torrent on bt's site. Cyanogenmod uses a similar system for their nightly releases.

But it will help distribute load, which is really the point. Torrents are designed to ease distribution in a timely fashion, not provide a permanent/semi-permanent method of access.

I'm not sure how to work through the details...

try taking the archive.org torrent file and adding the bt.etree.org tracker as an alt tracker (but keep the hash data from the archive set and the archive torrent tracker), then post it on bt. I think that's the best hope for "cross seeding" in a single torrent file.