I've been meaning to write a torrent tutorial for this place...
Here goes.
Torrent Creation Tutorial (Bitcomet)
Here's bitcomet for reference.
Making a
Torrent file is actually very simple.
Click on the "create" button and you'll be presented with a new form
The first thing you're going to want to do is fill in the "Tracker server" list. Most torrent trackers require you to upload the torrent file you generate to their server before they will track your torrent. The benefit of this to you is you can check with the tracker how many peers and seeds are connected without having to look at your client, the benefit to the tracker is that they can choose which torrents to allow and deny, keep track of users by registration and also save tracker load.
Notable sites with good
closed trackers are:
among others...
If you just wish to post the torrent and seed the file with minimal bother, you can make use of
open trackers and
DHT.
DHT
"Distributed Hash Table" technology has been built into all major clents for a while now. What it means essentially is that a torrent should work without any trackers at all. There are a few issues with DHT such as a lack of a total bittorrent protocol standard between clients, but overall DHT is incredibly useful. Despite its usefulness it's still wise to use trackers aswell, as not all clients support DHT, and trackers update much more frequently.
Open Trackers
As stated earlier, the easiest and fastest way to go about making torrents is to use open trackers. Because they are open, they are highly trafficked and sometimes they are down. You can, however, use as many trackers as you like. You can also use open trackers as backup trackers while at the same time using a closed tracker.
(Note: Individual tracker policy on this may vary)
The following trackers are open and responsive:
Code:
http://tracker.prq.to/announce
http://tracker.bitebbs.com:6969/announce
http://www.torrent-downloads.to:2710/announce
http://www.wetspunk.net/announce.php
http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
Step-by-step
- Paste in your tracker/trackers. If you are sing a closed tracker, it is best to place it at the top of the list. You can use as many trackers as you like, but as a rule of thumb, 5 is overkill.
- Use browse to select the file you wish to torrent. You can also select a folder to torrent. Please note that the torrent file will be download with the name of the folder you select, so make it representative.
- Make sure to have enabled DHT network
- (optional) You can fill in the torrent information tab with data, a link to information and loosely "secure" the torrent from editing.
- (optinal) The Comment tab allows you to comment the torrent, perhaps with an info link or a message "created by..." or "posted on..." etc.
- Click "OK". After a short period (depending on size and number of files ;you can see a blue progress bar at the bottom of the client) your torrent file will be generated in the directory indicated and also queued in your bitcomet client for you to start seeding immediately.
- If you used a closed tracker, proceed to register the torrent at whichever site's tracker you used.
- Upload the torrent as an attachment to a new thread in the Torrent Station and don't forget to seed.
