Creating Torrents

Suggested Programs

•  Azureus
•  µTorrent
•  MakeTorrent

Announce URLs

Announce URLs specify what trackers a torrent will use. Create a torrent with the following announce URLs

http://bt.edwardk.info:6969/announce	This must be first
http://bt.edwardk.info:2710/announce
http://bt.edwardk.info:972/announce
http://bt.edwardk.info:4040/announce
http://bt.edwardk.info:676/announce
http://bt.edwardk.info:6767/announce
http://bt.edwardk.info:12891/announce
http://bt.edwardk.info:63124/announce

Piece Size

Most torrent creation programs allow automatic selection of piece size, you should use that exists. If not, then 256KB/2^18 for 175MB files is a good choice. For larger torrents, increase the piece size. 2MB/2048KB/2^21 or higher is a must for batch torrents. Torrents larger than 80KB are not allowed. This is a table that shows approximate torrent size vs piece size. Setting your program to auto will usually be fine. (Figures in bytes except where noted)

File size		32768	65536	131072	262144	524288	1048576	2097152	4194304	8388608	16777216
1,048,576	1MB	1,140	820	660	580	540	520	520	520	520	520
52,428,800	50MB	32,500	16,500	8,500	4,500	2,500	1,500	1,000	750	625	563
146,800,640	140MB	90,100	45,300	22,900	11,700	6,100	3,300	1,900	1,200	850	675
183,500,800	175MB	112,500	56,500	28,500	14,500	7,500	4,000	2,250	1,375	938	719
244,318,208	233MB	149,620	75,060	37,780	19,140	9,820	5,160	2,830	1,665	1,083	791
367,001,600	350MB	224,500	112,500	56,500	28,500	14,500	7,500	4,000	2,250	1,375	938
681,574,400	650MB	416,500	208,500	104,500	52,500	26,500	13,500	7,000	3,750	2,125	1,313
734,003,200	700MB	448,500	224,500	112,500	56,500	28,500	14,500	7,500	4,000	2,250	1,375
1,468,006,400	1400MB	896,500	448,500	224,500	112,500	56,500	28,500	14,500	7,500	4,000	2,250
2,936,012,800	2800MB	1,792,500	896,500	448,500	224,500	112,500	56,500	28,500	14,500	7,500	4,000
4,700,000,000	4482MB	2,869,152	1,434,826	717,663	359,082	179,791	90,145	45,323	22,911	11,706	6,103
8,500,000,000	8106MB	5,188,488	2,594,494	1,297,497	648,999	324,749	162,625	81,562	41,031	20,766	10,633
Overhead	500 bytes
	(tracker URLs, Description, torrent overhead, etc)

Adding Torrents

• To add a torrent, upload the torrent file to the FTP you were provided with.
• Torrents will show up only after they have been seeded or used.
• Torrent filenames must use standard ASCII. Filenames inside the torrent should be encoded with UTF-8.
• It will take less than 2 minutes for a torrent to be recognized after it's been uploaded.

Removing Torrents

To remove a torrent, delete the torrent file from the FTP you were provided with and check if you can see the torrent in the /mirrors/ folder. Delete from there if required as well.

Setting Up Categories

Below is a sample configuration file. The easiest way to add a new category is to add:

$i++; // Start next category
$categories[$i]['heading'] = '<h3>Some new category</h3>';
$categories[$i]['wildcards'] = '*Some new category*';
$categories[$i]['name'] = 'Some new category';

below the predefined categories. You can copy and paste this and only change the values. $i++ will increase the number for you so you don't have to number it yourself.

Configuration File

You can edit the configuration file to your preferred options.

See  http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php for how strings are to be handled.

See  http://php.net/manual/en/function.array.php for how arrays are to be handled.

A text editor with syntax highlighting for PHP files can be very useful, such as  Notepad++.

Sample Configuration File

<?

define("CHANNELNAME",    '#%chan%');        // The channel name we display
define("NETWORKNAME",    '%network%');             //The network name we display
define("IRCSERVER",    '%irc%');        //IRC server name, incase it differs from the name of the network
define("WEBSITEURL",    '%website%');     //Website

//Some of the help messages
define("USERTEXT",    '');

define("TEMPLATE",'bt_templates\\main.inc.php');
define("ENTRYTEMPLATE",'bt_templates\\entry.inc.php');

$allowed_announces = array("http://bt.edwardk.info:6969/announce");
                        // a list of allowed announce URLs in torrents,
                        // modify only if you know what you're doing

/*
    Controls where uncategorized torrents go
    Top = top of the page
    Bottom = bottom of the page
*/
$settings['uncategorized_position'] = 'bottom';

/*
    Sort categories
    TRUE = categories are sorted, with exception of the uncategorized category, it will be sorted by the name value
    FALSE = categories are used in the order specified in this config file
*/
$settings['sort_categories'] = TRUE;


/*
    Show recent torrents
    TRUE = on
    FALSE = off
    number = how many entries to display per column
*/
$settings['recent']['status'] = TRUE;
$settings['recent']['number'] = 5;


/*
    Table of Contents (TOC)
    TRUE = show it
    FALSE = don't show it
    number = how many to show per column
*/
$settings['toc']['status'] = TRUE;
$settings['toc']['number'] = 7;
/*
    Define categories here
        0 is uncategorized torrents
        1 is the recent torrents
        2+ are user defined categories
        heading = allows you to insert HTML before the table for this category, be sure to quote it properly in a PHP variable.
                  be sure to use HTML entities when required!
        wildcards = which filenames are matched to this category, multiple wildcards could be used if it was in an array
                             such as array('*blah*','*yada*');
                             wildcards match the display name of a torrent, not filename!
        name = for sorting categories and TOC
        http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php
*/
$i = 0;
$categories[$i]['heading'] = '<h3>Uncategorized</h3>';
$categories[$i]['wildcards'] = '';
$categories[$i]['name'] = 'Uncategorized';

$i++; // Start next category
$categories[$i]['heading'] = '<h3>New Torrents</h3>';
$categories[$i]['wildcards'] = '';
$categories[$i]['name'] = 'New Torrents';


// End of user editable contents'

define("CACHEFILE",'btcache.dat');
define("CACHETIME",120);
?>