Peter Seiler said:
is it possible to download more than a single file atonce? As far as I
see second or third file downloads switches from downloading to queued
(as seen in the status) so that only one file is downloading.
THX in advance for any response.
Help recommends a low number of torrents but I've had a dozen d/l
simultaneously,
if most are low rate then adjust priority depending on availability and
demand.
You can prioritise running torrents and queue or schedule waiting torrents.
D/l runs faster if you limit the u/l to around 33%, help says < 80% but
<40% works best for me.
It depends what you set the parameters in options/ preferences/ torrents
If the torrent has individual files you can select and prioritise individual
files
to d/l within the torrent, which is sensible for large ( i.e 10 gig plus )
torrents.
Allowing max upload really kills download rate.
In most cases if you allow u/l at maximum you will markedly slow
other internet functions, too much communcations delay on the uplink
leads to timeouts which need more retries, which fail and retry, ad
infinitum
D/l at max, u/l at 30% for getting torrents,
u/l at 80% for seeding to allow general internet use
and drop to 25-30% if you want to get other content faster.
Some torrents limit download depending on upload speed and share ratio,
the more you share the more you get.
D/l speed also depends on number of seeders, actually other machines in the
swarm
upload whatever they have so for most purposes the total peer determines
available speed.
Low seeder/peer counts tend to make torrent protocols unpredicatable, delays
and
inconsistencies have a greater affect when there are few connections,
torrents
really works better with more seeders, even if each isn't doing uploading
most of the
time.
Now all seems to work good so far and