iepofanof Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Hello Friends, I have a question about the download size. I used bitcomet for the first time this week and i downloaded something with a size of 2.55 GB. Later when i looked Bitcomet says that the total download size is 6+ GB. How is this possible when the file is only 2.55 GB. My Ratio is now also to low of this because i have to upload 6+ GB. Can anyone explain this to me? I have a screenshot. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywizard Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 The probable cause for those readings in BitComet is garbage data. As you can see here in the Wiki, the values you indicate, stand for the total amount of data transferred by BitComet not only for valid data. Therefore, the difference between the real task size and what your client downloaded, accounts for rubbish. The share ratio, is not being affected by the fact that you have downloaded 6GB instead of 2GB (As you can see you've uploaded already 2.67GB of raw data and downloaded 6.39. By your reasoning the share ratio should be 2.67/6.39 = 0.41 not 0.65 as it is now). In my opinion, this is caused by the fact that your client is transferring rubbish data in both ways (that is, upstream too). You can see that you already uploaded more than the size of the task and yet your share ratio is still under 1. If you use a router your problem might lie there. Try taking it out of the loop and see if that improves things for you. There is also the possibility that the swarm of that torrent has peers which send a lot of bad data. This is amplified by the fact that your torrent uses 4MB pieces, which is up to the higher piece limit, therefore any piece discarded accounts for 4MB of useless data at once (most torrents use piece size between 256KB and 1MB). This is one of the known drawbacks for using big piece sizes at the creation of a torrent. See this Wiki FAQ topic for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iepofanof Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 Thanks Greywizard for this clear explenation ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia0316 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Hello, I asked our team. This is a data report error, which is usually happen to large files. During your download, someone you connected to are uploading to your wrong data, his progress is 0, but it shows he is uploading to you. This one caused the wrong total task size. If you found that peer, remove it from the peerlist, things will get back to be normal. But please do not worry, these wrong data is not actually downloaded, but BitComet thought it was, so the share ratio is counted based on this wrong number. Another thing is why the share ratio is 0.65 instead of 0.41(as greywizard said). Here long-time seeding upload is included in the total uploaded size. That explains why it's bigger than it supposed to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrymel Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 hi im also new here I just downloaded the sims 3 for my pc and it says that the torrent file is to large???????? Can someone please help me out many thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kluelos Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Don't jump into the middle of somebody else's topic like this, it's really rude. Start your own. Start a topic in the correct forum. Read the READ BEFORE POSTING topic and abide by it Does it just not even occur to you that anyone who even tries to be of help would need a great deal more information? Start your own topic Do it in the correct forum Provide all of the requested information Provide the logically-necessary information Don't continue a discussion in the wrong topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrymel Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I thought I posted in the rite forum as it is called wrong download size and this is wat my question is about I wasnt being rude just asking advice..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywizard Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Your question is not related to this user's post. This topic is called "Wrong download size" as in wrong size of the downloaded files. Your error message is about the .torrent file which is a whole different matter. So either you didn't really bother to actually read the topic before posting or you didn't really understand its contents. You see, posting a question in a topic non-related with your problem, usually, is like telling the other guy who posted before, to shut up and step aside because you came in. This actually is the right section for your problem (kluelos just gave you a set of pointers for posting, seeing that you're rather clueless) but you'll have to start your own topic and definitely provide more information following the steps he suggested, since your message is contradictory and confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrymel Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 It was a genuine mistake to make, theres no need for the rudeness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassie Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 All right, all right. Let's all calm down, shall we? :) Derymel, you have to understand that, yes, genuine mistakes can and are made, so we make members aware of it (that's why kluelos advised you about it). You also have to understand, though, that the Staff here (all are volunteers) go through each and every post made, on a daily basis, and more often than not, new members (and, sometimes, not so new...), try to hijack other posters' threads, in an attempt to give priority to their own problems. This is neither liked by the original author, nor us (as you can imagine), as it can get pretty confusing, if someone else (who is using the Search function, for example) is trying to follow the replies. Take a look at other sites where this happens... sometimes, it's very hard to distinguish what is being said and to whom... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrymel Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 ok ive calmed down and sorry for the mistake and my reaction Just want to let you know I really appreciate all those who work on here and my apoligies to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassie Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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