qBittorrent / Is there a way to automatically detect and activate demanded torrents with no active seeders? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Aiii! I have some rare torrents with only a few active seeders, but I can only seed about 8 torrents at a time due to my very slow server. If I try to seed more, Jellyfin doesn't work properly.

Currently, I select a few torrents to seed for a few days, and then I switch to new ones. However, I feel bad for those who need to download torrents with only a few or no seeders while I have them but not actively seeding. I could activate these "dead" torrents, but I don't want to waste my bandwidth by not seeding most of the time.

Is there a way to automatically detect and activate demanded torrents with no active seeders? While deactivating running torrents which don't are in need of seeding?

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[-] svc@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 16 points 5 days ago

If you aren't seeding (no one is downloading the torrent), then your bandwidth should not be used (besides a miniscule amount). So it shouldn't waste your bandwidth. Is your concern about wasting bandwidth more about seeding a torrent when there are other seeders available? So you want to prioritize torrents that have zero other seeders?
It looks like this tool Jackett (I've never used it before; just found it in a search) can be configured to allow your system to query trackers for torrents and return the number of seeders and leechers. But a lot of assembly would be required. And the freshness of results would depend on how often trackers update their stats - definitely not real-time.

For a torrent application that can do what Jackett does in real-time by connecting directly to the torrent and prioritizing bandwidth to torrents that have leechers and no other seeders, I'll leave that to others in the community more familiar with the topic.