New Transmission add-on thread

I am using a NV+ Unit.

I stopped the transmission addon.

I edited the /c/addons-config/transmission/transmission-daemon/settings.json this is the file it says in the installed add ons to edit.

I found "watch-dir": "/c/media/BitTorrent/sources/" and changed "watch-dir-enabled": 1

I went to demoniod followed there instructions including putting there text file in the directory I wanted to seed.

I used the https://"my nas ip address/ctransmission/ to create the torrent on my NAS Box
Torrent Name: nemsgifs
Directory or File: /c/media/gif/
Tracker URL: http://inferno.demonoid.com:3400/announce
Private Torrent: No
Then I clicked - Create Torrent

Finished uploading .torrent file created by transmission to demoniod.

Opened up http://"my nas ip addrerss":8181/transmission/web/ and torrent was there but was listed in the downloading tab. I got the message torrent not there in the tracker announce so I paused it for 3 minutes as instructed by demoniod. Resumed and I was listed in the tracker window of transmission as a leacher.

I went to another box ran bittorent and downloaded the demoniod .torrent file and became a leacher. That was also registered as 2nd leacher by demoniod and transmission.

Tier 1

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inferno.demonoid.com:3400
Last Announce: Today 01:46:01 PM (got 2 peers)
Next announce in 55 min 32 seconds
Last Scrape: Today 01:44:07 PM

No activity on my end for downloading or uploading in BitTorrent or Transmission.

I have port forwarding set up to nas box running transmission - port 51413 both TCP and UDP and ports 6881-6889.

I also was able to download a random torrent from demoniod.

My Thoughts:
1) Do I have to copy my /c/media/gif/ directory to somewhere else
2) Do I have to open up any other ports on my router.

Anyone have any ideas.

1 thing im not sure about:

when you downloaded the .torrent file back from demonoid, and you added it into transmission, did you change the download location to the /c/media/gif/ directory?
by default it will download to the default download location (duh!!) which wont be your /c/media/gif/ location.
if your on windows, then i'd recommend transmission remote todo this - http://code.google.com/p/transmission-remote-dotnet/

heres hoping it's that, because im outta ideas :)

veehexx wrote:

1 thing im not sure about: when you downloaded the .torrent file back from demonoid, and you added it into transmission, did you change the download location to the /c/media/gif/ directory? by default it will download to the default download location (duh!!) which wont be your /c/media/gif/ location. if your on windows, then i'd recommend transmission remote todo this - http://code.google.com/p/transmission-remote-dotnet/ heres hoping it's that, because im outta ideas :)

I downloaded the .torrent file back from demonoid. Demonoid changes the file descriptor to it to "nemsfunnygif-[[Demonoid.com]]_6075453.4782.torrent".
Went to another box running BitTorrent not Transmission and started downloading it from there still no activity.

Should I try to copy the "/c/media/gif/" directory to "/c/media/BitTorrent/gif" and see if that works ?

i've either misunderstood, or got you confused :)

ok, you upload the .torrent file (nemsfunnygif.torrent) you created to demonoid. demonoid asks you to re-download the tweaked .torrent file (nemsfunnygif-[[Demonoid.com]]_6075453.4782.torrent). you do this, and you add it to transmission.

what does transmission say about this .torrent file? 'downloading' or 'seeding' status?
by the sounds of things, you've downloaded nemsfunnygif-[[Demonoid.com]]_6075453.4782.torrent to the transmission watch folder, and it's auto added it to the default download location, and not /c/media/gif/. thus because its pointing to the wrong location, it's attempting to download the files again, and not use the ones you already have.

just to be clear, the 'create torrent' process is completely seperate to transmission; it doesnt do anything in the background. it's essentially 2 independant packages in 1 download/addon. it mearly creates a .torrent file. once you've uploaded it to the tracker, this .torrent file you have created can be deleted.

this is where transmission remote comes in.
download the demonoid .torrent file, add it to transmission & pause it. Now use Transmission Remote to move the torrent data to /c/media/gif/, and resume the download. this should verify the files found at the new location and start seeding it. aslong as your pointing the torrent data to the correct location, then it should have 'seeding' against the torrent in transmission.

alternatively, move the applicable gif folder to your default transmission download folder. this will save you having todo the Transmission Remote step.

Upgraded from 1.7x to 2.03

Everything went fine - but it's creating files and folders as "nobody" - whereas it used to do it as "data" (the owner of files on my "data" share).

I tried editing /etc/frontview/addons/bin/TRANSMISSION/start.sh from

 start-stop-daemon --chuid nobody:nogroup 

to

 start-stop-daemon --chuid data:nogroup 

But then it just stopped loading, and I couldn't find any error log.

Has anyone else done this - and is there a more elegant (or possible) way to achieve this ?

Thanks,
PW

ok, you upload the .torrent file (nemsfunnygif.torrent) you created to demonoid. demonoid asks you to re-download the tweaked .torrent file (nemsfunnygif-[[Demonoid.com]]_6075453.4782.torrent). you do this, and you add it to transmission.


I do not download nemsfunnygif-[[Demonoid.com]]_6075453.4782.torrent to tansmission I download it to another hole different box running BitTorrent not Transmissions. Transmissions is still using the nemsfunnygif.torrent file

alternatively, move the applicable gif folder to your default transmission download folder. this will save you having todo the Transmission Remote step.

I guess copying the "/c/media/gif/" directory to "/c/media/BitTorrent/gif" will work, I will let you know.

OK veehexx you rock. copying the "/c/media/gif/" directory to "/c/media/BitTorrent/gif" started the process.

and Transmission Remote is great adds more features then super-poussin's web interface, (not knocking super-poussin he is the bomb also). I haven't figured out of you can create torrents using Transmission Remote that would be much easier for a noob like me.

Thanks agian

I am using the latest SPARC version of Transmission on my Ready NAS NV+. When a torrent completes I am not receiving an email. I have verified that I can receive email alerts by using the send test email alert. In Frontview I have provided information for my gmail account and SMTP server.

Does the sparc version of transmission support email notifications?

if it does what might i be doing wrong?

I didn't try switching to the NAIL version because I didn't understand how to use it. I could provide the gmail SMTP server info but wouldn't I have to provide the account and access instructions to it also?

Thanks in advance for any help provided.

- John

i use my gmail account for email notifcations; it is a simple case of insert your gmail email (g-email?!) into frontview and transmission should work. no further SMTP authentication is required. if you get frontview test email/log alerts then you should get transmission alerts too.

i have found it only working with a recent factory reset of my DUO though, so while i havent tested my theory, it maybe that upgrading from previous versions is a bit buggy.

I am really struggling to get Transmission to create a torrent file for me!

Have installed Transmission 2.03 and PHP 1.3. I can get to the Create Torrent web page and enter the following values

Torrent Name: TEST
Directory or File: /c/Media/BitTorrent/Seeding/Sharp End/
Tracker URL: http://www.thebox.bz:2710/announce
Private Torrent: yes

Immediately after I press the "Create Torrent" button I get the following messages.......

Warning: copy(/c/webroot/transmission/archives/TEST.torrent) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /c/webroot/transmission/transmission.php on line 21

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Result : Creating torrent "/c/webroot/transmission/archives/TEST.torrent" .... error reading "": No such file or directory
Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: No such file or directory in /c/webroot/transmission/transmission.php on line 28

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: No such file or directory in /c/webroot/transmission/transmission.php on line 29

Any ideas? Do I need to create a folder or file beforehand?

:cry: :cry: :cry: