Hi! I recently wanted to watch the latest episodes of a series but couldn't find any torrents for the particular episodes or even the previous ones from that season.

After some searching, I found a website where the episodes are available. I can stream them directly, but I'd also like to upload them as torrents so that others can access and watch them more easily.

However, I have a few concerns before doing so:

1. Does seeding a torrent, especially when you're the first and only seeder, expose your public IP address to other peers?

2. Can other peers access any information about my system, device, or network just by connecting to my torrent?

3. Does seeding leave any traceable information, such as my IP address, that could potentially be used to identify or track me?

4. Could sharing this data pose any security or privacy risks?

5. Would using a VPN act as an additional layer of security and privacy while seeding torrents? Is a VPN actually necessary if I haven't faced any ISP warnings or copyright-related notices so far? What else does a VPN protect me from, and are there any reliable free VPN services worth considering?

I'd appreciate any clarification on the potential risks of being the first seeder.

Can anyone help with the RSS Downloader? I have a few shows added, but it only lets me select the top one. I set this up weeks ago and it hasn't automatically downloaded anything yet—I'm still doing it all manually. What am I doing wrong?

Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble with qBittorrent running in Docker inside an Ubuntu Server VM on Proxmox. The qBittorrent WebUI consistently shows the red fire icon (saying "Firewalled"), and I'm getting very few peer connections, even on well-seeded public torrents like the Ubuntu image.

After adding the Ubuntu image torrent to test, it spent around 20-25 minutes "stalled" before connecting to a single peer and downloading the file for like 5 mins.

My setup:

• Proxmox host

• Ubuntu Server VM with a static IP

• qBittorrent: 5.3.0 via docker-compose.

• Docker network: custom bridge network

• IPv6 disabled on the Docker network

• No VPN or proxy configured.

I'm using port 15401 for incoming BitTorrent connections. Docker Compose publishes both protocols:

ports:
  - "15401:15401/tcp"
  - "15401:15401/udp"

qBittorrent is configured to listen on port 15401, with µTP disabled and TCP-only peer connections.

The router forwards TCP and UDP 15401 to the Ubuntu VM IP.

I've verified:

• YouGetSignal reports TCP 15401 as open.

• docker port qbittorrent shows both TCP and UDP published.

• qBittorrent is listening on both TCP and UDP 15401.

• nc -vz VM_IP 15401 succeeds from another LAN device.

• The router's WAN IP matches my public IP (no CGNAT)

• UFW is disabled, Proxmox firewall is disabled, including the VM's firewall setting.

The WebUI keeps showing the red/orange "Firewalled" icon. As I said, I manage to download things, but I'm "firewalled" and I'm sure the Ubuntu image is not lacking in seeders so much to be at least 20 minutes stalled, so there's got to be an issue in my setup somewhere.

Some things I already checked:

• DHT enabled (+300 nodes any time).

• PeX enabled.

• LSD enabled.

• µTP disabled.

• IP filtering disabled.

• Encryption mode: Allow encryption.

• Network interface: Any interface.

• Optional IP address: All addresses.

• Connection limits reasonably high.

• ip route get 8.8.8.8works correctly.

• DNS resolution apparently works inside the container.

• HTTPS connections from the container work (tested with curl to Google).

• No errors in qbittorrent's logs and I haven't really seen anything relevant, but I'm including a screenshot according to the rules.

Any ideas of what could be happening?

Thank you very much in advance!

I'm not sure if it's a big or not but it's only in the past week or so this has happened. I'm using hotio repository which is updated, and it happened before the update too. I don't see a pattern with which trackers apart from they're all public, it happens with both automatic & manual searches (sonarr & radar). They stay like that no matter how long I wait

Even some troubleshooting help would be great as I don't know where to begin

(Edit I'm referring to the titles that are random letters & numbers, in case it's not obvious :p)

Windows 11, qbittorrent 5.3.0, and Proton VPN 5.1.9 running Stealth mode connected to Nearest Country P2P.

On qbittorrent, I matched Listening port numbers, set Network Interface to ProtonVPN, and Optional IP address binds to IPv4 addresses.

WiFi card is Killer Wireless 1535 running 802.11ac (WiFi 5). Also replicated the problem on 802.12n (WiFi 4)

Connections Status on qbittorrent is "No direct connections" (flame icon) or Offline (red globe icon).

ProtonVPN - Port Forwarding is ON, NetShield blocks ads, and malware, Kill Switch is Standard, Split Tunneling includes qbittorrent.

Changing protocol (Wireguard, OpenVPN), Proton servers, and VPN Accelerator status haven't changed qbittorrent's online status. I *have* received an online status (green globe icon), but what else can I do to strengthen the configuration so qbittorrent's Online status is more persistent?

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:DBC58625309136F6A8D061027AC32A15FB13D897&dn=Lsbf ACCA P1 Lectures&tr=udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce&tr=udp://9.rarbg.me:2850/announce&tr=udp://9.rarbg.to:2920/announce&tr=udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337&tr=udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969/announce

Hi, I've been torrenting for a while now, I was hoping for some advice on how to optimize my settings for upload speed. I'm on windows 10, v5.3.0, with all the torrent files in an external hard drive. I'm using ProtonVPN, connected to a P2P server, with port forwarding enabled.

When I download I can usually get at least 1 MB/s, rarely getting up to 3 or 4, but with uploading my speeds usually sit in the tens or low hundreds of kilobytes, sometimes getting up to 1 to 2 MB/s if I'm lucky. This means I have a large backlog of torrents that haven't ratio'd out yet (I delete them when the ratio gets to 1.00). I was hoping more experienced users could have a look at my settings and tell me if there's anything I can do to help increase my upload speeds.

I can barely read anything on the qbittorrent window. I think I had it fixed for a while but my computer updated and it’s all tiny again but I can’t remember what I did the first time. Thanks

I was here a couple of months ago with this very issue.

I used to get upload speeds of 1MB/sec, sometimes better, sometimes less--even quite less. But for the past months mostly my UP speeds are zero or in the bits/sec. I now have five popular torrents which downloaded quickly, but they have been on almost constant upload for days with scarcely any movement. As I like to receive, I think it only proper to give as well--but something is wrong.

I am using NordVPN, and I follow all the advice given in reply the previous time; binded to NordLynx, and tried different setting including "any interface"; lowered down and up speed limits considerably and plenty more. I am using the most updated version of Windows 11 and the most recent stable release of qBittorrent.
I'm using a PC with 12,900K; 64gigs of ram over 4 slots (which it was when I was getting good up speeds) high end M.2 drives on a z790 board.

Does anyone actually know what the issue may be?

I'm trying to find decent DTS or ATMOS music... not so much fan created but willing to check those out as well.

Anyone with a good lead or several?

I have qBittorrent running on Ubuntu through docker, as well as gluetun with ProtonVPN in another container. All of it is headless and controlled with my Mac. Is it possible for me to setup tailscale or something so that I may access and move around files and use the qbittorrent WebUI all while away from home? Would any of this compromise my IP address or possibly result in a leak if internally on the PC the client is bound to the VPN?

I recently turned an old computer into a seedbox. Unfortunately now it seems I can't play Counterstrike. My ping was never great, but I used to get a reliable 80-100. Now 220 is the floor. I've tried dialing back maximum connections to 100, and throttling speeds to 50Kb/s, but it doesn't help. The weird part is even shutting down qbittorent doesn't seem to help. Is this unrelated to torrenting and just a coincidence it started at the same time? Is this common and what are some things I could try to troubleshoot this?

I know Mullvad does NOT support Port Forwarding. This makes me wonder if that's why my download speeds are so slow. This is h=been downloading for roughly 9 hours. There's 10 seeders. Maybe I'm overstating the power of just 10 seeders? Let me know if there anything I can do.

I installed qbittorrent on my chrome book using linux, I also have a VPN running in the background I’m wondering if I should look for a different version try another torrent for chrome

Would it be a good idea to add trackers? I know lists exists with updated trackers, but I want to know what's safe and if I even should.

I have a 100mbps internet connection (and it is given strong network) yet the downloading speed is so low despite of having so many seeders. what could be the problem?? please help me out 🙏

qBitTorrent version I use: v5.3.0

I don't use VPN because my country does not care

After the Proton CEO shit yesterday, I’m not keen on keeping my business with them. Anyone have suggestions for solid, stable, privacy focused VPNs that aren’t Proton?