Download Priority

[marnieblaze]

I read the "Beginner's FAQ" on the wiki (i'm a beginner, obviously), but i'm a little confused about download priority. Here's what it says on the FAQ:

"While downloading big files, usually longer series and OVAs, it is always a good idea to set individual file download priority. That way you will be a partial seeder even while leeching and there is a bigger chance that another peer will connect and request packets from you rather then the seeder.
This can easily be achieved in most common recommended clients by choosing the files tab and setting download priority to high, normal or low. Some clients may have 3-6 priority levels. "

Question is:
I want to be a partial seeder, but to acheive it should i be setting my priority to high, low ot normal?

Thanks heaps

[Nikaido]

Let's say there's a torrent with 7 seasons in 7 separate folders. Set your client to download the first folder (ie: season 1), and then when that's done download the 2nd folder (season 2) and so on and so on. This is achieved by setting priorities. Season 1 as High, season 2 as low, etc...

[marnieblaze]

Thanks heaps, i understand now

[Temuthril]

Let's say there's a torrent with 7 seasons in 7 separate folders. Set your client to download the first folder (ie: season 1), and then when that's done download the 2nd folder (season 2) and so on and so on. This is achieved by setting priorities. Season 1 as High, season 2 as low, etc...

I'd suggest putting for example season 1 to high, season 2 to medium, and others to low. This way when you finish season 1, the next one you're going to download (season 2) has more downloaded pieces than the rest of them.

[Xtras]

If you are intending to get the whole series of something anyway, I usually just pick out the episodes that have the most pieces (largest file sizes) and set them on high priority, and set the others to low priority. The ones with most pieces understandably are more likely to upload more even if there are limited numbers of leechers.

[DaggerLite]

Gah, no need to make such a big mess out of it like some of the other posters suggested. Just set the ones you want first to "High" and your client should prioritize one of these packets whenever they're available from the swarm. If it downloads parts of something else once in a while it's because the ones set to "High" were not available at the time.

Doing as the first reply suggested will (very likely) make you download slower, because you're not downloading files as they become available. It also needs more care.

I am not sure about what that "partial seeder" status is about. This term is about people who download only certain parts of the torrent (e.g. Season 1 of 7), and then seed what they've got. It doesn't really improve your ratio in any magical way. It just means that even though you're not a full seed, you can still be seeding parts of a torrent.

[fohfoh]

I agree with dagger. It's more like, You want to see season 6 and 7 since you've not seen them before, but you've seen the first 5. So you dl 6 and 7 and don't dl the rest. Then you sit around and seed the remainder. Anyone who dls the whole thing will go through you and thus you're going to haul ass in uploading 6 and 7. (I think)