Download large torrent file in pieces

Torrent websites abound, numbering in the hundreds if not thousands. Log In Register. Remember Me. Lost your password? On the other hand, too large pieces 4 MB and larger can slow down piece distribution, as a single piece will have or more 16 kB "blocks", which are the actual smallest transmission units in the bittorent protocol.

That will lead to rather large "transmission-in-progress" data amounts unfinished pieces for each client. One should consider very carefully before creating piece sizes over 1 MB even for large torrents.

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Jump to Navigation. Because the size of the pieces, like you said ends up at 4 MB, resulting in pieces per torrent. This doesn't have all that much of an effect, unless you are waiting for a certain file, that is stuck on a slow uploader.

Even with high priority, it takes for ever to get down. Many pieces on a file, increase the speed of the download, according to what I feel. Not sure if this is true, just feels like that to me. Of course there is the problem with putting too much strain on the tracker when it handles a lot of pieces, so I guess that a compromise is the best solution.

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