uTorrent: How to Create a Torrent File

Contributed by Rob Rogers  
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By now, you have surely heard of, and probably used, torrent files. While you may know how to use them for downloading distributed content, did you know that you can use uTorrent to create your own torrent file for sharing your content?

1. Open uTorrent.

2. Go to the menu, click File and select Create New Torrent.

3. Once the new window appears, go to the Select Source section and click either the Add file or Add directory button, depending on what your need is. Browse to the desired file or directory, select it, and click the Open button.

4. If you know your Tracker and Web Seed information, enter them in the Torrent Properties section.

5. Click the Create and save as button and browse to the location that you want the file saved to. Click the Save button.

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8 Comments -

1. Kevin said on October 8, 2008

   What if you don’t know your Tracker and Web Seed information?

2. Gavan said on October 15, 2008

   how do you get it on a web site?

3. Anonymous said on October 15, 2008

   How to Create a Torrent and Begin Seeding it

   0. Create a folder structure for your torrent, in the “Location
   of Downloaded Files” folder as you chose in the uTorrent
   Preferences settings, and copy the appropriate files.
   1. Under the “File” menu, select “Create New Torrent…”
   2. Browse to your torrent folder under “Select Source”
   3. For “Trackers:” enter as shown between the lines:

   ——————copy inside only—————
   http://genesis.1337x.org:1337/announce

   http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce

   http://tracker.thepiratebay.org:80/announce.php

   http://tpb.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce

   http://vip.tracker.thepiratebay.org:80/announce

   http://tpb.tracker.prq.to:80/announce

   http://vip.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce

   http://tracker.bittorrent.am/announce

   http://tracker.thepiratebay.org:80/announce

   ——————copy inside only—————

   More you can use:

   http://gamebt.ali213.net:8000/announce
   http://gdbt.3322.org:6969/announce
   http://kita.wjl.cn:8080/announce
   http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce
   http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org:80/announce
   http://tracker.prq.to/announce
   http://tracker1.torrentum.pl:6969/announce
   http://tracker1.torrentum.pl:80/announce

   4. Add a short comment.
   5. Click the “Create and save as…” button.
   6. Go to: http://www.mininova.org/upload
   and upload the torrent file you created.
   7. Enter “Category:” and “Name:”
   8. Copy your readme.txt file contents to the “Optional description:” field.
   9. Seed and wait.

4. Rob Rogers said on October 15, 2008

   @ju_c

   Thanks for the info, people will find it quite helpful.

5. David Rooney said on November 3, 2008

   thank you mate

6. Luv said on January 30, 2009

   How can i view the shared files on the torrent search

7. uTorrent said on May 8, 2009

   You have to look at it in the config file

8. defvert said on January 8, 2010

   How do I post to website questions with torrents?

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