Breathe New Life into Dying Torrents

Especially when downloading some of the older torrents, many users will find that a transfer stops because of the swarm not having any seeds, not having sufficient peers, or the tracker failing.
btReAnnouncer is a website that will help you in reaching that 100% completion rate.

Often times when browsing through torrent comments, you'll see posts like "stuck! please need more seeds" or "stuck at 40%, need seeders!!!!" This is common on my torrent sites. Such as the case with some of the older torrents, many of the people who have the 100% file are gone. This leaves people essentially stuck at the same incomplete percentage. Without a full seed, many will be stuck, and the download will never complete. This of course can be very frustrating.

Another problem is when a newer torrent is well seeded, but it remains impossible to connect to a online tracker for a complete download. Perhaps the tracker has failed or is offline, maybe it simply has too many connections. Without a tracker the download is impossible.

With a little work, it is possible to breathe new life into dying torrents. In order to do this, it is necessary to find a similar release of the file on a different tracker, and hopefully the users on that end will have sufficient data for a 100% download. So how do we find a different release on different trackers?btReAnnouncer offers a solution.

The site is extremely user-friendly:

Firstly, download your .torrent file from Mininova.org onto your computer and upload the file to btReAnnouncer. Almost instantly the site will display the main tracker. It also displays a list of several other trackers URLs which have been identified to track the same torrent. Any of these, or a combination, will help you to complete your download. Make note that only one tracker from each url should be used, since they will often have the same peers.

Now you can select a primary tracker for your torrent file by checking the box and pressing the 'ReAnnounce' button. After, tick any other trackers you would like to use on the list and click 'ReAnnounce' button again. Finish up and begin your download by clicking the text labeled 'Download ReAnnounnced Torrent...' and input into your client. Direct it to your previously unfinished download.

Enjoy your 100% complete file.