Tracker shows several seeders, but torrent shows zero seeders? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Yourname942@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Edit: I had to enable port forwarding. I didn't realize it was required.

Note: for some reason strikethrough isn't working (otherwise, I'd apply it to the original question. Also, not sure if I should delete this post now that it is working, or leave it up in case other people have the same issue.

Does anyone know why qbittorrent would be showing 0 seeders if a tracker shows that there are several?

I am using Proton VPN and qbittorrent. The torrent file is from teamos [dot] xyz.

ProtonVPN settings:

Split tunneling enabled > Include mode > added app: qbittorrent
Connected to the Netherlands (Wireguard UDP)

qbitttorrent settings:

Network Interface set to ProtonVPN

Thank you

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[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 20 hours ago

Yep :3

It took me a while to learn this but: peer to peer connections aren't magic. You either need at least one open port for each connection, or a relay. Some things use UPNP for the further, turnservers are compatible with the latter. Signal for examples use both, with an option to always relay calls (only the turnsurver)