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by mattball
Sun May 06, 2012 4:52 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Magnet link stuck with "torrent metadata needed"
Replies: 23
Views: 186405

Re: Magnet link stuck with "torrent metadata needed"

Are ports, encryption levels, or blocklists an issue? Today I tested all 4 combinations of {checked or unchecked} x {Prefer encrypted peers, Prevent peers in blocklist from connecting} and magnet links seem to be working in all cases. For some specific torrents, however, I had to uncheck both boxes...
by mattball
Sun May 06, 2012 5:09 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Magnet link stuck with "torrent metadata needed"
Replies: 23
Views: 186405

Re: Magnet link stuck with "torrent metadata needed"

x190 wrote:Is Transmission connecting to peers? Try a torrent pause/resume or Transmission quit/restart.
Tried both of those already, neither of which helped. Transmission has no problems connection to or downloading from peers with non-magnetized transfers (that is, .torrent files).
by mattball
Sun May 06, 2012 2:20 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Magnet link stuck with "torrent metadata needed"
Replies: 23
Views: 186405

Re: Magnet link stuck with "torrent metadata needed"

I am also having this problem with magnet links; Transmission 2.51 (the current latest) and OS X 10.7.3. These links work perfectly well in µTorrent, but remain stuck at "torrent metadata needed" in Transmission.

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