I'm currently running transmission-daemon (svn7142) on a Linux machine.
Neither the web interface nor transmission-remote allow the setting of per-torrent speed limits, so I wrote a little Ruby script which directly communicates with the daemon via JSON RPC.
I can set up- and downspeed limits for single torrents, this works just fine.
The problem I discovered is that once a torrent has set its own speed limit, the global limits are completely ignored.
My global up-limit is set to 50KB/s. I have 2 torrents downloading, at first without separate speed limits. One torrent uploads at 47KB/s while the other only gets 3KB/s.
I want it the other way around, so I limit the first torrent to 10KB/sec.
The torrent is limited to 10KB/s, but the remaining torrent now uploads at 50KB/s.
I can even set both separately to 70KB/s upload limit and Transmission will upload at 140KB/s.
Is this expected behaviour?
Per-Torrent speed limits
Re: Per-Torrent speed limits
Hi, I run into exaclly the same issue.
Did you manage to over come the ignoring of global limit when limits are set on per torrent basis?
Did you manage to over come the ignoring of global limit when limits are set on per torrent basis?
Re: Per-Torrent speed limits
Hm,
I haven't had to use my scripts for a while, but I believe there were bugs in Transmission that caused this which had been fixed.
I can say that when using Transmission Remote GUI it works as expected.
I haven't had to use my scripts for a while, but I believe there were bugs in Transmission that caused this which had been fixed.
I can say that when using Transmission Remote GUI it works as expected.
Re: Per-Torrent speed limits
thanks. I will update the transmission then and will have a look at the conversation between it and the mentioned gui
Re: Per-Torrent speed limits
I know this is an old thread, but...
Is there now a way to set per-torrent limits using transmission-remote? If not, could KyleK (or anyone else) share their workarounds?
Is there now a way to set per-torrent limits using transmission-remote? If not, could KyleK (or anyone else) share their workarounds?
Re: Per-Torrent speed limits
yes that's been in recent versions for some time now.erins2 wrote:Is there now a way to set per-torrent limits using transmission-remote?
transmission-remote -t <ID> -d 75
transmission-remote -t <ID> -u 20
for setting individual torrent down and up speed limits in KiB/s
Re: Per-Torrent speed limits
This appears to set a global limit (i.e. the "-d" ignores any "-t").gunzip wrote: transmission-remote -t <ID> -d 75
transmission-remote -t <ID> -u 20
for setting individual torrent down and up speed limits in KiB/s
The bottom of my man page says "July 21, 2008" Am I out of date?
Re: Per-Torrent speed limits
this is "transmission-remote --help" from transmission-remote 2.11+erins2 wrote:The bottom of my man page says "July 21, 2008" Am I out of date?
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transmission-remote 2.11+ (11356)
A fast and easy BitTorrent client
http://www.transmissionbt.com/
Usage: transmission-remote [host] [options]
transmission-remote [port] [options]
transmission-remote [host:port] [options]
See the man page for detailed explanations and many examples.
Options:
-h --help Display this help page and exit
-a --add Add torrent files by filename or URL
-as --alt-speed Use the alternate Limits
-AS --no-alt-speed Don't use the alternate Limits
-asd --alt-speed-downlimit <speed> max alternate download speed (in
KiB/s)
-asu --alt-speed-uplimit <speed> max alternate upload speed (in
KiB/s)
-asc --alt-speed-scheduler Use the scheduled on/off times
-ASC --no-alt-speed-scheduler Don't use the scheduled on/off times
--alt-speed-time-begin <time> Time to start using the alt speed
limits (in hhmm)
--alt-speed-time-end <time> Time to stop using the alt speed
limits (in hhmm)
--alt-speed-days <days> Numbers for any/all days of the week
- eg. "1-7"
--blocklist-update Blocklist update
-c --incomplete-dir <dir> Where to store new torrents until
they're complete
-C --no-incomplete-dir Don't store incomplete torrents in a
different location
-b --debug Print debugging information
-d --downlimit <speed> Set the max download speed in KiB/s
for the current torrent(s) or
globally
-D --no-downlimit Disable max download speed for the
current torrent(s) or globally
-e --cache <size> Set the maximum size of the session's
memory cache (in MiB)
-er --encryption-required Encrypt all peer connections
-ep --encryption-preferred Prefer encrypted peer connections
-et --encryption-tolerated Prefer unencrypted peer connections
-f --files List the current torrent(s)' files
-g --get <files> Mark files for download
-G --no-get <files> Mark files for not downloading
-i --info Show the current torrent(s)' details
-if --info-files List the current torrent(s)' files
-ip --info-peers List the current torrent(s)' peers
-ic --info-pieces List the current torrent(s)' pieces
-it --info-trackers List the current torrent(s)'
trackers
-si --session-info Show the session's details
-st --session-stats Show the session's statistics
-l --list List all torrents
--move <path> Move current torrent's data to a new
folder
--find <path> Tell Transmission where to find a
torrent's data
-m --portmap Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or
UPnP
-M --no-portmap Disable portmapping
-n --auth <user:pw> Set username and password
-N --netrc <file> Set authentication info from a .netrc
file
-o --dht Enable distributed hash tables (DHT)
-O --no-dht Disable distributed hash tables
(DHT)
-p --port <port> Port for incoming peers (Default:
51413)
-pt --port-test Port testing
-P --random-port Random port for incomping peers
-ph --priority-high <files> Try to download these file(s) first
-pn --priority-normal <files> Try to download these file(s)
normally
-pl --priority-low <files> Try to download these file(s) last
-Bh --bandwidth-high Give this torrent first chance at
available bandwidth
-Bn --bandwidth-normal Give this torrent bandwidth left over
by high priority torrents
-Bl --bandwidth-low Give this torrent bandwidth left over
by high and normal priority torrents
-r --remove Remove the current torrent(s)
-pr --peers <max> Set the maximum number of peers for
the current torrent(s) or globally
--remove-and-delete Remove the current torrent(s) and
delete local data
--torrent-done-script <file> Specify a script to run when a
torrent finishes
--no-torrent-done-script Don't run a script when torrents
finish
-sr --seedratio ratio Let the current torrent(s) seed until
a specific ratio
-srd --seedratio-default Let the current torrent(s) use the
global seedratio settings
-SR --no-seedratio Let the current torrent(s) seed
regardless of ratio
-gsr --global-seedratio ratio All torrents, unless overridden by a
per-torrent setting, should seed
until a specific ratio
-GSR --no-global-seedratio All torrents, unless overridden by a
per-torrent setting, should seed
regardless of ratio
-ta --tracker-add <tracker> Add a tracker to a torrent
-tr --tracker-remove <trackerId> Remove a tracker from a torrent
-s --start Start the current torrent(s)
-S --stop Stop the current torrent(s)
-t --torrent <torrent> Set the current torrent(s)
--start-paused Start added torrents paused
--no-start-paused Start added torrents unpaused
--trash-torrent Delete torrents after adding
--no-trash-torrent Do not delete torrents after adding
-hl --honor-session Make the current torrent(s) honor the
session limits
-HL --no-honor-session Make the current torrent(s) not honor
the session limits
-u --uplimit <speed> Set the max upload speed in KiB/s for
the current torrent(s) or globally
-U --no-uplimit Disable max upload speed for the
current torrent(s) or globally
-v --verify Verify the current torrent(s)
-V --version Show version number and exit
-w --download-dir <path> When adding a new torrent, set its
download folder. Otherwise, set the
default download folder
-x --pex Enable peer exchange (PEX)
-X --no-pex Disable peer exchange (PEX)
-y --lpd Enable local peer discovery (LPD)
-Y --no-lpd Disable local peer discovery (LPD)
-pi --peer-info List the current torrent(s)' peers