Priority/rank question

[transmit]

Does the priority/rank system only affect files within a single torrent or is it universal? If I rank an MP3 in one torrent up, does it get priority over all the files in a different torrents, or just over the other files in its own torrent? Also, if I have two files and rank one up and one down, is that somehow different from ranking one up and one neutral? Thanks!

[Yada]

Does the priority/rank system only affect files within a single torrent or is it universal? If I rank an MP3 in one torrent up, does it get priority over all the files in a different torrents, or just over the other files in its own torrent?

I was wondering this myself this morning and found this topic. Can't find the answer anywhere. Does anyone know?

[Waldorf]

No, priorities only have effect within the torrent. T uses priorities to determine which pieces to request to the peers of that torrent.

[Jayrome]

I have another question. Do the file priority settings affect seeding? I need that behavior. There are several Linux distros in my queue, and I want them to seed as much as requested no matter the rest.

[Waldorf]

No, priorities only have effect within the torrent. T uses priorities to determine which pieces to request to the peers of that torrent.

Hmm, didn't I say this in my previous post?

[RemsX]

Well - he's asking a good question - and regardless of whatever you said before (per torrent basis or global) his question is still totally valid. In this case he means on a global scale, as you can see by reading the post. If you weren't aware that torrents can be prioritized globally then you shouldn't be so snappy with your replies. Unfortunately I don't know the answer to this, myself, either. Although I would assume so. TBH I haven't noticed a huge difference using the priority settings at all, but that's just my experience. I know you can allocate additional bandwidth by going to the inspector. You could throttle your other downloads and be sure to leave extra for the important seeds if that's acceptable.

[hippy dave]

you're replying to a really old thread - i don't think transmission had per-torrent priority settings back in those days.