[Solved] Number of torrents seeding capped at 7?

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mattneub
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[Solved] Number of torrents seeding capped at 7?

Post by mattneub »

Transmission 2.13 (11501). Eight torrents are listed in my window, all to be seeded. Many of them are rarely wanted so I might need to seed for weeks or months before I get any takers. So I want to resume them all and let them just run. The problem is this:

If 7 of the torrents are seeding and one is paused, no problem.

But if I try to resume the 8th torrent, it says: "Waiting to seed." If I pause one of the others, the 8th now seeds.

So there seems to be a built-in secret limit of 7 torrents seeding. This is quite apart from how many peers there are; at the moment there are none, but that has no effect on the situation.

My prefs show a cap of 20 max connections and 10 for new transfers, but this magic 7 never appears. Where's it coming from, and can I lift it? Thx -
Rolcol
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Re: Number of torrents seeding capped at 7?

Post by Rolcol »

This is the queue in action. There is no default limit of 7, you must have changed it yourself. I'm not in front of the OSX version, but I think it's under Transfers > Management in the Preferences. If you'd like to skip this limit of 7, you can right click the torrent and select "Resume Selected Right Away".

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mattneub
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Re: Number of torrents seeding capped at 7?

Post by mattneub »

Rolcol, very helpful on both counts (both the source of the 7 and how to circumvent it on a single occasion). Thx!
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