Does magnet links without tracker (btih: scheme) works?

[blacklion]

I've added some downloads with magnet links which contains only "btih" shceme -- no file names, no trackers, only info hash, like this one:

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:F89D3F16E27D0D52B99B13896269E911631C8159

And transmission-daemon 2.32 with good external IP doesn't download anything in 6 hours. I know, that these links are live ones, as uTorrent on Windows (without external IP!) download them reasonably quick.

I have DHT enabled in config file:

"dht-enabled": true,

It seems, that DHT is broken on transmission-daemon?

[gunzip]

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:F89D3F16E27D0D52B99B13896269E911631C8159

i saw only one peer with client Transmission 2.32, which was you i assume. anyway i tried another torrent of same form:

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transmission-remote -a "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:a70973fbcb485a25d22c6676fb8a1c9ad2abd0cf"

and it connected and downloaded very quickly. the torrent is "Damn Small Linux" iso at 50 MB. i'm using transmission-daemon 2.33 and it appears to be working OK here.

[blacklion]

Yes, small linux can be downloaded by this link. Another strange example:

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magnet:?xt=urn:btih:dd69a19900555be4a0bde87a4f10cd83f7e4c1d8

This links shows 60+ seeds, some of them with bogus %% (85000%, for example), but it doesn't start download for 4+ hours. Web interface shows "Magnetized transfer - retrieving metadata (50.0%)" without any success and RPC Gui shows simple "0%"

[Jordan]

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:F89D3F16E27D0D52B99B13896269E911631C8159

It's likely that nobody's seeding. Googling for that hash, I find only two links: this thread, and a russian forum where a post says (translated by Google): "Photos from my phone here." I tried the same link in KTorrent and Deluge, neither of which found anything during an hour of trying.

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:dd69a19900555be4a0bde87a4f10cd83f7e4c1d8

shows 60+ seeds, some of them with bogus %% (85000%, for example), but it doesn't start download for 4+ hours. Web interface shows "Magnetized transfer - retrieving metadata (50.0%)" without any success and RPC Gui shows simple "0%"

Two points: (1) that magnet link's not working because it's a private torrent, so few if any peers will share metadata with you. (2) that appears to be unlicensed content. You appear to be using it only as an example, since you said you didn't download any content . Good. Users who discuss piracy in the forums are banned. Please don't use infringing torrents, even as examples.