Hello, i'm french by the way so sorry if my english is not perfect.
I got a problem with transmission, in fact when i download a torrent on internet and add it on transmission.
It ask me if i want to download all the torrent or just some file contained on it.
Even if i don't choose all the file, transmission download all.
How to avoid that ? what is the process to remove some file before download ?
Thanks you
How to select files of a torrent before download ?
Re: How to select files of a torrent before download ?
Selecting files usually works.
I have used that feature with the Web client, and the Qt application, and they work correctly if you take into account how torrents are packed: if I choose a large file, and not choose a small file, then probably the small file will get downloaded anyway since the torrent is divided into big pieces and a piece has part of the big file and the small file (look at the torrent properties or info, where it says for example "Torrent size: 355.9 MiB (712 pieces @ 512.0 KiB)"), the piece size varies, some torrents have 1.0 MiB pieces, and it may get even bigger.
We need more information about what exactly are you using, program and version.
At some old version I remember that choosing files when you upload the torrent didn't used to work, if you checked the torrent files again when it was downloading your picks had disappeared, and everything was selected. I can't remember which version was that, it may even have been a beta (i.e. testing) version.
I have used that feature with the Web client, and the Qt application, and they work correctly if you take into account how torrents are packed: if I choose a large file, and not choose a small file, then probably the small file will get downloaded anyway since the torrent is divided into big pieces and a piece has part of the big file and the small file (look at the torrent properties or info, where it says for example "Torrent size: 355.9 MiB (712 pieces @ 512.0 KiB)"), the piece size varies, some torrents have 1.0 MiB pieces, and it may get even bigger.
We need more information about what exactly are you using, program and version.
At some old version I remember that choosing files when you upload the torrent didn't used to work, if you checked the torrent files again when it was downloading your picks had disappeared, and everything was selected. I can't remember which version was that, it may even have been a beta (i.e. testing) version.