Utorrent wont download files

You may need to open the port manually port for many services. Try enabling DHT in your client settings. A torrent Tracker is responsible for keeping an updated list of peers sharing the file. Your torrent client should update the tracker periodically, but sometimes it gets stuck.

Here in the USA, most of the major Internet Service Providers have been caught throttling traffic at one time or another. And BitTorrent traffic is frequently targeted for throttling. The result is slow, unreliable torrent downloads. And throttling is way more common than most people realize.

How to fix: The only solution is to encrypt your torrent traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options PiusX Posted April 21, What is the screen shot of the screen look like?

No message, the screen just flashes and no download. If you can, does that correct the problem? The "Associat with torrent files" was already checked. No change. How can it be a proxy issue if when I update just UPnP preferences I can connect with no issues for some time? I suspect some UDP protocol configuration in uTorrent itself is fishy to keep the connection alive through a proxy. I'm sure there'd be hundreds and hundreds of similar threads if uTorrent was at fault.

I did that, surprisingly most torrent clients have the same codebase or using the same libraries I guess. Start new topic. Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2. Recommended Posts. Posted March 8, A few minutes ago it started over for some reason , one that is seeding and in the red now for 9 hours , and one that is seeding with no problem since yesterday.

Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options DreadWingKnight Posted March 9, Posted March 9, Posted March 11, Mike I have no clue how to backup settings. I have no clue how to backup settings Ah, I get it.

This is getting too weird and complicated. Posted March 14, As you have only just mentioned you're using a proxy Posted March 15, Also should I delete all those sat files I moved? Posted March 16, Maybe "Connection timed out" is just something that happens when using any VPN Posted March 17, But to troubleshoot this further, try with another torrent.

If so, it could have something to do with torrent connection issues. In general, your torrent speed is affected the most by the number of peers who are seeding the torrent file to you. Normally, when you find a torrent file online, it will tell you how many people are seeding it at the moment.

If you see that the number is considerably lower during the download, you can try to pause and start the download, or even delete your current torrent file and try to do the whole process again from the torrent website. In some cases, the problem could be with the torrent client itself.

So try to download the same file with another client. Folx is a powerful download manager and torrent client in one. Just search for a file or input a URL, and Folx will download whatever file might be on the other end, be it music, video, or a book. Folx can also be up to 20 times faster than regular downloaders, since it breaks down the file in up to 20 parts and downloads them separately at the same time.

For our purposes of checking your specific torrent file, however, you can just upload it to Folx manually:.

Due to myriads of reasons, from inactive peers seeds to corrupted or outdated files, your specific torrent might not work as planned. Luckily, there are hundreds of popular torrent websites worldwide. Some are tailored to specific interests e.

Folx can not only be used as a regular torrent client but also as a standalone search engine:.