EHTracker

A torrent tracker used for downloading and uploading gallery contents. All torrents are user-submitted and can be downloaded by anyone, including non-accounts.

Galleries With Torrents

• All torrents are listed here.
• Galleries with torrents are marked with
• Searches may be done specifically for galleries that have torrents.
• RSS feed (100 most recent torrents):

Creating Torrents

Users can add a torrent to a gallery by uploading it through the window opened when clicking on a gallery's "Torrent Download" link. The announce tracker address that needs to be used when creating the torrent is provided at the bottom of said window.

For more detailed instructions, read the Guide to Making a New Torrent.

Tracking

For a user's stats to be tracked they must download the torrent file created by the site after uploading theirs (marked as the user's personalized torrent file). The public torrent file does not track and may be distributed freely. This is primarily done to gain GP (see below).

Additional Files

The EHTracker is meant for seeding galleries, which may include additional content that may be associated with the gallery that are not compatible with the E-Hentai User Gallery System, such as .bmp, .html, and .swf files.

Limits

• The torrent system will not allow users to upload torrents if they have more than 20 torrents with no completions (or 2 torrents with no completions, for accounts that have less than 10 historic torrent completions) uploaded within the last 7 days.
  • Torrents deleted by the uploader are counted separately, limited to 10 on the last day.
• Any client used must support either no_peer_id or compact extension.

Downloading with Torrents

This is the pop-out torrent window which appears on the site. In this example, there are two listed torrents available for the same gallery. The black arrow points to the torrent name, and the green arrow points the button for the information screen.

As stated above, torrents can be downloaded by anyone. A user account is not required to download a gallery via torrent.

Tracking

When someone downloads a torrent file from the site, they have two options: a Personalized torrent and a Redistributable torrent. A personalized torrent tracks torrenting statistics, so if you are a user who wants your stats tracked, you should choose to download the personalized torrent file. A redistributable torrent will not track statistics, so if you are not a registered user on the site or if you do not want your stats tracked, download the redistributable torrent file.

The personalized torrent is the default file which will be downloaded if you click the torrent name in the listing. The redistributable torrent can be found in a torrent's information screen.

The stats do not update very often, so if you are seeding the personalized version, it should update within a few hours probably.

Expunges

• Torrents can operate even if the gallery to which they are linked is expunged, removed, or deleted.
• Just like galleries, torrent files themselves can be expunged by voting using mod power.
  • These votes cannot be rescinded once made but do expire after 1 week.
  • The torrent uploader may delete any of their torrents by using the "delete" link.
• Torrents that remain unseeded for 30 days, or have no completions after 30 days are automatically purged.

Reasons

Some reasons for expunging torrents:

• The gallery was expunged for legitimate reasons.
• The torrent's contents do not correspond to the gallery (e.g. another gallery, games, commercial movies).
  • Files that are incompatible with the system but are part of the original work are allowed (see Additional Files).
• Torrented files being passworded or corrupt.
• ANY of the torrented files containing a virus.
  • Such torrents should also be reported in the Spammer Reports Thread.

Repeated abuse of the torrent upload system may result in a ban.

Tips

• Name file(s)/folder(s) properly. A torrent's filenames are independent of the gallery's.
• Dedicate as much bandwidth as possible and use super-seeding if availability is 2 or less.
• Expunge inferior torrents (e.g. less content). Duplicate torrents of equal quality are allowed.
  • Note: This only applies to torrents not marked as outdated. If the torrent is listed as outdated it should not be expunged for this reason, but may be expungable for other reasons.
• Multiple unique IP terminals may be used to seed the same personalized torrent.

Rewards

Users earn GP either by creating and uploading a torrent, or by owning a gallery with a torrent. Users earn twice the amount if they are both the torrent uploader and the gallery owner. There are no other means to gain GP from torrents.

The amount of GP earned is based on completions and size of the torrent (logarithmically); larger torrents reward more GP. Completions are recorded using the tracker. DHT and other peer sources are non-detrimental as long as the corresponding ehtracker.org URL is included on the tracker list.

Users can rank in the EHTracker toplist based on a weighed combination of their completions and seedmins. EHTracker statistics can be accessed via the My Home area.

Stats

Stats take 15 min. to 4 hours to update depending on server load.

• Uploaded / Downloaded: Total data uploaded and downloaded respectively. Updated separately.
• Up/Down Ratio: Uploaded stat divided by Downloaded. Will be red if below 1 and green if 1 or more. Has no effect on anything.
• Torrent Completes: # of upload completions on torrents the user has uploaded.
• Gallery Completes: # of upload completions on galleries the user has uploaded (includes galleries with torrents that were not uploaded by the user).
• Seedmins: Each torrent grants 1 seedmin per minute it is seeded.

Gallery

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  The settings used to make a torrent for uploading using μTorrent

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  Statistics visible in My Home

See also

• FAQ - EHTracker
• Technical Issues - EHTracker
• H@H
• Archives