[Libtorrent-devel] "could not parse bencoded data"

[-= The IceMan =-]

using utorrent on windows work fine,


On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:35:30 +0200, Dan Pritts <danno at umich.edu> wrote:

> I can't load it either.
>
> The error message I get with rtorrent 0.6.4 is:
>   * Tracker: [Could not parse bencoded data]
>
> ...which means that the tracker sent data rtorrent couldn't
> understand; this isn't necessarily the same as a bad torrent file,
> i think; when you can't load the torrent file per se it gives you
> a different error.
>
> Upon brief inspection the torrent file looks reasonable.
>
> The mainline client on OS X loads the torrent but doesn't start
> downloading; either no seeders or it has a similar problem but
> doesn't report it.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:39:28PM -0600, David Slimp wrote:
>>
>>    I've recently been having problems with rtorrent and this error  
>> "could
>>    not parse bencoded data".
>>    I've looked all over the mailing list archives and google as well.
>>    It seems as though the official answer is "it's a bad torrent.. find
>>    another source",
>>    but here is one of the torrents I'm trying to get as an example:
>>         [1]http://www.torrentspy.com/download.asp?id=905725
>>           (BBC.Horizon.2006.Pandemic.DVB.XviD.MP3 )
>>    It shows there are 30 seeders and 10 leechers on the web info page.
>>    I've found the same file on several other sites indicating others are
>>    actively
>>    using the torrent also.
>>    Can ANYONE on this list even start DLing the above torrent with
>>    rtorrent??
>>    What about any other bittorrent client?
>>    thanks for the help!
>>    David
>>
>> References
>>
>>    1. http://www.torrentspy.com/download.asp?id=905725
>
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