NMT Ctorrent/YODCTCS

Configuration / Default settings

Due to the way ctorrent works it spawns one process for each torrentfile you open. This means that it may start incurring more overhead than other bittorrent clients for a large number of torrents. I have not tested the exact impact, and I suspect it is fairly small due to ctorrent's small resource usage. The more noticable effect is that each process will have to open its own port (see below).

Some of the more interesting options right now are as follows:

torrent-directory=/opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/.ctorrent/watch: Torrent files placed in this directory will be automatically downloaded by YODCTCS/ctorrent
download-directory=/opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/Download: Downloaded files will be placed in this directory
client-host=localhost:9001: YODCTCS will run on port 9001. You don't have to open this port for the Internet (and in fact, you should not in most situations), but be aware that no other applications running on your NMT should use this port.
port=9002: YODCTCS will listen for connections on this port. Used to connect with your webbrowser from your PC. Don't open this port on the Internet unless you know what you're doing.
ctorrent-args=-p 59332: ctorrent will try to listen on port 59332. If this port is not available it will try to open the one below (59331) and so on until it finds an available port. If you open multiple torrent files, multiple ports will be needed. You should open port 59332 and some ports below. So if you plan on running, say, 100 torrents, open up ports 59232-59332 on your home router/NAT.

All of the above (and more) is stored in the configuration file /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/.ctorrent/dctcs.conf. You can edit this file to your liking. You will need to restart YODCTCS (or your entire NMT) for any changes to take effect.

An experimental interface for changing the configuration options can be accessed after installation on: http://NMT IP address:8088/stream/file=/opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/.ctorrent/config.php

If it exists, the file dctcs_extra in your root (share) directory will be executed when dctcs first loads at boot time. An example use of this script would be to start 'seed' torrents from another location than the default. This script is not supplied with the distribution. It will not be overwritten by the installer.

If it exists, the file dctcs_complete in your root (share) directory will be executed when ctorrent finishes downloading a torrent file. This script is not supplied with the distribution. It will not be overwritten by the installer.

Torrentwatch now also supports downloading torrents to a directory rather than directly to a client. You can have it download torrents to /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/.ctorrent/watch and it should work with YODCTCS.