If you've ever wondered how to create a torrent, you've come to the right place. This article will explain how to create a torrent and use it to upload whatever you want to people all over the world!
Steps
- 1Investigate your torrent client. Most up-to-date clients can make torrents, some may not be able to. For a free client that can create torrents try µTorrent for Windows, Transmission for Mac or Deluge for Linux.
- 2Select the option to make a new torrent file. This is usually located under the File menu and named "Create New Torrent" or words to that effect. If it is not in this location try looking under other menus or the toolbars. If you are still uncertain, check the official website of your client for more details. Sometimes dragging the file/folder into the client also works.
- 3Select the files you wish to be in the torrent. If you will have several files consider arranging them all first in a folder, so you can simply select that folder to use as the torrent contents. The name of your torrent file will usually be the name of the file or folder in it. You can easily rename the file afterwards.
- 4Enter a tracker. A tracker controls the transfer of data for your torrent. A tracker looks similar to an ordinary URL. A list of trackers is available here. If you want to index your torrent on a torrent downloads website then you should use the tracker owned by that website, as not all indexing sites will allow external trackers. If you are using a private tracker (you probably aren't), then be sure to tick the box to mark it as private. Do not tick this box otherwise.