u/stitchy99

Hey everyone, sorry if this topic is rehashed a lot but I'm sick of reading guides with no result. I’m looking for some advice on stabilising my upload speeds and queueing behaviour. I’m running qBittorrent via Docker on a Dell OptiPlex 7080 Micro (i5-10500T, 16GB RAM), and my items are saving directly to a Seagate HDD connected via a USB enclosure.

I’m getting the orange "firewalled" flame icon in the Web UI, but I’ve triple-checked that my port (51413) is correctly forwarded in both Docker and my router. Running Test-NetConnection confirms TcpTestSucceeded : True. I’m assuming this is just a UI bug, is there any reason to believe this flame is actually affecting my "connectability" or ratio-building?

My upload speeds are incredibly inconsistent (often staying at ~2–3 KiB/s even on popular items). I’m running a decent queue (15 active uploads), but I'm worried my USB-connected mechanical HDD is causing "disk I/O wait" that’s choking my upload performance.

• Network: TCP forced, DHT/PeX/LSD disabled (per private tracker rules).
• Advanced: AsyncIOThreadsCount set to 6, disk queue size at 64MiB.
• Queueing: Max active downloads: 2, Max active uploads: -1, Max active torrents: -1.

I guess I'm wondering is there anything that I can do to increase my upload speed as it is hard to stick to the ratio and am I really not connected to my port as it says it is open in my firewall inbound rules, isp and shows open on canyouseeme.org.

Oh and I know the HDD may be causing some issues but just want confirmation if that is the case.

Hey everyone,

I’m running into a frustrating issue where Emby is being very inconsistent with reading my custom episode title cards and poster art.

The Problem:

Some episodes pull the custom art perfectly, but others refuse to update. When I go into "Edit Images" on a specific episode, I can actually see the custom image sitting there as the "Primary" source (see screenshots), but it won't actually display in the library view or the episode splash page. It just stays stuck on a generic grab or the old metadata.

What I've tried so far:

- Refreshing metadata (all combinations of "Scan for new" and "Replace all").

- Running a full library scan.

- Changing the order of Image Fetchers (moving TheTVDB up/down).

- Toggling "Save artwork into media folders" on and off.

- I use Sonarr, but I have image metadata disabled there to let Emby handle it.

Naming Convention:

I’ve been trying to stick to the standard structure:

Show Name > Season 01 > S01E01.mkv

I’ve tried naming the image files as:

* S01E01-thumb.jpg

* S01E01.jpg

Interestingly, the ones that did work seemed to be the ones named exactly like the video file (no "-thumb" suffix), but even that isn't working 100% of the time now.

Has anyone dealt with this "ghosting" where the image shows in the Edit menu but not the UI? Is there a specific cache I need to clear or a naming quirk I’m missing?

Any help would be appreciated!

Images attached:

1. Edit Images screen showing the correct custom "Primary" image.

2. Episode page showing the image still isn't reflecting.

3. My current Fetcher settings (TVDB and FanArt enabled).