r/qBittorrent

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.

Hello,

I am totally new to torrents overall so help me understand. I downloaded qbittorrent a few months ago and it worked (only used it once to download some stuff). Yesterday I updated to latest version 5.2.0 and since then all my search engines are gone. First time I downloaded it I had search engines installed. Now I need to install search engines manually and tbh I am lost to which to choose. I have no idea what the diff is. I am running on windows, have latest python version (3.14.5) and I need to download some search engines. Any recommendations or help would be very appreciated.

Thanks!

I noticed how the torrent client does not want to connect, nothing wants to download.

I am using PIA (private Internet access) for a VPN with port forwarding and never had any issues using it.

but in the past 2 days I noticed now that Its not connecting globally, there are no direct connections, no nodes and nothing wants to download.

https://preview.redd.it/num8rng2ef2h1.jpg?width=984&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24525ae5d0fdf03a35ffab36789a4213d9dbe6f8

Wondering if IPv6 can increase speeds

I'm new to torrenting, so I'm not sure how everything works yet.

• Windows 11
• Using mozilla VPN
• version 5.2.0

I am trying to torrent a ps2 game, and the site I got the torrent file seems pretty reputable within the relevant community. But when I put my torrent file into qBittorrent it says the sized is 13 TiB, but the site I got it from says its 2.4 gigabytes. The ETA was about 47 days. Am I doing something wrong, or did I get some phony file or something?

The file was about 4gb but I have a like 100 on my usb drive. Pre-allocation is off, it was never on, I have the file pool size at like 100k, I tried creating a folder on the usb, nothing worked.

I downloaded the 4gb file, eventually, I was just sitting at the computer doing Force Starts.

My usb is fat32 but that was never a problem before for large files, I used to be on BitTorrent and was downloading like 20gbs of solid files, but I made the switch to Qbit recently, and it's never been a problem before

https://preview.redd.it/95heolwbwb2h1.png?width=818&format=png&auto=webp&s=28e19cb5fb72f6b56ee897633dcc63d75aa885e3

Added many search engines but whenever I look something up, it only shows the piratebay

Hey there. I'm working on qBt 5.0.1 through SeedIt4Me. I would like to sort my torrents by "last activity" but I don't see that option when I right click the column headers. Broadly, there are fewer options. Before I get into a conversation with SeedIt4Me support to see if they can enable those features, I'm wondering if what I want is even possible or if it's just not available in the web UI.

Thanks for any insights. Cheers!

To remove the root folder, I used to name folders "." in Qbittorrent on Windows. This no longer works with latest update? I get invalid name now.

Is there any other way to remove a folder that is included inside the torrent?

I'm an android user, i know there isn't... But just need to clarify so I'm done with it, who knows there might made some changes without me knowing..

What the best torrent app for android can u recommend it

Flud or LibreTorrent

Very new to this stuff. Trying to use the search function though it's nearly useless as the prefixes on most links are all that shows up with the rest of the name being cut off. I have a 4:3 monitor and the application window is already too wide for it, so I can't make the window any wider. Is there any easy way to improve the viewing experience?

Hey everyone!

I recently set up a NAS with Docker + qBittorrent, and thanks to this community I now have access to 19 trackers — really appreciate all the help here!

Now I want to route my P2P traffic through a VPN. I'm looking for the easiest and most reliable way to do this with my current Docker setup.

A few things I'm considering:

- Running a VPN container (like Gluetun) alongside qBittorrent

- Setting up ProtonVPN directly on the NAS and binding qBittorrent to the VPN interface

- Using port forwarding for better P2P connectivity

Thanks in advance!

Hi Everyone👋🏽👋🏽

So im switching from Utorrent in the next few days and wondered if there's any tips and tricks from the veteran users? :) All tips are welcome👍🏽

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This is one of the trackers I'm a part of. I'm proud to be able to contribute with my library built over the years.

Hi!

Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about Ugreen NASync DXP4800 Plus? I'm thinking about getting it as my first system so :)

Hello everyone, i'm having a weird issue with my qbittorrent setup.

I'm running version 5.2 on W10 IOT LTSC, no VPN, behind properly configured double-NAT on custom routers.

For almost 2 years now, i've been maintaining a steady 20-40 MB/S upload rate on my client. But suddenly, in the last few weeks, my upload speeds have been terrible, like divided by 4/8 depending on the time of day and number of people on the network.

I've done some testing and found a weird behaviour. When i open my client, upload speeds are as fast as they've been for the past 2 years, but, after something like 30 minutes, they drop HARD. This is how my speed graph looks like :

https://preview.redd.it/gq7a1amn0r1h1.png?width=592&format=png&auto=webp&s=04bdff13f32f9b7e63d2cf91fa436fdeae5dd4b6

And as soon as that drop hits, upload speed does not go back up and stays roughly at 4 MB/S.

I've tried to tweak all sorts of settings in my routers and in the qbittorrent client, but anything i tried made no difference, and i can't see why speeds would suddenly, and constantly drop like this.

Does anybody have a clue on how i would be able to solve this ?

TIA.

I'm on v5.12 and have been too lazy to update for a while. Today when opening up qBittorrent, my wonderful blue progress bars all have turned to red, with a red haze over the entire torrent list. Everything seems to be uploading and downloading normally. Have I done something wrong and can I get back to the blue bars? This red is not easy on the eyes.

Hello, for the past few days it has been impossible to download anything on qBittorrent or uTorrent. I’m using Mac OS 13.5. Everything was working perfectly before. I haven’t changed anything in my configuration or with my ISP.

I tried deleting the app and all library files, including hidden ones. I reinstalled everything. I also tried changing the ports randomly. In the settings, I have “Any network interface” selected, and I’m not using any firewall.

I tested both with NordVPN and without a VPN. If anyone has a solution… Thank youuuuu!!!!