large torrents from Couch Potato loaded but stopped

peshua19

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Hi,
I'm having a problem, which is hopefully easy to solve, but I can't get my head around it.

My setup is:
A Thecus NAS, on it I'm running rTorrent+ruTorrent through the FajoTorrent module. And I'm also running Couch Potato on it. Couch Potato is configured to talk to rTorrent through scgi://localhost:5000, not watch folders.

When Couch Potato sends rTorrent a file under 1GB (estimate), it works perfectly fine - the torrent is loaded and starts downloading.

However, if Couch Potato sends a bigger file (720p or 1080p releases), the torrent is added, but the status is "Stopped". I can manually right-click in ruTorrent and start it, but obviously, it should start automatically.

Any ideas what might be wrong, which magic setting would solve this? Thanks a million!
 

lisas4567

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I think, you must talk with developers of that "Couch Potato". ruTorrent hasn't relation to your problem.
 

peshua19

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Thanks for the quick reply. OK, I asked them as well, even though I was assuming it was an rTorrent problem - why then are smaller files automatically started, but larger ones not?

Anyway, how can I see a log file of rTorrent? (Preferably without having to recompile anything, I have no experience in that...) I have no idea how to debug this.
 

peshua19

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Hi, this is a response from the Couch Potato developers, which confirms what I was expecting, and that it's actually an rTorrent problem.

I'm wondering if this is a timing issue?
If you add a small torrent file, it might add all the part/files and do its calculations quicker, then return successful status... But a larger torrent takes longer to add, so it times out in returning status from rtorrent to CouchPotato... Therefor never sets the priority and label etc?​
Small update, the 1GB was only an approximation - I managed to send a 1.43GB torrent successfully. But a 5GB one, for example, is added and doesn't start downloading.

Can you please advise which setting I should try to change? I'm assuming it's something in the Advanced tab - see my settings in the screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/cNeyAAO.png

I haven't found an explanation of these fields (preload_type, preload_min_size, preload_required_rate, etc…) anywhere. Could changing one of these settings possibly help me? Or something else?

And how do enable logging in rTorrent? I searched and found this:
http://wiki.rtorrent.org/RtorrentConfigBasic#Logging
http://wiki.rtorrent.org/RtorrentTroubleShooting#How_to_create_logs_for_rTorrent_built-in_features

but I'm not sure where to add those lines. To rtorrent.rc?
 

peshua19

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Quick update, I got the logging to work by appending those lines to rtorrent.rc.

This showed up in the log, when the big torrent was added:

Code:
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->tracker_list: Added tracker group:0 url:'udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce'.
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->tracker_list: Added tracker group:1 url:'udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce'.
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->tracker_list: Added tracker group:2 url:'udp://fr33domtracker.h33t.com:3310/announce'.
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->tracker_list: Added tracker group:3 url:'udp://tracker.istole.it:80/announce'.
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->tracker_list: Added tracker group:4 url:'udp://9.rarbg.me:2710/announce'.
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->tracker_list: Added tracker group:5 url:'udp://9.rarbg.com:2710/announce'.
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->tracker_list: Added tracker group:6 url:'http://exodus.desync.com:6969/announce'.
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->tracker_list: Added tracker group:7 url:'http://fr33dom.h33t.com:3310/announce'.
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->tracker_list: Added tracker group:8 url:'dht://'.
1385304491 I Upload unchoked slots adjust; currently:0 adjust:0
1385304491 I Upload unchoked slots adjust; currently:0 adjust:0
1385304491 I Download unchoked slots adjust; currently:0 adjust:0
1385304491 I Download unchoked slots adjust; currently:0 adjust:0
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->download_list: Closing download directly.
1385304491 I 7842C5D5490EB77B706116364CE8E7D34B566AAB->download_list: Inserting download.

For comparison, this gets logged for a smaller torrent that actually is started after adding - it's a lot longer:
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1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Added tracker group:0 url:'udp://tracker.ccc.de:80'.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Added tracker group:1 url:'udp://tracker.istole.it:80'.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Added tracker group:2 url:'http://tracker.publicbt.com0/announce'.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Added tracker group:3 url:'udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80'.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Added tracker group:4 url:'udp://coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce'.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Added tracker group:5 url:'http://fr33dom.h33t.com:3310/announce'.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Added tracker group:6 url:'dht://'.
1385305094 I Upload unchoked slots adjust; currently:0 adjust:0
1385305094 I Upload unchoked slots adjust; currently:0 adjust:0
1385305094 I Download unchoked slots adjust; currently:0 adjust:0
1385305094 I Download unchoked slots adjust; currently:0 adjust:0
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download_list: Closing download directly.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download_list: Inserting download.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download_list: Closing download directly.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download_list: Resuming download: flags:0.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download_list: Pausing download: flags:0.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download_list: Resuming download: flags:0.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download_list: Opening download.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download: Opening torrent: flags:0.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->file_list: Opening.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->chunk_list: Resizing: from:0 to:378.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download: Checking hash: allocated:0 try_quick:1.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->hash_torrent: Start: position:0 size:4294967674 try_quick:20171376.
1385305094 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->hash_torrent: Completed (normal): position:378 try_quick:1.
1385305095 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->hash_torrent: Confirm checked.
1385305095 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download_list: Hash done.
1385305095 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download_list: Resuming download: flags:0.
1385305095 I Starting DHT server on port 14881.
1385305095 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download: Starting torrent: flags:0.
1385305095 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->file_list: Opening.
1385305095 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_controller: Called enable with 7 trackers.
1385305095 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->download: Setting new baseline on start: uploaded:0 completed:0.
1385305095 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_controller: Sending started event.
1385305095 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Sending 'started' to group:0 url:'udp://tracker.ccc.de:80'.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Sending 'started' to group:1 url:'udp://tracker.istole.it:80'.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Sending 'started' to group:2 url:'http://tracker.publicbt.com0/announce'.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Sending 'started' to group:3 url:'udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80'.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Sending 'started' to group:4 url:'udp://coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce'.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Sending 'started' to group:5 url:'http://fr33dom.h33t.com:3310/announce'.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Sending 'started' to group:6 url:'dht://'.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Failed to connect to tracker url:'http://tracker.publicbt.com0/announce' msg:'Couldn't resolve host name'.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Received 82 peers from tracker url:'udp://coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce'.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->39.48.147.182: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->49.205.13.52: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->187.121.3.126: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->82.215.231.176: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->122.174.88.225: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->80.200.2.126: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->85.17.73.214: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->94.202.228.132: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->74.36.193.176: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->121.96.239.146: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->116.72.80.81: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->178.148.204.80: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->99.239.8.22: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->105.237.66.234: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->50.93.73.185: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->190.151.173.174: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->174.0.250.172: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->108.88.161.242: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->41.133.94.252: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->58.178.237.153: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->176.42.206.116: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->218.212.109.134: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->72.209.34.30: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->202.134.160.57: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->142.68.174.99: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->112.198.64.72: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->119.95.186.200: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->89.160.216.136: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->69.207.150.13: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->190.206.181.174: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->46.176.28.20: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->61.10.58.185: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->41.142.29.214: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->37.105.25.239: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->37.208.219.19: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->184.88.98.41: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->67.8.149.21: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->83.91.8.98: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->203.185.43.216: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->103.1.81.55: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->27.6.51.237: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->1.123.191.95: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->107.211.148.11: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->117.197.182.101: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->79.112.47.61: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->117.196.95.24: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->82.222.117.238: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->66.87.153.12: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->201.40.57.234: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->66.165.203.165: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->121.119.220.53: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->89.255.37.92: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->41.132.238.185: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->192.95.181.161: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->124.6.181.68: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->87.202.184.75: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->178.119.177.1: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->92.98.151.222: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->93.138.119.118: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->142.165.94.110: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->86.189.11.223: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->139.228.104.177: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->86.31.8.233: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->90.209.165.167: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->135.23.155.149: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->217.159.180.56: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->177.142.64.250: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->124.107.253.230: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->111.119.219.100: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->117.192.47.238: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->178.167.254.49: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->190.140.97.128: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->86.21.184.64: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->83.73.62.167: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->72.185.99.146: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->74.3.143.110: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->78.87.24.116: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->187.79.254.99: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->81.206.109.18: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->86.92.130.57: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->72.171.73.74: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->92.83.109.177: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->85.17.73.214: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Received 82 peers from tracker url:'udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80'.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->87.207.80.164: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->24.109.248.231: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->88.203.116.94: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->200.122.246.146: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->90.130.41.208: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->24.25.185.173: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->105.224.182.241: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->79.112.81.15: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->193.172.85.238: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->67.8.56.190: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->210.195.155.203: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->105.236.175.227: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->80.5.186.87: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->174.106.137.131: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->82.164.16.146: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->112.207.17.211: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->85.244.42.63: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->139.228.25.229: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->202.89.180.152: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->83.73.62.167: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I 6F30B47DC089D129829DB33C45771BBF8BAD3A3F->tracker_list: Received 82 peers from tracker url:'udp://tracker.istole.it:80'.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->58.7.107.95: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:31 message:2.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->79.112.81.15: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->178.148.204.80: Handshake success.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->99.239.8.22: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->79.112.47.61: Handshake success.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->108.88.161.242: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->174.0.250.172: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->178.119.177.1: Handshake success.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->89.160.216.136: Handshake success.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->190.206.181.174: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->190.151.173.174: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->37.105.25.239: Handshake success.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->202.134.160.57: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->201.40.57.234: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->218.212.109.134: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->105.224.182.241: Received error: message:7 network error.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->105.224.182.241: Retrying encrypted.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->105.224.182.241: Adding outcoming connection: encryption:a3 message:3.
1385305098 I handshake_manager->94.202.228.132: Handshake success.

Hope this helps...