Talk:Seedbox

Why the hell is this locked for editing?

Ongoing vandalism? Really? On a wikipedia page for a SERVER? Sort it out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.206.185 (talk) 00:22, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Well yeah!! There are like 100 seedbox providers and each one of them was trying to add his own editing :/ --seedboxfans.com (talk) 16:46, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

1GB = 1024MB. 100Mbps = 12.5MB/s. A 1GB file with a 100Mbps connection would not take 14 minutes as previously stated. It would take 1.365333 minutes.

There are 8 bits in a byte.

Mbps is "megabits per second" MBps is "megabytes per second"

Big difference - 8x the difference, in fact.

Whoever edited this page previously seriously screwed up their math.

100 Megabits per second = 12.5 Megabytes per second.

1 Gigabyte = 1,024 Megabytes.

1,024 Megabytes / 12.5 Megabytes per second = 81.92 seconds.

81.92 seconds / 60 seconds in a minute = 1.365333 minutes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.58.41.18 (talk) 06:10, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, that was by me...confused it up with 10mbit/sec lol.....thanks for correcting that :P --89.203.64.49 (talk) 19:02, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

removed: "although this is frustrating to other users who do not have access to these types of resources and therefore struggle to maintain a good ratio", relevance? The REAL Teol (talk) 20:30, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Benjaming0982, 1 June 2011

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Benjaming0982 (talk) 10:07, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Can you remove the referance 3 as most of the links on the page are dead and its 3 years old and replace it with the one below (or add it)

Edit request from Benjaming0982, 1 June 2011

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Benjaming0982 (talk) 10:09, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Can you remove the referance 3 as most of the links on the page are dead and its 3 years old and replace it with the one below (or add it)

References

Tutorials for "do it yourself" enthusiasts

May want to consider adding a few sentences explaining that a cheaper route is to build your own compared to buying one, and that there are lots of tutorials online. Such as this, http://myownseedbox.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hackin92u (talk • contribs) 05:27, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

How exactly does the mechanics or interaction between a seedbox owner and his membership to a private tracker work?

So I understand that there are private torrent trackers, and that to be a member you need to have a good upload/download ratio (ie - you upload almost as much, or more? than you download). Which is kinda strange, since the membership of the private torrent is theoretically limited so your opportunity to upload depends on whether this private membership wants to download your stuff.

That said, an explanation is needed as to why someone running a seedbox sees a benefit in terms of maintaining their membership in a private tracker. I mean, if the operator of a seedbox is anonymous, then how does the private tracker know anything about a given seedbox in terms of it's upload/download stats and who (which account) to attribute the uploading?

As someone who neither operates a seedbox or has access to a private tracker, I nonetheless have really never failed to find a torrent for anything that I've ever looked for. So I fail to see what use private trackers serve, or why it is so important to maintain an account on a private tracker such that someone would rent a seedbox.

Or is there a financial or business case to these seedboxes beyond the one that exists between the server owners and those that rent them? Do some seedbox operators charge for access to the files their servers acquire through torrenting?

A more clear explanation of the business model of this entire seedbox ecosystem would be helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.101.48.116 (talk) 02:21, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Well, nobody answered you for six years, but I can explain the basics here.

(1) "your opportunity to upload depends on whether this private membership wants to download your stuff"

You're not wrong that this is can be a factor, but it's not a much of a concern as you think. Different sites have different ways of making sure that loyal regulars can maintain a decent ratio with or without a seedbox. There are too many methods to get into, and they only really matter if you are a member.

(2) "if the operator of a seedbox is anonymous, then how does the private tracker know anything about a given seedbox in terms of it's upload/download stats and who (which account) to attribute the uploading?"

Here's a simple version of how this works. You browse the private tracker site and find a torrent you are interested in. You download the torrent file. You load it into the torrent program which downloads onto the seedbox. The file itself has information about what user downloaded it, and that user is credited with the downloads (and any subsequent uploads).

(3) "So I fail to see what use private trackers serve, or why it is so important to maintain an account on a private tracker such that someone would rent a seedbox."

I don't think that an article about seedboxes should spend time lobbying for or against private trackers and the use of seedboxes, it's just an objective description of what they do and why people use them. If you are only going after new material, the advantage is fairly minimal, but if you are interested in older media at all, it's indisputable that private trackers have a wider variety of material available, and for files which are available on both private and public sources, it's generally true that private trackers are more likely to have high quality copies than public trackers.

And of course I am assuming with all of these answers that you are using the torrent legally. If you are talking about illegal torrents, I should first say, don't do that, it's wrong, but second, you're a lot more likely to get caught if you're doing them through public trackers than private ones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.201.237 (talk) 15:29, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 May 2016 - Simple mathematical error

There is a mathematical error in the second sentence: "These speeds range from 100Mbit/s (8MB/s)..."

100Mbit/s is NOT 8MB/s; this would incorrectly indicate that 1 byte is 12.5 bits.

1 byte is 8 bits; therefore, please change "100Mbit/s (8MB/s)" to "100Mbit/s (12.5MB/s)".

Storynobles (talk) 01:36, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Done — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 01:43, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

typo: an share -> a share

an share -> a share 79.191.161.89 (talk) 12:56, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 January 2024 - Large block of uncited text

The first paragraph of the "Function" section goes mainly uncited - I gather some of this is supported through other citations on the page, but "More expensive seedboxes may support VNC or Remote Desktop Protocol, allowing many popular clients to be run remotely." isn't supported by any of the current sources. Would this be appropriate for a tag? I'm new to editing Wikipedia so I can't do this myself. Thanks :) A3eX (talk) 20:39, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@A3eX: Hello! I've added the citation needed tag for now, if I have time, I'll look for sources. Deltaspace⁴² (talk • contribs) 15:37, 9 January 2024 (UTC)