Fortunately I have enough of the rar parts to extract the data I want but damn.

      • hirihit640@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        Often rars in torrents have a bit of redundancy so the source files can be recovered even if the rar isn’t complete

    • skankhunt42@lemmy.caEnglish
      19·
      11 days ago

      I had one at 62% for years I watched peers come and go but never lost hope. Today it’s at 99%. All I’m missing are some padding files so basically 100%.

      There’s me and one other peer who seems to be willing to seed until the end of time. My ratio keeps climbing so I assume someone somewhere is thankful

    • DownByLaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      I’ve replied this to another comment already, but it is probably this:

      Most of the time it is due to Cross-seeding and additional or manipulated files.

      I.e. the 99% torrent contains an additional file like an nfo or srt that was not in the original upload on a different site. People cross-seeding the original torrent don’t have that file, so you can only get 99% from them. And if the uploader of the torrent with the additional file stops seeding, there’s no one you can get it from.

      Or if it is stuck at 99% without additional files, it’s possible that the file that was uploaded was manipulated. Stripped UID or other metadata that was changed. So there will be a mismatching piece that you can’t get from the cross-seeders. And again, if the uploader stops seeding the manipulated file, you can only get 99% from the cross-seeders.