Sand Fox (Posts about torrent file)https://sandfox.me/tags/torrent-file.xml2026-09-02T00:44:46ZAnton SmirnovNikolaDe-hybridize Torrenthttps://sandfox.me/php/torrent-dehybridization.html2023-11-10T11:08:00+02:002023-11-10T11:08:00+02:00Anton Smirnov<p>A feature that may be desired for some anti-V2 trackers.
While I would like to see the torrent community going the other way around,
some trackers choose not to allow version 2 torrents and sometimes even hybrids.</p>
<p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://sandfox.dev/php/torrent-file.html">torrent file library</a> now allows cleaning unnecessary or undesired metadata versions from a torrent file.</p>
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The process will change the infohash value so it's not for a casual case.
The trackers that process torrent files on their side, like setting the private flag,
a process that changes infohashes anyway, would benefit most from using this feature.</p>
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<p>The intended use and the primary future scope is actually the other way around:
the ability to remove version 1 metadata to make use of easy mutability of version 2 torrents
to add or remove files in existing torrent structures.</p>
<aside class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Mutability of torrent files does not mean that you can replace data in an existing torrent.
Updated torrents will have different infohash values and be considered a different torrent in the network.
But often creation of such updates without having any original files downloaded can be very beneficial.</p>
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