homelab/server/config/qbittorrent/README.md

Create a Torrent File

On Windows, use qBitTorrent's Torrent Creator
On Linux (CLI), use ctorrent. (Like: ctorrent -t -s output_file.torrent /path/to/source/dir)

Update Tracker URLs in Bulk

Requires: qbittorrent-cli

0. Configure qbt to connect to qbt.jafner.net.

qbt settings set username admin
qbt settings set url https://qbt.jafner.net

1. Get a list of hashes for torrents of the right category. Example: qbt torrent list --category ggn --format json | jq ' .[].hash' | tr -d '"' > hashes.txt

2. Replace the old announce URL with the new announce URL for each hash. Example: for hash in $(cat hashes.txt); do qbt torrent tracker edit $hash "https://tracker.gazellegames.net/7667910c8a2b5446890cbd0ad459d5c3/announce" "https://tracker.gazellegames.net/d0dd178494dd6ffcd9842934a13086e0/announce"; done This will take a long time.