Can I seed on torrents I have not downloaded but have the files to?
Thing is, I have the batman series from the 60s that I downloaded a long time ago. I deleted the torrent but I want to seed again because I remember it having like 1 or 2 people seeding and I have better internet nowadays, I have two questions on this:
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Is there a way to find the torrent directly from metadata on the files or some other way instead of having to search on sites until I find it?
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If I were to find a different upload of the same files, can I just verify the files I have and start uploading directly without having to download them first?
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If you find a torrent with the exact same files, yes you can seed without downloading first. What I do it's to start the new torrent so it create the files. Pause the torrent. Overwrite the created files with the files I already have. Then verify the torrent. And finally resume it to seed.
Yeah basically just make your torrent client think it downloaded them already.
From my experience if you already have the files there it will just start seeding right away automatically once it confirms the files are already present. I guess it varies from client to client.