FAQ I download some torrents only to seed them. How do I keep them out of the library?

[Silas Mariusz]

Symptoms

• A torrent you keep only for seeding gets a copy in the completed folder or lands in the media library.
• Its finished download sends you a notification you do not need.

Cause
What happens when a download finishes depends on its category. A torrent in the seed category (upload is the same category under a second name) seeds quietly: no copy in the completed folder, no media library, no Game Agent, no media server refresh and no notification. With the default settings, the QNAP System Logs still get its "Download finished" line. Other categories follow the usual process.


Resolution

1. When you add the torrent: in Quick access, press Add torrents, then Queue, and pick seed for it.
2. For a torrent already in the list: press its label on its row in Quick access, pick seed, read the plan and press Move. Its data move into the seed category's folder. Any pending actions, such as its notification or addition to the media library, do not happen. Anything the library has already filed stays there, and the torrent's existing copy in the completed folder moves with it. Only a download that finishes under seed gets no copy.

Notice & Advise

• Seeding rules apply to torrents in the seed category just as they do to other torrents. To keep one seeding, tick it in the Full view, press More, then Keep out of the seeding rules.
• A label in Labels ignored by Movie Agent and FileBot (the library settings on the Media library page) keeps a download out of the library only. It still gets its copy in the completed folder and its notification.

Ref. links:
Rtorrent 16 guide: Seeding & Retention