"Queued for download"

[Chris230291]

Hello is there any way to prevent Transmission from setting a torrent to "Queued for download" when added? I'd rather it just start right away. I noticed it only happens when there are already several torrents being downloaded. It becomes more of an issue on a moble device where I can't right click an select "resume now"?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[cyberjock]

Yeah, there's a setting somewhere for setting the number of active torrents or something.

 

[Chris230291]

Do you have any idea where? I can't find it. I figure It may be in a config file somewhere and not in a GUI menu/window?

I've looked in the plugins options within FreeNas and in the settings accessible through the web GUI.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[cyberjock]

Sorry, I don't. I rarely use torrents(usually Linux ISOs are about all) so I don't use Transmission at all now. I installed it back when jails were first introduced and played around with it just to provide assistance to users with problems, but I don't have it setup at all right now. And with all the problems that are going on with jails/plugins I'm a little hesitant to get into those waters.

 

[Whattteva]

I've looked at the config file (settings.json).
It doesn't appear there is a setting for that. The closest thing I see is max peers limit/torrent and overall, which are set at 50 and 200 respectively by default.

EDIT: I found what you were looking for.
Look for these lines:

Code:

"download-queue-enabled": true,
"download-queue-size": 5,

Change them accordingly.
The file you want to change is located in /usr/local/etc/transmission/home/settings.json
You will probably need root access to access that directory.
The location may be different if you're using pbi version, but it would be similar directory structure.

 

[dlavigne]

Is it one of these settings? https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/EditConfigFiles#Queuing

 

[cyberjock]

There it is. download-queue-size. :)

 

[Chris230291]

I found it. Thanks a lot guys! :)

 

[FreeNASftw]

For anyones looking for this file, it's now under /var/db/transmission
Or simply, find / -name settings.json in case it moves again.

 

[McTechSolutions]

Any ideas where it now lives in the very latest version of FreeNas. I am looking to change mine from 5.

Thanks in advance

 

[McTechSolutions]

not to worry it is in /mnt/POOL-NAME/iocage/jails/transmission