I'm running the latest dev build but cannot see this feature included. How can it be enabled?

I'd like to know that as well. Is it a commandline switch?

The feature is enabled by default. We'll include a checkbox to turn it on/off.

I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

This new feature doesn't seem to be working. I found the checkbox to enable/disable the setting under advanced by the way. Ted is nevertheless still downloading private torrents from mininova, especially xtremespeeds and torrent-outpost.

Do I have to add those private trackers manually to the xml file (which one) for now?

Can we have a sample XML file or some ducomentation on the format of the file so we can add private trackers and test the feature please?

The latest version of the xml file can be found here.

In the xml file is the section private_trackers and there you can add more private trackers (using tracker_url). ted will just simply see if the url of the tracker contains one of the filled in urls and throw the torrent away if they overlap.

I added the following to C:\Documents and Settings\Stuart\Application Data\Torrent Episode Downloader\shows_clean.xml

<private_trackers>
<tracker_url>pretome.net</tracker_url>
<tracker_url>torrent-outpost.com</tracker_url>
<tracker_url>xtremespeeds.net</tracker_url>
<tracker_url>xtremespeeds.com</tracker_url>
<tracker_url>ceasers-palace.info</tracker_url>
<tracker_url>www.thebox.bz</tracker_url>
<tracker_url>www.thebox.bz:2710</tracker_url>
</private_trackers>

Yet ted still downloads torrents from thebox.bz I've tried all sorts of combinations and formats of the last two lines but ted still picks up private torrents from thebox.

What am I doing wrong?

A torrent that reproduces this is "Have I got news for you" Season 37 episode 3.

I too have recently started having this problem with probably as many as 50% of my shows now returning torrents from private trackers. I have had to go to places like Mininova or Pirate Bay to find torrents from public trackers and then download them manually.

Todays private tracker was fileshareplanet.com

I also agree with some of the other posters that an easy way to add our own trackers to the "no fly list" would be great. I think it might be too difficult for you (the developers) to keep the lists up-to-date as torrent sites come and go, or just change the way they handle things.

Someone also mentioned Demonoid. If I remember that one correctly, it could be a little difficult to accurately handle. I think they allow anyone to download a NEW torrent for a few days or something, and after that time you need to be registered.

Still a GREAT program and I depend on it daily. Keep up the good work.

xeddog

I just found TED and thought it was a breeze to set up. BUT, these confound private trackers will not let me download anything...!!!

I have read this whole post and have tried variations of the suggestions for filtering out no private trackers and none of them work. I am on a Mac Book Pro with OSX. Can someone please give me an example of how to filter out xtremespeeds, tvspeeds, and torrent-outpost.... These seem to be the only feeds that TED is going to for downloads.

I am trying to download Burn Notice, S03E01

I finally got around to adding some private trackers to the "do not fly" list located in the xml file shows_clean.xml. Like stuart_f above, I have not found the correct missile to shoot down the private trackers. The latest one is Royal Pains S01e02. TED just keeps on downloading the private tracker xtremespeeds.net even though I have coded:


I had to go to mininova and download the show manually.

So if there is a magic missile that we are missing . . .

xeddog

Okay, apparently there is some problem with this filter. I'll look into it before releasing the new version.

I tried to reproduce the problem of downloading a torrent from a private tracker using the examples above but unfortunately i didn't succeed. Everything seems to work fine for me.

If you encounter another problem please report it here and I'll try to be somewhat faster to react and investigate

Okay, I found the problem and fixed it. Will let you know when the new dev build is ready for download.

Glad to hear that it wasn't just me.

So when do you think the next build will come out? A couple of days? Couple of weeks??? Couple of minutes??

xeddog