rtorrent and watching Netflix

[ckeboss]

Hey guys,

I have been working on getting reorient setup, and have tried just about everything. When I have rtorrent running, with anything more than one torrent downloading, or even a large file being checked, and watching netflix. Netflix would freeze and ssh connection drop. Have to reboot the box. Anyone have any ideas on why?

[kroetkroet]

Can you tell us bit more on your setup? Where are you putting your torrrents on? Do you download 1.000 torrents at the same time? Do you throttle your download speed?

In case you ain't sure, tweak some of the above and report back your findings!

Good luck!
KK

[ckeboss]

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# This is an example resource file for rTorrent. Copy to
# ~/.rtorrent.rc and enable/modify the options as needed. Remember to
# uncomment the options you wish to enable.
#
#
# Most of the settings in this file can be modified using the rutorrent web interface.
# Using the rutorrent web interface is suggested
# This file is only really useful if you have Apache (therefore rutorrent) disabled
#
#

# Maximum and minimum number of peers to connect to per torrent.
min_peers = 1
max_peers = 5

# Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as downloading)
min_peers_seed = 1
max_peers_seed = 5

# Maximum number of simultanious uploads per torrent.
max_uploads = 1

# Global upload and download rate in KiB. "0" for unlimited.
download_rate = 500
upload_rate = 100

# Default directory to save the downloaded torrents.
directory = /tmp/rt/rtorrent/.incomplete

# Default session directory. Make sure you don't run multiple instance
# of rtorrent using the same session directory. Perhaps using a
# relative path?
session = /tmp/rt/rtorrent/.session

# Watch a directory for new torrents, and stop those that have been
# deleted.
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=/tmp/rt/rtorrent/torrents/*.torrent
#schedule = untied_directory,5,5,stop_untied=

# Move completed torrents
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#system.method.set_key = event.download.finished,move_complete,"execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,/tmp/rt/rtorrent/finished/;d.set_directory=/tmp/rt/rtorrent/finished/"

# Move closed torrents
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#system.method.set_key = event.download.closed,move_complete,"execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,/tmp/rt/rtorrent/finished/ ;d.set_directory=/tmp/rt/rtorrent/finished/"

# Close torrents when diskspace is low.
schedule = low_diskspace,5,60,close_low_diskspace=100M

# Stop torrents when reaching upload ratio in percent,
# when also reaching total upload in bytes, or when
# reaching final upload ratio in percent.
# example: stop at ratio 1.05 with at least 50 MB uploaded, or else ratio 300.0
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#ratio.enable=
#ratio.min.set=105
#ratio.max.set=300
#ratio.upload.set=50M

# Changing the command triggered when the ratio is reached.
#
# DEPRECATED UNLESS YOU HAVE APACHE DISABLED
#
#system.method.set = group.seeding.ratio.command, d.close=, d.erase=

# Start rutorrent plugins when rtorrent starts (for RSS / etc)
# (Disable if you have apache disabled)
#
execute = {sh,-c,/usr/bin/php-cgi /var/www/plugins/rutorrent/php/initplugins.php wdlxtv &}

# The ip address reported to the tracker.
#ip = 127.0.0.1
#ip = rakshasa.no

# The ip address the listening socket and outgoing connections is
# bound to.
#bind = 127.0.0.1
#bind = rakshasa.no

# Port range to use for listening.
port_range = 58690-58699

# Start opening ports at a random position within the port range.
port_random = no

# Check hash for finished torrents. Might be usefull until the bug is
# fixed that causes lack of diskspace not to be properly reported.
check_hash = no

# Enable safe sync since hash check on complete is disabled
safe_sync = yes

# Set whetever the client should try to connect to UDP trackers.
use_udp_trackers = yes

# Alternative calls to bind and ip that should handle dynamic ip's.
#schedule = ip_tick,0,1800,ip=rakshasa
#schedule = bind_tick,0,1800,bind=rakshasa

# Encryption options, set to none (default) or any combination of the following:
# allow_incoming, try_outgoing, require, require_RC4, enable_retry, prefer_plaintext
#
# The example value allows incoming encrypted connections, starts unencrypted
# outgoing connections but retries with encryption if they fail, preferring
# plaintext to RC4 encryption after the encrypted handshake
#
encryption = allow_incoming,try_outgoing,require,require_RC4,enable_retry

# Enable DHT support for trackerless torrents or when all trackers are down.
# May be set to "disable" (completely disable DHT), "off" (do not start DHT),
# "auto" (start and stop DHT as needed), or "on" (start DHT immediately).
# The default is "off". For DHT to work, a session directory must be defined.
#
dht = auto

# UDP port to use for DHT.
#
dht_port = 46881

# Enable peer exchange (for torrents not marked private)
#
peer_exchange = yes

#
# Do not modify the following parameters unless you know what you're doing.
#

# Hash read-ahead controls how many MB to request the kernel to read
# ahead. If the value is too low the disk may not be fully utilized,
# while if too high the kernel might not be able to keep the read
# pages in memory thus end up trashing.
hash_read_ahead = 5

# Interval between attempts to check the hash, in milliseconds.
hash_interval = 10

# Number of attempts to check the hash while using the mincore status,
# before forcing. Overworked systems might need lower values to get a
# decent hash checking rate.
hash_max_tries = 5

# scgi port for rutorrent
scgi_port = localhost:5000

# Specify maximum memory usage
# can be increased through rutorrent settings
## if you use a swap enabled kernel you should increase this
## value, the size of your swap file should be safest.
#
max_memory_usage = 60M

# extra encoding types to check
#encoding_list = "UTF-8,UTF8,UTF-16,UTF16"



Even with this config, it still crashes when something like Netflix is running.

[RMerlin]

What firmware version?

[ckeboss]

Sorry for the delay, 1.05.04_B