Torrent 是最流行的在线共享文件(share files online)方式之一。如果您制作自己的 torrent 文件，则可以让其他人直接从您的计算机下载文件。在某些情况下，这比首先将文件上传到在线数据存储站点然后提供下载要有效得多。
如果您要共享对于电子邮件来说太大的文件(sharing files that are too large for email)，或者如果您共享文件的正常方式不接受非常大的文件或某种文件类型，您可能想要制作一个 torrent 文件。Torrent 不区分文件类型或大小，因此您可以分享任何您想要的内容，只要您愿意。
当您使用从 torrent 站点获得的其他人创建的 torrent 时，创建者已经完成了与您将在下面进行的类似步骤。制作自己的 torrent 文件实际上相当简单——唯一的问题可能是想知道在完成构建后如何处理它（我们也会在下面讨论）。
您可以在线或使用桌面 torrent 客户端制作 torrent 文件。这是您需要了解的有关这两种方法的全部信息。
提示(Tip)：如果您担心隐私问题，可以使用安全的在线文件传输服务。
使 Torrent 文件脱机(Make a Torrent File Offline)
如果您的计算机上已经有一个用于下载种子的种子程序，它还可以让您制作自己的种子文件。如果没有，一些选项包括Transmission、qBittorrent、uTorrent和BitComet。还有一些特殊的 torrent 客户端可用于流式传输电影(streaming movie torrents)torrent 。
这些程序使创建 torrent 文件变得非常容易，并且由于它们已安装在您的计算机上，因此播种 torrent 以便其他人可以下载您的文件都是在后台完成的，您几乎不需要付出任何努力。
例如，这里是如何使用 qBittorrent 制作一个 torrent 文件（它在Windows、Mac和Linux上运行）。
- 转到工具(Tools )> Torrent 创建者(Torrent Creator)。
- 在 torrent 创建框的顶部，使用选择文件(Select file)或选择文件夹(Select folder)按钮来选择您通过 torrent 文件共享的内容。如果您愿意，也可以将数据直接拖放到该文本框中。
- 可选择勾选您认为适合您的新 torrent 文件的任何框。例如，如果您标记该选项，您可以在制作种子后立即开始播种。
- 在Tracker URLs文本框中，输入 torrent 跟踪器，这将促进下载文件的所有对等方之间的通信。如果您需要帮助，可以在Torrent Tracker List中找到这些服务器地址的列表。
- 选择Torrent Creator窗口底部的创建 Torrent(Create Torrent)，然后将 .torrent 文件保存在一个难忘的地方。
qBittorrent 现在将显示种子正在播种，这意味着它已准备好供人们使用。您可以与任何人共享您的新 torrent 文件，他们只需将其加载到 torrent 客户端即可获取您的文件。
其他 torrent 客户端具有非常相似的程序来制作 torrent 文件。只需(Just)查找名为Create Torrent、Build Torrent、New Torrent或类似名称的菜单选项。
使用在线洪流创建者(Use An Online Torrent Creator)
制作您自己的 torrent 文件的另一种方法是使用Online Torrent Creator，这是一个基于网络的工具，可以为您完成所有工作。
使用本网站制作 torrent 所需要做的就是上传单个文件或完整的文件文件夹，可选择编辑一些设置，然后将 .torrent 文件下载到您的计算机。这很简单！
当您将种子加载到客户端以播种时，您始终可以稍后添加跟踪器URL(URLs)，但如果您愿意，您可以在此处执行此操作。可以在此处使用上述相同的跟踪器列表。
共享您的 Torrent 文件(Sharing Your Torrent File)
当您制作 torrent 文件时，无论是使用在线工具还是离线工具，您仍然需要一个 torrent 客户端来播种（共享）实际数据文件。我们上面提到的任何客户端都可以，但还有很多其他客户端可供选择，例如BitLord、Deluge、Vuze和FrostWire。
至于共享实际的 torrent 文件，任何文件共享方法都可以。共享种子的一种简单方法是通过电子邮件作为文件附件。您还可以将其上传到Dropbox或Google Drive等在线文件存储服务，然后分享指向它的链接。如果您不介意陌生人找到您的 torrent，请随时将其上传到1337x等 torrent 网站。
重要的是要意识到 torrent 文件与您共享的文件不同。一个 torrent 文件的大小非常小，因为它实际上只是向 torrent 客户端解释如何处理您正在共享的文件的信息。
即使您共享了 torrent 文件，您共享的文档、视频、照片等仍保留在您的计算机上。唯一一次从您的计算机上复制它们是当有人使用 torrent 下载您的文件时。
以下是这一切如何运作的简要说明：
- 您告诉客户要共享哪些文件。
- 客户就如何访问您的数据做出了说明。
- 您与其他人共享路线列表（种子文件）。
- 对方的 torrent 客户端使用 torrent 来了解如何从您的计算机下载文件。
- 您的 torrent 客户端与其他人的客户端通信以传输文件。
只要您愿意，您的所有文件都会保留在您的计算机上。无论有多少人通过种子下载您的文件，您的数据都不会受到影响，因为它只是被复制(copied )到其他计算机，而不是移动。
How To Make a Torrent File
Tоrrents аre one of the most popular ways to share files online. If you make your own torrent file, you let other people download files directly from your computer. This is way more efficient in some cases than first uploading the files to an online data storage site and then offering the download there.
You might want to make a torrent file if you’re sharing files that are too large for email, or if the normal way you share files doesn’t accept really large files or a certain file type. Torrents don’t discriminate on file type or size, so you can share literally anything you want, for as long as you like.
When you use torrents created by other people that you get from torrent sites, the creators have gone through similar steps as you’ll go through below. It’s actually fairly simple to make your own torrent file – the only issue might be wondering what to do with it when you’re done building it (we’ll go over that below, too).
You can make a torrent file online or with a desktop torrent client. This is all you need to know about both methods.
Tip: There are secure online file transfer services if you’re concerned about privacy.
Make a Torrent File Offline
If you already have a torrent program on your computer that’s used for downloading torrents, it might also let you make your own torrent files. If not, a few options include Transmission, qBittorrent, uTorrent, and BitComet. There are also special torrent clients you can use for streaming movie torrents.
These programs make it extremely easy to create a torrent file, and since they’re installed on your computer, seeding the torrent so that others can download your files is all done in the background with little to no effort on your part.
As an example, here’s how to make a torrent file with qBittorrent (it runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux).
- Go to Tools > Torrent Creator.
- At the top of the torrent creation box, use the Select file or Select folder button to choose what you’re sharing through the torrent file. You can also drag and drop the data directly into that text box if you wish.
- Optionally tick any of the boxes that you see fit for your new torrent file. For example, you can start seeding the torrent immediately after making it if you mark that option.
- In the Tracker URLs text box, enter torrent trackers that will facilitate the communication between all the peers downloading your files. There’s a list of these server addresses at Torrent Tracker List if you need some help.
- Select Create Torrent at the bottom of the Torrent Creator window, and then save the .torrent file somewhere memorable.
qBittorrent will now show that the torrent is seeding, meaning that it’s ready for people to use. You can share your new torrent file with anyone, and all they need to do is load it into a torrent client to get your files.
Other torrent clients have really similar procedures in place to make torrent files. Just look for a menu option called Create Torrent, Build Torrent, New Torrent, or something similar.
Use An Online Torrent Creator
Another way to make your own torrent file is with Online Torrent Creator, a web-based tool that does all the work for you.
All you have to do to make a torrent with this website is upload a single file or whole folder full of files, optionally edit some of the settings, and then download the .torrent file to your computer. That’s about as simple as it gets!
You can always add the tracker URLs later when you load the torrent into your client to seed, but if you want, you can do so here, instead. The same tracker list mentioned above can be used here.
Sharing Your Torrent File
When you make a torrent file, whether using an online or offline tool, you still need a torrent client for seeding (sharing) the actual data files. Any of the clients we mentioned above will do just fine, but there are lots of others to choose from, too, like BitLord, Deluge, Vuze, and FrostWire.
As for sharing the actual torrent file, any file sharing method will work. One easy way to share your torrent is over email as a file attachment. You can also upload it to an online file storage service like Dropbox or Google Drive, and then share the link to it. If you don’t mind strangers finding your torrent, feel free to upload it to a torrent website like 1337x.
It’s important to realize that a torrent file is different from the files you’re sharing. A torrent file is extremely small in size because it’s really just information that explains to the torrent client how to deal with the files you’re sharing.
The documents, videos, photos, etc, that you’re sharing remain on your computer even after you share the torrent file. The only time they’re copied off of your computer is when someone is using the torrent to download your files.
Here’s a quick rundown of how this all works:
- You told the client which files to share.
- The client made instructions for how to access your data.
- You share the list of directions (the torrent file) with someone else.
- The other person’s torrent client uses the torrent to understand how to download the files from your computer.
- Your torrent client communicates with the other person’s client to transfer the files.
All your files remain on your computer for as long as you like. No matter how many people download your files via the torrent, your data remains untouched because it’s only being copied to the other computers, not moved.
