Can I seed on torrents I have not downloaded but have the files to? (vlemmy.net)

submitted 2 years ago by Elkaki123@vlemmy.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Thing is, I have the batman series from the 60s that I downloaded a long time ago. I deleted the torrent but I want to seed again because I remember it having like 1 or 2 people seeding and I have better internet nowadays, I have two questions on this:

Is there a way to find the torrent directly from metadata on the files or some other way instead of having to search on sites until I find it?
If I were to find a different upload of the same files, can I just verify the files I have and start uploading directly without having to download them first?

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[-] DanNZN@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 years ago

From my experience if you already have the files there it will just start seeding right away automatically once it confirms the files are already present. I guess it varies from client to client.