Creating a .torrent file with Azureus
Azureus is alltogether one of the most robust and visually appealing BitTorrent clients, but also provides remarkably simple wizard for creating a new .torrent file for seeding on any public tracker. Even better, this program will run equally as nicely on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. I highly recommend that BitTorrent veterans and newbies alike give this client a try.
Before you start this step-through, you'll need to make sure every file in your torrent has ben saved and is not currently being used by your system. Any file changes after the creation of the .torrent file will cause all peers to be unable to properly finish the download from you. So finish editing and .txt or .nfo files, close your media players that may be using a files you're downloading, etc.
Once you're ready to go, open up Azureus. Click on "File" in the menu and select the "Create a Torrent" feature.
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The first window is the wizard will ask you for four pieces of information.
1. First, you'll need to select the "Use an external tracker" opetion. Type in the announce URL for the tracker you wish to seed to. Azureus will save this URL so that future torrents to that tracker can be created more easily.
2. The second section asks you if you want to use multiple trackers or include md5 hashes for some other filesharing networks. Unless you know what these mean and have a specific use for doing such an action, I recommend that you uncheck these boxes.
3. I always seed a directory of files with an informational .txt file, but if you're just seeding one file, you can choose that option as well.
4. Comments are optional. Use them to make a short description of the contents of your seed.
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Type in the directory you wish to create a .torrent file or use the "Browse..." button to pick from an explorer window.
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Select a location and filename for the new .torrent file. It's best to allow Azureus to pick the best piece size but selecting "Auto" from the pull-down menu.
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It will take a few seconds to create the md5 hashes for the files in your torrent, and may even take up to several minutes for "larger" torrents. Once it's done, simply take the created torrent file and upload it to the tracker you're seeding to in whatever manner specified by their admins.