Support renaming files in torrent locally

[slrslr]

Tribler version/branch+revision:

7.0.0 x64 downloaded today from tribler.org, previously i used alpha version so i have %appdata%/.Tribler from previous version. Before alpha i had 6.x version.

Operating system and version:

Windows 10 64bit

Issue:

Hello, when i go to Downloads section, i see my torrents there and i try to click one, then on the Files tab i see wrong name of the file. On HDD i have different name and i want to keep the name as is on HDD, So i need to rename the file in Tribler. How can i do it please? If not possible, i think this can be good feature. If i rename file in Tribler, it should rename file on HDD and if on HDD is already renamed, then it will just update name in Tribler. Thank you

[devos50]

This functionality is not supported in Tribler 7 so far. We will consider adding it. Thank you for your suggestion!

[Dmole]

It's better to leave that sort of feature to the file system; mklink /H old.file new.file or on UNIX like systems ln old.file new.file https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link

[slrslr]

@Dmole It may be better from technical side of view, but certainly NOT better from the user point of view. User works via GUI, he is not a technical head who opens a terminal and spend time composing exact command for each file rename.

[Dmole]

@slrslr lol you typed 44 words to say that you can't type 3?

Anyway maybe this can tie into the new move feature https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/2901#issuecomment-493388260

[ichorid]

Unfortunately, it is not really possible to rename files in a torrent because it will technically become a new torrent, and will lose the connection to the swarm. On the other hand, the proper way to solve improperly shown names is to show them properly. Renaming in-GUI only does not solve anything. So, closing this one. UTF-8 and Python3 support should fix all inconsistent names problems for us.

[slrslr]

not really possible to rename files in a torrent because it will technically become a new torrent

Unsure if it is mean not possible in Tribler or not possible in torrent client. In case not possible at all, you are wrong - this feature is already present in modern clients like qBittorrent and uTorrent and more. This feature is important, because it does not lock users using stupid/incomplete file/folder names and allows user to seed multiple torrents having one common file/folder.

Either if you can reopen this or allow new feature which will automaticaly (on background?) find already downloaded files on one's HDD and match it to the torrent despite of the different file/folder names. Please kindly see: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/6520#issuecomment-458275109 @ichorid @devos50 Thank you

[ichorid]

@slrslr , you're right. In qBittorrent, it is possible to rename torrents and files in them. However, these changes are local to the user's PC and can never propagate to the network (because that essentially means seeding a new torrent). Also, if the user deletes the torrent (but keeps the files), if the torrent is downloaded again, the torrent client will not associate the previously renamed files with the files in the torrent. Thus, the file renaming feature is incompatible with incremental releases that are used, e.g. by some podcasts. The only reason for one to use this feature is to better organize the torrents' contents on disk (e.g. music collections).

Having said all that, there are functions in Libtorrent to do this: torrent_handle::rename_file() and torrent_handle::remap_files(). We'll try to implement the feature at some time. I am reopening the ticket.

[slrslr]

after 3 years.. v7.9.0 i see i am unable to rename files and folders when adding torrent

[ichorid]

@xoriole , would you consider taking this issue? :wink:

[slrslr]

Almost next 2 years passed.