BitTorrent encoding error

This error means that the torrent contained something that seemed to violate the standard torrent format, or something that your system may have trouble with. Usually Shareaza deals with these problems automatically, but you may notice that the torrented files have odd names when completed. It's also possible that these torrents won't work on all clients.

If you get a message about an encoding error, you may have trouble reseeding the torrent with Shareaza.

Try changing the advanced setting BitTorrent.TorrentIgnoreErrors to TRUE to force Shareaza to seed the torrent.

Also, if you have trouble seeding, look in the incomplete folder to make sure there is already no incomplete file for the torrent accidently left there by the program. If there is, delete it, and try reseeding again.

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It's not a bug. It is just the true - uTorrent (and several other BitTorent clients) produces torrents with encoding error, as they use non-unicode codepage for creating file names inside torrent. So for example torrent created on Japanese Windows with hiragana symbols in file name will be not saved properly on Greek Windows.

Please use Shareaza Torrent Wizard, it produces correct torrents.

Torrents can usually be 'repaired' be running them through a good torrent creation application, like MakeTorrent2, which will fix any errors in it. But this will usually change the torrent's infohash, meaning the tracker and other torrenters who were uploading or downloading the previous torrent will not connect to you. So this is not really useful as a method of reseeding.