## **Won't this kill swarm health?** Depends. On average no. The app is always seeding 1 torrent as long as it's open. Additionally the upload speed is forced to be x1.5 that of the download speed. Those 2 things combined will already make this app seed more than the average leecher which removes the torrent the moment it's downloaded. ## **Can I close the miniplayer?** No. See above. The miniplayer provides feedback that something is happening in the background. Closing it would make the user feel like the app is lagging [because it's maxing out your internet in the background by torrenting] when nothing is happening. ## **Can I reduce the upload speed?** No. See above. This app is also meant to seed the torrents the user downloads, if you want freeleech go to some private tracker. ## **Is this safe?** I recommend you read the [guide about basics of piracy.](https://thewiki.moe/guides/torrenting) ## **Will this replace streaming sites?** Not really. The underlying source of video are still torrents, which aren't always seeded, so anime that's a few years old might not play back smoothly. ## **Can I log in with MAL?** No. You can however migrate MAL to AL, see [this guide.](https://anilist.co/forum/thread/3393) ## **Why is anime X not playing?** One of four reasons: - the anime isn't seeded - your download speed isn't fast enough - your ISP blocks Nyaa, see [this tutorial](https://thewiki.moe/en/tutorials/unblock) for a fix - the app couldn't find a matching torrent for the anime ## **I selected an episode to play, but Miru plays something else!** Finding desired episodes can sometimes be difficult, if Miru auto-selects an episode incorrectly you can either disable auto-play torrents in settings to select torrents yourself during episode choosing, or manually find and paste in a .torrent file URL or a magnet URL into Miru to play a desired episode manually. ## **Will you make an android version?** No. This app cannot be ported to android in any way. ## **Can I play my own torrents?** Yes. For the home menu you can specify a different RSS feed to check when the app looks for new releases. Additionally you can just paste a torrent file/magnet link anywhere when using the app, and it will auto-detect what anime is playing. ## **Can I change what tracker torrents are found from?** Not really. No other tracker has the kind of API/search functionality which is required, which Miru uses to the fullest extent to make sure it finds the torrents it's looking for without false-positives. ## **How is this different from sequential qBit?** Unlike qBit's sequential, this will prioritise downloading torrent pieces directly needed for playback, which with the user seeking isn't always just sequential. ## **Why Electron?** Electron has node.js integration, which can use TCP/UDP, that is the only reason. Browsers can't access TCP/UDP which means they can't access the global BT swarm. > Can't you make this just use WebRTC? Yes. A BitTorrent implementation which uses WebRTC exists, but it's not yet adopted by any clients, and libtorrent [the library which qBit and others use] is still working/just added support for WebRTC, which means there's no swarm. This will hopefully change in the future. ## **Miru crashed too many times.** This is likely because Miru updated from a very old version to a very new one. Uninstall Miru, go to `%appdata%/miru` remove all files and re-install it. If this issue persists visit the Discord for help.