I'm from 2012

magnet is just the most important parts of a .torrent file, short enough that it can be represented by string of letters. this doesn't require as much web hosting space as a .torrent, and magnets can be, for example found in a google cache entry if the server goes down as it's just text.

the torrent client starts off with that small amount of info and tries to get the rest of the metadata (i.e. the contents of the full torrent file) then continues as normal.

idk about not being able to select individual files, I use qbittorrent and I can do that

Magnet is a reference to a magnet link.
Basically, without telling you stuff you could just look up on your own:
You can't select the files in the torrent before it starts because the list of actual files in the torrent and the blocks/pieces that make up those individual files are stored in the torrent file, which if you're using magnet links, you don't have immediately.
A magnet link is basically a link to the information which would be stored in the torrent files you're more familiar with. I use Transmission, so I can tell you that all you have to do is wait for the metadata to finish downloading, then you can select the files you do and don't want in your torrent.

>>736331
see
>>687343
or
>>>/g/sqt
or
>>>/g/oogle

>>736334

Ah ok thank you. I found where to select the files, but for some reason it won't let me un-check the boxes for the .sfv, .m3u and .nfo files. I realize they're small and don't take up any space, but I still don't want them usually. Any way to do that?

Also I realize I could've Googled magnet links, but I would've sifted through paragraph after paragraph figuring them out and wasting time. The quick, simple explanations I received here are much appreciated.

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