error decoding torrent

[Vries]

When I try to download something, it does not appear in the download window, while it is coloured red in the search window. When I check the cosole it says something like Error decoding torrent file, and gives a long alfanumeric number (MD5 checksum?).
But no file appears in the download window. I tried several times with different files, all with the same result.

[Christophe Dumez (hydr0g3n)]

Does this happen with all search engines? In the search results, torrents from multiple search web sites are mixed. Usually, when problems happen, they only do for one particular Web site. Sometimes they are temporary (meaning that the website has an issue and will be back shortly), sometimes I need to patch my search plugin or even qBittorrent.

I know for example that torrentdownloads.net enabled HTTP gzip compression recently and that their HTTP header does not notify that the steam is gzipped. As a consequence, I had to code a workaround recently, that shipped with qBittorrent v2.1.5. If you're not already using v2.1.5, I suggest you update.