However, if the torrent becomes popular and self-sustainable, the torrent client will fetch data from the swarm and only use the http seed for pieces which are not available or are deficient in the swarm. Either way, the user will get the data from the http source. The advantage, of course, is that a publisher can create a torrent of a file which is already hosted on his server and not worry about seeding it full time, while the user can obtain the data directly from the http source or through the torrent. Now if the swarm is weak, the torrent client will fetch data from the http source. So if you have a file somewhere on the internet, you can simply add its link to your torrent. What seeds give the torrent client the ability to download torrent pieces/data from an http source in addition to the swarm.
Using the align file boundary option will take care of that shortfalling, but will result in creation of padding files, which are harmless, but some find objectionable. The source must be identical files unless there are webseed links for all the included files, you may not be able to download 100% of the file from webseed because of boundary data that's spread across files. When you author a torrent you can add any locations where you have uploaded the contents, or existing web locations. If you add such locations, then peers with ability to use webseeding can download from these sources. Location on the web for any files within the torrent.
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