Torrents

[BLKOUT]

Anyone here downloading torrents? I recently installed bittorrent and the speed is extremely sloooow. I have 1 movie that I downloaded, but windows is telling me that I am not able to open it, it asks me which program to use to open it....any idea?

Thanks is advance!

[chinsterr]

you need to extract the video with winRAR. Have you done that ?

[BLKOUT]

nope, what is winRAR and how do I get it?

[Unoriginalusername]

:gg

[MattC]

you need to extract the video with winRAR. Have you done that ?

let me first preface this by saying Downloading movies/music/games etc. is against the law and by no means do any of the owners or patrons of this forum condone or endorse breaking this or any other laws.

That being said... :chuckle

Depending on the format of the movie this may or may not be the case, sometimes movies come in .ISO format or a similar compiled file format, ready to be burned to a CD.

[Xerox]

from the type of questions you're asking, maybe you should stick to Kazaa.

do a google search for "torrent faq" if you want to learn more.

[cyberscorpi0]

Use "Utorrent" (http://www.utorrent.com/), it's fast for me.

You can download WinRar here. (http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10690736.html?tag=lst-0-2) http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/happy/happy0025.gif

[Xerox]

The torrent software used isn't the only thing that will determine speed.
Factors such as available seeds, NAT/firewall/port forwarding, ISP will affect speed more so than the software IMO.

[chinsterr]

Depending on the format of the movie this may or may not be the case, sometimes movies come in .ISO format or a similar compiled file format, ready to be burned to a CD.

All torrents are RAR'ed.

But yes , once the file is extracted it could be an ISO, AVI, MPEG, whatever

[Fuman]

check ur codecs too, install a pack or something.

[Chiburashka]

Once you become more affiliated with the software you'll be able to tweak it and get the most out of your internet connection. However, I'd highly recommend downloading Peer Guardian http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/. Since Rogers has started to seriously crack down on P2P sharing and is now not only limiting your DL speed but monitoring any rights infrigments.

P.S Azureus is by FAR the best torrent cilent. For more information and reasons why, visit here: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

[Xerox]

P.S Azureus is by FAR the best torrent cilent. For more information and reasons why, visit here: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

+1 for Azureus. I like it.

[majic]

torrents are for highschool kiddies :) :gone

use newsgroups :chuckle

but if you must.. azureus *IS* the shizzle

[Xerox]

The thing with newsgroups is that I find many instances when one post containing a piece of the download is missing. Atleast that's what I remember.

[JonsMazda]

mIRC still around?

[majic]

The thing with newsgroups is that I find many instances when one post containing a piece of the download is missing. Atleast that's what I remember.

use par files :)

[Skarbro]

let me first preface this by saying Downloading movies/music/games etc. is against the law and by no means do any of the owners or patrons of this forum condone or endorse breaking this or any other laws.
Actually that is not correct. In Canada it is legal to download for personal use, but illegal to upload.

[Chiburashka]

Actually that is not correct. In Canada it is legal to download for personal use, but illegal to upload.

Which in the end means the samething because with Torrents you can't do one without the other.

[BLKOUT]

from the type of questions you're asking, maybe you should stick to Kazaa.

do a google search for "torrent faq" if you want to learn more.

everyone has to start somewhere. when you started to use torrents, did you know what you were doing? i didnt think so

[vblanche]

newsgroups???

[Xerox]

everyone has to start somewhere.

I know that everyone has to start somewhere and so I suggested google and what to search for. You can most likely find much more accurate and in-depth information than you will asking on this forum.


when you started to use torrents, did you know what you were doing? i didnt think so

Hold on there tiger...if you're gonna ask a question atleast give the man a chance to answer it.
I may not have known the best way to do things at first but I had enough background knowledge to know what I was doing.

I know I came out being hard on you but did provide you with (what I think is) good information on how you can get started using torrents.

[craigrodrigues88]

I use azerus to download the torrents, and i get all my stuff from revolutiontt, it all downloads pretty quickly, I am happy so far!

[whiteomega]

let me first preface this by saying Downloading movies/music/games etc. is against the law and by no means do any of the owners or patrons of this forum condone or endorse breaking this or any other laws.

in Canada, downloading isn't illegal; provided you do so for your own private viewing and you don't redistribute, for profit or otherwise, what you downloaded. you're also supposed to remove it from you machine within 30 days

so until that law gets changed..(which is slowly happening)..have fun if you're in Canada :)

[WildEmu]

+1 for Newsgroups. Too bad Rogers took away newsgroups access a while back :AH (the free ride was sweet while it lasted)

[iconicrocket]

torrents are for highschool kiddies :) :gone

use newsgroups :chuckle


That's IF you can get the newsgroups free. I find that pretty much all the "second tier" ISP providers just don't give you access to any of the good ones. When I was with Rogers Cable modem service, they had unrestricted access, now I pay half the price, but can't get any of the alt.binary newsgroups at all.

[jedd999]

That's IF you can get the newsgroups free. I find that pretty much all the "second tier" ISP providers just don't give you access to any of the good ones. When I was with Rogers Cable modem service, they had unrestricted access, now I pay half the price, but can't get any of the alt.binary newsgroups at all.

Rogers cut access to the newsgroups about a year ago... I have been using this service where I pay (I think) $17 Canadian / month and I get unlimited downloads. They have a retention of about 50 days, so things are around for quite a while, and the speed is absolutely unbeatable no matter where else you download from (300 KBits/s = about 100k / second).

Whoever commented on the mirc, that gave me a good laugh... I used to be such a nerd chilling in those warez channels :bang

If you dont know what winrar is, maybe torrents and opening ports to speed things up might be a bit difficult, but you have to learn somewhere.

A good key is to google your problem, and you will get lots of links to forums and stuff where people discuss problems and fixes, and it will be a good learning experience! You have to start somewhere :)

Also, if you have a file and you dont know what the extension is, if you use XP you should open up my computer, go to

tools --> folder options --> view --> and then uncheck the box that says "hide extensions for known file types"

Then look at the extension, and google it!

[iconicrocket]

Anyone here downloading torrents? I recently installed bittorrent and the speed is extremely sloooow.


I use BitComet, and it works fast for me. Download speed is also dependant on the numbers of seeders and your connection speed to them.

[Xerox]

Whoever commented on the mirc, that gave me a good laugh... I used to be such a nerd chilling in those warez channels :bang


All this talk is bringing back so many memories. 0-Day WareZ! :chuckle

[majic]

That's IF you can get the newsgroups free. I find that pretty much all the "second tier" ISP providers just don't give you access to any of the good ones. When I was with Rogers Cable modem service, they had unrestricted access, now I pay half the price, but can't get any of the alt.binary newsgroups at all.

who said free? you gotta pay to play ;) $40USD every 3 months is like going to the movies twice with the wifey.. at ultd speeds and downloads (10mbit connection =1.1MB/sec) movies are in just over an hour.. plus it doubles as a PVR and whatever else you may need..


Rogers cut access to the newsgroups about a year ago...

i find it they cut it back in 2000 :S with access to like 20K groups and not any of the good ones with 24hr retention JOKE!!!!!!



Whoever commented on the mirc, that gave me a good laugh... I used to be such a nerd chilling in those warez channels :bang


mIRC .. lol..
"please please can i leech"
"100th in queue"
...
"5th in queue"
<disconnect>

:bang



If you dont know what winrar is, maybe torrents and opening ports to speed things up might be a bit difficult, but you have to learn somewhere.


see another reason to get hooked on newsgroups and newsleecher 3.9 onwards with repair & extract (R'nE) it does it all for you and you don't need to know anything :P


All this talk is bringing back so many memories. 0-Day WareZ! :chuckle

devils0wn :bana

[BiG-ED]

I use BitComet, and it works fast for me. Download speed is also dependant on the numbers of seeders and your connection speed to them.

Bitcomet = evil
they inflate their U/D numbers and will pack ur OS with spy/ad ware
go with Utorrent or Azereus

[Mazda3_06]

a good torrent site is torrrentleech.org
but you need to be a member to get in...
and i dont think there taking anybody now!!
unless you ask real nice...lol

[jedd999]

:chuckle

mIRC .. lol..
"please please can i leech"
"100th in queue"
...
"5th in queue"
<disconnect>

:bang


Welcome to my life when I was like 13 to 18 :chuckle

Thats why when I discovered newsgroups I was so happy... when rogers cut the access I honestly just stopped downloading stuff all together. I got into torrents, but they are just a pain in the butt - I find that the speeds with rogers are just too slow, and if you want to download something, it can take a few days.

Its worth spending the $15 a month and just paying for the newsgroup service if you download a lot :)

[chinsterr]

a good torrent site is torrrentleech.org
but you need to be a member to get in...
and i dont think there taking anybody now!!
unless you ask real nice...lol

I am a member at bitsoup/torrentleech/demonoid ... i just managed to sign up at the right times.

I have one invite for torrentleech.org , first person to message me with their email can have it.