Weapon X Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Okay, I've been ignoring this whole bit torrent thing for a long time, but I missed an important episode of a TV show last night and absolutely must download it. Could one of you nice people give me a QUICK rundown on how to go about it? The only thing I know is that there is a site called piratesbay, but fucked if I know what to do with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Okay the first thing you need to download software/music/movies whatever you like you have to have a bittorrent client (this will allow you to download) BitTorrent is the name of a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol, and is the name of a free software implementation of that protocol. The protocol was originally designed and created by programmer Bram Cohen, and is now maintained by BitTorrent Inc. BitTorrent is designed to distribute large amounts of data widely without incurring the corresponding consumption in costly server and bandwidth resources. CableLabs, the research organization of the North American cable industry, believes that BitTorrent represents 55% of the upstream traffic on the cable companies' access network.[1] CacheLogic puts that number at roughly 35% of all traffic on the Internet,[2] although there are dissenting opinions on the methodology to measure P2P traffic on the Internet.[3] The original BitTorrent client was written in Python. Its source code, as of version 4.0, has been released under the BitTorrent Open Source License, which is a modified version of the Jabber Open Source License. There are numerous compatible clients, written in a variety of programming languages, and running on a variety of computing platforms. go here to download a bittorrent client of yer choice http://www.bittorrentclients.net/pages/controller.php?action=detail&idTorrentClient=8 go here and it will explain how to download files and other useless information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittorrent#Downloading_torrents_and_sharing_files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 a list of torrent sites http://torrentsearcher.filesharingplace.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 Okay the first thing you need to download software/music/movies whatever you like you have to have a bittorrent client (this will allow you to download) BitTorrent is the name of a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol, and is the name of a free software implementation of that protocol. The protocol was originally designed and created by programmer Bram Cohen, and is now maintained by BitTorrent Inc. BitTorrent is designed to distribute large amounts of data widely without incurring the corresponding consumption in costly server and bandwidth resources. CableLabs, the research organization of the North American cable industry, believes that BitTorrent represents 55% of the upstream traffic on the cable companies' access network.[1] CacheLogic puts that number at roughly 35% of all traffic on the Internet,[2] although there are dissenting opinions on the methodology to measure P2P traffic on the Internet.[3] The original BitTorrent client was written in Python. Its source code, as of version 4.0, has been released under the BitTorrent Open Source License, which is a modified version of the Jabber Open Source License. There are numerous compatible clients, written in a variety of programming languages, and running on a variety of computing platforms. go here to download a bittorrent client of yer choice http://www.bittorrentclients.net/pages/controller.php?action=detail&idTorrentClient=8 go here and it will explain how to download files and other useless information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittorrent#Downloading_torrents_and_sharing_files Thanks a lot, dude. That first link didn't lead me to anywhere, though. Should I just use Kazaa or something? *NVM, I had to go back one page on that site and found the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 that first link leads you to download all the popular clients but just use (Azureus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serum Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 also i suggest downloading the VLC player. it plays all types of movie files and its quite annoying to search all over the web for some useless plugin if you use other type of movie players. you may also need a RAR expander since some music is compressed into a RAR file which is similar to a zip file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 kazaa is a huge virus dont you anything like that keep to torrents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ if you need help post in the tech thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 Yeah, I got VLC, and well, no winrar on this computer, but one on the old one. And I just picked up BitComet, and it seems to be working fine. I only needed the one episode, and it's giving me the whole season, but I can't complain. Thanks again, dudes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 What show is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 What show is this? It's already aired in the states, but in Canada, we're a little behind. I'm not going to tell you what show because someone will spoil it for me. It was the season finale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Haha this nigga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 he is right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Issac Brock Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 kazaa is a huge virus dont you anything like that keep to torrents cosigned plus limewire is also virus ridden. best torrent client in my opinion = utorrent. http://www.utorrent.com and 99% of the time I can find what I want on torrentspy.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potholder Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 if you're a n00b at torrents, and have a PC, then utorrent would be the best bet. http://utorrent.com/download.php http://utorrent.com/setup_guide.php if you're on another platform, (or torrent proficient) azureus would be your best bet: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ (I advise the 2.5.0.0 version, the 3.0 is complete crap) if you want tv shows: http://www.eztvefnet.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
After School Special Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 limewire is virus ridden? I like torrents cause I can download full albums and whatnot. But sometimes I just want to download one specific song. Can you recomend something other than limewire for OS X? I've honestly never had a problem with lime, maybe that's cause im on a mac. But I'm def open to other program suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 torrents can download single songs when search just search for the song if the single song does not come up then select the full album, edit it with yer bittorrent client just check mark what files you want downloaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i11igul Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 for single songs use bearshare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alure Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 http://www.mininova.org/ and BitTorrent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 haha, thanks crusty mike..hahaa. Anyway, Swif1, if you must know, it was the season finale of Project Runway Season 3. I got it. Thank you all for your big help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 no problem. I should make step by step shit for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potholder Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 if you added more arrows, it would be mad hip-hop. more arrows, k tnx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekend_habit Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Anybody have a problem with BitTorrent downloading really slow? I've been downloading a 200mb file for 2 days now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Feast Island Man Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 bit torrent is meh. it can mean getting files very quickly, but it generally doesn't. I'm downloading casino royal at a fucking snail's pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potholder Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 it all depends on what trackers you use. if you're using private sites, you can max out your connection. if you're using public sites, it may take weeks to download something big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isor357 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 nevermind.. im remedial i wasnt logged in. i had to form an account ok... now its not allowing me to download because it says the command already exists. the bit torrent god doesnt like me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isor357 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 i give up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I use a client called uTorrent. It's small, and fast enough. Azereus is Java-based, and Java....well, I won't go into that. Some torrent sites are better than others. Demonoid seems to have everything that I need. They have a member's only policy. However, the registration is open one day a week. I'm better at this than I used to be (meaning, it's not really hard at all) but I'd ask casek or Mainter for details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekend_habit Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I scratched bittorrent...ungodly slow. But I downloaded this fucker "Azereus" and she's purrin' like a kitten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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