Bit Torrent info

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » February 19, 2003, 3:26 am

Okay, I'm going to test this out and see if it works.

BitTorrent is a file transfer app that uses a technology called file swarming. Unlike other file sharing apps like Kazaa or Napster there is no gay client/browser to fuck around with and you don't need to make an account or anything.

How it works is you download and install the client. Once you double click to install it, it goes right into your shell and automagically detects .torrent files when you click on them via a web browser or double click on a .torrent file from windows.

BitTorrent shares bandwidth with everyone who is getting the file, and it doesn't grab it in a linear order like other file transfer clients, but it builds the file onto your HD instantly when you start a torrent and begins to grab little pieces of it from all over and starts to send out the little pieces you already have to everyone else. This way everyone downloading is also uploading and it takes away the neccesity to have the file sitting on a main server and everyone is getting it from the one source.

Some guidelines you have to follow in order to make this work are pretty simple. Anyone can download whatever I post; in fact the more people that are downloading, the more upload there will be and everyone will be all around faster, but I ask that once the file is finished downloading to please leave it going for a period of time at least as long as it took you to download it. So if a movie took you 4 hours to grab entirely, please leave the window open for 8 hours. That way there will be more bandwidth uploading and everyone can get done faster. Basically, if you end it right away and everybody does that, then no one will be able to download it once the initial people have gotten it.

Also, BitTorrent is pretty much designed to rape your maximum upload capabilities to make sure everyone is sharing as much as they can. As a general rule I leave my computer alone while BT is running because you can't do much on the net when your upload is being raped so hard. Generally I leave it running while I'm at work or sleeping or out with my fiance and aren't using the computer.

IMPORTANT: IF THE TORRENT YOU ARE TRYING TO DOWNLOAD DOESN'T WORK THEN TRY RIGHT CLICKING ON IT AND DOWNLOADING IT DIRECTLY TO YOUR HARD DESKTOP AND DOUBLE CLICKING ON IT FROM THERE. IF IT STILL DOESN'T WORK AND THE DATE ON THE POST THE FILE IS IN IS LESS THAN A FEW DAYS OLD THEN PRIVATE MESSAGE ME.

If you have a problem with getting crappy/no video or sound, you have to download the correct codecs to watch it. I suggest downloading and installing the Defiler Pack, which is just a bunch of the most commonly used and popular video and audio codecs.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » February 19, 2003, 11:35 am

Question: If I were to do this I would have to do it at work using my work computer. Will this render me unable to use this computer to do normal daily routines (like read the vault or download music

)? Also, will this be a drain on the company server?

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 19, 2003, 12:17 pm

yeah it will be a drain on the company server.

dont download movies at work, especially if you work in a small office, your IT guy will be able to trace a massive spike to you and you could be fuckered, since you are breaking the law and all.

do as Kyo suggests and set up a download at home before work or bed.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » February 19, 2003, 5:40 pm

Yeah we can't afford a drain on resources until we set up the new database server this weekend. Good thing I am that IT guy that would notice the spike. I just never heard of this type of downloading before.

Post by **Xouqoa** » February 19, 2003, 5:44 pm

That sure is an interesting method of downloading. I'll check it out tonight from home and see how it works.

Post by **Xouqoa** » February 21, 2003, 2:41 pm

That was an ... interesting movie. I'll have to watch it again I think, it was enjoyable.

That BitTorrent thing owns, too.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 21, 2003, 7:50 am

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Drolgin Steingrinder · March 21, 2003, 12:50 pm

BitTorrent links for your pleasure:

http://www.turok.info/index.shtml -- BitTorrent TV downloads, mainly.

http://donkax.com/bittorrent/ -- A great list of different bittorrent seeds, Movies, Games, TV-series, other stuff (including porn for Revs!)

http://www.sailes.co.uk/ -- another bittorrent list.

Somali · Post by **Somali** » March 24, 2003, 1:41 pm

make this a sticky?

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 1, 2003, 9:12 pm

Ok, I need a bit of verification on how this works. I downloaded the windows installer, it said it installed successfully... but how do I tell that it's downloading, at what rate, etc? I have the file on my desktop, but its not getting any larger, just 56kb or somesuch. So, is there any way to tell this?

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » April 1, 2003, 9:14 pm

double click on the .torrent file on your desktop and it should start a bit torrent window.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 1, 2003, 9:16 pm

Hmm, its saving it as a .avi file and cutting off the .torrent part. Hmm!

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » April 1, 2003, 9:17 pm

Right click on the file, and Open With.... then select btdownloadprefetch. You might need to search for it if it's not on the menu.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 1, 2003, 9:19 pm

Nod, got it working.. that's a smoking 3kb/s

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » April 1, 2003, 9:22 pm

it'll speed up. bit torrents always start off slow for the first 5-10 minutes.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » April 1, 2003, 10:15 pm

I like this bitTorrent... it's

tx kyou

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » April 15, 2003, 10:19 pm

About how large is an average 90min movie? My hardrive is gimp not sure i could even fit 1 movie on it =/

Post by **Xouqoa** » April 15, 2003, 10:24 pm

most of the movies I've downloaded are at least a gig .. usually 1.5gb or so.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » April 16, 2003, 1:05 am

Doh i have about 250mb left on my HD, 3.4gig total. Hopefully will have a new computer within a month tho so i can watch mass movies. $\:D/$

Spangaloid_PE · Post by **Spangaloid_PE** » April 16, 2003, 1:13 am

Keverian FireCry wrote:Doh i have about 250mb left on my HD, 3.4gig total. Hopefully will have a new computer within a month tho so i can watch mass movies. $\:D/$

you might could save hundreds if all you need is HD space. you can just get a new HD.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » April 16, 2003, 11:37 pm

no i REALLY need a new computer. Mine is 400mhz, Geforce2, 300something ram, it needs to die.

Lexien · Post by **Lexien** » June 3, 2003, 1:39 pm

or be recycled?

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 8, 2003, 7:07 pm

Ok, I downloaded Xmen2 and it did it's whole download thing. I extracted the files to a folder. What do I use to play the movie? I am getting .mds and .mdf files. No clue how to use these.

Tantolar · Post by **Tantolar** » June 9, 2003, 11:13 pm

Bubba,

Those are image files. Kinda like .cue and .bin You'll want to use Alcohol 120% to burn those to cd's http://www.alcohol-soft.com Alternately, you can mount the image to a drive using Daemon Tools. Their main website at http://www.daemon-tools.com seems to be down. But you can probably get them somewhere else.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 9, 2003, 11:20 pm

Daemon Tools seems to work pretty well. Keep checking with the site, it goes up and down.

Cthuldan · Post by **Cthuldan** » June 11, 2003, 9:24 am

The thing to remember about BitTorrents is that they are seeded, i.e. hosted, by individual users. So, if no one with that particular file is online at that time, then no download for you. Don't fret, though; just leave the "tracker" window up overnight and most likely someone will re-seed it and you'll get your porn. Be patient, it may take a day or two.

On that note, try e-mule too. No idea what exactly it is...seems like a kazaa/napster type file share system. However, it has the unique advantage of allowing direct access to particular filenames. For example, I found a movie link on a website and just copy/pasted it into e-mule and away it went. Very resource friendly too.

Couple links for yah:

E-mule client: http://www.emuleplus.tk/

Bit torrent/E-mule site: http://www.packeting.tk

Bit-torrent site: http://www.torrentse.cx/ <-Cthuldan's seal of approval!

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 12, 2003, 11:30 pm

Thanks for the info folks. I downloaded both Alcohol 120 and Daemon Tools. I mounted the image on to cd's using the A120 and didn't have any problems...until I tried to play them. It just hangs on connecting. I am at a loss.

EDIT Sorry I should mention that I am using Windows Media Player 9.0
Is there any othe player out there that is better?

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 13, 2003, 12:05 am

Use WinDVD4 once you have the virtual DVD drive mounted, Bubba. You can download it from Kazaa(and most likely others).

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 14, 2003, 12:03 am

Thanks Can! I downloaded Kazaa Lite and found Windvd4 just before I left for work. Got home and it was ready to install. (anyone have a key for it so I don't have to worry about the trial period?) At first things didn't work with the cd's I mounted and I gave up for a bit. Just got back to it and it worked for about 10 minutes then all I got was sound and no video. That happened on both discs. Not sure what is up with that.

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » June 14, 2003, 7:29 am

I think I have a key for that somewhere, shoot me a pm so I remember it when I get home.

Cracc · Post by **Cracc** » June 14, 2003, 1:41 pm

You people might want to try Direct connect if you like Bittorrent

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 18, 2003, 11:53 pm

Question: I downloaded a few films like Daredevil and Tears of the Sun and they are all just a touch over 700mb for each disc. Are there cdr's over 700mb? If not is there anyway I can get these suckers to fit on a CD? Any editing gear out there that I can download to fix these things? Oh yeah they are in AVI format.

Fenna · Post by **Fenna** » June 27, 2003, 6:42 pm

First off, thanks big time to Kyou for showing me the light--this stuff is incredible (real thanks to Bubba for calling me to tell me about it). http://www.bytemonsoon.com appears to be the best site I've found so far for getting torrents.

I'm watching "Reloaded" right now--just amazing. But most of all I'm just awed by the fact that I can read all the comics I've loved but sold in the past, thanks to these amazing downloads.

Bubba, I think this is our sign we need to buy a DVD burner. I think they're only like $100 for a good one now, and that at least will let you free up hard drive space by moving files.

murr · Post by **murr** » August 24, 2003, 3:10 pm

Sorry about the bump, but just wanted to let everyone know about Soulseek. It's a nice little Kazaa/Napster-like program, except with queueing and some other little quirks. I like it. I'd try bit torrent but as I'm on a university server now I don't want to go eating upload and get nailed for it.

http://www.slsk.org/ - Soulseek

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » September 6, 2003, 5:22 pm

Wow! Almost all of the links I tried in this thread today have been shut down. Lawyers must have come knocking on their doors or something. Anyone know a bit torrent site where I can download software?

Abelard · Post by **Abelard** » September 6, 2003, 6:20 pm

whats your name on soulseek murr?

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » September 6, 2003, 6:48 pm

Blech...just checked all my old bittorrent links and NONE are good anymore

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » September 6, 2003, 7:10 pm

Yeah...anyone have good ones that still work. A lot of them seem to have been taken down, BTorrent must've gained *too* much attention

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » September 6, 2003, 9:14 pm

Here's a couple:

http://www.torrentreactor.com

http://voracity.net/index.php?page=1

http://80.86.187.71/torrents

The last one will be shut down sept. 10th I think so get what you want from it while you can.

Oliadar · Post by **Oliadar** » September 6, 2003, 10:29 pm

Suprnova is the best one I have found. Since they run purely off of mirrors there's several links, if 1 is down just try another.

http://www.suprnova.org
http://www.suprnova.tk <-- one I use the most, seems to be up most of the time
http://mbnet.fi/suprn0va/list_news.html
http://suprnova.web.siol.com

I think maybe once in the past several months have all of those been down simultaenously. If they are, just go to google and type in "suprnova" and try to find one that's about bit torrent.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » September 7, 2003, 3:24 am

Ok i just installed BT. I tried the exe but i got these errors:
Estimated Time left: Failed!
ERROR
arguments are -
-max_uploads <arg>
the maxium number of uploads to allow at once [defaults to 4]
-keepalive_interval <arg>
number of seconds to pause between sending keepalives [defaults to 120.0]

I tried to install that redhat, but after it downloaded it kept saying it couldnt connect, 1.8gigs is kinda hefty to, is it needed?

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » September 8, 2003, 8:02 pm

i tried redhat without bittorrent but got similar results
does ANYONE know? or could someone told me how they installed?

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » September 8, 2003, 8:41 pm

Sionistic wrote:i tried redhat without bittorrent but got similar results
does ANYONE know? or could someone told me how they installed?

The answer to your problem can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;247804

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » September 8, 2003, 9:04 pm

ive never installed linux

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » September 16, 2003, 1:38 am

Question about BitTOrrent files. I downloaded a game and all the files are called *.img, *.cue, *.ccd, *.sub, and then others called BIN files. They are unfamiliar to my system, in that they can't be opened by anything I have. Does anyone know what software I need to open these files types?

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » September 16, 2003, 2:41 am

Nero Burningware (or something similar) and a CD-Burner?

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » September 16, 2003, 3:13 am

ah, and since its 3gigs about, i would need to put it on multiple cds, any idea how to do that? particular files must go together on each cd i guess?
...

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » September 17, 2003, 4:51 pm

I tried to make 3 cds of it, but I didnt really know what i was doing so it didnt work...bah

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 1, 2003, 6:03 pm

Alcohol 120% is great for burning as it will do many formats, including BIN/CUE.

Free trial version on http://www.download.com .

Any updated torrent sites? The ones I had died the other day.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 1, 2003, 8:28 pm

I've heard that ISO buster can open *iso and *.bin files so that they can be browsed, and/or have their files extracted. I personally have *cough* no knowledge of this though.

PS format c: /u will set you free!