last seen 15 weeks 6 days agoEach of the various P2P sharing methods has its own clients or software. I will start with the clients that I know and you can all feel free to join in with your own experiences and client preferences.
Bitcomet---- This is one of the easiest to use clients. It is also banned by several trackers because it does not report its share level back to the tracker correctly giving this program a "leecher" reputation. This being said it is still very easy to use has a simple to use and understand interface and is very fast in comparison to other clients.
Utorrent----This client is very popular it has more advanced options than Bitcomet and is not blocked by any tracking sites. The Interface is clean and easy to understand and the client itself does not eat up huge amounts of system resources.
Azureus----This is a java based client, it is easy to use once you get it set-up but from my experience is not the client of choice if are not comfortable with LAN/WAN settings.
OK, I got another silly question, let's say I download something, then I want to move it to a new folder on my computer... can I still have it for people to download from another folder.... cause once I move or change anything it gives me an error.
You can move the file(s) to another folder and then start up the torrent. It will ask you to choose the download location again and you just choose the new folder. If the torrent has created a separate folder for the download you'll have to move the whole folder to the new location.
This is how it works for bittornado, could be that it's different for other clients.
Once you download it you have to leave it in the download folder so you can share it, I would suggest copying it to the other location until you have shared it to at least a 1:1 ratio, then you can delete it from the torrent client
"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise "
Thanks Foam, that hit's it on the head. I have to change a few things, cuase my OS is only a 20 GIG patition, and all files I download are on there.... so as you can imagine, it fills up quick.... I can work it though
You can choose the download location and destination location for once the file is finished in BitComet, UTorrent, and Azuereus
I would not have the default for either on my main C: drive if you have partitions
I have a partition just for .torrent downloads makes it easy to find and eventually clean
Remember though be a good sharer seed at least as much as you get, and sometimes seed more for those files you download that you can never seem to get to a 1:1 ratio
"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise "
I am being a good sharer now that I get what is going on. I usually get it up to 1.5 or 2 before I delete it. But I am using the copy Idea....
The reason I have it set up this way (I learned this with limewire, cause of all the ad ware and viruses), I download to my C drive, then scan the files, and make sure everything is good. THEN I move it to my D dive (my only other partition) and orginize it. Then if soemthing happens to windows, or I get a virus I just re-ghost my C drive and am back running. If I had a better computer (that could hold more drives), or if I had a bigger Hard Drive, I would do 3 partitions.... but for now this works for me.
Although im loyal to demonoid.com, I'd recommend torrentbox.com as well.
And as another note, ive found some excellent quality ups from these users:
aXXo (aka 'adso' on torrentbox)who ups everything with dvdshrink as .avi files that play on all my standalone dvd players
Hockney (TUS release) who ups everything in bin/cue (make sure you have nero to burn these files) and his ups have even surpassed aXXo in my book.
Anyone using demonoid should check these two out if you havent already!
What programs do you use to get these to dvd.
Currently I use divxtoDVD, shrink and decrypter. Recently I haven't been able to use these on all my dl's any suggestions? I'm pretty new to it though. Just started with the whole "torrent" thing have always used Ares before. Trying out new things now, moving on up if you will. LOL
What torrent do u guys use and which should i use?
For torrents there are all types out there. Some cater to certain types. There are lots of public ones and lots of private (invite only) ones. Here are some of my favorite public ones:
http://thepiratebay.org/browse <-- they have a little of everything
http://www.eztv.it/frontpage.php <-- they do TV shows only
http://empornium.us/index.php <-- ADULT only (XXX)
I use a couple of private ones but some have rules against posting them on public forums (they can ban you). Here is one that I really like that is private (that I can post):
http://www.demonoid.com/ <-- a little of everything. Sometimes they have open enrollment but mostly invite only
Now with that said I'll post one that I am a member of but their horrible to deal with:
http://www.bitmetv.org/
they are TV only. They have very strict rules for a 1:1 ratio. It doesn't matter if you seed the thing for months if you don't have that 1:1 ratio you get booted. Heck my first download they marked my profile (second day in) as:
yep they put that exact pic on my profile - nice huh - they pooped on me. Also if you get that so does the person who invited you too. There have been a couple of members from here were banned on that site. They won't let you upload the first month to increase your ratio rather you can buy your way out - pffffff - I don't think so!
torrentreactor.net .... I like them, they get a lot of traffic... but they lack on comments so it's hard to sift out the bad...
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There are several search engines that search public torrent sites such as thepiratebay/mininova/isohunt/torrentreactor:
btjunkie.org
torrentz.com
youtorrent.com
Private trackers:
Here's a decent list of private trackers and what they offer: link. In general private trackers offer higher download speeds, earlier access to new content, more rare content and often longer retention of old torrents. For anything that's popular you don't really need private trackers though because it's all over the public sites.
Yeah I hear that. I like to read what others say. Nothing like spending 2 days to download to get a bad serial not to mention any other little ugly thing.
Ok I did a thread a while back about a great site I found for scanning torrents - it scans with 21 different anti-virus scans:
21 antivirus scan Free
i love those sites. heres one i really like too.
http://www.scenereleases.info/
So, anyone have any new Torrent sites they have been using? I have tried torrentspy.com.... which wasn't bad, once past all the porn they have as thier adds, lol (not that porn embarrasses me, I like it... just was shocked by it)
There are one or two others I swing through, but nothing that really has what I want. Any more suggestions?
demonoid.com might have to get an invite if open enrollment is closed
piratebay.org
isohunt.com
mininova.org
"There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots. "
I love ipodnova.tv.
Everything's in mp4 format, so for those who use a video iPod it's excellent. No more converting!
And I've always been happy with BitTornado as a client. But what about viruses? The sites I use all require registration and keeping a good ratio, so I feel relatively safe. Plus, I scan everything no matter where I get it from before I open it. But just like back in the day when we had Suprnova, I do use mininova and meganova for stuff I can't find on the sites where I'm a member.
I might look into the other clients that offer protection, but I'm a seasoned BT user, never had a virus - my AV has caught a few over the years, so no tragedy.
I have invites for Demonoid as well if anyone wants one.
Trackers are sites that link you to the files you want to download. Some tracker sites you have to register and maintain a certain ratio of sharing.
Torrent Spy-- No registration needed to search files, but you may have to register with the tracker that the file is originally uploaded to, very large number of files in a variety of areas.
PirateBay---huge site to search for files and an easy place to start they even have a nice how to on downloading.
Demonoid--have to register for this site, but it is clean and easy to use. If the registrations are closed you can have a member of Demonoid send you an invitation.
OK now you have some basic information and a new area to show your expertise and become a trusted member
I wanted to add:
torrentreactor.net
I like it... I love the way it's set up and it's incredibly simple... for what I generally look for it's got the most files with the most seeders for my searches.
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Thanks for the bookmark, Animestrinity.
I also use this site as a torrent search engine:
torrentz.com
I can't vouch for the cleanliness of it, but I figured that just came with the territory. Always read the comments!!!
You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind. -Henry David Thoreau
Torrentscan.com is a nice site.
Check it out, i can't really explain what it is simply. But you'll understand when you see it.
All the tracker sites on it that I've used have been quick and clean.
I'd like to clarify that piratebay.com isn't what you're looking for... type thepiratebay.com (or .org, it transfers you to the .org site, but you need to start with 'the') and you get the torrent site... took me a while to figure out what I was doing.
Or maybe my computer just likes to redirect me to crazy sites for no reason at all...
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Maybe i just don't know how to use the clients, but i never had any luck using torrents. Either i can't find what i was looking for, or they take forever to download - am i doing something wrong? I finally just gave up and went back to LimeWire.
Maybe some pointers? Also, what is the supposed advantage of torrents over something like LimeWire or Shareaza?
of my client's progress screen:
Am I correct in thinking that the download that I'm trying to get is not even complete on the other end and that's why it won't finish on my end?