How to download torrent files


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I know there are torrent files but i dont know what program to use to download them... thus making this topic hoping for answers, thank you

also I don't know if this is in the right board or not, if not could someone move it?
 
azureus is a decent client.. you get that.. then DL the .torrent file and tell it where to save the .avi (or other type) file.. you can google azureus and find it.. cant remember web site..
 
The site is azureus.sf.net... It is the best client I have run into to date.

~ SP
 
I like Bittornado the most, it works at a pretty decent rate most of the time, but it really depends on your upload rate, connections, and other factors besides the ones i mentioned. try asking Jrow, he seems to know alot about it. (Im still kind of a n00b at this, but im doing pretty good)
 
hum... i use BitComet, but i think this program has some problems. not sure what exactly.

anyways bittorrent is a really troublesome thing actually, i worked like 10 hours to get my speed up to around 50kb/s (which is still pretty slow compared to most bittorrent user) i think you might have trouble getting high speeds too, if you have a question, feel free to ask. ill try my best to help u.

Btw, anyone know how to get better speeds other than port forwarding?
 
the most important things to get the best speeds:

- don't upload too much.. it'll mess up your connection! find out what's your connection's upload speed and set azureus to about 80% of that vaule (if you're not using other similar P2P apps).

example: if your connection has a 256kbps upload speed, that means that you can upload at 32KB/s. In that case, you better set your max upload speed to 25KB/s.

- don't upload too little
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You can set a certain number of upload slots per torrent (if you have 2 upload slots, it means that while you download you're sending the file to 2 people as well). You should have 3KB/s for each slot.

example: if your upload limit is 25KB/s, like in the example before, that means you should have 25 / 3 = ~7 download slots. And that's either 3 downloads with 2 slots each or 2 downloads with 3 slots each or 2 downloads and a seed with 2 slots each, get it?

- having the necessary ports open is obviously the most important thing as well;

- BT takes some time to speed up... usually the best speed is reached after 30min / 1h, in my case

/jp
 
QUOTE (darkdog @ Apr 20 2005, 03:30 PM) the most important things to get the best speeds:

- don't upload too much.. it'll mess up your connection! find out what's your connection's upload speed and set azureus to about 80% of that vaule (if you're not using other similar P2P apps).

example: if your connection has a 256kbps upload speed, that means that you can upload at 32KB/s. In that case, you better set your max upload speed to 25KB/s.

- don't upload too little
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You can set a certain number of upload slots per torrent (if you have 2 upload slots, it means that while you download you're sending the file to 2 people as well). You should have 3KB/s for each slot.

example: if your upload limit is 25KB/s, like in the example before, that means you should have 25 / 3 = ~7 download slots. And that's either 3 downloads with 2 slots each or 2 downloads with 3 slots each or 2 downloads and a seed with 2 slots each, get it?

- having the necessary ports open is obviously the most important thing as well;

- BT takes some time to speed up... usually the best speed is reached after 30min / 1h, in my case

/jp
yeah what you about the upload speed is ture, but in my case i actually found a better way.

set ur upload speed high in the begining, then after your d/l speed reached about say.. ah 20kb/s set you u/l speed lower, like 5-15kb (there will be number that works best 4 u, play around with it. mine is 8kb/s btw). i just figured this out, now my speed goes up to about 120kb/s if im lucky...

and yea openning ports in firewall is obvious.
 
I use Azuerus, and I make all downloads start at system startup. I then get rid of the logon screen on XP, so it will automatically go on to my account when the computer restarts. I then put a power timer on the plug, so the computer will turn on at like, 12:00am, and off at 6:00am, therefor giving me the best download speeds at the best times
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QUOTE (sasha @ May 1 2005, 07:23 AM) I use Azuerus, and I make all downloads start at system startup. I then get rid of the logon screen on XP, so it will automatically go on to my account when the computer restarts. I then put a power timer on the plug, so the computer will turn on at like, 12:00am, and off at 6:00am, therefor giving me the best download speeds at the best times
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Why do you bother turning off your computer at all then :/ I don't even see how that would work either, you would still need to be there to press the "ON" button on your computer (It's not like a television, but I guess it may have a computer that switches on like that), and it's not the most "healthy" way of turning off a computer either.
 
If I recall correctly, there is a torrent scheduler available in the azureus plugins section... It'd probably be much less complicated, but I've never used it myself.

~ SP
 
yeah, i use that! it works fine for me.. it's a plugin called speed scheduler!

i still set the computer up to go to sleep a little after azureus is scheduled to stop, because at that time imma gonna be sleeping and i want my computer to be damn quiet
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/jp
 
why not leave ur computer on always? i never switch my computer off. i do restart sometimes, if restart is needed.
 
Because if you're not running a *nix based operating system, your system will slowly grow slower and slower to the point of becoming unstable. Windows XP isn't so bad as previous incarnations, however, even Microsoft recommends restarting your computer a few times per day...

~ SP
 
QUOTE (sasha @ May 9 2005, 08:49 AM) Pfft, you're not serious. Isn't it UN-healthy to restart?
Obviously you've never left your computer on for more than a day
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I've seen what SpacePirate happen, my PC gets more sluggish as time goes on. It's not unhealthy to restart- just not the best idea to go around pulling the plug on your computer.
 
oh, the eternal question, to leave it on or not to leave it on? everyone is concerned about component stress. it isn't good to turn your computer on because it's not running at its regular temperature. it's sort of the same deal as when you first start a car and it doesn't run well, or why the light bulbs always burn out right when you flick them on. then again, it's not good to leave your computer on all the time because each component will be working for a lot longer. oh, and that thing where it slows down, that's called memory leakage. it isn't a big deal, it can be fixed with a restart. also it shouldn't happen for at least a few days. i don't know what microsoft says, but i wouldn't restart a few times a day if i could help it. maybe a few a week.

my point is this: it is unhealthy to restart. it is unhealthy to leave it on. if you don't actively kill your computer with viruses and stuff, your components should last until they're obsolete. do what you want (but turn your monitor off)

huge, off-topic post!
 
Heh, just to continue with the off-topicness, if you restart your computer using the software reset (Start > Shutdown > Restart), the system does a clean restart, properly shutting down running processes and devices. If you simply pull the plug, or if you are on an older computer, just hit the power button, this shut down process never takes place.

Furthermore, while hardware stress does occur to some extent, it is not so big a problem as memory allocation is. As the system is running longer, the poor memory handling in Windows delegates more of the software to use virtual memory, which writes data that usually would be read from the very fast ram to the comparatively slower hard disk. Because of this, programs run and load much slower than usual.

~ SP
 
More offtopicness:

Awesome!!! So, it's healthier to press Start --> Shutdown than pull the plug, but it's still unhealthy?
 
Not at all; Start > Shutdown isn't unhealthy at all, it is the way to do it.
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As I said before, periodic restarts are good for the machine, not the opposite.

~ SP
 
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