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madforret Oasis Groupie If in doubt, DO NOTHING! Posts: 870	Bit Torrents?? Jun 27, 2005 16:51:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by madforret on Jun 27, 2005 16:51:30 GMT -5 ;D I bet to half of you this is a silly question but: "what are bit torrents and how do you use them?" Any explanation or directions towards simple explanations appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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tezza202
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Bit Torrents?? Jun 27, 2005 16:59:08 GMT -5

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Post by tezza202 on Jun 27, 2005 16:59:08 GMT -5

Basically bittorrents are used to download torrents. These torrents are big files such as software, or music gigs. Plus games, movies etc

heres a guide i borrowed.

Bit torrent is easy, all you need is one thing and your ready to go, heres a step by step guide on the basics of downloading through bit torrent.

Follow this step by step guide and all should be well

1. Get your bit torrent client - this is what enables you to download different files. I recommend:

BitComet - www.bitcomet.com/

azureus.sourceforge.net/ - Azureus

2. Once you have your client of choice, install it.

3. Head off to a torrent site for example:

4. Search for your torrent of choice, and choose the one with the most seeders, this is located next to the torrent name and is normally under a column called 'S'

5. Download the Torrent File to your desktop or a torrent folder - note the torrent file is always a very small file - this is not the completed download this is the file that we start the download in your bit torrent client

6. Double click this torrent file and Azureus should start running - leave it running and the download should start -the speed depends on the number of seeders and connections you have with other peers. (note that azureus runs java and so will slow up your computer and browsing somewhat)

7. Once the file has finished downloading, leave azureus open if you leave the computer so that you can seed the file for others to download - without doing this bit torrent would collapse

8. Locate your downloaded file here

"C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username Here\Application Data\Azureus\downloads"

9. Enjoy your file :wink:

Thanks

Dan

madforret Oasis Groupie If in doubt, DO NOTHING! Posts: 870	Bit Torrents?? Jun 27, 2005 17:09:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by madforret on Jun 27, 2005 17:09:26 GMT -5 Thanks for the explanation, seems quite simple enough I suppose. Have some karma for your efforts!! Does it take "weeks" to get say a decent video boot of a gig??
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Bit Torrents?? Jun 27, 2005 17:33:09 GMT -5

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Post by tezza202 on Jun 27, 2005 17:33:09 GMT -5

No way. It all depends, on these things:

- how many seeds &downloaders there are. The more of these the faster it will go

-your connection. faster the connection the better the download

-your settings. if you change them to make it upload a certain amount it will download more.

All depends on the conditions really, but most of the time its quicker then downloading from yousendit if theyre big files.

Gifford Oasis Manager Workers of the world relax! Posts: 1,723	Bit Torrents?? Jun 27, 2005 17:40:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Gifford on Jun 27, 2005 17:40:07 GMT -5 plus if yer uploading stuff your download speeds are really high, when they're active
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Bit Torrents?? Jun 27, 2005 17:43:12 GMT -5

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madforret said:

Have some karma for your efforts!! Does it take "weeks" to get say a decent video boot of a gig??

i use it alot for getting the systm ( www.systm.org ) downloads, which are done by kevin rose and dan huard (who are both massive oasis fans btw, and dan looks like liam/ian brown) and they're tech shows. so those always download fast because every geek downloads them. then again, i been trying to d/l gta:san andreas for a month now

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