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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Sept 13, 2009 17:12:21 GMT -5
I just got into Bit Torrent using Utorrent and every game I download is a corrupted download. But I did get some Music and a Movie off there. Whats your knowledge about Torrenting?
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Post by MasterSnit on Sept 13, 2009 17:20:17 GMT -5
I do. I use uTorrent too, it is supposedly the best program to use for torrents. I tend to use these sites for finding torrents - isohunt.com/www.mininova.org/thepiratebay.org/I don't download games, but as with most torrents, check that they are well seeded and more than about a week old to make sure it's not a fake that someone has thrown up. Also, if there are any, check the comments on a file, as there might be some people who are confirming if the file is real or fake, and giving some details of the quality. I usually download music and films, although not so much now because I changed my provider a while back to Sky, and their internet service isn't very good. My download speeds hardly ever get above 200kbps. |
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Sept 13, 2009 17:51:45 GMT -5
Thx I was using Piratebay to find the torrents they copy the url into Utorrent.
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Post by Velkontés on Sept 13, 2009 18:14:52 GMT -5
You could try www.torrentreactor.net too. I only really torrent TV shows because I use one website ( eztv.it/ if anyone is interested) that is trustworthy. I had to reformat my computer thanks to a movie I torrented last year, so I'd definitely make sure there are comments before torrenting something. |
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Post by Champ on Sept 13, 2009 22:29:54 GMT -5
I actually never heard of it. but it sounds like I should check it out
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Post by MasterSnit on Sept 14, 2009 13:46:49 GMT -5
SM, you can also download the torrent file and open the torrent that way.
Out of curiousity, what speeds do you guys download at? Like I said, I've got Sky internet and it's pretty slow. It's really annoying.
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Sept 14, 2009 15:13:35 GMT -5
I am on Brighthouse cable at 2633 KBPS
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Post by GLF on Sept 14, 2009 16:45:16 GMT -5
This pretty much covers what you need to know when searching for torrents. Also be aware that the Pirate Bay got bought over and it supposedly going to become legit i.e pay for stuff. Basically its probably gonna be the new Napster.
Not sure what will be taking the Pirate Bays place yet but no doubt someone will.
I tend to download mainly films and tv shows and on rare occasions music. Normally I can get around 300-400 kbps if the torrent is ok. If its popular then it can be 500-600 kbps (this is using virgin media)
One other thing when using UTorrent, its a good idea to encrypt the bit torrent traffic (should be a setting in the options somewhere) and use different ports from the standard bit torrent ones. It helps stop ISPs from thinking you are using bit torrent.
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Post by Naitch on Sept 14, 2009 17:03:16 GMT -5
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Post by MasterSnit on Sept 15, 2009 15:56:03 GMT -5
I feel so guilty now for copying games like DOOM on 3 and a half floppys all those years ago.
Over here, we had these ads to discourage the terrible act of internet piracy.
Message of the ad - People who download are pathetic people who deserve to be ganged up on for some good old emotional and physical bullying.
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Post by Naitch on Sept 15, 2009 16:53:45 GMT -5
Thats fucking terrible. That made me want to download things. All sorts of things I would never even use.
The video I posted was from when I was like the first grade.
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Post by MasterSnit on Sept 20, 2009 16:16:04 GMT -5
I didn't realise people were so concerned about copying things on floppy disks.
I agree the one I posted is pretty bad. Knock-Off Nigel is a decent guy, as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by GLF on Sept 21, 2009 15:05:55 GMT -5
We have all been "downloading" things for years, whether it was recording songs from the radio onto tape or taping albums onto blank tapes or copying games onto floppy disks.
If you can get it for free and know what your doing then people are always gonna go down that route. However, I do think though that in a maybe 5ish years or so that downloading things may not be as common but there will be very cheap alternatives such as iTunes type things where you buy stuff for maybe a couple of dollars/pounds.
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Oct 4, 2009 20:11:33 GMT -5
I got a CD off Amazon one .99 cent download at a time. I like that a la carte way of doing it. it was like 7 bucks for the whole album if they make it cheap and easy people won't steal it.
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