OK, after about 30 posts by me trying to figure out how to use Torrents, I have decided that for simplicity, I am going to use Shareaza as my 'Client', as I am used to it having used it for P2P.

My question now is what is the best way to find Torrent files? I have searched Google for Torrent searches and some sites seem free but fairly limited, some want to charge and others want you to download Search Software.

WTF?

 

U have pm And get rid of that for a BT client it's shite Get a client called bit tornado

 

i also us bit tornado and have D/L well over 200GB and it has never given me any problems.

CheeRS
Craig

 

http://www.torrentresource.com/

 

CheeRS guys. So whats involved with Bit Tornado then??

 

90% of those sites on there I havent heard of and cant see them having much. One that I did clicked on was looking well dodgy lol

C&B just stick to the list I sent you and u wont go wrong

 

OK, so I have to register for these too?? Do you use lots or just stick to one?

 

Just download and install u wont even know it's there until you click on a torrent link and the client will start up automatically. All you have to do after that is pick where u want to save the torrent to

 

All torrent forums you'll need to sign upto now and have a minimum post count. I hang about just the one thats in my signature as I'm a super mod on there but I post alot of my movies on different torrent sites to keep the seeds up.

 

Where can I find Bit Tornado?

 

Here http://download.bittornado.com/downl...w32install.exe

 

i personallyuse ABC Torrent...

it has the same backend as tornado (and all the features) but all your torrents are loaded into ONE main window and it Qs them up...

i ookin LOVE it!

i used to use bittornado, now i only use this program and its simplified things SOOOOOO much highly reccomend it for anyone be youa newbie or an experienced leecher

 

Cool, CheeRS for your help, particularly Hockney, will let you know how it goes......

 

I use abc and its the mutts!!!
since suprnova closed i dont know where 2 go though??? Any ideas???

Nick

 

who used to use Suparnova.org before it shut down?

What do you use now?

 

torrentstorm is very good as is ABC.

Gotta Love torrents

 

Mr H & Billy both have pm

 

I thank you

 

ABC here..... and good old google to find stuff.

No need for regestering on sites then

 

How do you use google to find torrents?

 

U have pm

 

I would like to know this too?

 

can u clue me up aswell please mate?

The sites u pmed me r playing up?

Nick

 

I have registered on a couple of sites and apparently passwords are on the way. No sign yet though.

Most don't seem to be taking new members. Those that I have been able to search so far seem shite for content compared to P2P. I must be doing something wrong.

So, how do you use Google for Torrents then??

 

I don't get what these torrents are

Someone give me the "Torrents For Dummies" lesson please

 

If you get a legible answer to that question, I will be gutted because after about 10 thread, I still don't really follow.

 

right i will run you through it.

Torrents are non windows associated files, i.e you need a 3rd party client for your PC to recognise them and do what there supposed to do.

Clients to use are (ABC, Torrent Storm, Bit Tornado)

These clients basically recognise these files when clicked on and will run through the process of saving them.

The torrent file itself contains information about the file you wish to download, its not the file itself, hence its not illegal to host torrent files.

The file isnt one large file on 1 persons PC like other P2P programs, i.e Kazza, MinMX etc etc.

Its 1 file split into hundreds and hunders of segments (depending on the size of the file)

This means that the client can download several segments from several different PC's at once, providing there is more than 1 PC with the segment or file needed

PC's sharing the file are called SEEDS, so if you have 1 seed the chances of you getting that file in 1 hit and quickly are highly unlikely. So the higher the seed number then generally the higher the download speed.

Seeds are only counted for people online at that current time sharing that current file.

Right back to what happens.

Basically the client takes all the segments and peices them all together to make one file and bobs your uncle.

Any more questions?

 

Yeah, can you repeat that in English please

Think I'll give it a miss since I don't know WTF it is all about

 

Sounds good to me.

Now a similar explanation of how to find the shit.

Ta.

 

that is pretty easy to understand isnt it?

 

Google is a very clever search engine

Im not going to reveal how to do it in public but " index of/" is a very useful phrase to start off with

 

Have you checked your junk mail folder?

Not any the ones I sent you are shite Some of the best torrent sites still available I have sent u. Need to remember 90% of all the torrent sites have been forced shut, had servers raided, admin & mods arrested so quite understandably alot of sites have tightened up there security. You cant now just go onto any torrent forum and leech away till your hearts content you have to be a proven member of these sites by making a few posts etc. Then all the goodies will open up to you

 

seems very slow to me still use kazza lite works for me
ok loads of blag files but has a preview mode ..can check
wot your downloading after a while into the film ie, 10 mins
got a 1 meg connection adsl and have had quality films
evil dead 1 2 3
starshiptroopers
heat
behind enemy lines
and the best alias 3 all episodes

so pros and cons of kazza lite are

music new stuff loads of spoof files
films ok but most poor quality cam 1 versions
porn not bad just need to no what your looking for
software NO full of virus most
OBSCURE MUSIC THE WINNER HANDS DOWN

 

Bad Company if you have a firewall you need to configure it to allow the BT client access properly or you'll just be getting stuck behind your firewall getting piss poor speeds. Another is Windows built in firewall that will cripple your incoming connections and make you have the same piss poor speeds.

Or you could be just getting a file with 1 seeder your speeds will pick up when more people join the swarm or more seeders appear

 

any chance of that list hockney, lost since suprnova went down!!

 

http://www.bi-torrent.com/
http://www.torrentreactor.com

Best Client is Azureus

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

Basically you then download the very small .torrent file from various torrent sites. It will then create was appears to be the entire file on your hard drive (Say a 700MB avi) and then it will download small chunks from all the seeds (people who have downloaded 100% of it and are only sharing) and leeches (people who are downloading it but not finished)

The main problem is you are way too late in the day really to be catching on to BitTorrent. Suprnova (the biggest free, non registration site) has been closed, as have lots more. So lots of the registration only sites are no longer accepting registration because of it. Some sites only work on referal.

 

i still cant find a decent site that doesnt need a degree on how to work it all out

 

cant get on with torrent sites so i use news groups!

 

tried to help you before but you ignored me on msn so ignorant coont

 

me?

i signed to a few sites but when when i save the music it says that windows cannot open it with the the file as it does not recognise it