IMO, forums are the best source for downloads.
www.appzpla.net
www.projectw.org
You register for free, and get to download almost anything you want, this mixed with torrents and you are good to go.
Lately though, a rapidshare account helps a lot as some people have problems getting those links working for free.
[quote]Imbrondir wrote:
Sonny S wrote:
1-Is it supposed to be so slow? I’m downloading some very popular shows with 100s of seeders, but not that many leeches, and they’re taking 2 days. They’re in the 1.4 GB range.
You are probably behind a NAT’ed router. You need to learn how to do port forwarding on it (if you have access to it that is). Which ports to forward is depending on which torrent client you use. According to azureus, average download speed is about 55kbps. If you have configured everything correctly, and if the file has many seeders, you’ll be in the 100s.
Oh and azureus is the fastest torrent client I’ve tried. It got a LOT faster from JRE 1.4 to 5.0. Haven’t tried uTorrent though.[/quote]
I have a Siemens DSL router (ISP) plugged into a Belkin Pre-n router (for splitting internet access). Which one do I forward on or do I forward on both? I tried uTorrent but the speed was 3k down and about 17k up. Also, what is the upload for?
the port you need to forward varries from program to program. check in the FAQ/help. btw last night i got over 300k/sec dl on my torrents wit utorrent. its good. check what your upload limit speed is with your isp and set the program to limit to that. if you dont your dls will go slow.
[quote]RoadWarrior wrote:
Imbrondir wrote:
Sonny S wrote:
1-Is it supposed to be so slow? I’m downloading some very popular shows with 100s of seeders, but not that many leeches, and they’re taking 2 days. They’re in the 1.4 GB range.
You are probably behind a NAT’ed router. You need to learn how to do port forwarding on it (if you have access to it that is). Which ports to forward is depending on which torrent client you use. According to azureus, average download speed is about 55kbps. If you have configured everything correctly, and if the file has many seeders, you’ll be in the 100s.
Oh and azureus is the fastest torrent client I’ve tried. It got a LOT faster from JRE 1.4 to 5.0. Haven’t tried uTorrent though.
I have a Siemens DSL router (ISP) plugged into a Belkin Pre-n router (for splitting internet access). Which one do I forward on or do I forward on both? I tried uTorrent but the speed was 3k down and about 17k up. Also, what is the upload for?
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Your modem and router have nothing to do with your up/down speeds, aside from the fact that your overall connectivity is based on your modem/connection.
The ‘up’ is so you can seed torrents. The files aren’t web or server based, you are downloading those movies, games etc… off of someones hard drive. It’s considered good etiquette to upload at least as much as you download (in the long run.)
Under ‘preferences’ in Utorrent you can change your speeds (up and down.)
[quote]doogie wrote:
What’s so good about usenet? From what I’ve seen, it costs $ (torrents don’t) and it is harder to search for the things you want (because you have to subscribe to 1000 groups to get all the goodies) What’s the advantage?[/quote]
Usenet doesn’t cost if you get it with your internet service.
[quote]nephorm wrote:
doogie wrote:
What’s so good about usenet? From what I’ve seen, it costs $ (torrents don’t) and it is harder to search for the things you want (because you have to subscribe to 1000 groups to get all the goodies) What’s the advantage?
Usenet doesn’t cost if you get it with your internet service.[/quote]
Oh. Well that’s entirely different.
[quote]doogie wrote:
Usenet doesn’t cost if you get it with your internet service.
Oh. Well that’s entirely different.[/quote]
Most ISPs provide it… are you sure yours doesn’t?
[quote]doogie wrote:
What’s so good about usenet? From what I’ve seen, it costs $ (torrents don’t) and it is harder to search for the things you want (because you have to subscribe to 1000 groups to get all the goodies) What’s the advantage?[/quote]
Usenet is constant, high speed access to everything torrents have but more.
And I only use one site to get anything I want.
[quote]daltron wrote:
doogie wrote:
What’s so good about usenet? From what I’ve seen, it costs $ (torrents don’t) and it is harder to search for the things you want (because you have to subscribe to 1000 groups to get all the goodies) What’s the advantage?
Usenet is constant, high speed access to everything torrents have but more.
And I only use one site to get anything I want.
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Which site is that?
[quote]doogie wrote:
daltron wrote:
doogie wrote:
What’s so good about usenet? From what I’ve seen, it costs $ (torrents don’t) and it is harder to search for the things you want (because you have to subscribe to 1000 groups to get all the goodies) What’s the advantage?
Usenet is constant, high speed access to everything torrents have but more.
And I only use one site to get anything I want.
Which site is that?[/quote]
YGPM.
Hello
Does anyone know how to fix transcoding problems with Nero7. when converting avi to dvd it will stop at a certain point and not move. no matter if i download a new version of file it stops ar same place
If you’re going to download things you shouldn’t be downloading using BitTorrent you may want to look into PeerGuardian2 to protect yourself from snoops.
What does that do?
[quote]JokerFMJ wrote:
If you’re going to download things you shouldn’t be downloading using BitTorrent you may want to look into PeerGuardian2 to protect yourself from snoops.[/quote]
[quote]Sonny S wrote:
What does that do?
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PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs? premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on P2P.
[quote]Sonny S wrote:
What does that do?
JokerFMJ wrote:
If you’re going to download things you shouldn’t be downloading using BitTorrent you may want to look into PeerGuardian2 to protect yourself from snoops.[/quote]
The basic idea is to prevent “undesirables” (ie, copyright holders) from harvesting your IP address and then obtaining your personal info (through subpeona to your ISP) to sue you. The RIAA is the most renowned of those “undesirables.”
PeerGuardian uses lists of those “bad IPs” and automatically prevents connections to your computer. It’s hard to say how actually effective it is, since all the “bad” IPs are not known.
Guess what I just found out?
Bram Cohen went to my school.
WHo’s that?
The guy who invented BitTorrent!
[quote]pookie wrote:
Sonny S wrote:
What does that do?
JokerFMJ wrote:
If you’re going to download things you shouldn’t be downloading using BitTorrent you may want to look into PeerGuardian2 to protect yourself from snoops.
The basic idea is to prevent “undesirables” (ie, copyright holders) from harvesting your IP address and then obtaining your personal info (through subpeona to your ISP) to sue you. The RIAA is the most renowned of those “undesirables.”
PeerGuardian uses lists of those “bad IPs” and automatically prevents connections to your computer. It’s hard to say how actually effective it is, since all the “bad” IPs are not known.
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[quote]Sonny S wrote:
Guess what I just found out?
Bram Cohen went to my school.
WHo’s that?
The guy who invented BitTorrent![/quote]
Did you know him? He seems to be a very smart, but kinda weird guy. Last interview I read about him, he was still living in his mom’s basement.
[quote]doogie wrote:
Sonny S wrote:
What does that do?
PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs? premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on P2P.[/quote]
Check your ISP’s policies because spoofing or hiding you ip address can get you cancelled by some of them including mine, Road Runner. These practices are used for malicious purposes all the time even though you wouldn’t be.
I agree VLC is the grand daddy of media players. There are some, but you’ll have to look far and wide to find something it won’t decode. All inhouse codecs too as far as I know. Sweet.
Be careful of neato sounding codec packs that claim to have everything you need. You won’t be the first to have all the multi media content of you computer rendered inoperable.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Check your ISP’s policies because spoofing or hiding you ip address can get you cancelled by some of them including mine, Road Runner. These practices are used for malicious purposes all the time even though you wouldn’t be.[/quote]
PeerGuardian doesn’t spoof or hide your IP. It prevents connections from known “harvesters.”
Every connection it allows through gets to see your IP with no problem.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
doogie wrote:
Sonny S wrote:
What does that do?
PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs? premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on P2P.
Check your ISP’s policies because spoofing or hiding you ip address can get you cancelled by some of them including mine, Road Runner. These practices are used for malicious purposes all the time even though you wouldn’t be.
I agree VLC is the grand daddy of media players. There are some, but you’ll have to look far and wide to find something it won’t decode. All inhouse codecs too as far as I know. Sweet.
Be careful of neato sounding codec packs that claim to have everything you need. You won’t be the first to have all the multi media content of you computer rendered inoperable.[/quote]
I have Roadrunner, and have had no problems using peerguardian.