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fi4201
fi4201 Posts: 16
edited November 2005 in Technical Stuff and Help
I just downloaded a bit torrent program, and im downloading the green habit compliation, for some reason its slow as hell, how long should it be taking? its telling me 3 days, i have high speed, i dont know why its so slow.
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  • Thumbing My Way
    Thumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
    I don't even know what Bit Torrent means....i've checked these sites out too...but i don't understand them.

    If someone couls answer my question too.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    fi4201 wrote:
    I just downloaded a bit torrent program, and im downloading the green habit compliation, for some reason its slow as hell, how long should it be taking? its telling me 3 days, i have high speed, i dont know why its so slow.


    Does it need a client with it like Azureus?
  • Ron Burgundy
    Ron Burgundy Posts: 499
    I am downloading the same file.......sometimes it is really fast sometimes really slow, let's say between 5k/sec up too 80k/sec......3 days seems pretty good to me....I've been downloading this file for almost 2 weeks (non-continuous). I think it's worth the wait.
  • onejourney
    onejourney Posts: 285
    I assume you are downloading from TSIS? IF so it seems that there is only 1 seeder in that torrent and 7 leechers. That is probably why it is going so slow. not to mention it is over 4GBs...it will take a while, with 1 seeder 3 days will be about right. But if the people above you finish and help seed it will move a bit quicker. Plus most of the peers are firewalled.


    The key to Torrents...patience...;)
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  • shahril
    shahril Posts: 288
    Thumbing My Way wrote:
    I don't even know what Bit Torrent means....i've checked these sites out too...but i don't understand them.

    If someone couls answer my question too.

    neither do i..
    help us!!
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  • Tom K
    Tom K Posts: 842
    Download Bit Comet... that is the best bit torrent file sharing thing.IMO
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  • fi4201
    fi4201 Posts: 16
    Tom K wrote:
    Download Bit Comet... that is the best bit torrent file sharing thing.IMO
    Do you go to shippensburg university in pa? im going there in the spring or fall
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    Tom K Posts: 842
    yea man I'm at ship...
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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    fi4201 wrote:
    I just downloaded a bit torrent program, and im downloading the green habit compliation, for some reason its slow as hell, how long should it be taking? its telling me 3 days, i have high speed, i dont know why its so slow.
    Bit torrent speeds depend largely on how many people are connected at one time. When Green Habit first came out it was flying, because there were hundreds of people downloading at once. The more people connected, the more people you're sharing with and are sharing with you, and the faster it goes. That's a huge file and it's been around for a while, so 3 days sounds about right. Now that you've got the bit torrent client installed, you can download things when they first become available and there are a lot of people connected, and in the future things won't take so long.
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  • shahril
    shahril Posts: 288
    y isnt any1 helping?????
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  • onejourney
    onejourney Posts: 285
    shahril wrote:
    y isnt any1 helping?????

    With what? And usually please helps.
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  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    fuck bit torrent, use dc++!!! you'll get much better speeds (depending on the type of connection the host you are downloading has)
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  • shahril
    shahril Posts: 288
    onejourney wrote:
    With what? And usually please helps.

    with what bit torrent actually is..

    please
    please
    please
    please
    please
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  • onejourney
    onejourney Posts: 285
    shahril wrote:
    with what bit torrent actually is..

    please
    please
    please
    please
    please

    If you dont have a high speed connection, dont bother going any further because it wont be worth it. If you do...

    Bit Torrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing system. The files do not come from a web site, they come from someone sharing a particular file (or in our case live show). Example:

    I recorded or posess a show that is desired by a number of people. I will create a torrent. This starts the process...

    I upload it to a site, say pjsidewalkcrusaders.com. I am then considered a seeder. I am "seeding" the show so others may download it from me. They are called "leechers".

    These leechers are simultaneously uploading to other leechers to speed up the process. Once a leecher completes a show it is courtisy (and often required) to continue uploading so you have uploaded AT LEAST as much as you have downloaded. (Ex. A show is 800mb, you should let others download at least 800mb from you)

    You can then listen, burn, trade, delete, cry, scream, or do whatever you want with the show. (as long as you dont sell it or convert to mp3)
    "...just be glad you have the music and cherish it for yourself..." -stateoflove79
  • 99problems
    99problems Posts: 6
    I will second that request. I would like to find out exactly how Bit Torrent works.
  • onejourney
    onejourney Posts: 285
    99problems wrote:
    I will second that request. I would like to find out exactly how Bit Torrent works.

    see my previous post...;)
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  • fi4201
    fi4201 Posts: 16
    How easy is it to play and burn the stuff after its downloaded?
  • uttles
    uttles Posts: 13
    fi4201 wrote:
    Do you go to shippensburg university in pa? im going there in the spring or fall


    Crazy, I live in Atlanta and am dating a girl that graduated from there... and I'd never heard of it before I met her... weird.
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  • corduroy10
    corduroy10 Posts: 199
    fi4201 wrote:
    How easy is it to play and burn the stuff after its downloaded?

    Not really hard. Most of the stuff you download will be in .flac or .shn format, the most common compression formats for lossless audio. You will need to convert them to .wav first, or have a player that can read them before you can listen to them. Once that's done, they are like any other file.

    I use FlacFrontend for .flac, and DB Audio Convertor for .shn, both can be found free on the internet. :)
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  • Man_Of_The_Hour
    Man_Of_The_Hour Posts: 330
    fi4201 wrote:
    How easy is it to play and burn the stuff after its downloaded?

    If you install flac frontend (freeware) you can play them through winamp just like regular mp3s and waves. You can decode them using frontend as well and then burn them as regular waves. If you use Nero thats not even neccessary cuz frontend will install a plugin so that the files are combatible with Nero as well.
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  • onejourney
    onejourney Posts: 285
    Man_Of_The_Hour wrote:
    If you install flac frontend (freeware) you can play them through winamp just like regular mp3s and waves. You can decode them using frontend as well and then burn them as regular waves. If you use Nero thats not even neccessary cuz frontend will install a plugin so that the files are combatible with Nero as well.

    Not to mention, when doing this you get rid of those annoying pops between the track brought to you by the one and only MP3 format! ;)
    "...just be glad you have the music and cherish it for yourself..." -stateoflove79
  • Man_Of_The_Hour
    Man_Of_The_Hour Posts: 330
    onejourney wrote:
    Not to mention, when doing this you get rid of those annoying pops between the track brought to you by the one and only MP3 format! ;)

    You mean those nasty miliseconds of shame that made me go through hell everytime I listened to a boot? ;)

    Could someone give me a link where I can get this DB Audio Converter (I assume it's freeware). I was looking for it on the net yet came up empty-handed. I need a good audio converter, right now I'm using different ones for various formats, it'd be nice to have one that does it all :D
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  • fi4201
    fi4201 Posts: 16
    uttles wrote:
    Crazy, I live in Atlanta and am dating a girl that graduated from there... and I'd never heard of it before I met her... weird.

    Its a small world after all.
  • fi4201
    fi4201 Posts: 16
    how do i download from dbtree?
  • onejourney
    onejourney Posts: 285
    Man_Of_The_Hour wrote:
    You mean those nasty miliseconds of shame that made me go through hell everytime I listened to a boot? ;)

    Could someone give me a link where I can get this DB Audio Converter (I assume it's freeware). I was looking for it on the net yet came up empty-handed. I need a good audio converter, right now I'm using different ones for various formats, it'd be nice to have one that does it all :D

    You mean something like this? :D
    "...just be glad you have the music and cherish it for yourself..." -stateoflove79
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    what an interesting/informative read...thanks! i really know next to nothing about this sort of stuff. usually utilize hubby for all of it..hahaha. i still don't know how to DL a torrent per se...but i understand the workingsa of it moreso, so thanks for that. currently DL - or hubby set it up for me ;) - the torrent for all the holiday singles off tsis. sooo great that people share like this - beautiful! :D
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