TORRENTS - FAQs, speed issues, whatever.

[rubiks6]

This very useful information was posted by Freedom Kira over in this thread. I thought it would be a good thing to copy it into this current thread.

Originally Posted by Freedom Kira

Vuze (and possibly Azureus) has a plugin that supports Mainline DHT. Users can install this plugin using the Installation Wizard under the Plugins menu (and then selecting "By list from sourceforge.net). The Mainline DHT plugin apparently cannot run in versions of Java under 1.6, so users who wish to install this plugin must update to the latest version of Java if not already at that version.

If anyone still uses the older Azureus, try that procedure. If it doesn't work, you probably would want to either upgrade to Vuze or install a different torrent client (I hear good things about uTorrent). Post here about your adventures.

Now here is someone who seems to know a little something about torrent clients. This information is very useful, Freedom. Thank you.

As for me, I have tried other clients, but in the end I use uTorrent for a very long time. Though it can be confusing to set up, but once done, I have found it to have the best functionality.

[rubiks6]

... the more you share, the more you get.

This really is so true. So many people have their clients set up to only share with those who are sharing in return. The more you share, the more you get.

[montewilcone]

Hello, i am Fresh meat but i wont ask stupid questions, cry about downloads being slow( i recently changed some of my settings on utorrent an speeds increased 300%) and always try and seed twice the size of the origanal. Thank you, Love the Idols!!!

[Freedom Kira]

Originally Posted by rubiks6

This really is so true. So many people have their clients set up to only share with those who are sharing in return. The more you share, the more you get.

BitComet, lol
There's a reason why John Hoffman, the creator of BitTornado, made BitTornado automatically ban connections to BitComet clients.
Many private trackers ban BitComet because of its selfish behavior.
I used to use it; I will never do so again. It corrupted many of my files (actually there was a time when it corrupted every file I downloaded), though that's probably caused by a bug that's long since been fixed.

I'm looking into getting a network external hard drive at some point. I think I need it, lol

[Freedom Kira]

Originally Posted by rubiks6

This is a good start. uTorrent is one of the more difficult torrent clients to set up...

Not from my experience... Default settings, and then run a quick speed test to find your upload limit, and you're good to go.

[Freedom Kira]

Originally Posted by rubiks6

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Maybe this is the problem - Did you know that this torrent has no trackers? It uses DHT. I don't know what that is, but it allows peers to find one another, even without trackers. I know this DHT thingy works, because I have both downloaded and seeded a number of torrents (some from this forum, AO) that had no trackers. Akiba-Online had a torrent tracker for a while, and some people used it when creating new torrents. That tracker has been down for months now, but the torrents still work, if someone seeds.

What torrent client software do you use? Perhaps it doesn't recognize DHT. I recommend uTorrent. (I don't get kick-backs or anything - I just recommend it because it has worked well for me.)

DHT = "Distributed Hash Table." First appeared in 2001; it provides a way to track torrents when trackers are down or have stopped tracking the torrent by making every peer a tracker. While DHT wasn't developed specifically for P2P software, applications that use DHT are mostly P2P programs.

Info on DHT found here: Wikipedia. Admittedly, a lot of that info is beyond my understanding.

BitTorrent, Inc. created what is known as Mainline DHT, which is an alternative DHT implementation. It has been adopted by several clients; Azureus/Vuze is the only listed client that does not support it. As I have said before, a plugin is required to use Mainline DHT on the Azureus/Vuze client.

Info on Mainline DHT found here: Wikipedia. This part of the article is more BitTorrent-specific, unlike the previous article that was more general.

[v2stt4a]

add these to existing torrents

http://bt1.the9.com:6969/announce

http://denis.stalker.h3q.com/announce

http://eztv.tv.tracker.prq.to:80/announce

http://genesis.1337x.org:1337/announce

http://tbp.tracker.prq.to/announce

http://tk.btcomic.net/announce

http://torrent-download.to:5869/announce

http://torrent-downloads.to:5869/announce

http://tpb.tracker.prq.to/announce

http://tracker.bittorrent.am/announce

http://tracker.irc.su/announce

http://tracker.mightynova.com:80/announce

http://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce

http://tracker.prq.to/announce

http://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce

http://tracker4.finalgear.com:80/announce

http://tv.tracker.prq.to/announce

[ikanbibi]

ImageShack torrent stopped the free service
Use "ImageShack Drive" , you can finded below notice

NOTICE:
Subscription required. To enable your account, please choose one of the subscription plans.


any other free service like this one???

[ikanbibi]

Imageshack is providing a service that lets you upload a torrent to their server, and they will download the file, and provide you with http links:
http://torrentfreak.com/imageshacks-...xpands-080727/
but two days ago,ImageShack torrent stopped the free service

any other free service like this one???