View Full Version : How does Torrent work?
XboxMaster
10-11-2004, 09:44 PM
Hey, I'm looking to download some Naruto episodes and probably some other anime stuff and supposedly Torrent is the place to go for that. How exactly does Torrent work?
Ledhed
10-11-2004, 09:46 PM
Download the Torrent program. You won't have to install it. Then, click on a Torrent link and watch your download begin. It's really simple.
moiety
10-11-2004, 09:47 PM
http://bittorrent.com/
zionoverfire
10-11-2004, 09:49 PM
It uploads so other as you download so it often can hog a bunch of your bandwidth so make sure to kill it when you've got the items.
Oh and Naruto rocks!!!
XboxMaster
10-11-2004, 09:50 PM
BTW, how much space does each Naruto episode usually take up? Also, how many MB's are in a GB?
SS4Brolly
10-11-2004, 09:50 PM
Ill give you a general overview.
A torrent is a type of file that hooks you into a network with a Bittorrent client. Once you download and open the Torrent (Its usually automatic), you start connecting to people that have the file and those that are still downloading it.
From there, its all sharing. (For example) The client downloads part 4/100 of the file. Then it starts to share Part 4 when its finished to someone else, while downloading Part 73 from a user with 60% complete, along with Part 98 from a user that has the whole file.
Its like one giant mesh. But how fast downloads go depends solely on your upload speed. More upload = More Download. Rather good idea, if I must say so myself.
Anyways, thats how it works. Finding the torrents is up to you though.
SS4Brolly
10-11-2004, 09:51 PM
It uploads so other as you download so it often can hog a bunch of your bandwidth so make sure to kill it when you've got the items.
Oh and naturo rocks!!!
That too. Find a client that lets you limit your upload speed. Otherwise you wont be able to do much of anything internet-wise besides use AIM because it'll be using all of your bandwidth.
I recommend: http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/index.php
moiety
10-11-2004, 09:55 PM
1000 mb = 1 gb
25 minute episodes tend to be about 175 mb each
fasurfer05
10-11-2004, 09:56 PM
Use BitTornado it works well for me... can lower the upload rate so you can download faster :wink:
Go to Suprnova.org for torrents, they rock! no upload requirement either.
XboxMaster
10-11-2004, 09:57 PM
How many MB's are in a GB?
1000 mb = 1 gb
1024 MB, I thought.
Birbo
10-11-2004, 10:00 PM
Just how dangerous is this? To your computer and from a legal standpoint?
Just how dangerous is this? To your computer and from a legal standpoint?
No exploits that I know of yet and it's perfectly legal on your own computer. What you download is where legality comes in.
CaptainObviousXl
10-11-2004, 10:05 PM
1000 mb = 1 gb
1024 MB, I thought.
the prfix maga means a million and giga means a billion there are 1000mb in a gig, but when you buy like a 20 gig hard drive its actualy 20X1024 correct me if im wronh
1000 mb = 1 gb
25 minute episodes tend to be about 175 mb each
1024 :wink:
eldad9
10-11-2004, 10:16 PM
It uploads so other as you download so it often can hog a bunch of your bandwidth so make sure to kill it when you've got the items.
Let's all do it, so nobody can download anything!
sblymnlcrymnl
10-11-2004, 10:16 PM
I use Azureus.
Kirin Lemon
10-11-2004, 10:22 PM
Bleh, Naruto... oh well, different strokes for different folks, I suppose.
Scorch
10-11-2004, 10:26 PM
Torrents have been under fire lately for people downloading movies and whatnot, but I seriously, seriously doubt that anyone will prosecute anyone downloading Naruto episodes. I've used torrents for months and months to download old TV shows.. full seasons of Pete and Pete, Boy Meets World.. Wonder Years.. and yesterday and today, X-Men The Animated Series Season 1 and 2, season 3 will be done in a few hours! Yay! I loved this cartoon.. can't wait until if/when it comes out on DVD!
Kain Vincent
10-11-2004, 10:36 PM
Torrents have been under fire lately for people downloading movies and whatnot, but I seriously, seriously doubt that anyone will prosecute anyone downloading Naruto episodes. I've used torrents for months and months to download old TV shows.. full seasons of Pete and Pete, Boy Meets World.. Wonder Years.. and yesterday and today, X-Men The Animated Series Season 1 and 2, season 3 will be done in a few hours! Yay! I loved this cartoon.. can't wait until if/when it comes out on DVD!
Any links for the X-Men show?
Torrents have been under fire lately for people downloading movies and whatnot, but I seriously, seriously doubt that anyone will prosecute anyone downloading Naruto episodes. I've used torrents for months and months to download old TV shows.. full seasons of Pete and Pete, Boy Meets World.. Wonder Years.. and yesterday and today, X-Men The Animated Series Season 1 and 2, season 3 will be done in a few hours! Yay! I loved this cartoon.. can't wait until if/when it comes out on DVD!
Any links for the X-Men show?
Exchange of such things are frowned upon on this board. Google can probably help you out, though.
moiety
10-11-2004, 10:57 PM
1000 mb = 1 gb
25 minute episodes tend to be about 175 mb each
1024 :wink:
Yeah, I rounded 8) Sorry!
xzafixz
10-11-2004, 11:04 PM
1000 mb = 1 gb
1024 MB, I thought.
the prfix maga means a million and giga means a billion there are 1000mb in a gig, but when you buy like a 20 gig hard drive its actualy 20X1024 correct me if im wronh
That is how it SHOULD be, but that isn't the way it is. Hard drive manufacturers see 1 giga byte = 1,000,000,000 bytes instead of the 1 gigabyte = 1,073,741,824 bytes so in reality a 20gig hard drive is more like 18 or so actual gigabytes.
Enough of this borax, poindexters!
Mr. Anderson
10-11-2004, 11:44 PM
Does the downloading process usually go slow at first? I'm trying to download something, and it's going quite slow.
xzafixz
10-11-2004, 11:50 PM
It really depends on how many seeds/users there are. If there are a ton of seeds it should pick up right quick and go quick all the way to the end, if there are only a few, it could take hours for even the smallest things. It also supposedly matters how much you upload but that never seems to apply when i am downloading.
ChrisXE
10-11-2004, 11:51 PM
yes downloading ususally start very slow but then picks up, I one time got 340 kb /sec :) but
alongx
10-11-2004, 11:51 PM
Use BitTornado, not BitTorrent. It allows you to slow down (although you can't stop all together) your uploading.
Final Starman
10-11-2004, 11:57 PM
Haha, forget Bit Torrent. Just hop onto irc.rizon.net and join #anbudom. Download speeds are always fast (usually a little slower if an ep was just released because then the bots really get hit hard) and you don't have to upload anything to anyone.
jaykrue
10-12-2004, 03:34 AM
Animesuki.com should be your first stop after downloading your torrent client.
Mirkx.com should be your next stop.
Your third stop should be boxtorrent.com (or is it boxtorrents.com? It's one of those for sure)
Your last place to check is suprnova.org (but this one has stuff other than naruto - which incidentally is up to episode 103 as of this writing
xzafixz
10-12-2004, 03:44 AM
Animesuki.com should be your first stop after downloading your torrent client.
Mirkx.com should be your next stop.
Your third stop should be boxtorrent.com (or is it boxtorrents.com? It's one of those for sure)
Your last place to check is suprnova.org (but this one has stuff other than naruto - which incidentally is up to episode 103 as of this writing
www.baka-updates.com ? much better than suprnova....
jaykrue
10-12-2004, 04:59 AM
Meh, baka-updates is the same as mirkx.com for me... except w/o the extraneous pictures - i just go to those sites for torrents anyway
Michaellvortega
10-12-2004, 05:02 AM
Anyone find the Naruto movie up anyplace?
jaykrue
10-12-2004, 05:14 AM
Nope, still eluding the major subbers: AonE, ANBU, AH and S-O... dunno if any of the speed subbers might have gotten it... maybe the hawks group?
Michaellvortega
10-12-2004, 05:16 AM
CAG should DUB Naruto! LOL CAG DUB'd Anime would rock
jaykrue
10-12-2004, 05:27 AM
I'd be scared since the ppl in this forum are all insane! :lol:
Michaellvortega
10-12-2004, 05:33 AM
Insane in the membrane?
xzafixz
10-12-2004, 05:37 AM
Can I voice Sakura? Wait... I'm not a girl, but I can get my voice up really high!
I'd be scared since the ppl in this forum are all insane!
I've no idea what you are talking about :roll:
jaykrue
10-12-2004, 06:32 AM
CAG dubbing Naruto is what I'd be scared of... no doubt the translation would be more than hilarious since everyone would ad lib the lines instead of saying what is supposed to be said :lol:
Kain Vincent
10-12-2004, 09:45 AM
Torrents have been under fire lately for people downloading movies and whatnot, but I seriously, seriously doubt that anyone will prosecute anyone downloading Naruto episodes. I've used torrents for months and months to download old TV shows.. full seasons of Pete and Pete, Boy Meets World.. Wonder Years.. and yesterday and today, X-Men The Animated Series Season 1 and 2, season 3 will be done in a few hours! Yay! I loved this cartoon.. can't wait until if/when it comes out on DVD!
Any links for the X-Men show?
Exchange of such things are frowned upon on this board. Google can probably help you out, though.
Ah! I see. I guess I'll search for it on my own.
Zmonkay
10-12-2004, 10:10 AM
Use Azureus, its definitely a solid, friendly client. Also, since I'm assuming you are downloading the Japanese series, my friend claims there are no legal problems involved until it comes over here officially. BT ROCKS!
Zmonkay
10-12-2004, 10:14 AM
Does the downloading process usually go slow at first? I'm trying to download something, and it's going quite slow.
Yeah, it usually starts slow, cuz you need to connect ot peers and seeds, but also, don't forget to forward your ports on any firewall you have going.
Use Azureus, its definitely a solid, friendly client. Also, since I'm assuming you are downloading the Japanese series, my friend claims there are no legal problems involved until it comes over here officially. BT ROCKS!
The copyright still belongs to someone. Just because it's not marketted over here yet doesn't make it fine to download. That's not to say I won't watch new series via download, but it's not legal, really.
eldad9
10-12-2004, 12:18 PM
my friend claims there are no legal problems involved until it comes over here officially. BT ROCKS!
My friend claims there are no legal problems involved with mugging people in total darkness.
sblymnlcrymnl
10-12-2004, 01:42 PM
Use Azureus, its definitely a solid, friendly client. Also, since I'm assuming you are downloading the Japanese series, my friend claims there are no legal problems involved until it comes over here officially. BT ROCKS!
The copyright still belongs to someone. Just because it's not marketted over here yet doesn't make it fine to download. That's not to say I won't watch new series via download, but it's not legal, really.
I don't see anything wrong with downloading things not yet available in the US market, it being my assumption that anyone here would (and will) buy the content in question if (or when) it gets a stateside release.
Mr. Anderson
10-12-2004, 07:04 PM
Argh, should a download go this slow? I have a movie that's been going at like 3 KiB/s for like 10 hours, and it's only at 67 percent. Arrrgh.
Argh, should a download go this slow? I have a movie that's been going at like 3 KiB/s for like 10 hours, and it's only at 67 percent. Arrrgh.
What kind of connection are you on? Are there a ton of leechers and few seeders?
Mr. Anderson
10-12-2004, 07:20 PM
Argh, should a download go this slow? I have a movie that's been going at like 3 KiB/s for like 10 hours, and it's only at 67 percent. Arrrgh.
What kind of connection are you on? Are there a ton of leechers and few seeders?
I'm on a bb connection. I don't know, how can I tell if people are leeching?
Argh, should a download go this slow? I have a movie that's been going at like 3 KiB/s for like 10 hours, and it's only at 67 percent. Arrrgh.
What kind of connection are you on? Are there a ton of leechers and few seeders?
I'm on a bb connection. I don't know, how can I tell if people are leeching?
What torrent client are you using? If it's just stock Bit Torrent I don't think you can see it (I haven't used it in a while.) Check around earlier in the thread. I and some others (I think) have posted some more robust BT programs that, among other things, can tell you how many people are downloading (leeching) versus seeding (have the complete file and are uploading.) It could be that the file you're trying to get is being seeded by 2 or 3 people and downloaded by dozens or hundreds. Is it an older file you're trying to get? Those usually won't be seeded as well as a newer one.
Mr. Anderson
10-12-2004, 07:55 PM
Argh, should a download go this slow? I have a movie that's been going at like 3 KiB/s for like 10 hours, and it's only at 67 percent. Arrrgh.
What kind of connection are you on? Are there a ton of leechers and few seeders?
I'm on a bb connection. I don't know, how can I tell if people are leeching?
What torrent client are you using? If it's just stock Bit Torrent I don't think you can see it (I haven't used it in a while.) Check around earlier in the thread. I and some others (I think) have posted some more robust BT programs that, among other things, can tell you how many people are downloading (leeching) versus seeding (have the complete file and are uploading.) It could be that the file you're trying to get is being seeded by 2 or 3 people and downloaded by dozens or hundreds. Is it an older file you're trying to get? Those usually won't be seeded as well as a newer one.
Yeah, it's a bit older, so that would make sense. Oh well. I'll just have to deal with the wait. Thanks for the help.
bignick
10-12-2004, 08:00 PM
so you are complaing that a show you are STEALING is downloading slowly?
Mr. Anderson
10-12-2004, 08:14 PM
so you are complaing that a show you are STEALING is downloading slowly?
BigNick up in arms about something illegal? Have you been going to church or something? No wonder you've been offline so much. :wink:
Alpha2
10-12-2004, 08:24 PM
Hey if you;re going to steal it'd be nice if you could do it as effeciently as possible.
Tecnically Anime downloading is less of an issue as long as you;re doing it in a market without a domestic presance. Downloading Yugioh episode? Bad. Downloading Samurai 7 or Airmanster? Not going to get you arrested...atleast not just yet. Their owners dont like it a whole lot and would like it even less if you were a japanese person but this is why most of the Fansubbers pull the main source of the show when they;re released in north america, because they know thats the only time they truely face legal trouble.
bignick
10-12-2004, 08:30 PM
so you are complaing that a show you are STEALING is downloading slowly?
BigNick up in arms about something illegal? Have you been going to church or something? No wonder you've been offline so much. :wink:
lol. Ive been busy lately. I know it sucks, I had a real chance to be the first to 5000 posts. Check out www.newzbin.com You pay them $0.50 a week, and they list everything in newsgroups. Most ISPs give you free access to them too. I get 2 movies a day from there. I dont even buy DVDs anymore.