Bittorrent discussion/questions/help

Anime Dad wrote:http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_46491.htm

It's actually just under 16G, my bad. But it's 1280 x 720, so hi-res.

My computater cant handle 1280 x 720...who the fark cares if theres no subs...

LOL. Another reason I didn't download it :P

I finally got my port-forwarding sorted out, but then Azureus wouldn't work. Just getting errors when I tried to download a torrent. Turns out it was a Winsock problem... downloaded winsockxpfix, ran it and viola! it works!

7.5G of Ai-chan goodness on download :)

Anime Dad wrote:I finally got my port-forwarding sorted out, but then Azureus wouldn't work. Just getting errors when I tried to download a torrent. Turns out it was a Winsock problem... downloaded winsockxpfix, ran it and viola! it works!

7.5G of Ai-chan goodness on download :)

7.5GB???

Itai. :sweat:

That reminds me: I've gotta start my torrent for SP.... :sweat:

DVD iso file :)

I used to be a faithful user of Azureus and a couple of months back I finally switched to Utorrent....Azureus always gobbled up sooooo much RAM even though I always had the latest version of it and the latest version of JAVA....

The more torrents I had running the more RAM Azureus would utilize and it would always slowly use more and more RAM until I would have to free up some RAM with a little utility I have....

...with Utorrent I could have 10 torrents running at the same time and it never uses more than say 15MB of RAM.

Hmm, I guess I shoulda posted this here instead of the General Japan News thread:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/15/japanese-isps-to-ban-file-sharers/

Japanese ISPs To Ban File Sharers
Duncan Riley

Japan has decided to beat France and the United Kingdom (both who have similar proposals) to become the first country to ban file sharers from the internet.

Oddly the agreement to do so has not come from the Japanese Government, but from Japanfs four internet service provider organizations after pressure (not surprisingly) from the record and movie industries. According to Torrent Freak, the agreement would see copyright holders tracking down file-sharers on the Internet using gspecial detection softwareh and then notifying ISPs of alleged infringers. File sharers will initially receive a warning for a first offense, then be disconnected for subsequent offenses, eventually be disconnected from the internet permanently (it wasnft clear whether the agreement is a three strikes proposal).

The process will formally commence in April and will primarily target users of Winny, the most popular file sharing network in Japan.

The topic above is discussed further at D-Addicts: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_59395_15.htm ...

Though it does seem to be getting overly wordy and technical... :sweat: :bleh:

I have been using utorrent at work, mainly because you can set it up as part of the Portable Apps suite and run it off a thumb drive (or even a SD card, if you want) and it seems to be fine.

I've also set up a PHP script that works as a bit torrent client: You set it up on a remote server somewhere, and log in to it, and it will download torrents to the server it's set up on. Then you can just download the file like a normal download, by FTP, whatever. I just need a large bit of server space to set it up on :)

bmwracer wrote:The topic above is discussed further at D-Addicts: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_59395_15.htm ...

Though it does seem to be getting overly wordy and technical... :sweat: :bleh:

yeah. It's a pity though. I wonder if it DOES affect users outside Japan though.

:sweat:

'intellectual rights'...yeah.

Anime Dad wrote:I have been using utorrent at work, mainly because you can set it up as part of the Portable Apps suite and run it off a thumb drive (or even a SD card, if you want) and it seems to be fine.

it's a much "lighter" program than Azureus...the only thing I liked about Azureus was the interface but the software has gotten far too bloated especially with VUZE....that is just crap upon crap.

Tu_triky wrote:

it's a much "lighter" program than Azureus...the only thing I liked about Azureus was the interface but the software has gotten far too bloated especially with VUZE....that is just crap upon crap.

I agree, Azureus is crap now. Long live utorrent :)

Anime Dad wrote:

I agree, Azureus is crap now. Long live utorrent :)

Agreed. Utorrent Banzai! :jumpie:

Is there that big a difference between torrent programs?

I've been using Bittornado from the get-go... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:Is there that big a difference between torrent programs?

I've been using Bittornado from the get-go... :sweat:

I'm sure you're fine....some ppl say that certain programs provide quicker downloads but I've not noticed a difference but I've only used Azureus and Utorrent....Azureus eats up massive amounts of resources...much more than the other torrent clients. I finally got sick of it....I only have 512MB of RAM so it does make a difference in my particular case...

Tu_triky wrote:I'm sure you're fine....some ppl say that certain programs provide quicker downloads but I've not noticed a difference but I've only used Azureus and Utorrent....Azureus eats up massive amounts of resources...much more than the other torrent clients. I finally got sick of it....I only have 512MB of RAM so it does make a difference in my particular case...

I tried using Azureus at the beginning, but I couldn't get it to work.

Good thing, I guess. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
I tried using Azureus at the beginning, but I couldn't get it to work.

Good thing, I guess. :beaten:

Azureus is a resource hog....I'm sure BitTornado is better client for you...especially since you, like most of us, just want something straightforward....

Viva Utorrent!

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Tu_triky wrote:

Azureus is a resource hog....I'm sure BitTornado is better client for you...especially since you, like most of us, just want something straightforward....

Viva Utorrent!

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612kb/s is excellent... I've never managed that here, probably because I can't set up port forwarding.

Anime Dad wrote:

612kb/s is excellent... I've never managed that here, probably because I can't set up port forwarding.

That's a max out for me....yeah without port forwarding on the ol' router that would be impossible for me.

Here's a story...

I use an FTP service to d/l dramas...He charges 6 bucks a month for this & he's usually very compliant and fast and up to date on his servers...I d/l the files via a FTP client at about 700-800 kBps...

But recently 3 .avi files I d/loaded from the service were corrupted...unplayable by any video player...so, rather than ask him again to d/l those files...

I tried something different... a BT d/l, but not using my usual utorrent...

Opera v9.5.1 has a built-in BT client...I gave it a shot...the results were amazing...3 drama eps totaling 1.2 GB d/loaded in less than an hour...sustained d/l rates at 4.5 mBps... upload 120 kBps

My ISP is Comcast cable...they just dont have this kind of speed up or down...

Is it Opera?