Bittorrent discussion/questions/help

AAAAGGGGH!!!! I'm totally clueless!!!!!

I should've waited until tomorrow morning when my mind is a lot fresher... I made a boo-boo when I created an upload on the dt-addicts BT site. Is there a way I can get the upload removed from the site?

I'm currently in the learning process of using Bittorrent for spreading my captures. I thought instead of having others do the seeding for me, why not do it myself? I have a cable modem connection, so why not? I downloaded the Mac OS X version of the client (3.2.2a) and ran it so Internet Explorer is linked to it. I have Hotman ep1 sitting on the Mac's hard disk. Some questions:

- Do I just leave the MPEG file on my hard disk?

- Does my Mac need to host a web page for people to access, and have the MPEG file hosted there?

I'm totally ignorant when it comes to peer-to-peer sharing, and this is my first time in trying to use this stuff. I'll try to read more about BT tomorrow when my brain's a lot fresher. Thanks!

--- groink

I want to seed a certain episode. Do you mean that I only have to place the torrent file in the same directory as the completed file, and thats it? Is there a need to double click on the torrent file again?

Yes, open the torrent file by double clickin it. Proceed the method as you mentioned above but be sure to save it in the same directory. A torrent client starts and does the rest :)

Or, do we just leave it? Because there seems to be no reaction in my BT after i save it to the same directory... tried double clicking the torrent file but it doesn't seem to show any reaction once again.

is it seeding the episode anyway?

As you mentioned in the first option. Once you've have opened the file and it'll start sending it to others (have a look at the "upload" field, figures are moving nicely, hehe).


Groink

My knowledge on mac is a total zero but I think it does have some similarity with Windows platform.

To your questions:

Is there a way I can get the upload removed from the site?

Ask Ruroshin to remove it, he's the boss on the site.

Do I just leave the MPEG file on my hard disk?

Yes, you need to have the file on the comp in order to seed it. Once you have seeded it (ppl fully received it = seeders), you may delete the file.

Does my Mac need to host a web page for people to access, and have the MPEG file hosted there?

No need to. Just create a torrent file of it and have it seeded it on a bittorrent client.

Remember to enter a tracker address (Announce URL) to it as you create torrent files. http://www.d-addicts.com/bt/tracker.php/announce <- this is Ruroshin's

Little info:
Seeds = ppl fully received a file.
Peers = leechers and distributors, hehe.

Thanks, Pemu... One more question:

I can't seem to find anything on-line to answer this question... My IP address changes every few days (dynamic IP). How does the peer find my computer? The torrent file should have my computer's IP information. Do I need to subscribe to something like no-ip.com or dynip.com to establish a static domain name, then use it in the torrent file?

Thanks!

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groink wrote:
I can't seem to find anything on-line to answer this question... My IP address changes every few days (dynamic IP). How does the peer find my computer? The torrent file should have my computer's IP information. Do I need to subscribe to something like no-ip.com or dynip.com to establish a static domain name, then use it in the torrent file?

The torrent file doesn't have your ip, only the file name created and the tracker address you input, that's all. Only an admin of a BT site is able to see your ip as you seed. The tracker address is important, the BT clients know where to look for seeds. Everything works via the tracker, kinda.
Make sure you have the necessary ports opened for the BT client, for transfering datas. Frequently changed IPs don't affect the seedings.

Pemu wrote: The torrent file doesn't have your ip, only the file name created and the tracker address you input, that's all. Only an admin of a BT site is able to see your ip as you seed. The tracker address is important, the BT clients know where to look for seeds. Everything works via the tracker, kinda.
Make sure you have the necessary ports opened for the BT client, for transfering datas. Frequently changed IPs don't affect the seedings.

Oh, I see.... That's a good thing! :)

So far... I ran the Bittorrent client, created a torrent file of Hotman-ep01, then I went to d-addicts and uploaded the torrent file there. Now, do I just leave the software running on the Mac?

Thanks!

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groink wrote:
So far... I ran the Bittorrent client, created a torrent file of Hotman-ep01, then I went to d-addicts and uploaded the torrent file there. Now, do I just leave the software running on the Mac?

Yup yup :)

Pemu wrote: Yup yup :)

Next question... Naming of the files... Are there problems working with filenames that have spaces and other special characters? On my filenames, I'm only using A-Z, -, and space.

Reason I'm asking is because when I try uploading the torrent file to d-addicts, it gives a "Doh!" error message (literally!!!) and says it had a problem with the multi-part form. I was wondering if it had something to do with how I named the file.

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how do u make a torrent file?

Michi wrote:how do u make a torrent file?

use maketorrent or completedir
check the bittorrent official site
i think ruroshin has posted a guide in the BT tracker thread

groink
Actually I'm not sure about it. Just checked out the torrent files on the BT site, looks like the naming has passed the uploadin procedure. Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake OST.rar <- space used and otousan-ep02.avi <- "-" used. Maybe it's playings tricks on you, try out a day later. I had a problem uploading to the BT site before, I'm not sure if Ruroshin managed to locate the problem on uploading.

Just found out about this one called ABC [ Yet Another Bittorrent Client ]. It's based on the latest Shadow's experimental. Very nice, multiple downloads in one window, queuing system and many more features. Really like this one so far. I can run this on my Celeron466 without any slowdowns.

For those who like to try new things here's the link http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/

i'm using the official client :mrgreen:

I used Shadow Experiment right now but i seem to get error notice lately. Which one is the most stable and reliable client?

arnel98 wrote:Just wanted to get an idea on which client is most popular with jdoroma fans ;)

I ended up voting "Other"... I'm running Bittorrent on Mac OS X, where about 80-percent of the source is from the official Bittorrent client release. So I'm assuming all the vote options are Windows-based.

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here's another advertisement for my fav client. Azureus 2.0.4.2.
sorry if it looks like spam. hehehe

you got a lot of settings for seeding...
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several options for transfers... (the max connection is very handy coz some PCs like mine can only have upto 350 connections open; anything after that and my internet connection goes off).
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and multiple downloads, priority queues, etc...
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all for about 35mb memory and 3% cpu usage (on my machine anyway)...

I WAS using official... until now :mrgreen:

i don't exactly have the same problem as getting an error message
but it just saying connecting to peers where there are seeders and leechers for that file...
anyone know what's going?

Official client for me! :mrgreen: But I can't control the bandwidths for upload...

Damn, didn't know there was more than one BT clients, but min is so plain compared to yours. Hey arnel, can you give me a link to D/L you client? I'll try that tonight.

u need to download java jre first here...
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html (select the windows version)

then, install azureus from here...
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/azureus/Azureus_2.0.4.2b_setup.exe?download

the main page is here if u want to check out the features...
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

btw. Pemu just posted some instructions on NICKSERV in some thread. Check it out, you need that to connect to #2muchdrama