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29-06-2009, 01:49 PM
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| Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. Hi Whilst being 'relatively' technology savy, I have not delved into the world of downloading and bittorrents yet. Can someone recommend any good sites/threads/forums for learning a little more about this? I have downloaded Utorrent, but where to find reliable comprehensive content to download?? Do I need to pay to join a seach site, do I need to be vetted to access a search site?? What sort of formats are commonly used for video and music? Thanks in advance |
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29-06-2009, 01:52 PM
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| Re: Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. http://lifehacker.com/285489/a-begin...-to-bittorrent Just a heads up - discussion on piracy is not allowed on Hexus, keep it legal. e : also, you should never pay for anything bittorrent related. ~'Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence--those are the three pillars of Western prosperity'~ Aldous Huxley |
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29-06-2009, 01:54 PM
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 | Re: Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. Originally Posted by rigsyb1208 That would depend on what you're after. Obviously anything illegal would be frowned upon very seriously and likely earn you a visit from the ban hammer. 
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29-06-2009, 02:43 PM
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| Re: Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. Like it was said above, bittorrent is free. There is no need to pay for software to use it or for a site to download from, those are just common scams. Might I recomend the utorrent client, it's simple, small and doesn't hog resources. Also a guide about bittorrent from what.cd: http://pastebin.com/f60f15a84 (sorry it's not formatted so well... :/) |
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29-06-2009, 04:06 PM
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| Re: Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. Well I wouldnt want to do anything naughty! I'm really just try to see how things work, I was looking at media players and the popcorn hour A110 caught my eye. It has some functionality for bitorrent, but I was wondering what media you can get and play through it and how? Then did a search through google on my pc and then got lost as it all looks a bit dodgy....getting redirected all the time, no apparent files to download etc. |
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29-06-2009, 04:12 PM
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| Re: Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. There are quite a few dodgy sites out there... to be honest I never use public trackers so I can't tell you which are safe. ~'Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence--those are the three pillars of Western prosperity'~ Aldous Huxley |
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29-06-2009, 04:16 PM
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| Re: Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. A freind of mine is a frequent user of torrent sites - however when I looked into it I decided most of what I saw available was copyrighted stuff and at that rate illegal, at the least it was dubious. At that point I deleted Utorrent and decided that I could live without it!! |
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29-06-2009, 04:28 PM
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| Re: Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. Linux/BSD iso's is all I use it for & then I use the client built into Opera.   then THIS, THIS and THIS ..Sig Sizes(\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") "Never look down on your fellow man, unless you're helping them up" |
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29-06-2009, 04:39 PM
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| Re: Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. Popular video formats are - .avi .mkv (usual ones i end up with) Audio are generally - .mp3 sometimes some .wav Enjoy using torrents, they are fantastic. I dont use them anymore - tired of having to seed on private trackers, so i use private SSL hosts  But thats naughty    |
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29-06-2009, 05:09 PM
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| Re: Bitorrent and downloading newbie question.. Just use your best judgement when dealing with public trackers and torrent searchers. Google for content you're not sure about. Originally Posted by Agent
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