Bit Torrent (again!)
 

I've just done a reinstall on my PC and I'm not that keen to put Kazza lite back on there, so I thought I'd give another P2P application a go.

I thought I'd go with Azureus, as recommender by Keyzer. I downloaded it and had a mooch about the homepage and goggle, but I think I'm being a little thick, 'cso I still cant work out how to use it.

I know I need to find links/hash files (like edonkey??) but I can't find any info on where, all the links I've found in a search on here have been either out of date or not much help (prolly me being a little :dunce:).

So what I'm looking for is a simple FAQ and instructions on how it works, or another suggestions for a P2P program.

Any links/info greatly received ;)

Re: Bit Torrent (again!)
 

ok go to www.suprnova.org and click on a link to a file you wish to download it will pre create the files on your hard drive so it will take up the space needed on the hard disk in advance

you need to find websites with torrents these are the little files which have 'tracker' ips which will link you to other users

the system works by transfering a piece of a file to multiple ips if you have a peice that is needed by someone it will automatically send it if you need a peice you will get it from others who have it and providing there are people who are 'seeds' the file will complete these people have the file completed and can continue the chain of people getting pieces which others do not yet posess and need to in order to complete there files

this link has more torrent sistes for you :)

http://www.torrentlinks.com/index.ph...laycat&catid=1

hope this helps :)

Re: Bit Torrent (again!)
 

have a go with iMesh instead if you don't like kazaa... got a couple of pop ups but these can easily be killed with the firewall.

apart from that ive always found it v good :)

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Use "clean imesh" (google it) to get rid of the pop ups in Imesh :)

Anyone know a resoltion to error code 2 on bit torrent, it says the directory c:\myname\temp interent file etc etc does not exist even though it doesn't let me selct where to save it like it has done every other time I used it.

Re: Bit Torrent (again!)
 

I've been using dc++ for a fair bit of time now and find nothing to equal it for speed tried edonkey gnutella etc but none touch dc++ what sort of speed do u get with the programs that have been mentioned?

Re: Bit Torrent (again!)
 

On Imesh if you get a good connection I get to max out my 1meg connection, and this happens a fair bit, so you get a film size file in no time.

DC was too much work for me :D

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grrr...can't find clean imesh any links?

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Ok I'll help you out and have uploaded it to my web space for you, you need to have the full imesh running and this just removes spyware without messing it up like spybot would. here it is

Re: Bit Torrent (again!)
 

Thanks for the links Chris, I'll give that a go too ;)

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No problem, been using it myself for about 6 months, it's far quicker than kazza etc, and more reliable also.

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well installed imesh can't say i'm impressed same as most other p2p clients, too slow and too few search results think i'll stick with dc++ and kazza for music

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I find it a million times better than kazza and also * ratings to show if you are going to need to wait in a Q or not. Each to their own hey.

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better than kazza for?
u tried dc++ for games or films i can normally get at least 50k+ out of dc++ but with any other client so far lucky to get isdn speed if that, if find what your looking for.

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DC is too much like hard work for me, I want something simple and quick to use, like I said if I want a film from imesh and can pretty max out my connection 60% of the time.

For games I use BT, the choice is good and again easy to find.

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too much like hard work how? just done a bit of a test searching for things on both dc++ and imesh as expected dc++ wins every time, while i like the simplicity of programs like imesh etc they just do not give the results of direct connect client like u say it may need a bit of extra work initially but surely the fact that u can 99% of the time find what your looking for is best, when was the last time u tried dc++?

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I almost always find what I want on imesh, I guess I just want the mainstream things, anything I can't find I use BT for.

Re: Bit Torrent (again!)
 

Thanks for the help guys, I've had a look at imesh, and it looks good. I'm also going to have a look at some other progs too, but everyone keeps going on about IRC for files too, are there any FAQ for that about too?? :)

Re: Bit Torrent (again!)
 

Best is here:

http://www.ircspy.com/guides.asp - look at the very last guide

thats also the best search engine for files on IRC

Cheers

Re: Bit Torrent (again!)
 

Just my 2¢... I use Bit Torrent primarily, cause I tend to find the speeds are much better than any other P2P program. However, the amount of stuff available on BT is limited to what people are seeding, so I also use Kazaa for stuff that I can't find on BT and that I'm not in a hurry for.