Downloading Movies

[jamesjdaly]

Hi everyone

First of all, you are talking to a complete idiot when it comes to computers, their workings and the jargon, so please go easy on me!!

Although I can download movies and TV programmes (on utorrent) from sites such as piratebay and isohunt, I seem to be having problems with thebox,bz, the British TV torrent site.

With piratebay and isohunt, both the download and the upload speeds are working and running simultaneously, albeit slowly. With thebox.bz however, although I can download, the upload speed has not left 0kB/s yet (the download is 15% already).

With the 2 other sites, I can attain a ratio of 1.00 after seeding. But with thebox.bz, I am scared of being booted off the site due to not uploading and thus seeding.

Is it just there are no leechers, or am I doing something wrong?

I'm only after normal programmes llike The Bill, Fools & Horses etc, so nothing too obscure!!

Thanks.

[dave_boo]

Technically you're the leecher right now (leecher comes from the idea of leechs...take away and give nothing back). However, depending on your client, you should be able to pull up a peers list; it will tell you what percentage they each have. If everyone has 100% there isn't much you can do. If there are several not at 100%, give your client some time and it will get a portion that the sub-100 person needs and upload it to them for you. If you're only downloading older programmes that aren't as popular as say "Top Gear", you may very well indeed be the only person missing parts. You can safely leave the torrent in its queue and it will upload to anyone else that needs it at a later date.....

[jamesjdaly]

Ok understood. Thanks a lot, Dave.

[beano2274]

You need to download things that other people want. A good idea is to choose a free program and leave it to seed for others when you have finished.

I used Andy McNabbs Tour of Duty which was not free but still managed to get a ratio of 8.000.

Edited July 5, 2009 by beano2274

[Jiu-Jitsu]

Check your PMs james...

[glegolo]

Technically you're the leecher right now (leecher comes from the idea of leechs...take away and give nothing back). However, depending on your client, you should be able to pull up a peers list; it will tell you what percentage they each have. If everyone has 100% there isn't much you can do. If there are several not at 100%, give your client some time and it will get a portion that the sub-100 person needs and upload it to them for you. If you're only downloading older programmes that aren't as popular as say "Top Gear", you may very well indeed be the only person missing parts. You can safely leave the torrent in its queue and it will upload to anyone else that needs it at a later date.....

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Thanks, you have just helped another bad computer guy up in Chaiyaphum.

Again thanks for input

Glegolo

[thaimite]

Hi everyone

First of all, you are talking to a complete idiot when it comes to computers, their workings and the jargon, so please go easy on me!!

Although I can download movies and TV programmes (on utorrent) from sites such as piratebay and isohunt, I seem to be having problems with thebox,bz, the British TV torrent site.

With piratebay and isohunt, both the download and the upload speeds are working and running simultaneously, albeit slowly. With thebox.bz however, although I can download, the upload speed has not left 0kB/s yet (the download is 15% already).

With the 2 other sites, I can attain a ratio of 1.00 after seeding. But with thebox.bz, I am scared of being booted off the site due to not uploading and thus seeding.

Is it just there are no leechers, or am I doing something wrong?

I'm only after normal programmes llike The Bill, Fools & Horses etc, so nothing too obscure!!

Thanks.

I use the thebox.bz a lot, and get excellent download speeds as well as being able to upload with no problems. (I have a ration of more than 2:1) Maybe your problem is not enough leechers for the stuff you have downloaded.

[Lite Beer]

As said start off with the free downloads even if you do not want them. That will give you a start.

[PastEgo]

funny thing a mod not stating the rules or closing a piracy topic

but then again it seems to be one rule for some and one rule for the rest

Edited July 6, 2009 by PastEgo

[jamesjdaly]

Thanks everyone. Beginning to understand about peers and leechers.

[dave_boo]

funny thing a mod not stating the rules or closing a piracy topic

but then again it seems to be one rule for some and one rule for the rest

Why? Are they discussing downloading illegal content? Bit torrent was designed for sharing; there are many legal uses, my favourite being Linux distros....and IIRC, WOW uses bittorrent (a version similar to it) to update all the player's installs.

[jamesjdaly]

Thebox.bz has free torrents. This means you can download a torrent and it won't be deducted from your download account. When you have reached 100% and are seeding, you can then upload.

One question: when I choose a free torrent to download (in order to increase my upload and ratio), what should I look for? I mean, should I look for more seeds than peers, or more peers than seeds? I'm not interested in watching the free upload, just to increase my ratio.

Thanks.

[dave_boo]

Definitely want the ones with the fewest seeders; that means your computer is more likely to get asked for a part...

[jamesjdaly]

At the moment I'm downloading Are You Being Served (free).

Seeds 95(925).

Peers 4(508).

Download speed extremely high.

Upload speed 0.1kB/s.

Is this not so good to use as an upload booster?

[gunnyd]

Because if the DMCA (Digital Millrnium Copyright Act) any one with any intelligence downloading from p2p sites and torrents use IP filters that block large numbers of IPs. I use peerguardian 2 whilst I am in the US to keep the ISP off my arse and not get sued.

This is whi even though you see many peers downloading only a few are connecting to your computer.

I belong to a private encrypted site to do my torrents for this reason. I have the same problem in LOS lots of peers and only a couple connecting to my computer. Find a good private site.

Also limit your speed and see if it helps. That has worked well for me when I want to boost upload speed. See Image Below

[PastEgo]

dave_boo i am not questioning the morality of torrent sites nor torrent clients

there have been clear cases where such topics a have been closed and the users warned

i am just wondering why the rules are not applied accross the board