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DomCasual
11-18-2005, 07:36 PM
Anyone have a good BitTorrent client they'd like to recommend?

I've never done much with it. I just downloaded Azureus, and while I have found a bunch of files, the downloads seem really slow. Is there a way to speed them up? Does the typical download accelerator work with them? I have a fast internet connection, and a movie is showing that it is going to take 2 days to finish downloading. That can't be the best I can do, can it?

Anyone have suggestions?
Jens1893
11-18-2005, 07:46 PM
Azureus is the best client IMO.

What colour are the torrent smileys showing up in? Are you behind a router?
DomCasual
11-18-2005, 10:02 PM
Azureus is the best client IMO.

What colour are the torrent smileys showing up in? Are you behind a router?
They're green. And yes, I am behind a router. Downloading at only about 60kB/s, though. I am on a cable connection, so it seems as if I should be getting a lot faster downloads than that.
Jens1893
11-18-2005, 10:16 PM
They're green. And yes, I am behind a router. Downloading at only about 60kB/s, though. I am on a cable connection, so it seems as if I should be getting a lot faster downloads than that.

Well, on BT it all depends on the seeders and what they´re giving you, but 60 KB/s ain´t that bad really. You might want to run a google search on "port forwarding azureus". For the popular TV shows I sometimes get 200 KB/s +.
Rigs11
11-20-2005, 06:16 PM
Bitcomet is the best. Bypasses registering on sites.
DomCasual
11-28-2005, 02:45 PM
Okay, so what's the best way to find torrent files? Is there some kind of gateway you guys use?

Also, when you download a movie (say, two hours), how big should the file be to show up well on a regular television, after it is burned to a DVD?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Rigs11
11-28-2005, 03:17 PM
Okay, so what's the best way to find torrent files? Is there some kind of gateway you guys use?

Also, when you download a movie (say, two hours), how big should the file be to show up well on a regular television, after it is burned to a DVD?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
If you install Bitcomet it has links to torrent sites.Most DvD movies are around 4gb.
Jens1893
11-28-2005, 08:13 PM
www.newnova.org
www.thepiratebay.org
www.torrentspy.com
Nightwish
12-05-2005, 12:02 PM
They're green. And yes, I am behind a router. Downloading at only about 60kB/s, though. I am on a cable connection, so it seems as if I should be getting a lot faster downloads than that.
Have you forwarded all the proper ports for your router for that particular client?