BitTorrent links (updated, nub must read ;)

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 1:53 pm

Here's a thread on what BitTorrent is and how it works

isoHunt crawls many torrent sites, and when you search for torrents here, you get links to HTML pages on these sites where the .torrent files can be found, as well as cached .torrent links. These links have the additional benefit of including all trackers tracking the associated torrent, cross-referenced from multiple torrent sites, so you can be sure the .torrents here will give you maximum exposure in finding peers. In P2P, the peers, the higher your potential download speed. When multiple tracker sites track the same torrent, when one site goes down, your torrent download will continue.

After you got the small .torrent hash file, you need a BitTorrent client to actually download the full file. There are many flavors, and I recommend the following. Once installed, simply open the downloaded .torrent's with the installed client.

Some of the best BitTorrent clients, with multiple torrents interface:
* Azureus - Advanced interface with good speeds. Uses Java so somewhat a resource hog (up to 100 MB ram use with multiple torrents going), but also means it can run on any OS.
* BitComet - Fast downloads and simple interface (written in C)
* NEW: uTorrent Another Windows only client, super small and super fast. A new client that has bundled the best features and interface from other clients into a small package.
* Official BitTorrent - written in Python, not as fast as BitComet, and is the original reference client.

Other FAQ's and guides:
* http://wiki.theory.org/index.php/BitTorrentFAQ
* http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9CTorrent
* Links to popular sites: Mirror of torrentlinks.com and BTsites.tk
*

NEW:
* Guide about BitTorrent and isoHunt on About.com
* TorrentGuide.net

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:36 am

I'm not getting any links to HTML-pages. I get a list of the files found by your search-engine but when i click on them, nothing happens. I'm sorry to bother you, but i already downloaded torrent-files from other sources (so my client works) but i don't know what i should do here.

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 1:03 pm

what browser (and version) are you using?

if you click on the rows in search results, javascript is used to popup the link in a new window, and you need at least v5 of IE or 1.0 mozilla for that (DOM compliant browsers). You need that anyways if are to get around the site with the new popup site menus.

Clicking directly on the links under the Description column will just launch a new window via regular link. That should always work.

And make sure you don't have some popup killer that's blocking the new window.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:14 pm

When I click on a torrent link it gives me an error (always). Save dialog appears and error message results on open or save. Error is 'Internet explorer was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or not found. Please try again later.' IE 6. Popup killer disabled.

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 5:17 pm

try installing a BT client like the Shadow's and see if u still get the error. I've tested the pages under IE 6 and I've never seen such an error.

Also specific search page and download links where you get the error would help.

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:30 am

wisdenb wrote:

When I click on a torrent link it gives me an error (always). Save dialog appears and error message results on open or save. Error is 'Internet explorer was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or not found. Please try again later.' IE 6. Popup killer disabled.

I get that too, i just ignore it and it usually works fine. When that Message comes up and you close it, you can still continue the download right??

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:31 am

yes. it just means u skip that tracker asking for password. this is often the backup tracker specified on the wrong port so doesn't affect anything. i've fixed the password so u shouldn't even see the login anymore.

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:28 pm

i need to use socks5 i think to get around a firewall. do any of these do that?

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:12 am

that's an entirely different thing. Look at firewall tweaking sticky at top of this forum.

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:30 pm

I'm just wondering what someone like me would do if they happen to be running in a MacIntosh environment and whether I can even benefit from what you guys offer here. The reason I ask is that I have absolutely no idea whether the software needed to run these Torrent files are Mac compatible. So is there still hope for me?? lol

--talondesign

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 4:17 pm

where can i find this link that will navigate me to the site with the actual file, and why should we download these smaller files?

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:20 am

I download BitTornado, but what the hell do I do from there? What is the install file?

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:26 am

When the main tracker is offline, how do I switch so that my torrent can use the backup tracker?

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:34 am

when ever i click on a link to a torrent, the little window that pops up below it looks like the homepage and theres nowhere to download anything... it also says shot term to short dude. try useing one of these or something before i used isohunt all the time but i ahvent for a few months and now i cant

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:59 pm

The way this site is going (no more torrent to dl) seems clear :
1/Closed
or 2/ Temporary out of order...
however lots of sites are existing...