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Which Bit Torrent Client
BitTorrent
11%
 11%  [ 4 ]
BitTornado
2%
 2%  [ 1 ]
Azureus
50%
 50%  [ 18 ]
ABC
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
burst!
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
uTorrent
8%
 8%  [ 3 ]
BitComet
8%
 8%  [ 3 ]
BitLord
13%
 13%  [ 5 ]
...other
5%
 5%  [ 2 ]
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craigie b
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PostPosted: 14:04 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Can I use torrents in a similar fashion

yes Rolling Eyes
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John C
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PostPosted: 14:16 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ok then, I'll rephase, "how do I use torrents in a similar fashion."
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craigie b
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PostPosted: 14:22 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
You go onto what ever torrent site you normally use and search for the single track your after, by either searching for the artist, the track or both. If the site doesn't have it then try another.

The track will only exist though if someone has been arsed to make one track available though Thumbs Up
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Ste
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PostPosted: 14:30 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tweaking Azureus settings to increase speeds. Thumbs Up
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John C
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PostPosted: 14:33 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
craigie b wrote:
The track will only exist though if someone has been arsed to make one track available though Thumbs Up

Thats precisely my problem. The only music available is the popular stuff. With 'old' p2p you where searching millions of HDD's for content, with torrents you can only take whats on offer.

I'll just have to do without, there's no way I'm putting limewire / kazza on my machine after seeing what it's done to other peoples PCs.
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Ste
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PostPosted: 14:36 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just set whole albums off to download and then choose which tracks are downloaded.
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John C
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PostPosted: 14:50 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
Just set whole albums off to download and then choose which tracks are downloaded.

Thats what I have to do, but there's a couple of problems with that.
say you want a 6 year old song that made #24 in the carts you might as well forget it. Also, downloading whole albums for one song is a waste of usage, especially with my ISP's 'fair use policy' Mad which I'm stuck with untill may.
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craigie b
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PostPosted: 14:52 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Thats precisely my problem. The only music available is the popular stuff. With 'old' p2p you where searching millions of HDD's for content, with torrents you can only take whats on offer.


Stuff will only be available if someone has made it a toorent and made it accessible which is no real differenxce to Kazaa.
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John C
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PostPosted: 15:14 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
craigie b wrote:

Stuff will only be available if someone has made it a toorent and made it accessible which is no real differenxce to Kazaa.


Yeah but at a guess I'd say 95% of torrent downloaders have never made and distributed a torrent file.

I agree that most things can be found on torrents, but the other day my nan asked if I could download some music to replace her old tapes... I couldn't find any of her music in torrent form and had to admit defeat.
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The View Askew
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PostPosted: 15:18 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
My client is BitComet. good rates on my machine. www.isohunt.com for torrents
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craigie b
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PostPosted: 15:47 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
NSRSparkie wrote:
craigie b wrote:

Stuff will only be available if someone has made it a toorent and made it accessible which is no real differenxce to Kazaa.


Yeah but at a guess I'd say 95% of torrent downloaders have never made and distributed a torrent file.

I agree that most things can be found on torrents, but the other day my nan asked if I could download some music to replace her old tapes... I couldn't find any of her music in torrent form and had to admit defeat.


I'd agree with that. You could always scour ebay and the net and see if you can pick them up on the cheap on CD format Question
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PostPosted: 15:56 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
im new to torrents but i found torrents are good for new music (whole albums) and kazaa is good for particular old tracks u might wanna find

if anyone knows of good torrent sites for less popular older stuff then pls let me know, as like his gran i have old tapes i cant be bothered transferring but wd like the music to download
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John C
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PostPosted: 17:26 - 09 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
craigie b wrote:
I'd agree with that. You could always scour ebay and the net and see if you can pick them up on the cheap on CD format Question


I suppose thats an option.
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mr.z
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PostPosted: 19:03 - 10 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Been useing bitlord for a month or so, after useing bittorrents notmal client for a year or so Shocked

Been ok up to now, there might be better but tbh if it downloads eventally and i can set prioritys it dont really matter all that much Wink
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