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I'm trying to download a boxing torrent and nothing is happening and it says that port 6881 is block or something.

Here is the site I'm trying to download from  http://fights.worldboxingvideoarchive.com/ and I'm using U-Torrent and Bittorrent software/client...

Please help


edit: Which torrent software is the best/easiest to use.

go into bit lord and randomize the port you are using, this happens occassionally. or manually change it to 6545 or something

Huh?

Torents...?????????????????????

To much for me ....

Its all Greek to me

you will find that some isp block common ports used for filesharing

so you need to change the port on your client

as i dont know the client as its not the client i use you will have to search in the prefences for the port

another problem could be if your using a router you would need to set up port forwarding

Is Linwire a torrent thingy?

I have heard that is the easiest to use.  Could Nemesis use that one?

I use Limewire and anything non MP3 seems to carry viruses

Thanks for the help guys. I'm using Bit Lord and it is downloading.

Once the torrent is downloaded, how do I watch it?

click on it

Floppy is the man to speak to. He pointed me in the right direction for 24.

That was my problem with lost. I downloaded it and I couldn't figure out how to actually watch the thing...????

The VLC media player will play just about anything first time (I'm yet to find something it WON'T play)

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

it refuses to play most of the dodgey stuff i download

Ok, I've downloaded the fight (which has taken over 2 hours) I went to press play and now it is uploading. Is this the norm? How long does a upload take?

Azureus is a good torrent program

I have this one, but I couldn't get it to work... ::)

it uploads forever untill nobody wants it or untill you remove it from your client but you should leave it running aslong as possible to ensure that next time you want to download others will upload

you can watch while it uploading

oh was that the port thing?  You need to change it to a high number, I have mine set to 65535

How do I watch it whilst its uploading?

not sure

with azerus you click on open

if you cant find out how in your client find it on your hard drive and open it

Ok, I have managed to sort of watch it (open Directory and then I double clicked) and it has open up in Winamp  and I can hear the commenetary of the fight but no picture???

Error loading codecs!!! wtf?

which format has it downloaded in ?

sounds like it is Divx or something like that which might require a plugin of some description....

Divx 5.0
by Divx Movies (find all plug-ins by this vendor)
 

Divx 5.0
FourCC or Wave Format ID: DX50

www.divx.com

Nemesis mate, I feel for you, I really do.    I have experienced all that as well.   The laptop almost learned to fly... :D

Hope you get it to work.  Then you can write an idiots guide in how to use torrents for me.  The emphasis is on the word idiot.  I have the uderstanding of a five year old when it comes to technology.

Sark,

Goto

http://www.bitlord.com/

then go to

Miniova or Torrent Lounge or torrentz or just google search torrents and then search for a torrent.

http://www.wmplugins.com/ItemDetail.aspx?codec=DX50 for the divx plug in for WMP

and thats it...

I'm wathing the fight ;D ;D ;D yippppppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

you can get codec bundles, best to install as many as poss.
I'll try to dig up a link

Thanks

Thanks

The main site i used to use for info was tutorialtown but is has gone ???
It was truly awesome, however this is highly recommended for viewing torrent flies, it comes with a large codec bundle:-

http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/

I tried to download Lost Series 2, but it was so slow, all my computers were affected, it really was unbearable. Does anyone know why my whole network was slow? Is there anyway around this?

I have some questions, if one of the techies could oblige.

1. is this torrent downloading stuff legal?
2. is it free?
3. where's the best sites to go?
4. what software do i need and how do i get it?

thanks, much obliged in advance.

Junior, it depends what you download, much like p2p the technology itself doesn't do anything illegal but you could use it to illegally download copyrighted material.

Nemesis - Does your client allow you to limit the upload speed of the torrents? I find that this is what generally slows networks to a crawl. I'd recommend setting it to a reasonable level so you are still uploading but everything else still works. What to set it to would depend on the upload speed of your internet connection. I have ADSL and 256k upload so i set the max to 13Kbs and it works well.

I would recommed using Bitcomet as your torrent client, they also provide forums which will help you with any configuration  issues. 

I like the http://thepiratebay.org  for downloads.

thanks bongo, - whats p2p?

peer 2 peer filesharing - original napster, kazaa etc etc

thanks!
i thought i knew quite a bit about computers and technology but it seems i am something of a luddite.  might give it a go later.

Ian

I downloaded the klite pack some time ago, but when I tried to install it nothing happened - does double clicking it do something in the background, or should it bring up an install screen.

Codecs confuse the hell out of me!

I've just a few words to say:

Piracy is a sin and y'all go to hell y'hear  ;tk;

i agree but there are legal downloads for example the poker 425 torrents

Dead right Ironside the system was set up to allow people to download large files across the internet.

The fact that some people misuse the system shouldn't allow the film/record  companies to close it down.

Here is a good post on increasing the speed of bitcomet that worked for me
http://torrentfreak.com/speed-up-bitcomet-and-%C2%B5torrent/ (http://torrentfreak.com/speed-up-bitcomet-and-%C2%B5torrent/)