Bit Torrent

I usually upload when certain websites like BoxTorrents enforce a policy to upload just as much as you download. It's a good way to stop leechers. If it's a file that was either hard to find or I enjoyed, I usually upload those too.

(ID #63393) Posted on 2007/11/13 10:35

reply to Yongjun's comment

I heard that it's dangerous to be a seeder, and besides when I seed it slows down m other downloads. My client is always opeem. but because I'm too lazy to have to keep reopening it. I remove things when they're done. 

(ID #63396) Posted on 2007/11/13 10:45

reply to 21st Century Digital Boy's comment

I sometimes I seed but most of the time theres really not that many seeders and i end up removing it.

(ID #63398) Posted on 2007/11/13 10:54

reply to kazanii's comment

i use bitcomet as it supports ddl. but it takes quite a lot of ram as well. 

(ID #63400) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:04

reply to Tiny Red Man's comment

Another recommendation for Azureus, plenty of options for advanced users wishing for more control over their downloads.

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is great for managing direct downloads and maximising your connections download speed.

(ID #63402) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:13

reply to iwolf's comment

i use utorrent...pronounced mutorrent, simple and easy and has some nifty functions. as for how long i live my client on, well it depends what i'm downloading and the seeder/leecher ratio. for private sites i tend to leave the client on for as long as possible to maintain my seed/leech ratio, for animes, i tend to use mirc way more often than torrent, and also purchase the dvds of course. my computer is on for most of the day and utorrent is almost always on.

(ID #63403) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:17

reply to qingy's comment

My client of choice is Azureus, and I do my best to maintain at least a 1:1 for most files.  Luckily, I had enough spare parts to build a box that does my bidding for torrent activity...keeps the gaming/3d modeling box available for what it is meant to do.  For those of you that have enough parts to build a second system, that would be a good way to go.  Wasting processor cycles on torrenting takes away from your fun time! ^^;  Haha.  Tokyo Toshokan does quite well for my anime/manga needs with rare visits elsewhere.

(ID #63404) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:18

reply to Kenward's comment

Take 100%, give 100% here. Unless there aren't any peers to upload to, lol... I don't keep the torrent client open 24/7...

(ID #63406) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:21

reply to nunks's comment

I use Azureus, check mininova.org for your software need and tokyotosho.com for your otaku need. Now... play hellgate london with me pls~ :D

(ID #63407) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:21

reply to Triplekia's comment

µTorrent is good if your low on disk space

(ID #63408) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:24

reply to Gorm's comment

Transmission is the best bittorrent client for Mac OSX. But it happens that  it's not compatible with some trackers.

(ID #63409) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:26

reply to GranXpri's comment

also a fan of transmission, i find azureus is just too cpu intensive..

it's always open, and i seed to 1:1 or higher.

(ID #63410) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:28

reply to maique's comment

utorrent for myself, I usually give at least 50% or more back basically because I still have other torrents working. 

Sites for me, mininova, baka-updates, BlackCats for the most part get me around. 

Emule helps me get what I can't =D

(ID #63411) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:29

reply to kakit's comment

Either I'm supid or something is wrong, but I have a iMac and I have never gotten bittorent to work! Either the torrents never load, or all of them will get almost there, and then quit or corrupt! it's really frusterating!

(ID #63412) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:31

reply to Trent's comment

@Trent
the corruption part may be due to hard disk failure, its usually a sign telling you that you need to replace your hard drive before it crashes on you without warning and you lose all your saved data. your ISP may also be blocking the use of bittorent and thats why they aren't loading for you.

(ID #63413) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:36

reply to qingy's comment

Utorrent FTW 
it's small, uses low resource, full of usefull features

(ID #63414) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:37

reply to Dead Snake's comment

utorrent all the way!

As for how long I keep mine running, it depends. I have my client turn on at startup so as soon as my PC starts up i'm downloading/uploading. 

These days, I tend to keep my PC on for some time so I can stream my music from my home PC to my work one from time to time, assuming my connection doesn't screw up, like it has been doing recently...

(ID #63417) Posted on 2007/11/13 11:58

reply to GundamJehutyKai's comment

i don't feel the lag from seeding cos usually turn it off in the day, and turn on all the torrents when I go to bed. a newly released episode should be done by the time I wake up, with more than 150% given back to the torrent community.

is all good :D

(ID #63418) Posted on 2007/11/13 12:11

reply to luzzio's comment

danny, where do u get ur dose of anime from if u just started using it? cuz im   downloading my anime via torrents. 

(ID #63419) Posted on 2007/11/13 12:23

reply to Nara's comment

I leave my window open all night as well.

Your client looks cool, I'm going to check it out

(ID #63421) Posted on 2007/11/13 12:30

reply to Jamaipanese's comment

Your client looks cool Danny! I'm using Azureus BitTyrant.. Usually I just leave whatever being uploaded after I downloaded opened till they failed to upload anymore..

(ID #63423) Posted on 2007/11/13 12:53

reply to Ryuuichi's comment

I've tried a few clients but utorrent is not only the easiest to use, but it's very small and has so many nifty options :3
I would seed more than 100% but it seems my isp counts uploads as part of my bandwidth limit ;_; so as it is, I generally seed small files 'till 100-110% and big files around 10-20%.
And I always go to http://isohunt.com first (used to be mininova.org) before checking smaller torrent communities or p2p (emule).

(ID #63424) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:11

reply to Koshiko's comment

your download pic reminds me of how police recently like busted some pedophile molester by de-blurring a photo.  I wonder what they would see if they used it on you.  I would assume those are the family videos you always like to share.  And "family" pics too right ;)

BTW why would utorrent be mutorrent?  Wouldn't it make more sense to pronounce it like "micro"torrent as in micrometer or "u"torrent?

(ID #63425) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:11

reply to don's comment

I'm using Bitcomet and I let it open for weeks. :>

(ID #63426) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:12

reply to Heigen's comment

@nara,

Since danny is based in Japan, I would assume that he would use p2p programs like winny and share for his anime fix, or he just digitally records it off the tv. 

Either way, those would be much faster than torrent, since ppl tend to get their anime from the 2 p2p programs i mentioned and then torrent it for everyone else.

(ID #63427) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:15

reply to GundamJehutyKai's comment

I used bittorrent for quite sometime but changed to Azureus. Torrent sites have been a bit hard to find lately since some have been shutdown like Demonoid but they'll be back most likely. Still I recommend searching on tokyotosho

(ID #63428) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:24

reply to CrazyAnimeTuga's comment

@don
well, its actually called µTorrent, and µ is the same as micro or mu, which is 10^-6.

ps. whats a good p2p program?

(ID #63429) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:25

reply to qingy's comment

I using BitComet, usually i open for a week for a torrent after finish DL, sometime will open longer...

(ID #63431) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:29

reply to notfair's comment

I love Bit Torrent. How else could you download twenty albums in a day?

A good Torrent search engine is Isohunt. Here's a link: http://www.isohunt.com/

As for what application I use, none.

(ID #63433) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:39

reply to Calintz's comment

I use uTorrent. The biggest problem is it slows my web surfing down dramatically, so I turn it off when I'm surfing. I leave it on though at work, but turn it off at night because I'm on a laptop and I like to turn that off at night, unless it's winter time, then I might use my laptop for a room heater.

(ID #63434) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:44

reply to Exile's comment

i use this program called Azureus. I take 100% give more than 100% btw. but there is not an option in the poll. i normally leave my computer on for 4 - 14 days wotj out turning it off.   

(ID #63435) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:45

reply to Joshua's comment

I use Azureus.  It's not nearly as pretty as Transmission, but is more featureful.  Azureus had nasty memory leak problems on OS X, but upgrading to Leopard fixed that for me.  

I seed at bare minimum as much as I downloaded (unless there's just no one downloading from me), and always try for at least twice as much.  Really, I try to seed for whatever I've downloaded for as long as the primary uploaders need the help.  

I also try to continually seed something I really enjoy and want to share that is also older and lacks sufficient seeders.  Balance is important:  Seed to many things, and the bandwidth you provide for any particular torrent is actually worthless (not to mention it's way too much TCP traffic that can't be justified for your throughput), but seed nothing and torrents die as soon as their initial popularity is over.  

(ID #63436) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:45

reply to Mac's comment

My main usage for Internet is actually bittorrent. I let if open 24/7. And most sites I do use (PS2, animes) have a ratio system, so I have to keep the ratio high (around 1.4) for each torrent I download.
Using ktorrent in my Ubuntu Linux box.

(ID #63437) Posted on 2007/11/13 13:48

reply to Iuri Fiedoruk's comment

I use Bit Torrent most of the time i usually just seed raw manga and animes i like 

(ID #63438) Posted on 2007/11/13 14:20

reply to nightman's comment

ever since a local anime distribution company here started catching people who downloaded animes illegally with bit torrent and threatening them with legal action unless a reimbursement sum of around US$2000 is paid, people here are avoiding bit-torrent for downloading animes. most either watch it online via streaming sites or go for direct download.

(ID #63439) Posted on 2007/11/13 14:36

reply to gordon's comment

I'm a Mac user and I use Azureus as my BT client....
Very good, strongly recommended!

(ID #63440) Posted on 2007/11/13 14:39

reply to howie huang's comment

Thats a very nice looking client! ^^;; I would test it out but I'm not running any of the platforms it was made for. Personally I use utorrent (from utorrrent.com) its a great program that works like all current BitTorrent programs but it is more compact. 

(ID #63441) Posted on 2007/11/13 14:42

reply to Arrot's comment

Bittorrent is my exclusive distribution network for fansubs it's either that or IRC and you really take a security risk mingling with the hax0rs to get  your fansub fix. I've been known to do it but only with a virtual version of the latest beta OS to minimize the exploit footprint. Wow who knew downloading fansubs could be so much fun!

(ID #63443) Posted on 2007/11/13 14:47

reply to Mr.Boy's comment

i've been torrenting ever since and my first torrent client was Azureus but since its a java software, it eats up a large chunk on my resources. i then moved to BitComet and then moved to my current and fave client, utorrent ^___^

I've got a collection of otaku-related torrent tracker sites and i would love to share them to you guys ^___^

Tokyo Tosho (one of the best otaku related torrent trackers) --> http://www.tokyotosho.com

Anime Suki --> http://www.animesuki.com

BoxTorrents --> http://www.boxtorrents.com

D-Addicts (J-Dorama torrent site) --> http://d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php

Nyaatorrents --> http://www.nyaatorrents.org/

DA Torrents --> http://www.datorrents.com/

Mininova --> http://www.mininova.org/

here are some torrent tracker sites that i use if ever those sites fail or use them other than otaku-related stuff if you know what i mean ^_~

ISO Hunt --> http://www.isohunt.com

Torrentz --> http://www.torrentz.com

The Pirate Bay --> http://www.thepiratebay.org

*sings Lazy Town Pirate Song*

Do what you want, ‘cause a pirate is free,
YOU ARE A PIRATE!
Yar har, fiddle di dee,
Being a pirate is alright to be,
Do what you want ‘cause a pirate is free,
You are a pirate!

The Internet -- All the Piracy, none of the scurvy XDDD

(ID #63446) Posted on 2007/11/13 14:59

reply to Henry's comment

btw, i always leave my PC online almost virtually 24/7 but of course just like a human being, i shut down my PC after it finishes a long download :3

if torrent fails me, there's always IRC ^___^

(ID #63448) Posted on 2007/11/13 15:03

reply to Henry's comment

becareful of the electricity bill.torrent downloading nearly cost me a bomb when the utiliy bill showed up.

(ID #63449) Posted on 2007/11/13 15:08

reply to animefreak222's comment

My record so far was constantly downloading for a month non stop without turning off my computer. I was a anime freak back then. My numbers of downloads could go up to 20 or more at one go. But that craze kinda died down for quite a while ago.

I personally would recommend Utorrent for a BT client as it is clean and fast to use. Have tried most of the others but some of them are either too slow or too difficult to use.

For more info, ===>http://www.utorrent.com/

(ID #63452) Posted on 2007/11/13 16:00

reply to Gundam Otaku's comment

I usually shut off my torrent app when I'm finnish downloading. Lags the laptop too much.

(ID #63453) Posted on 2007/11/13 16:05

reply to Hachiko's comment

I use uTorrent, but it's Windows only. I use it because it's extremely light-weight and it has great features such ass RSS subscription (auto download!) and something called Web UI that allows you to manage your torrents from a different computer.

As for how long I keep it open, well, the unwritten rule is that you have to seed 200%.

(ID #63454) Posted on 2007/11/13 16:10

reply to umbrae's comment

My upstream cap is awfully low (256 kb/s) while my upstream is capped at 2 mbit. It's literally impossible to share as much as I've taken unless I'm loading awfully slow and while my torrent client is running, most of my internet activity has to shut down (I'm lucky if I can browse some sites at mediocre speed, playing online games or watching streams is not possible), so I have it up whenever I'm not doing anything that requires my connection. My ratio, depending on the speed I can download from, usually is around 0.6 or so.

Oh and I use uTorrent, it's without a doubt the best client that I personally have used so far.

(ID #63455) Posted on 2007/11/13 16:17

reply to chas's comment

I'd really love to keep the ratio 100% 100%, download stuff and then share them for at least 2 weeks or so.

But what really happens is: My HDD is filled up all the time. So I have to download stuff, burn them on DVDs or something, just so I can get new stuff.

I usually leave stuff sharing, so I just select the ones that has fewer seeds and lots of leechers.

Oh, I've been using bittorrent for a long time... since the time there were no clients (only the original bittorrent that looked like a download window).

After clients appeared, I first used Azureus, then switched to uTorrent, which I'm still using today.

Before that? DC++, eMule, eDonkey, LimeWire, Kazaa, Morpheus, Napster, IRC and before that I remember using some sort of virtual webspace where tons of anime fans would share stuff. Forgot the name right now.

If not for those, I wouldn't be here probably. Because I wouldn't have gotten into anime and japanese culture, and would have never been into Japan...

(ID #63456) Posted on 2007/11/13 16:32

reply to XSportSeeker's comment

uTorrent is better than any other torrent programs I had so far, perhaps the previous one I've tried left me with a bitter taste in my mouth (BitComet).

(ID #63458) Posted on 2007/11/13 16:44

reply to Elozt E. Elric's comment

I go direct as I often have to keep moving and can't become a seeder long enough to leech.

(ID #63461) Posted on 2007/11/13 16:51

reply to syrix's comment

Since we have really bad limits on upload here in Belgium, I just can't share much. It's getting better, but it could be more. Would be most willing to share, if only I could... Because if you reach your upload limit, your whole connection is put on smallband (down & up). But it's getting better, but still expensive, in comparison to other countries...

Client of my choice: Azureus.
BT Site: btjunkie, baka-updates & tokyotosho.

(ID #63462) Posted on 2007/11/13 16:53

reply to Hatix's comment

Okay, I confess. I have absolutely no idea how to use a torrent. Can someone elaborate? 

As far as I know, its some sort of pack of files, but whenever I try to download one, the slow speeds just make me give up after five minutes. Yes, I have no patience. ;)  

(ID #63463) Posted on 2007/11/13 16:53

reply to Stuntman's comment

100% down, 100% up and I use uTorrent - super light client and comes with many preferences

(ID #63464) Posted on 2007/11/13 17:07

reply to Sauronu's comment

i have used many torrent programs, bittorrent, bittorrado, ABC, Azureus, Etc. but the best program in my experience is Utorrent, i highly suggest it for anyone.

(ID #63465) Posted on 2007/11/13 17:40

reply to Evo_Spec's comment

I use Utorrent as well. Most of the fansub I get always upload to 1.5 ish by the time i finish something, so i almost give 150% hahaha

(ID #63466) Posted on 2007/11/13 17:45

reply to Astrana's comment

uTorrent for Windows clients and Transmission for Mac Users. That's the way to go ;)

Well uploading is a bit dangerous... in switzerland the only thing that makes you "not legal" is uploading. As long as you only download and don't upload they can't do you anything... pretty weird but true. Law is not really adapted here about all the P2P stuff.
hehe

(ID #63467) Posted on 2007/11/13 17:56

reply to neko's comment

That's a lot of pron you got going there Danny... :-P

I use Azureus as my client and I try to go at least 100/100 whenever I can.

(ID #63468) Posted on 2007/11/13 18:05

reply to QuickFix's comment

I usually give back about 150% or more. This is mainly because my upload speed is almost always a bit higher than my download speed. So I usually don't have to leave it open for more than a minute after my download finnishes.

(ID #63473) Posted on 2007/11/13 18:30

reply to Chaos 3L337's comment

I use Utorrent

My share ratio is usually 300% or more as I believe that bittorrent is about sharing and community building.

(ID #63474) Posted on 2007/11/13 18:38

reply to squee's comment

I use utorrent, best on I've used so far.

I try to give back whenever possible, but most other orientals I know aren't quite as nice.

(ID #63477) Posted on 2007/11/13 18:58

reply to IvanHoeHo's comment

I use BitComet.  

I don't keep my client up that long due to bandwidth constraints.  If I had faster internet at home like they have in Japan then I'm not closing my client at all. heheh!  Sadly though I (or we in the Philippines) don't have that kind of bandwidth luxury.  I do keep it up whenever I don't use the net.

(ID #63478) Posted on 2007/11/13 18:59

reply to BeLe's comment

I haven't used transmission yet, but I've been using Azureus for years now on both PC and Mac.

They added a bunch of features that I don't use, but the advanced mode lets you choose what files you want to download from within the torrent. (like one video from a batch torrent)

Along with a lot of other customization, that feature really helps out a lot. Don't have to download the whole torrent, just for one file    : >

(ID #63480) Posted on 2007/11/13 19:22

reply to sulk's comment

I don't seed. I'm a leecher.
Do i feel guilty?
Not one bit.
My client's Utorrent. It used to be Azureus, but I can't work it anymore. It freezes up on me when I open it.

Oh no... Could that be the consequence of my leeching sin???

(ID #63481) Posted on 2007/11/13 19:27

reply to Darkvash's comment

my client is Utorrent and generally i give back whn i forgot to remove the torrent XD

(ID #63482) Posted on 2007/11/13 19:58

reply to Pippo's comment

I use flash get, since it serves as a nice torrent downloader (as good as any i have seen atleast), and at the same time it is also a download accelerator for normal downloads. I never quite before i have atleast seeded as much as i have gotten.
Unless its mega downloads like naruto and bleach where its pointless.

(ID #63483) Posted on 2007/11/13 20:14

reply to Tanario's comment

i use DAP for dowload the best.....

(ID #63484) Posted on 2007/11/13 20:33

reply to tsukishi69's comment

I use isohunt or torrentspy to find them then bitlord to bring them down.

(ID #63485) Posted on 2007/11/13 20:44

reply to Neil Duckett's comment

I used to use the Bittorrent client until I switched over to utorrent, which is absolutely amazing. As for websites I generally use isohunt and mininova for all the things I'll need.

(ID #63486) Posted on 2007/11/13 21:11

reply to Kyle's comment

I use bitcomet and have my settings set to stop sharing after dl/ul are 1:1 because sites like demonoid want you to have a 1:1 ratio i think.  Most other files, like the ones I get off tokyotosho or mininova, I just stop after I get my file since my roommates complain I'm slowing down their gaming.

too bad I can't use torrentspy anymore.  i think they stopped allowing US users.

(ID #63489) Posted on 2007/11/13 21:52

reply to Felix the Cat's comment

So sad to see so much Leechers.

I'm actually not on the pool range, so i put 100%/100%.

My utorrent is actually on 1/2 rate, I get it, and "send full" for 2 peoples.

I watched so many Anime Groups that closes their torrents system just for those leechers... well, it's a basic tip for life, get what u need and give everything that u can...

(ID #63490) Posted on 2007/11/13 21:59

reply to paiki's comment

I am too worried about getting a virus to use any torrent program. Plus I currently live in the US, so everything is illegal now.

(ID #63491) Posted on 2007/11/13 22:20

reply to MACdaddy's comment