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Any BitTorrent experts out there?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by DarkHorse, Jan 22, 2005.

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  1. DarkHorse

    DarkHorse Member

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    I just want to share the file with my close friends and family. (it's some family videos from last year)

    I get the impression that if you use one of the big trackers, you have to post it for the entire community, which I don't really want to do since what I want to send is home movies.

    I tried looking up how to set up your own tracker, and it looks like a mess.

    Am I going about this all wrong, or do I pretty much have it right?

    Thanks in advance,
    DH

    PS - I already tried YouSendIt, and it didn't work. It's crashed out 3 times, now.
     
  2. Lil Pun

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    Isn't bit torrent over?
     
  3. DarkHorse

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    I still use it all the time. But I never create torrent files.
     
  4. Dave2000

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    how big is the file? if its less than a gig, might as well just use yousendit.com, less of a hassle and pretty much private.
     
  5. DarkHorse

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    It's 560 megs, and I want to send it to probably about 8-10 people.

    It took about 7 hours to upload to YouSendIt, and my sister's download has crashed 3 times in a row at about 25%.

    I figured bittorrent would be nice since I'm sending it to several people and you can resume downloads in the middle.
     
  6. Dave2000

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    ah ok, well that sucks, they have been pretty reliable for me, have you tried

    http://www.omnilect.com/

    EDIT: nevermind, there is a 20MB limit for each file
     
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    so what do they use now?
     
  8. DanzelKun

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    If you get desperate, have you thought about just burning the movie to CDs and snail mailing 'em out? A little more effort required on your part, but definetly easier on their end...
     
  9. Dave2000

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    naw it aint over. Suprnova is pretty much dead, the site that about 80% of the bit torrent users used to get their downloads, but they are plenty out there people use. Hell, people on this board use it to download Rockets games. :)
     
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    No, they shut suprnova down. Which is what they do to any site that has substantial amount of users. This is why I stick to chinese bt sites now since they are foreign and out of control of U.S. or just unlicensed animes.
     
  11. Oski2005

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    You got a link or links?
     
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    English: www.isohunt.com
    Swedish: www.thepiratebay.com
    Chinese: bt1.btchina.net <---- Internet Explorer only
    Chinese/English: bt.eastgame.net
     
  13. Invisible Fan

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    You could do it the old fashioned way and set up an FTP server.
     
  14. rockHEAD

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    burn it to cd and mail it to them...
     
  15. Rockets2K

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    Dark Horse....

    check the other thread you asked about this in...you have been replied to with a solution.
     
  16. DarkHorse

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    Thx.

    :)
     

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