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Mar 24, 2006, 07:42 AM
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Dr. Robert
Join Date: Nov 15, 2005
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Teach Me Torrents!
It seems as if this is the way of the future for bootleg stuff. How does it work? What do you need? Enlighten us please, Oh knowledgeable ones!
Tony
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Mar 24, 2006, 09:40 AM
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Day Tripper
Join Date: Aug 07, 2005
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I'll try to write something up. Personally I haven't had much luck with Bootleg-only sites.
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Mar 24, 2006, 09:48 AM
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Day Tripper
Join Date: Aug 07, 2005
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To use Bittorent (That's the program) to download a .Torrent (That's the small, small file used to download a big file) you need to do 2 things
1. Download a Bittorrent Client (I use Azureus) http://www.download.com/Azureus-BitT...ml?tag=lst-0-1)
2. Download a .Torrent file (There aren't many good Bootleg only torrent sites, but I'll look into it)
For the record, Bittorrent is pretty much made to download albums/movies and big files like that.
So download Azureus and install it, and then open it up and get acquainted with it, because you just met your new best friend.
For this little tutorial thing I'll just use some bootleg strawberry fields forever thing. It contains "every known version" and a ton of covers of the song.
http://www.demonoid.com/torrents/dow...monoid.torrent
That's the URL for the .Torrent file (tell me if it works)
go there and it'll ask you what you want to open it with Azureus should already be the default. Choose Run or Open or whatever.
Now It'll open Azureus for you and give you a menu, choose to save it to your Desktop (Or another folder, it doesn't matter, but remember where it is) and choose Ok. The Azureus window will show that the download is starting and going. Your download speed probably won't be too fast. If you're using Dial-Up it will take you a long time, and if you're behind a firewall or router, it will take a bit longer also.
If you don't understand anything just post here and tell me.
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Last edited by thepandoras : Mar 24, 2006 at 09:59 AM.
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Mar 24, 2006, 10:12 AM
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Little Child
Join Date: Dec 04, 2001
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You can read up on Torrents here ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent). More simply put, torrents work a little differently from p2p services like LimeWire in the way that you download in parts and the moment you've downloaded even a chunk of that part you start uploading it to others.
The upside: downloading a popular file (lots of people downloading simultaneously) can be very fast. And it helps in cases where the files are LARGE, like a few GBs.
The downside: for less popular torrents, download can start late and may take ages. Also, files go inactive pretty quickly. I have Macca torrents that almost never seem to finish. And since the files don't download one by one, you can't play half-finished tracks either.
Some sites require you to register and maintain an upload download ratio so that you don't just take and take. By the way, people who do are called Leechers and those who plant the files are called Seeders. So the more the seeders, tha faster the download.
Hope this helps.
Question for moderators: If it's ok to name the torrent tracking sites here then I can post some names and people can try them out and post their experiences.
Last edited by subhajit_2k : Mar 24, 2006 at 10:13 AM.
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Mar 24, 2006, 10:27 AM
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Sun King
Join Date: Apr 29, 2001
Location: The Netherlands
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Quote:
Originally Posted by subhajit_2k
Question for moderators: If it's ok to name the torrent tracking sites here then I can post some names and people can try them out and post their experiences.
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No problem.
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Mar 24, 2006, 10:49 AM
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Day Tripper
Join Date: Aug 07, 2005
Posts: 386
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I just found http://www.bootcity.org/ it's only for bootlegs so it's legal i guess.
Just go to the Torrents tab at the top and go from page to page Theres a ton of Dylan boots there.
But for not-so-legal files I use http://www.isohunt.com/
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Last edited by thepandoras : Mar 24, 2006 at 10:50 AM.
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Mar 24, 2006, 10:50 AM
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Little Child
Join Date: Dec 04, 2001
Posts: 95
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Mar 24, 2006, 06:31 PM
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Taxman
Join Date: Nov 28, 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,743
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thepandoras
So download Azureus and install it, and then open it up and get acquainted with it, because you just met your new best friend.
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With this glowing recommendation I think I need to try Azureus. Right now I've been using BitComet, which works nicely as well.
I also recommend http://www.demonoid.com - at the moment it has been a mecca for Beatles material. There are a few really great and generous seeders on there.
The best advice I can give to anyone just starting out with torrents is to be patient because downloads can sometimes take quite a while. Also, if you see something you're interested in make sure to get it before it's gone. A good example is that I found demonoid about a month after someone began to seed the Purple Chick complete BBC discs (which I'd be drooling over for ages  ). As soon as I found them I started to download, but I was so late that I got stuck 81% into vols 1-5 and only a sad 41% into vols 6-10. Needless to say I'm still waiting for that one to pop up again! 
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Mar 24, 2006, 08:49 PM
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Wild Honey Pie
Join Date: Aug 12, 2002
Location: Calcutta,India / Riverside, CA
Posts: 740
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Also try torrentz.com
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Mar 25, 2006, 11:23 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: Aug 04, 2000
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 31,563
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I love Bitlord / Torrent.
I have downloaded so much already in the maybe 5 months I have been using it now. All kinds of stuff, like music, TV series, documentaries, movies. It is wonderful.
One I use a lot for downloads is
http://www.mininova.org/
which has a huge archive, also of radio and TV shows, like from the BBC.
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Last edited by FPSHOT : Mar 25, 2006 at 11:23 PM.
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May 09, 2006, 08:51 PM
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Fool On The Hill
Join Date: May 08, 2006
Posts: 22
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I have discovered the best Torrent Searcher...
www.debateroom.com
and
torrentsearcher.filesharingplace.com
Last edited by 1.am.534n : May 09, 2006 at 08:52 PM.
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Jan 14, 2007, 06:35 PM
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Fool On The Hill
Join Date: Jan 11, 2007
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I'm a fan of isohunt.com myself. Demonoid.com will never let me register.
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Apr 26, 2008, 12:36 PM
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Sgt. Pepper
Join Date: Sep 24, 2007
Posts: 4,775
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I started torrenting to get songs back after my computer crashed...
I use program called uTorrent (google it), here is also a good search site. (If you want, try the toolbar -- useful!)
It searches lots of track sites.
http://torrent-finder.com/
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Jul 19, 2009, 02:53 PM
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Paperback Writer
Join Date: Jan 22, 2009
Location: New Jersey, USA
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I just can't seem to get Torrents, I'm not much of a computer savvy person which is probably why.
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Jul 20, 2009, 01:44 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: Aug 04, 2000
Location: The Netherlands
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You can not get TorrentS you say, with an S, do you mean a Torrent download program or Torrent files? It's quite easy.
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Jul 20, 2009, 08:17 PM
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Paperback Writer
Join Date: Jan 22, 2009
Location: New Jersey, USA
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Torrent files, I downloaded a copy of Watchmen a couple of months ago...well my brother did it for me. The whole process looked complicated to me, he had to download all different things. I guess I'll just play around with it.
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Sep 06, 2009, 05:22 AM
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Sun King
Join Date: Jun 30, 2003
Location: colorado
Posts: 23,460
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I have a 'stupid question'. I am one of those people that doesn't download stuff to the computer, usually. Am totally in the dark with bootlegs and what not. My question: Where do people get these tracks that no one else can find....
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Sep 12, 2009, 02:51 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: Apr 29, 2001
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 10,562
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sourmilkpinky
I have a 'stupid question'. I am one of those people that doesn't download stuff to the computer, usually. Am totally in the dark with bootlegs and what not. My question: Where do people get these tracks that no one else can find....
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See for the most information the first few posts here.
Once you have a torrent program installed you need a place to download the content from. There is lots of stuff, Beatles related also, on Demonoid, just pm me for an invite.
There is also a list posted with the best download sites, where you can download this stuff everyone can find. It's the first topic on this forum.
Last edited by Legs : Sep 12, 2009 at 03:01 PM.
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Feb 25, 2010, 06:39 AM
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Little Child
Join Date: Oct 20, 2009
Location: Hastings, MN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubbersoulster_mel
With this glowing recommendation I think I need to try Azureus. Right now I've been using BitComet, which works nicely as well.
I also recommend http://www.demonoid.com - at the moment it has been a mecca for Beatles material. There are a few really great and generous seeders on there.
The best advice I can give to anyone just starting out with torrents is to be patient because downloads can sometimes take quite a while. Also, if you see something you're interested in make sure to get it before it's gone. A good example is that I found demonoid about a month after someone began to seed the Purple Chick complete BBC discs (which I'd be drooling over for ages  ). As soon as I found them I started to download, but I was so late that I got stuck 81% into vols 1-5 and only a sad 41% into vols 6-10. Needless to say I'm still waiting for that one to pop up again! 
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I have the PC BBC discs if you want them :)
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Feb 25, 2010, 06:42 AM
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Little Child
Join Date: Oct 20, 2009
Location: Hastings, MN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by y2daddy
I'm a fan of isohunt.com myself. Demonoid.com will never let me register.
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Demonoid is AWESOME.
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