Wednesday, April 29, 2009

HOW TO TORRENT

step 1. go to download.com and get u torrent. the u is a different symbol, but utorrent will bring you the right program.
step 2. after you install this, go to torrent finder by typing it into google. this page is like the white/yellow pages for torrent sites. it has a search bar where you can type into to search every torrent site for the same info. you can then navigate the other sites through their tabs. all of these are whole sites themselves, so if you eventually find one you like, you can just go to that site instead of torrent finder.
step 3. let's assume we're looking for a movie. type in the name of the movie to get results. you may have to include the year that it was made. this brings up a list of torrents. at the top of the list are the most popular and the ones that match your search the best. movies are 700MB .avi files. don't stray too far from that unless you are willing to take a risk or know what you're doing. they must have seeds and leeches. the more the better and the faster your download will finish.
step 4. once you've decided on a torrent, click it to go to it's page. this is where you can examine it closer. look for bad comments, wrong file names or extensions like .rmvb. assuming that you've found a decent torrent, click it again to download.
step 5. this brings up a window that should ask you if you want to open it with utorrent. agree to this and utorrent will open on it's own and bring up another window. this lets you select the files within the torrent. you can usually skip "downloaded from demonoid" files and any "readme" or "important! read this first!" .srt files are subtitles. once you've checked and unchecked the files that you do/don't want, press ok and tada! you're torrenting. you've become a leech. when it says it's done, 100%, you can watch the movie.
step 6. when the download finishes, you become a seed. this means that you have the whole file and are uploading it. it's ok to upload lots of things at once, but not good to download lots of things at once. if you try to download 10 movies at the same time, they will never finish, but if you get them one at a time, you can just keep uploading them for other people regardless of how many you have.
step 7. search for info on how to torrent faster/better. this is the best way to learn. watch everybody's youtube videos about fast torrents and settings. use some common sense and try to understand this torrent thing. it can be fun to learn and get cool media at the same time.

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