Hi, Here is a link to a list of torrent clients and some links to different torrent clients guides and faq's.

http://www.zeropaid.com/programs/?scatid=84 Top BitTorrent Software List.

uTorrent FAQ www.utorrent.com/faq.php
uTorrent Guides www.utorrent.com/guides.php

Azureus FAQ http://azureus.sourceforge.net/faq.php
Azureus Guide http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/User_Guide

These next two are very much alike, BitTornado being based upon The Original BitTorrent program.

The Original BitTorrent Guide http://www.bittorrent.com/guides/bittorrent-download-guide

BitTornado FAQ http://www.bittornado.com/faq.html

Brian Dessent's BTFaq http://btfaq.com/

I'm not sure which others to include. If you'd like a link added, let me know.

BitLord FAQ http://www.bitlord.com/faq.php

Great contribution!

Very informative post,want to bring it back to the top for the newbies.

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Back to top! Thanks you guys!

Back to the top for all these helpful resources!

If it falls off the bottom, but I have it bookmarked, will it come back up if I put a new post in?

Are there stickys here?

If you are on Linux I recommend ktorrent or Azureus. Azureus is often a resource hog but is feature full. Ktorrent works great. Your Linux distro probably has both in its repositories.

Unfortunately, there are no stickys here (yet)... So, I'm sending this VERY helpful post back to the top... "Everything you ever wanted to know about torrents but didn't know how to ask" is contained in the links provided here by trekhippy...

Everything? Well, I don't know about that, but I appreciate the props kolbinfo, as well as the info and the thread bump!

If anyone can please tell me some questions or problems not found in any of those faq's and guides listed, I can type some answers up and post them. I want to help the newbies learn too.

Here are some more useful links. I found them on EZTV forum.

Places to check the quality of a release if it was nuked, etc.

http://www.orlydb.com/tv.php
http://www.vcdquality.com/index.php
http://www.nforce.nl/

Computer Setup info:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgsf923m_37fghb8f

Router Port Forwarding Guides:

http://www.portforward.com/english/applications/port_forwarding/Utor/Utorin
dex.htm

Bad ISP List:

http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Bad_ISPs

Bad Router List:

http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Bad_routers

Protection Software - do not go commando!

http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
Best Video Player to try as it has most codecs built in:

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

Programs that tell you if you have the codecs needed to play a movie in case
you do want to use another player:

http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?vtb

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

Ares links

http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/ Home Page

You can download, view FAQ's and support there.

I'll look for some forums and other links for this.

I would write up a guide on how to use the site functions but since they are in flux I'll just write up a few shorter guides on like how to fix up your profile page etc.. Although most of that may seem pretty self explanatory, I know alot of people who have trouble with computer stuff.

that's ares link doesn't work... so whats the best way to configure peer guardian? I'm just using the anti-p2p list for now

You're right about lots of people having trouble with "computer stuff" thanks for the links to the pre sites btw, I didn't know the first one.

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"Bumping" a thread means you post in it to move it back to the top. Admin will be getting to creating sticky posts soon (they stay at the top of the forum). We bump this thread so that newbies will continue to see it...

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BUMPbumpBump Happy New Year all!!! Thanks for the bumpss look for my first streaming vid on this site, Roar the Pilot.

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Some download sites have links to download shows marked as repacked or nuked - can someone explain to me what repacked and nuked are and/or what that means please? Thanks.

@Sandy
Proper and Repacks are issued to correct significant flaws with the original capture, such as voice out of sync with picture... Those flawed captures are classified as "nuked" meaning that a proper can be issued. Some repacks, however, are based on crop issues that don't affect the viewing or enjoyment of the torrent and are just the result of spats between release groups...

Typically, only one torrent (in each file format) for each show is uploaded at each torrent site, so a new torrent must be designated as a PROPER or REPACK in order for it to be accepted by the site and not rejected as a duplicate.

Of course, Trekhippy has links for members to check to see if a torrent has been "nuked" listed above.

Hope that helps answer your question...

@aeonian

Sorry it took me so long to respond.

http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/

This is the link for the ares program. It works for me. Perhaps you had some firewall issue?

Thanks Kolbinfo - makes sense now :-)

Just giving this very helpful thread a bump to move it to the top of the queue for those who may just be discovering the joys (and pains) of torrents ;)

I can't seem to find an answer on the internet so I'm asking here. I want to seed some files I got from someone, and I can seed as long as I'm downloading, but as soon as that's finished, I can't seed any more. I have no trouble seeding other files. I have latest stable utorrent. I disabled dht, upnp and all that other stuff. I disabled pg2 I made sure my firewall and nod 32 were set for allowing the program. I am stumped. Help? Thanks in advance.

TheTrekhippy

@trekhippy
So, do active leechers disconnect from you the moment you've reached 100%?

Is this a large swarm? Or, just a handful of occasional downloaders?

I believe that bittorrent protocol gives seeding priority to those who have seeded (back) the least... I could be wrong about this, but I think if there are 1 or 2 leechers, and 2 or 3 seeders, you may not be connected until those who have seeded less have increased their ratio...

TY kolbinfo. There is only one seeder for all the files, same seeder. small swarms no more than 15. Yes all active leechers disconnect as soon as I reach 100%. Utorrent log says things like..disconnected no such torrent and a hash that is different from the one shown on the torrent. Also disconnect connection closed and disconnect peer offline. I've pm'd the uploader and am waiting to see if there is any help from there. usually I have only seeded about half the file by the time I'm done downloading. Thanks for any help.

Hi Trekhippy,

I can tell you that the only time I've received the "no such torrent" message is when a torrent has been deleted from the site.

I'm sure the uploader can give you more details, of course. Hope you get it resolved soon ;)

This is a great list! I'd also add VidPirate - www.vidpirate.com. They're always fast and up to date.

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@ Trekhippy

Have 2 suggestions.

1. Once you have the file dld unter the files properties check the initial seeding box and see if that works.

2. Other is to create a torrent for it and upload someplace else.

1. Once you have the file dld under the files properties check the initial seeding box and see if that works

TY @joker!

TY @kolbinfo!!

Yes, lovestv, most definetly I agree with kolbinfo. Sorry would have said something sooner but members know i've been busy.

Ok, back to work! Thanks!

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