i cannot get the torrents to download . i use firefox and limewire and all i get is php file that has nothing, plus a load of gambling and porn pop ups.

does anyone have any idea how i can get it to work?

Use option [2] which takes you to the Mininova.org site and the dl torrent.

thanks joker. i have decided not to use eztv.it as it is truly an awful hideous revolting site

pop unders are like a rash and nothing works properly because the ads (which are horrible) crowd everything, slow it down and generally make it one of worst experiences i have had downloading and that is saying something

my advice to anyone who cares ... dump eztv.it it is the worst or the worst

Except that NONE of the things you have mentioned occur on eztv.it

You must be using the BTchat mirror. If you heed jokers advice and use #2 you won't have any trouble.

except that mininova has the same problem at the minute which is why there is now a third option.

@UCG

I downloaded two torrents today using mirror 2 without any of the problems described.
Straight to the torrent, click download and open file
exactly as normal for mirror 2.
It occurs to me that the problem may lie with the torrent selected not the site?

@NIP

Apologies just tried the last two torrents posted
and yes mirror 2 is now corrupted by BT-Chat.
Lord knows what it was trying to force on me but
managed to cancel before the rubbish completed downloading.

Used Mirror 3 for both, no problems, seems to be ok.

Recommend everybody now use mirror 3 in stead of mirror 2 where 3 is an option.
(prior torrents with 2 mirrors seem to be still OK with mirror 2)

strange i dl boston legal this morning , just checked it and it's fine, there wasn't an option 3 this morning so i'm guessing this must have just happend today?
@Quark thanks for the heads up, i would have been looking for 'lost' tommorrow

mininova was down yesterday so eztv posted there alternative torrent links to zionk.it which gives a nice direct download of the torrent.

Please don't refer to the links as 1, 2, 3, etc as these can change daily in the current situation.

@ all why not just use bttv or iptorrents no problems with them ever or peertorrent and there is always demonoid I have never used eztv well not for a hell of a long time

interesting comments abt eztv thankyou will give it another try and see how it goes

From Mininova.org Staff

Hi all!

Every now and then, we get reports of people who see popups or popunders on Mininova. Just to be clear: this is NOT supposed to be the case!

The problem is that some malicious advertisers insert bad code in their banners, resulting in these unwanted popups/popunders.

The good news is that you can help us to track down these advertisers! It's quite simple using a freeware Windows application.

The program is called URL snooper and can be downloaded from http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/urlsnooper/. Please install the program and start it. Make sure that the "Protocol Filter" is set to "Show all" instead of "Multimedia URLs". If you hit the button "Sniff Network", it starts recording URLs. Hit "Stop Search" to stop the recording process.

If you manage to catch the popup while sniffing, please send me the URLs (menu File -> Save all URLs to a file) so I can take care of the rest

You can email this URLs file to niek@mininova.org

Thanks for your cooperation!

From EZTV

As you may have noticed we are now offering a 3rd mirror for the downloads with direct access to the file.

This is a pilot for now only time will tell if it is here to stay or not.

That's right they are, it's a direct download of the torrent file from btchat. Thanks for the Intel Joker.

ummm...so is that a good thing (the direct file from btchat) or a bad thing?

At this point not sure. Qaiting for my shows to come up and give it a try to see what happens.

I don't think it's a good think from what I've read from the EZTV news on it, they are getting complaints of popups and other malaware from btchat AND mininova links right now. I'd say don't use the links just go straight to mininova or piratebay or demonoid and do a search for the show you want straight there.

@trekhippy

A word of caution, if you don't mind. Those who go directly to Mininova and Pirate Bay lose the most important aspect of eztv:

No fake torrents

So, if you want to use Mininova directly, that's fine, but you won't be protected by verified links from eztv. In other words - if you see a torrent on Mininova that says it's from eztv, the only way to be sure, is to use a link FROM eztv...

I will also say that there are people who simply don't want to use a private site - for whatever reason - and I think that should be respected.

I'm hoping that eztv is able to find a solution soon, all this confusion over where links are taking people and what they're going to encounter when they get there is wearing a little thin, isn't it? ;)

At the end of the day I have no respect for the people complaining anyway as it's obvious you can't be arsed to protect yourselves

NoScript & Adblock were invented for a reason.

Thank you for that information kolbinfo.

Actually,I have never had a problem at Mininova and Piratebay. I just add EZTV or VTV to your search, the EZTV and VTV ones should have a few comments and from comments you should be able to determine which is the real release.

Plus, since it seems the problem with the links occurs when one clicks on the link, one could always copy the Hash code from the link. To do this you can enable the Status Bar View in your browser and hover over the second link, Status bar at the bottom will show you the hash code, or right click on the link and click on Properties, that will show you the same thing in a seperate little window. Then you copy that into the mininova or piratebay search and Viola, you have the EZTV official release.

Mininova and Piratebay are not private sites, as you do not have to be invited to register, and you do not have to register to download from them. Demonoid is a private site, but with very good reputation and quality control.

I too hope EZTV can find a solution, for those folks who still go there. I just found out about this problem as I have been very busy with the Invasion Iowa thing for the last few days.

Personally, I wasn't intending to 'complain' Just to inform.

wow!! and hear i thoughti wasjust me having these problems the other day @ EVTV!!
lets hope they get it all sorted soon!! keep up the good work everyone!

This does not bode well for the site. I seem to remember the same kind of thing happened to torrentspy before it's demise. Legal fees may have caused the site to allow some questionable sponsors in order to generate more $$. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

@trekhippy

The problem is Bt-Chat...

If you're going to use eztv, then just click on the link to Mininova, no need to copy the URL... I've never encountered a popup at Mininova (although eztv warns that some people have, I think this was several months ago and Mininova took care of it on their end).

Your suggestion to use the Status Bar is extremely helpful, however, now that eztv is using 3 links and has changed the order of which is which...

So, if you have IE, and your status bar is not already enabled, go to the main menu, click on View and select status bar. When you hover with your mouse, the results should display at the bottom of your IE window...

This is from the EZTV site

Every now and then, we get reports of people who see popups or popunders on Mininova. Just to be clear: this is NOT supposed to be the case!

I know that bt chat has most of the problems, and I am in no way placing any type of blame, just to make sure everyone understand that. I am just saying to be very careful because obviously this is happening on other sites as well, so always be careful on any site anyway right?

Lately, I've been getting popups from all websites, so there is obviously some that will get you no matter what you're looking at for websites. Even with Firefox Adblocker doesn't handle them all.

I'm sure the admins of EZTV will have it all figured out shortly, it sounds like they have a good handle on how to find out the information to help them put a stop to it.

@all

Okay I don't mean to belabor the point, but eztv isn't doing any of this - they don't have ads on their site, popup or otherwise. The popup ads are not being generated by them.

If you're not getting popups when you visit Mininova directly, you're not going to get popups when you click on the link from eztv to download from Mininova.

And, eztv has no power over Bt-Chat - this has been going on for months. The only power eztv has is to not use Bt-Chat. I assume that's why they're testing direct links to zoink.

For members who do not understand how eztv works - they are a distributor of verified torrents. They don't host torrents, unlike sites like Mininova.

Even though it's a public site, the general public cannot upload to eztv, that's why it's such a clean and amazing site!

i'm dl from eztv just now with no problems

@trekhippy mirror 2 is supposed to be mininova but there is a problem with popups, so they have mirror 3 wich took me to mininova with no problems
I would still reccommend eztv, as kolbinfo says eztv only has verified torrents, no fakes and they are fast to appear for downloading

never had a problem with mininova or eztv but I am gonna deck whoever runs piratebay. I have been using them for a long time simply because it's quick and safe but now I am blocked - with point6% (33seconds) left to go on a show so after downloading 99.4% I am stuck - and I even registered a long time ago so i could have more luck but now I can't get anything from their site despite my being an apparent vip user. What gives? Anyone? Oh and those using mininova just be aware that vtv is very good but apparently related to piratebay from what I can see.

@sandy01
As this thread is related to eztv, the second part of your post - questions about your PirateBay - are off topic for this thread... If anyone has any tips or advice, please post in sandy01's guest book...

@windsorboyd
Yes, eztv has moved their numbering around, so I'm going to stop referring to any particular link as the one for Mininova (it could change again). Just be sure to determine which link is which before clicking on it, and avoid Bt-Chat ;)

Know this may be off topic, but it may help those who are having trouble with dls that do not complete.
Would suggest that the following trackers be copied to the torrent as some times this helps to finish problem torrents up.

http://tv.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce

http://tpb.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce

http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org:80/announce

http://tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce

http://www.h33t.com:3310/announce

http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce

http://www.torrent-downloads.to:2710/announce

It looks too me like EZTV is in need of some major work and over hauling at this point. I will still use EZTV for dling refference, but be very carefull of which sites come up.

@windsorboyd and joker
d/l lost from eztv and it has bee stuck with 60% down for the last few hrs. im hoping all the seeds are just on a diff time frame and are working or sleeping .:(

thanks and sorry for saying the wrong thing. I'm still learning and yes, I have read the rules etc etc but still coming to grips.

thanks joker - I'll give them a try.

joker, any chance you could help me with this? Those links you gave are good but I have no idea what to do after that and I would appreciate some help if you could. Thx.

Okay, Joker (and anyone else) can feel free to tutor Sandy by guest book post...

Now, back to the topic of this thread - eztv

Post any problems, solutions, etc... related to their site and the new mirror.

@kolbinfo

Last time I d/loaded from EZTV was late Thursday/early Friday. I d/loaded two files, one from one site (turned out to be Mininova (no popups or popunders) the second from another site, in that case was not taken anywhere, the little d/load requester just appeared on my screen. No problems here.

Sorry - I guess I said the wrong thing again. My mistake.

@sandy01

Don't worry we all have made our faux-pas when we started out on this site. There is a lot to take in and allowance is made.

Anyone else having any problems connecting with them today? I can't right now, it's 9:40 pm Central Standard Time on Monday Aug 25 2008. Thanks.

1108 est no problems here

Have not had any problems.

It's pretty clear that they've closed their forums. And today it seems they are clearing out members who 'abuse' the news section on there. Wow.

i think the forums have been closed for a few months , ever since someone reported false complaints about dl quality

Yes they have, but that step seems useless when people can still post those same allegedly 'false complaints' on the sites that actually host the torrents, like mininova and piratebay.

Just checked EZTV forums and the following was posted:

Forum has been disabled until people learn to play nice.
Enjoy your shows.

Your ever friendly admin,
NovaKing