Which Torrent Client Are You Using

[Ducatiboy stu]

What is this Windows thing people talk about on there computers.....

 

[brentice]

I use uTorrent because it is easy for me to use. This is mainly due to the fact that im not real bright but i can lift large stuff

 

[brettprevans]

i know a guy who knows a guy who uses the following:
torrent downloader: vuse
torrent sites: piratebay, EZTV.it (for tv programs and its run by the most highly rated/trusted piratebay user) and extratorrent (and other torrent sites for more umm, NSFW content)

for a media centre he has:
- an older laptop which was completely wiped and nothing on it but downloading/viewing software, hooked via LAN directly to the modem and downloads stuff to that laptop.
- laptop connected to TV for sound and picture
- Then has teamviewer set up so he can remotely/wirelessly access that laptop from any of the other home laptops, thus isolating that pc from anything else in the home network (so viruses etc can infect the rest of the network)

be interested to hear more from people about their preferred torrent sites.

oh and if anyone has any hints on how to best setup vuse for untrackability and max download speed ill pass it onto the friend of a friend.

 

[sp0rk]

On an old Netspace plan, still get free usenet
otherwise if i do have to resort to torrents (usually for comics and obscure metal albums) i use uTorrent

 

[citizensnips]

Torrents are very simple to use and do god Sam good. Sitting at my computer hear about a good movie and then to have it in 15 minutes is just great. I use u torrent though for the record. Simple easy and effective

 

[brettprevans]

On an old Netspace plan, still get free usenet
otherwise if i do have to resort to torrents (usually for comics and obscure metal albums) i use uTorrent

utorrent is a download client. im personally interested in torrent providers.
the guy has telstra cable with 200GB download and max cable speed.

Torrents are very simple to use and do god Sam good. Sitting at my computer hear about a good movie and then to have it in 15 minutes is just great. I use u torrent though for the record. Simple easy and effective

15 min?!! jeeez im sure it took longer than that for most torrents he's been downloading. i wonder if its the download client or the torrent source. id say torrent source. remind me, where does utorrent get its torrents? or is it a downloader client and torrent source?

 

[Truman42]

The good thing about utorrent is if you have an off peak data allowance you can set utorrent to start downloading at this time. The wife and I might find half a dozen movies or TV shows to download and set them up in utorrent and go to bed. At midnight when our off peak allowance kicks in utorrent starts downloading and also shuts the computer down once its finished.
Means we save our peak data for normal usage.

We have xbmc running in an Apple TV and a raspberry Pi and can control utorrent from that.

When searching for torrent files to download on sites like isohunt.com or kick arse. Torrents always read the comments and you will know if its a fake or the quality etc.

 

[sp0rk]

utorrent is a download client. im personally interested in torrent providers.

Correct...
But the thread title is asking what client you're using, not what tracker

But i will answer your question
The pirate bay for comics, tvtorrents for shows and a few private trackers that i Won't name for anything else i can't find on usenet

 

[brettprevans]

Correct...
But the thread title is asking what client you're using, not what tracker

But i will answer your question
The pirate bay for comics, tvtorrents for shows and a few private trackers that i Won't name for anything else i can't find on usenet

sorry i thought you were replying to my question, not the OP. thanks.

whats the addy for usernet. i can only see usernet.net which looks like an internet provider

 

[sp0rk]

You need to either pay for a newsgroup membership or hope your isp provide one (most isps owned by iinet do)
Then you'll look for a nzb tracker
Not On my pc, so i don't have links sorry

 

[Dave70]

******* Vuze...

The old version I have on a an old computer still works fine. I use it with bitsnoop and Kickass torrents.

I installed the latest version on a new computer recently and it decided - despite me ticking boxes to the contrary - to install a toolbar an I suspect pollute my computer with some kind of re-direct / popup virus that given my neanderthal computer skill, seems impossible to remove. Even after I uninstalled vuze itself and tracked down the files associated with it, it still persists.

Oh well, If that's my comeuppance for robbing artists and pornographers of royalties, sa la vei.

 

[bum]

I don't use Vuze but I suspect it might just be an add-on/plug-in/extension in your browser. You tried having a look in there to disable/uninstall?

 

[WarmBeer]

Deluge or Transmission.

All of the power, none of the crapware.

Deluge if you're running Windows.

Most NAS' can run Transmission either natively or as a package, so you can torrent to your heart's content without needing to have your power-hungry PC switched on.

 

[Westaussiebrewer]

u torrent on the windows machines and transmission on the macs

torrents are hard to track but not impossible when you download close to 700 -900 gb a month lol they do tend to send warning letters

but with 32tb of storage gotta fill it some how

 

[Dave70]

I don't use Vuze but I suspect it might just be an add-on/plug-in/extension in your browser. You tried having a look in there to disable/uninstall?

Even uninstalled the browsers, IE, chrome and Firefox including all my personal data. Same shit. It was something associated with Baybalon I, which seems to be a tricky one to get rid of by all accounts.

I have no sentimentality for vuze, so if you can recommend provider, I'm all ears.

 

[bum]

Transmission (discussed above) is packaged with my operating system of choice so I just use that.

I'm not what you'd call a "power-user" though. Looks like lots of good advice in this thread so far.

 

[brettprevans]

Ive noticed with the latest vuse version that u cant dictate where the downloads are stired or which files u can share (unless ive missed that somewhere). Which to me seems crap as I want to be able to dictate where stuff goes so I dont have to copy paste and I also wwnt to determine what to share. Anyways

May give deluge a go

 

[citizensnips]

15 min?!! jeeez im sure it took longer than that for most torrents he's been downloading. i wonder if its the download client or the torrent source. id say torrent source. remind me, where does utorrent get its torrents? or is it a downloader client and torrent source?

Generally if its something popular like a recent episode of top gear for example, Ill have it in about 5-10mins and yeah a little exageration, a film probably 20 minutes but not much longer. Im lucky to be in an area where I can get that Telstra 4 or whatever it is. Its super dam quick though. And for the record although the sites kind of gay, its really user friendly and legitimate as long as you know how to use torrents, check it out http://kat.ph/
Cheers

 

[brettprevans]

Yeah from exp your right u just have to wait for people to be seeding and older stuff is less seeded. All good.

Mind u the playback atm is shocking. Its like streaming directly from net. Will fix that.

 

[Truman42]

i can get most popular TV shows within 15 minutes as well and Im on ADSl1. But Im connected to a rim and only 500 metres from the rim so get very good download speeds. Like living that far from the actual exchange. I was cursing when I found out I was on a rim and could only get adsl1 but not anymore.