Downloading TV shows/music from the net - How? (Experts needed) - Page 3

nang3 · 19-01-2006, 08:45 PM

$40 a month and unlimited downloads???????????? any shaping at all????

its all too easy to be shaped with 24mb mwahaha

F6 UTE · 19-01-2006, 09:48 PM

Not everyone can get ADSL2+.

Your DSLAM has to be upgraded..

blueoval · 19-01-2006, 10:46 PM

Whats a DSLAM?

F6 UTE · 20-01-2006, 11:56 PM

Short for Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer, a mechanism at a phone company's central location that links many customer DSL connections to a single high-speed ATM line.

When the phone company receives a DSL signal, an ADSL modem with a POTS splitter detects voice calls and data. Voice calls are sent to the PSTN, and data are sent to the DSLAM, where it passes through the ATM to the Internet, then back through the DSLAM and ADSL modem before returning to the customer's PC.

More DSLAMs a phone company has, the more customers it can support.

Ripped from some PC encyclopedia, because I only ever knew them as DSLAM's....

blueoval · 21-01-2006, 12:30 AM

Cheers for that info F6 UTE

svo347 · 02-02-2006, 09:36 PM

Whilst i have d/loaded a new movie @807 meg, i cant seem to open it.
Gspot says its a .rar file tried to unzip it no luck. there is 17 files all aroung 15 meg oor so, any ideas anyone please...

BAturb · 02-02-2006, 09:52 PM

you have to download a program called winrar, it works the same as zip files but has the .rar ext
try here
http://www.rarlab.com/

svo347 · 02-02-2006, 10:12 PM

ok ive done that but it still wont play... GRRRrrrr

svo347 · 02-02-2006, 11:20 PM

Bump............................

F6 UTE · 02-02-2006, 11:32 PM

Seems you need a codec or a new player that supports the movie...

What file extension is the new movie when unzipped??

.avi, .mpg, .wmv etc etc??

When unzipped, you should have a single file of ( generally ) 750Mb..

M14A-Mclaren · 02-02-2006, 11:57 PM

At a guess I'm going to say the file has been split into lots of seperate rar files which are linked together. I think they do this because the rich people who don't want you to download it can't trace it this way, some torrent's I download come like this. In my case all I do is open the first one drag the file in the rar which should be a video file onto the desktop or where ever and it automatically picks up the data from the other rar's.

svo347 · 03-02-2006, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M14A-Mclaren

At a guess I'm going to say the file has been split into lots of seperate rar files which are linked together. I think they do this because the rich people who don't want you to download it can't trace it this way, some torrent's I download come like this. In my case all I do is open the first one drag the file in the rar which should be a video file onto the desktop or where ever and it automatically picks up the data from the other rar's.

Exactly bu tif i drag em , any of them it doesnt do anything

03-02-2006, 05:51 AM

SVO, you might want to do the maths on how long it takes to download 1100mb approx. at 20kbps and at between 290 to 680.

With the movie double click on the first of the 17 rar files.This will initiate an unpack box that automatically unpacks them all and creates the movie file, which you should then be able to play, watch or recode.

Goodluck

**Polyal** · 03-02-2006, 06:14 PM

hey modeltlaser..just wondering how you got your post count to stay at 0?

Ive just d/led bit tornado and it sucks a bit..1kb/s you have to be kidding..I might try that azures (sp?)

Venomous · 03-02-2006, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyal

hey modeltlaser..just wondering how you got your post count to stay at 0?

Ive just d/led bit tornado and it sucks a bit..1kb/s you have to be kidding..I might try that azures (sp?)

Its because he only posts in the bar, well thats only where so far, posts in the bar dont count! And with regaurds to your download speed, you are either downloading something with practically no seeds or peers, (seeds are the best, the more the better) or your modem is not configured properly. You need to open ports, go to www.portforward.com and it tells you how to there :voldar02:

**Polyal** · 03-02-2006, 06:25 PM

ah fair enough

I have another bit torrent questions though...

Is it true that you cannot stop others from uploading from your computer? If so this sucks..lol...I am only on 20GB a month

03-02-2006, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyal

ah fair enough

I have another bit torrent questions though...

Is it true that you cannot stop others from uploading from your computer? If so this sucks..lol...I am only on 20GB a month

Chances are your upload is unmetered.....

While you are downloading, no most programs do not allow to totally shut down upload. After the download though you can just kill the program, then move the file away so the program can't find it. Thats if you use the Bittorrent program. If you use something like Azureus you can just stop and remove the upload.

**Polyal** · 03-02-2006, 06:37 PM

ah ok so in that sense its like limewire..I d/l the file then move it....

Also how do I open my 6881 UDP? Its having a sook :(

03-02-2006, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyal

ah ok so in that sense its like limewire..I d/l the file then move it....

Also how do I open my 6881 UDP? Its having a sook :(

Whats your internet connection like at the moment?

If you are just using a router connected to your computer;

click start>run
Type cmd
OK
type ipconfig
wait
write down what is under "default gateway"
type exit
go into internet explorer or the like
type http://(whatever you wrote down)
you should get a login screen
the default for linksys routers are
u/n:admin
pw:admin

Also try (d-link default)
un:admin
pw:

or
un:
pw:admin

If these dont work, post your router make and model

**Polyal** · 03-02-2006, 06:53 PM

ok router make?

my modem is a Netcomm NB3....

Im following the steps on this site if thats any help...slowly

http://www.portforward.com/english/r...B3/Azureus.htm

Doogstar · 03-02-2006, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyal

ah ok so in that sense its like limewire..I d/l the file then move it....(

It's not called File Sharing for nothing, you should leave your torrents uploading (seeding) til at least you have a 1 to 1 ratio (you have uploaded as much as you have downloaded), that's what keeps a torrent alive.

The best (fastest download) torrent sites are the one's you have to join as a member. They are the fastest because if you leech (don't seed) you will get banned. You have to maintain at least ratio of at least 0.50 (upload half as much as you download, this varies from site to site). This is why the torrents on these sites are fast.

No ISP charges you for uploading. The only disadvantage is if you are uploading too much you may find Internet browsing slow, because your browser outgoing requests are slowed down. There will be a setting in your Torrent Client to limit the upload bandwidth. If I want to use the Internet, I set the total upload bandwidth to say 16KB per second. When I finish I put it back to say 30kps so that my seeding increases.

M14A-Mclaren · 03-02-2006, 07:02 PM

If bit torrent sucks get utorrent (pronounced microtorrent) it has all the features of Azureus but much easier to understand if your just getting into bit torrent, it also has a really small footprint.

**Polyal** · 03-02-2006, 07:18 PM

ok well after trying to d|ck around with my internet settings to get that port open I killed my connection for whatever reason...

mclearn - do I have to stuff around with ports for utorrent?

mrs xa coupe · 04-02-2006, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dabbler

No ISP charges you for uploading.

Not true. On Bigpond ADSL plans uploads count towards your quotas. So if you have a 20Gb quota you will loose a fair bit of it if you leave files available for upload long term. I'm sure many other providers are the same.

Doogstar · 04-02-2006, 02:36 AM

Ok, I was wrong a few ISP's do,Thousands of others don't. I looked up the ones who count upload traffic at Whirlpool ,they are Bigpond, Dodo, CM internet, MidCoast Internet. maybe there are more.

Any decent value ISP, who isn't trying to rip you off, won't charge you for uploads. You should consider changing ISP's if uploads are counted. Find yourself a better plan at Whirlpool.

04-02-2006, 02:57 AM

Hi Polyal, everything the other guys said

Regards

BAturb · 04-02-2006, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dabbler

Ok, I was wrong a few ISP's do,Thousands of others don't. I looked up the ones who count upload traffic at Whirlpool ,they are Bigpond, Dodo, CM internet, MidCoast Internet. maybe there are more.

Any decent value ISP, who isn't trying to rip you off, won't charge you for uploads. You should consider changing ISP's if uploads are counted. Find yourself a better plan at Whirlpool.

I would love to change ISP but I have cable which leaves me over a barrel as telstra are the only ones with cable, by the way I use Bit Lord for downloads it works great

F6 UTE · 04-02-2006, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyal

ah ok so in that sense its like limewire..I d/l the file then move it....

Also how do I open my 6881 UDP? Its having a sook :(

I was going to help you... but it seems if I do, you won't help the community in return..

My stats ( on the site I use )

Uploaded: 656 Gb
Downloaded: 367 Gb
Ratio: 1.785
Member for 12 months.

If you don't share, there will be no network.

tbearz · 04-02-2006, 10:16 PM

Get a Usenet service, dl your *** off while paying only $20 a month i have seen ppl download 600gb a month and no not porn real crap you can watch

Doogstar · 06-02-2006, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BAturb

I would love to change ISP but I have cable which leaves me over a barrel as telstra are the only ones with cable, by the way I use Bit Lord for downloads it works great

That's a bummer, I thought I would check Optusnet for you but they don't run a cable service in SA. Maybe you could change to ADSL if it is available in your area?