Torrent-thingy

[maristu]

Okay, this may sound stupid, but... How does this BitTorrent thingy work? Where do I get it?

I'd forgotten what it was like to read my flist right after an episode of , not having watched it along with everyone else. So yeah... BitTorrent. I want it. Now.

Please?

Comments

[ingridmatthews.livejournal.com]

You need a Bittorrent client. I use "Bitlord" -- www.bitlord.com (I think.)

Install it. Go to a torrent site, or what I use, which is the Google of torrents www.torrenttyphoon.com. Enter a show name ... Stargate:Atlantis, let's say and pick one of the top listed torrents, the ones that have a good ratio of "seeders" to "leechers" (aka "givers" to "takers")

If it has a seed ratio of "0", that is a dead torrent.

Click on, you'll be lead to a torrent site. Click on the torrent download. A download box will come up. You need to click "open with Bitlord" and then "Download".

Be very, very patient. Bittorrent is slow by design. It can take anywhere from two-twenty-four hours to download an hour show depending on your connection, the amount of available seeds, etc. Just ignore it until it is done. (Leaving it overnight is never a bad idea.)

Speaking of connection, if you have dial-up, forget it. Not enough years in your life to wait for it.

[maricats.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! As soon as I can get my computer working again, I'll try that out. Hopefully, I'll get all the episodes of the shows I'm missing :P