Can I combine two partial bittorrent downloads? (OSX Leopard, Transmission) [more inside]
posted by pompomtom on Oct 5, 2009 - 13 answers

LaCie 5Big NAS hacks/modifications/tricks? [more inside]
posted by Señor Pantalones on Sep 13, 2009 - 4 answers

A moral question about downloading... [more inside]
posted by twine42 on Jul 16, 2009 - 39 answers

What's a similarly-functioning alternative to mininova.org for finding torrents? [more inside]
posted by chudmonkey on Jul 4, 2009 - 22 answers

I'm looking at an efficient way to distribute large files to multiple computers over my lan, I need to know how to do this and whats involved. I was thinking that since I have a dedicated server in my home that hosting the files via private lan'd bit torrent would be the weapon of choice as the file transfer speed increases exponentially. My server is running a version of ubuntu so whatever software I will need must run in ubuntu. The clients downloading the files will probably be running windows boxes so Utorrent can be used and would be preferred. Are there any specific things that I need to turn on in Utorrent to do this via lan or will it essentially be seamless as long as the tracker is my server? [more inside]
posted by Chamunks on Jun 17, 2009 - 11 answers

Yesterday I found a mysterious mkv file in my Azureus downloads folder. I opened it and it turned out to be an advert for Intel. I promptly deleted it but it showed up again the next day. Has Intel started putting adverts in bittorrent files?
posted by Andy Harwood on May 22, 2009 - 7 answers

These days a lot of movie viewing takes place from digital files sitting on a computer and downloaded from BitTorrent. In this environment, is it worth having a 5.1 type surround sound audio decoder? Do most of the movie files on BitTorrent come encoded as multi-channel surround sound these days? And to output 5.1 digital surround from a computer what does one need? A special sound card? Some kind of surround sound decoder separate attached to the computer via its optical out?
posted by skylar on May 4, 2009 - 11 answers

Bittorrent hell with new router! [more inside]
posted by proj on Mar 28, 2009 - 4 answers

I recently changed computers and want to continue to seed a bunch of torrents, but have lost the original tracker files. What can I do? [more inside]
posted by cgs on Mar 21, 2009 - 2 answers

How can I change file extensions on a group of files "in bulk", specifically from .flac to .mp3? Keywords: iTunes, Mac, OS X. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 30, 2008 - 17 answers

Why have my torrent downloads suddenly stopped? Is it my ISP? If yes, are they allowed to do that? [more inside]
posted by Brodiggitty on Nov 4, 2008 - 16 answers

Is there any software of Mac OS X that will protect my bittorrent seed/leech ratio? I'm looking for something like GreedyTorrent, but for mac. Obviously, freeware is preferred but I'm willing to hear any suggestions. [more inside]
posted by alitorbati on Oct 1, 2008 - 7 answers

How can I record a video stream from CNN this Friday? [more inside]
posted by maus on Sep 25, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm sure this question will not make me the most popular student at the dance, but is there a way to identify (via IP) machines running BitTorrent clients within an internal network (ie. work)? My company has around 50 employees, and the old, "Please don't torrent at work" doesn't seem to be doing much good anymore. It brings our email and web browsing to a near standstill, and dropping by the "usual suspects" is not only tiresome, but doesn't seem to find all the sources of traffic any longer. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
posted by numlok on Aug 11, 2008 - 27 answers

We suspect our ISP is shutting down our internet connection when we use a BitTorrent client and/or throttling bandwidth. Is there any way to detect this? [more inside]
posted by ao4047 on Jul 12, 2008 - 14 answers

Whenever I run Transmission on OSX, my Firefox browsing slows to a trickle, or simply stops altogether. [more inside]
posted by zardoz on Jun 29, 2008 - 11 answers

Torrented files can't be read by a remote machine until they are cut/pasted. Why, and how to fix it? [more inside]
posted by Four Flavors on Jun 17, 2008 - 2 answers

Just got Verizon FIOS and the wifi access point sucks. So I disabled the wireless portion on the fios router and plugged in a linksys wifi router. Wireless is now kick a** but my bittorrent is slow. I need help with port forwarding. [more inside]
posted by nivekraz on May 9, 2008 - 6 answers

I live in a house with 6 other internet hungry people. Help me cater for our needs! [more inside]
posted by puddpunk on Mar 30, 2008 - 11 answers

Can someone explain to me the magic of bittorrents? [more inside]
posted by barrakuda on Mar 28, 2008 - 14 answers

What's the best way of distributing a DVD over the Internet? I'm thinking probably bittorrent for transmission, but what format? ISO? A set of VOBs, etc.? [more inside]
posted by amcewen on Feb 11, 2008 - 20 answers

Can anyone recommend software to syncronise files between multiple servers ? [more inside]
posted by matholio on Feb 3, 2008 - 14 answers

I wanna download TV to watch on my TV; where do I learn... [more inside]
posted by dpcoffin on Feb 1, 2008 - 16 answers

How would I go about finding torrents or downloads of popular TV shows dubbed in Japanese? [more inside]
posted by splice on Jan 30, 2008 - 2 answers

I'm looking for tips, tricks, hacks, scripts, and ideas for managing torrents using Linux. [more inside]
posted by christonabike on Jan 26, 2008 - 8 answers

My ISP (Pipex) seems to cripple torrents. When I use Hotspot Shield it seems to get around whatever they are doing and gives me reasonably consistently speedier downloads. But Hotspot Shield has a monthly usage allowance. Are there any alternatives?
posted by lemonfridge on Jan 22, 2008 - 5 answers

How do torrents work? [more inside]
posted by daksya on Jan 12, 2008 - 6 answers

I will soon be distributing a bunch of large scientific and research datasets, all entirely legal for redistribution, many as large as a few gigabytes. Bittorrent is the best solution for this. Many respectable webhosting sites don't allow Bittorrent trackers; too many of those that do seem fly-by-night. I have a budget for this and want something respectable and reliable. Recommendations? [more inside]
posted by mrflip on Dec 18, 2007 - 20 answers

I've seen this and this,and this. When I'm running Transmission (I used to use Azareus, with the same problems, but I switched because a lot of the trackers I used banned it. I will switch if anyone can suggest a better client) on OSX it kills all of my web browsing. Even when I turn on Speed Limiter there is no web browsing. I'm only downloading one file, with one peer at the moment, for what that's worth. But when I cap upload at 5k, web browsing works again (by the way, I browse with Firefox). That doesn't seem right to me. I have Time Warner Road Runner cable internet and a Netgear WGR614v7 - 54 Mbps Wireless Router. Is there anything I'm overlooking to be able to browse the web while downloading torrents?
posted by apetpsychic on Oct 9, 2007 - 14 answers

Now that Demonoid is dead, is there another great invite-only torrent site?
posted by four panels on Sep 27, 2007 - 16 answers

Here is my dilemma. Last week I received a DMCA takedown notice from my ISP regarding a TV show that I torrented (is that a word yet?). Do I ignore the message, or give them the information? I know this was wrong, but my thinking was that this was a TV show, and not music, HBO, movies, etc. I guess I was seriously wrong. I deleted the file and uninstalled uTorrent. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 5, 2007 - 18 answers

Niche bit torrent sites. [more inside]
posted by Mach3avelli on Aug 29, 2007 - 17 answers

Help me find an affordable NAS that is between 500g-1TB, does Wifi, has iTunes Library support, BitTorrent, and FTP support please.
posted by davidstith on Aug 28, 2007 - 9 answers

Looking for advice on how to score invites to private BitTorrent sites- specificially Oink.cd. [more inside]
posted by hwickline on Aug 14, 2007 - 19 answers

Is there a simple, themed content management platform with an intergrated BitTorrent tracker module? [more inside]
posted by limon on Jun 25, 2007 - 3 answers

Big dumb stupid newbie Bittorrent question. [more inside]
posted by jbickers on Jun 11, 2007 - 20 answers

My bittorrent client hogs all my bandwidth . I know that I can pause or cap my bit torrent traffic but i would like my computer to assign internet requests from my browser a higher priority. is there any way to do this ?
posted by grex on Jun 9, 2007 - 15 answers

How do I make Airport Extreme play nicely with Azureus? [more inside]
posted by missed on Mar 2, 2007 - 4 answers

I need some help creating a bit torrent and then sharing it with a limited number of people [more inside]
posted by buggzzee23 on Dec 6, 2006 - 10 answers

How does one use bittorrent anonymously? [more inside]
posted by special-k on Nov 13, 2006 - 9 answers

Okay, so I'm now at Uni and I have the internet in my room: However, I'd forgotten that they have a very stringent access policy: now mefites, can you help me set up Bittorent using SSH tunnels or equivalent? [more inside]
posted by philsi on Sep 26, 2006 - 11 answers

Bittorrent worked fine till I got VoIP (Vonage). Now, no worky. Can anyone help? I'm on OSX. [more inside]
posted by Manhasset on Sep 22, 2006 - 18 answers

Linksys NSLU2 or ASUS WL-500G? I am looking for a wireless, cheap (around $100), Unix-based NAS solution that will let me plug in a couple of USB or SATA drives and do things like serve SSH and run BitTorrent. [more inside]
posted by gentle on Sep 19, 2006 - 8 answers

How can I build a machine (PVR?) that downloads torrents automatically via RSS and allows me to access them in a Tivo/DVR/PVR like interface on my television? [more inside]
posted by blueplasticfish on Aug 17, 2006 - 10 answers

Some of my bittorrents are stuck at 99.X% [more inside]
posted by wfrgms on May 26, 2006 - 12 answers

My ISP doesn't like "unrestricted" peer-to-peer, so shouldn't "restricted" peer-to-peer (namely BitTorrent) be ok? [more inside]
posted by mrhaydel on May 13, 2006 - 19 answers

Skirting the legal ramifications here, but any suggestions for sites where I can get quality foreign (specially french) films with english subtitles via bittorrent. [more inside]
posted by sk381 on May 7, 2006 - 2 answers

How can I use bittorrent clients without bringing my home network to a crawl? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on May 4, 2006 - 19 answers

Having probs downloading torrents. I'm on OS X. Can anyone help me or walk me thru how to make it work consistently? [more inside]
posted by Manhasset on Apr 25, 2006 - 15 answers

What are the chances of actually getting caught using a P2P file sharing program such as BitTorrent to download pirated stuff? Is there more likelihood of getting into hot water depending on what you are downloading (i.e. movies,TV shows, music..)? Can anyone suggest a method of using BitTorrent that will avoid these problems?
posted by curiocity on Apr 4, 2006 - 21 answers