Movie/tv download recommendations

[Skulldigger]

Fer chrissakes!

Why am I having so many issues with this java thingy!?! Still won't d/l or recognise any update even after removal and restart and I've still got 2 Java icons in my start menu thingy! Worst of it is I focking hate coffee!!!

Don't worry, it is just a sign you should give up on Azureus and go with uTorrent instead. The main reason being that uTorrent doesnt need Java, is a smaller installation that takes less resources.

The downside of uTorrent is the lack of a blue frog logotype. Serious flaw, granted, but I believe you will still be ok.

As far as I know uTorrent also supports UPnP so why not give it a go?

[AntRobertson]

you should give up on Azureus and go with uTorrent instead

That's what I started with but it was painfully slow and kept on insisting that I do port-forwarding (which with me is a bit like asking a monkey to perform brain surgery... only not as successful as the monkey might be)

Oh, and an update on the Java issue. Unistalled all found references, even restarted my PC, attempted d/l of new update and... it doesn't work. Marvellous.

So now I have an under-performing uTorrent, an apparent complete lack of ability to even download Azureus and no Java. Yay.

[Marmite the Dog]

Finally got father Ted working in the VLC player.
hoorah....

And how many times have we recommended VLC....?

[Marmite the Dog]

So now I have an under-performing uTorrent

Probably not. You probably chose a poorly supported torrent to download. Nearly everyone on ADSL in Thailand doesn't have their ports forwarded and it works fine. Try choosing a better supported torrent to download first before giving up with it.

[man with no head]

I ought to make a few house calls on my trip in March.

[ChiangMai noon]

I will even provide free diet coke Surasak.

[AntRobertson]

Probably not. You probably chose a poorly supported torrent to download. Nearly everyone on ADSL in Thailand doesn't have their ports forwarded and it works fine. Try choosing a better supported torrent to download first before giving up with it.

The one I tried was the Borat movie - looked to have plenty of those seeder thingies or whatever attached to it - but by jimminy it was slow! Only about 8kb/s tops. Surely that can't be right can it, port-forwarding notwithstanding? Hope not, I don't really have the paitence for a 17hr download

I've noticed that Limewire is fairly poor right now also - only getting about 20-40kb/s (cf. usual 50-100kb/s) - but I've put that down to generally crappy Internet lately. Presumably everyone is experiencing this at the moment? Something to do with a cable and that earthquake in Taiwan I believe? Possibly also monkeys. Monkeys are always invovled, somehow, somewhere... Damned monkeys!

[ChiangMai noon]

Surely that can't be right can it, port-forwarding notwithstanding? Hope not, I don't really have the paitence for a 17hr download

that's not so bad.
would be there by now if you had left it on.
The whole series of father Ted came down at an excruciating speed.
5 kb/s, but I have it now (after a week).
Bear in mind you used to have to wait a week for a new episode in the uk on the telly.

Don't know what factors are involved.

Besides, you must have better things to do than watch the download Ant.
'A watched kettle never boils'

[AntRobertson]

that's not so bad. would be there by now if you had left it on. The whole series of father Ted came down at an excruciating speed. 5 kb/s, but I have it now (after a week).

You've got to be kidding me!?! Not so bad!?! Flippin 'eck guv'nor, seriously don't think I'll bother now, that is excruciatingly slow, testicles against cheese-grater slow.

When the internet and everything is ok I can get full movies off of Limewire in a couple of hours! Heck I downloaded episodes 1-6 of the current season of Lost in only 7.

Given all the apparent headaches just downloading and setting up these torrent things it's barely worth the effort :?

[ChiangMai noon]

I got lost really fast too, but for whatever reason some are quicker than others.
stick with it Ant.
I'm enjoying your strife.


BTW, the reason I shifted over to torrents was that my ISP (maxnet tt&t has blocked all P2Ps including limewire), don't be surprised when you get blocked.
Best to make your contingencies now.

[man with no head]

Make it Coke and you have yourself a deal in March

[AntRobertson]

stick with it Ant. I'm enjoying your strife.

I'm confused... actually going to have a crack at this port-forwarding on uTorrent shortly (Azurerus is out, can't so much as download it let alone run it) so if you don't hear from me you'll know it has been a catastrophic failure and I've focked me Internet.

BTW, the reason I shifted over to torrents was that my ISP (maxnet tt&t has blocked all P2Ps including limewire), don't be surprised when you get blocked.

Yeah but I'm with TOT, not much chance of that happening. I mean heck, it would mean them actually doing something...

[Skulldigger]

I agree, the key is to leave stuff running - note that you dont have to do only one at a time.

If you just keep things going all the time you will soon have more to watch then you have time for.

8 kB/s isnt so bad really. Some will be faster and some slower, and during the course of download, a lot can happen too. If the right person latches on, you may soon find the speed triples or quadruples. They're like kettles on a stove, if you watch them they never seem to finish, but if you just leave them alone they're fine.

[man with no head]

Even with my router forwarded properly at times uTorrent thinks it hasn't been setup for forwarding. It really shouldn't affect download speeds much.

[AntRobertson]

I agree, the key is to leave stuff running - note that you dont have to do only one at a time.

Yeah sure, I do that with Limewire also. But the difference is - just for one example - I'll get home from work, start some downloads, piss around for few hours (dinner etc), come back and they're done. Then I'll pop the files on me PSP to watch in bed whilst the Mrs watches some crappy soap.

8 kB/s isnt so bad really

I appreciate what you're saying but I honestly wouldn't/don't have the paitence for that. Silly I know but on that basis I don't think I'll bother. The two main things I use Limewire for are readily avaliable (Lost and Entourage) so probably not any point going to torrents unless they can at least match the speed of Limewire.

[ChiangMai noon]

Ant.
you have obviously had a bad experience.
Some torrents start off slow, then suddenly click into gear.

My experience is that torrents are overall quicker than p2p, you certainly have more choice.
Music can be downloaded in albums rather than just the singles that you get on limewire.
8kb/s is unusual indeed for a new movie.
How long did you keep the download on?

[AntRobertson]

8kb/s is unusual indeed for a new movie. How long did you keep the download on?

Can't recall exactly but it was for a while - over 1hr at least - but by that stage I'd managed to d/l the huge sum of 0.90% of the movie

[RDN]

Azureus on a good day:




...on a very good day:

[AntRobertson]

Crickey that's it, made up me mind... sticking with Limewire.

[RDN]

Crickey that's it, made up me mind... sticking with Limewire.

100k bytes / second not good enough?

(bytes, not bits )

[Gerbil]

Any fans of "24" might like to know that the first six episodes of the new series have been leaked onto the net.

Understandably, "Fox" is a bit pissed off about this as they dont even start to show them themselves for another week.

Available at all your favourite torrent search engines.

[Butterfly]

Watching 24 Season 5 now

4.0 Gb downloaded in 36 hours

[RDN]

Watching 24 Season 5 now

4.0 Gb downloaded in 36 hours

Bloody Nora! What speed link have you got?

[Marmite the Dog]

What's '24'?

[ChiangMai noon]

I can't believe you don't know Marmers.
It's that dreadful shite with Kiefer Sutherland saving the world in a downbeat style.
Co-incidentally, he has now done this 6 times in exactly 24 hours.