Getrag Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Im trying to use DC++ at the moment but not having any success. Where else can I download TV programmes/films for free. Ive heard of Bittorent but never got into it, any good? What do you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getrag Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 Looks like bittorrents is the way to go. Anyone point me in the direction of how the fwook to use them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyg Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Bitcomet is good http://www.bitcomet.com/doc/download.htm Has all the sites to find the torrents down the left. Or use http://isohunt.com to find the torrents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I used to use DC++ but last month switched to Azureus and ABC. Finally settled on Azureus, nice user friendly program. If you need any help setting it up Getrag I can talk you through what I did ie: port forwarding through my router etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Agree with above, I now use azureus as it is a lot quicker than the standard bit torrent system I was using. I also download TV programs using it, but I use http://www.mininova.org - just make sure that you try and pick avi files and if possible HDTV versions as they are better quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I use BitTorrents and they're great but they aren't a patch on Binary Newsgroups. If you're will to spend $13/month for a Giganews.com account you can get almost anything you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymanuk Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I used to use DC++ but last month switched to Azureus and ABC. Finally settled on Azureus, nice user friendly program. If you need any help setting it up Getrag I can talk you through what I did ie: port forwarding through my router etc... Would be interested too dude if you don't mind I have been using DC++ and DC for a while now but not getting as much joy out of them. Cheers, Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyg Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Azurues is ok, I stopped using it as the old PC I used it on was Pentium 600mhz 256mb ram, struggled with its demands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Would be interested too dude if you don't mind I have been using DC++ and DC for a while now but not getting as much joy out of them. Cheers, Ray No problem Ray, pm me, and tonight I will run through it while I'm on messenger I gave up on DC++ for the same reason, couldn't get anything in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Azurues is ok, I stopped using it as the old PC I used it on was Pentium 600mhz 256mb ram, struggled with its demands. Try ABC, that seems to use alot less pc power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I use BitTorrents and they're great but they aren't a patch on Binary Newsgroups. If you're will to spend $13/month for a Giganews.com account you can get almost anything you want.i use the free NTL newsgroups supprising how much stuff you can get on there and they free too.good retention rates too used to use clara newsgroups at £10 a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyg Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I might try a newsgroup what program do you recommend ?? I've used them with Outlook express before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I might try a newsgroup what program do you recommend ?? I've used them with Outlook express before.i use FORTE agent v1.9 but have also got FORTE agent v3 but it has changed so much to the one i got used to. i have tried to show a couple of people how to use and they think its too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Forte Agent is not pleasant to use. Horrible interface. Outlook Express is not practical to use for assembling multipart binaries. I use NewsBin but NewsLeecher is good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraFlynn Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 The 2 best trackers that I have found are: Pirate Bay and TorrentSpy As for a download client, I'd recommend BitComit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 i use the free NTL newsgroups supprising how much stuff you can get on there and they free too.good retention rates too used to use clara newsgroups at £10 a monthI used to use Clara but their retention is very poor compared to Giganews (50+days) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboldham Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 get Giganews and/or easynews - with the latter no news client required, no headers to download - do it through web page NewsBin Pro excellent for binary downloading - over nntp you get extra gigs through easynews wrt to http. Make friends with NZB files. use newzbin.com to see editorially vetted (for quality) usenet posts use BitTorrent through tracker at uknova.com - deffo the best uk tv resource. oh and donate. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Make friends with NZB files.NZB files rock! Beats the hell out of downloading all those headers when you already know what you want. NZB and PAR2 files make life so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboldham Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 yay, par2 are fab . Ever used Easynews? It has an auto PAR2 checker and an NZB generator from any arbitrary search results over the whole of long retention Usenet - it's well worth the entrance fee! R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piehound Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 mininova or pirate bay for me if you dont know about bittorent go to http://thepiratebay.org/ and click on how do i download and follow the links to download azureas and then pick what you want from any torrent site and it will be self explanitory from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piehound Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 oops double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wez_p Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 i'm using grabIt at the mo as a newsreader & it seems quite good & it's free http://www.shemes.com and i agree NZBs should be used by all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getrag Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 How much is it roughly to go the NZB route? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Depends how much you want to download. With GigaNews.com you get 25Gig a month for $12.99 (US Dollars) or 50GB for $18.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Forte Agent is not pleasant to use. Horrible interface. Outlook Express is not practical to use for assembling multipart binaries. I use NewsBin but NewsLeecher is good too. i just got used to using agent v1.9 installed v3 and was a lot different so went back to v1.9 mate was telling me about newsbinpro about you type in what you looking for and it tells you which group its in i use quickpar to repair broken files.really good program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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