torrents are different from regular downloads in that the download speed
varies depending on how many people are downloading at the same time.
its not downloading as such - its more like peer to peer sharing, but
involving multiple people.
the best way i can describe it is this way :
someone has something (video or audio) they want to share.
the files - usually in a compressed format such as flac - are on that
person's desktop. they create a torrent file (the torrent file chops up
the original flac files into tiny small pieces, like a jigsaw). they
make the torrent file public on a torrent tracker such as
www.easytree.org (a GREAT torrent
site which i highly recommend). person # 1 joins the torrent and
downloads the pieces from the origial guy. person # 2 joins the torrent
and simultaniously downloads pieces from the original guy AND person #
1. person # 3 joins the torrent and simultaniously downloads pices from
the original guy AND person # 2 AND person # 3 . the more people
who join the torrent , the faster the download runs. you could be
simultaniously conencted to 20 people, downloading pieces from ALL of them at
the same time.
i've been using and seeding Torrents for a long time now - if anyone
wants to try their hand , i'll be happy to try and help em get started - shoot
me an email offlist.
it would be best to use a public tracker site like easytree rather than
keep it with "us" - the more people who know about it, the more people will
jump on, the faster it'll be.
word of warning - almost all torrent sites are run by "serious" music
collectors/traders, and
MP3 is a BIG no no. whats get torrented is full 16 bit stereo
wav files in compressed formats -
which, when uncompressed, mean perfect stereo quality.
heres a link to a page that gives a brief how to and a link
to both a decent torrenting program and the compression program flac :
mark B in NYC
Jon Kamm <kammagic@comcast.net> wrote:
Can
someone tell us more about torrents. What would we have to do to
set one
up? Can it be private to us only? Would it cost money?
Is it legal? I
have only tried downloading from one once and it was
incredibly slow and
was going to take 3 hours to download something
that was only 10MB and I
have cable. Is this typical?
any info would be
helpful.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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