Torrent Clients?

nightmare · 10-20-2003, 01:59 AM

ok ive been reading some anime forums and people keep talking about torrent clients i think i have the original but i keep hearing this shad0w one is good, but google is not being my friend on this one and i cant find anything on it, if anyone has any info on it would be helpfull if you could steer me in the right direction.

Ham n Cheese · 10-20-2003, 02:25 AM

http://bt.degreez.net/

nightmare · 10-20-2003, 02:33 AM

love you as always ham!

Vorph · 10-21-2003, 01:34 PM

How does shad0w's client differ from the Burst! one? I've been using Burst! all along and I'm really happy with it.

Nanaki Ikanan · 10-21-2003, 07:49 PM

How do any of them differ from "bittorrent"? It seems to work just fine...no worthless options or anything...just downloads the files. What more do you need?

Vorph · 10-21-2003, 11:27 PM

Burst! has a better interface and has options for controlling the number of UL streams and the max UL bandwidth used... I didn't use the original client for very long, but I never found those options in it. I run a ShoutCAST relay among other things, and can't be having one app hog all my UL capacity.

Fortunately no one's made an alternate client which allows people to not UL at all, that would pretty much defeat the whole purpose of bittorrent.

Aanya · 10-22-2003, 12:20 AM

ptc.sourceforge.net - personal torrent collector

their 0.8 version is non functional, so download the newest 0.7 instead.

Vorph · 10-22-2003, 01:23 AM

PTC looks like it has all the same features as Burst! or bt++, with 10x the bugs as a bonus.

Something else everyone should be aware of with BitTorrent: all anyone has to do to get the IP of every single person downloading and seeding the file(s) is open the torrent on their machine. Downloading movies or music with torrent is practically begging the MPAA/RIAA to sue your ass, unless you're the kind of jackass who 'borrows' bandwidth from unsuspecting idiot neighbors who have unprotected wireless points (which has gotten the wrong person sued on at least one occasion already). Even the stuff I download occasionally--TV shows--is probably risky, but I hate to waste my Easynews quota on that shit.

Aanya · 10-22-2003, 02:58 AM

Hm, i dunno. Ive had no problems with PTC so far, but ill give Burst! a try i guess.

Bralkan · 10-22-2003, 03:32 AM

what are you share ratings?

Ham n Cheese · 10-22-2003, 04:09 AM

I was using Spider's for a while until every so often I'd get a rejected error when trying to get some files. I'm now trying out PTC since the interface is pretty simple and Burst!'s dos window was weird and ugly to me :O

10-20-2003, 01:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
nightmare Master of your Consciousness Join Date: May 2002 Location: OH Posts: 36 -1 Internets	Torrent Clients? ok ive been reading some anime forums and people keep talking about torrent clients i think i have the original but i keep hearing this shad0w one is good, but google is not being my friend on this one and i cant find anything on it, if anyone has any info on it would be helpfull if you could steer me in the right direction.

10-20-2003, 02:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,659 +20 Internets	http://bt.degreez.net/ __________________ Xeph Caito Cao'Li Hunky Dory

10-21-2003, 01:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,620	How does shad0w's client differ from the Burst! one? I've been using Burst! all along and I'm really happy with it. __________________

10-21-2003, 11:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,620	Burst! has a better interface and has options for controlling the number of UL streams and the max UL bandwidth used... I didn't use the original client for very long, but I never found those options in it. I run a ShoutCAST relay among other things, and can't be having one app hog all my UL capacity. Fortunately no one's made an alternate client which allows people to not UL at all, that would pretty much defeat the whole purpose of bittorrent. __________________

10-22-2003, 01:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,620	PTC looks like it has all the same features as Burst! or bt++, with 10x the bugs as a bonus. Something else everyone should be aware of with BitTorrent: all anyone has to do to get the IP of every single person downloading and seeding the file(s) is open the torrent on their machine. Downloading movies or music with torrent is practically begging the MPAA/RIAA to sue your ass, unless you're the kind of jackass who 'borrows' bandwidth from unsuspecting idiot neighbors who have unprotected wireless points (which has gotten the wrong person sued on at least one occasion already). Even the stuff I download occasionally--TV shows--is probably risky, but I hate to waste my Easynews quota on that shit. __________________ Last edited by Vorph : 10-22-2003 at 01:40 AM.

10-20-2003, 02:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
nightmare Master of your Consciousness Join Date: May 2002 Location: OH Posts: 36 -1 Internets	love you as always ham!

10-21-2003, 07:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nanaki Ikanan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 460 -1 Internets	How do any of them differ from "bittorrent"? It seems to work just fine...no worthless options or anything...just downloads the files. What more do you need?

10-22-2003, 12:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
Aanya Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 82 -1 Internets	ptc.sourceforge.net - personal torrent collector their 0.8 version is non functional, so download the newest 0.7 instead.

10-22-2003, 02:58 AM	#9 (permalink)
Aanya Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 82 -1 Internets	Hm, i dunno. Ive had no problems with PTC so far, but ill give Burst! a try i guess.

10-22-2003, 03:32 AM	#10 (permalink)
Bralkan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 2,118 -1 Internets	what are you share ratings? __________________ We're all idiots. http://nottheparrot.blogspot.com

10-22-2003, 04:09 AM	#11 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,659 +20 Internets	I was using Spider's for a while until every so often I'd get a rejected error when trying to get some files. I'm now trying out PTC since the interface is pretty simple and Burst!'s dos window was weird and ugly to me :O __________________ Xeph Caito Cao'Li Hunky Dory

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