Bit - Torrent Downloading / File Sharing

Rod Serling | 09:15 Fri 02nd Feb 2007 | How it Works

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On another thread, I enquired about the legality of file sharing on bit-torrent sites, such asThe Pirate Bay.

Is it done with any special software? I have the usual array of Windows programs/softeware in the latest version on my PC.

If i want, say an episode of '24' downloaded, i go to that particular file and download it, yet my PC can't play it.

Where am i going wrong / What do i need to do?

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fo3nix

Yes, you need a BitTorrent client. This lets you download torrent files (what you've downloaded), and then gets the actual video for you. Noticed that the files you have are only very small -- far, far too small for a video file?

I'd recommend Azureus:
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

BitTorrent itself is totally legal. It does have some legal uses (downloading of GNU/Linux distros being a main one). It's the sharing of copyrighted material without the copyright holder's permission that is illegal.

Llamatron

I prefer Utorrent to Azureus from:

http://www.utorrent.com

Utorrent can be configured to stop seeding after a while whereas Azureus just goes on for ever. Well it did the last time I used it.

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