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hellziggy ([personal profile] hellziggy) wrote2006-08-21 10:53 pm
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a torrent of ghosts

I might be bittorrenting the Ghost Hunters episode where they are on the Queen Mary right now... I forgot to set the Tivo for it when the ep was rerun on TV, and they only have 10 episodes on iTunes and none of those are the one I need either. Which sucks because I would have much rather just bought it than have to deal w/the torrent.

So this torrent has been going for a couple days now and it's been kinda slow since there's not a huge demand for it. Right now it lists 99.28% of the pieces as available. I have 99.14% of the file. If it stalls out and never gets that last 3 MB, what are the chances that it's playable?


*edit*
Woo hoo! That last fraction of a percent came through! Now I can learn about all the ghosties lurking on the Queen Mary before I get out there!

[identity profile] gingerpook.livejournal.com 2006-08-22 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
A question . . .


I haven't been able to do a damn thing with bittorrent. It seems everything is geared around PC, so is there a way around this problem? Any suggestions?

I've got a G5, running OSX 10.4.7.

[identity profile] hellziggy.livejournal.com 2006-08-23 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
The program I'm using is called Bits on Wheels.
http://www.bitsonwheels.com/
I've been really happy with it. During season 2 of Doctor Who when there were a ton of people seeding the shows I got pretty good download times.
The site I usually look for the torrents at is: http://www.isohunt.com/
The main thing to look for in a torrent is that lots of people are seeding it. If only one or two are and they turn off their computer you might not get the whole file.

[identity profile] gingerpook.livejournal.com 2006-08-23 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Got botsonwheels. Searched for Six Feet Under, Season 4 and found it. They're saying I need something like uTorrent, BitComet or Azureus for this link to start P2P download)

Okay, I'm feeling kinda stupid. Am I missing something?