[kj] OT: torrents for dummies

[Janean Lancaster]

Well, I use Bit Tornado.  I've tried uTorrent, Vuze and other beastly 
torrent software but have ended up going back to this little program 
that simply opens up a small window for every download.  
http://www.bittornado.com/download.html

I downloaded the torrent you gave and it opened fine in it:  I'll attach 
a screen shot of it downloading.  I don't know what your error means, 
but all I know is I can download it, so there are seeds.

Cheers,
Janean

On 11/10/2011 16:04, Ana Madani wrote:

> The latest in the torrent saga:

>

> I just downloaded and installed Tixati software because I never could 

> tell if uTorrent was working, and I've downloaded a torrent file with 

> the .torrent extension. I see data is in the download folder on the 

> computer desktop, but according to the system tray, the file is still 

> downloading.

>

> Here's where I'm really confused:

>

> Tixati v1.74

> 1 Downloading

> 0 Seeding

> 0.00 KB/s IN of 200 KB/s Limit

> 0.00 KBs OUT

>

> Well, I'm not trying to upload anything so I get the 0.00 KB/s OUT 

> part, but if the file is downloading, shouldn't there be some KB/s 

> coming IN? And if this is supposed to be normal, how do I know when 

> downloading is complete?

>

> I have allowed the program to work through the firewall, but it's 

> giving me this message now"

>

> UPNP router UDP port forwarding: no routers responded, will retry 

> every five minutes

>

> and that was 30 minutes ago. As far as I can tell, it hasn't re-tried.

>

> Please tell me what I am doing wrong.

>

>

> Alternatively, if someone would like to look at this file I'm trying 

> to download and let me know if it's somehow corrupted and that's why 

> this won't work, I'd appreciate it. Here's the link:

>

> http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5655893/Rosetta_Stone_V3_-_Persian_%28Farsi%29_%28L1__L2__L3%29_Complete

>

> Thanks (again)!!

>

>

>

>

> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:31 AM, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com 

> <mailto:fatpotanga at gmail.com>> wrote:

>

>     giganews

>

>     On 5 Oct 2011, at 11:30, Jari Pakarinen wrote:

>

>>     What usenet provider are you using ?

>>

>>     2011/10/5 fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com

>>     <mailto:fatpotanga at gmail.com>>

>>

>>         it's usenet & .nzb's for me.

>>         They leave torrents for dust :)

>>

>

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