T0rrent Downl0ading...

Torrents... This is the name that you will hear when it comes to downloading stuff like movies, videos, games, etc.....

It's Totally Free...

It's Totally Easy...

It's Totally Legal...Actually It depends on the way you use it...

As I mentioned in my earlier post, Downloading the stuff from net is not illegal but uploading them in the net is illegal. But in torrents, you don't download the file from the net. You download it from other person who is hosting the file on his computer in some other part of the globe. If he stops uploading the file, you can't download it.

If you are a college student who is studying in a hostel with a LAN, you will get know of the term DC++, the ultimate file-sharing solution. The torrents are very similar. But in the former case (DC++), both persons are in same geographical location (College) and in the latter case (Torrents), both of them can be at anyplace on this globe.But both of them should be connected through internet.

Torrent principle


The BitTorrent protocol was made mainly for temporarily very popular files - for example when a new movie or music album comes up. The download speed increases proportionately to the number of users downloading the same file and that is the biggest advantage of torrents.

When you are downloading something through torrent, you share your already downloaded part at the same time (for this reason you break the law in most countries when you are downloading illegal data). When you start downloading, your application contacts a "tracker" server, which co-ordinates all clients (other users' applications). From the tracker the application finds out where to download from, which parts have the other users already downloaded and so on. Also your application informs the tracker about what part you were able to download until now - and by that it gives it at other users' disposal.

Main Advantage in my View:-

Normal Browser downloading like rapidshare links...etc. if there is a powercut or a sudden disturbance in Internet speed while downloading any normal file, song or a movie, it may collapse the whole file or you have to download it from Start. That means, there is no Resume downloading facility and secure download.

By Using Torrent downloads, we can easily stop file downloading any time in the middle of downloading and can start any time or any day. That means we can download file sizes more than 1GB in different intervals of time with security by resuming the download.

Terminology in Torrents:-

1.Seeders:-(Seed, Seeding)

                    These are the ones who have the complete file and is allowing others to download from his/her computer.

2.Leechers:-(Leech, Leeching)

                    These are the ones who is currently downloading the file.They download the file both from seeders and fellow leechers. After completing the download, they will automatically become seeders. It is completely his/her choice whether to continue seeding or stop seeding.

3.Ratio:-

                  It is the ratio of your upload amount to your download amount.
Eg:- If you downloaded a 2 GB file and continued to seed it until it reached the upload amount of 3GB. Then your ratio is 3/2=1.5. 

4.Torrent client:-

                    It is the software that does all the downloading and uploading stuff. There are many of them available in the internet. Most famous among them are uTorrent, Vuze (Azureus), BitComet, BitLord..etc

5.Torrent file:-

                     Torrent is a small file (around few kilobytes) with the suffix(extension) .torrent, which contains all the information needed to download a file. That means it contains file names, their  sizes, where to download from and so on.

The sites which provide you with torrent file, ask you to maintain at least the ratio of 1:1..i.e..Amount of upload  equal to amount of download.
There are many sites where you can get torrents without any registration. In these sites, you don't have to maintain the ratio.
But there are torrent communities who believe in ratio restrictions. In these sites, you have to get registered. Only after getting registered, you will have access to torrent files. If that site imposes ratio restrictions, you will not be able to download any file if your ratio is below than their mentioned min. ratio. 

My Suggestion:- Maintain the Ratio. It is the way to keep the torrents community alive. If you don't do it why others have to do it for you. Try to be Reasonable. 

Steps to Download from Torrents:-

Step-1. Download and install uTorrent Software in your Notebook PC or System.

Step-2. Then go to the torrent site and Download the torrent file for corresponding file.

Step-3. Open the torrent file with uTorrent.

Step-4.  uTorrent will ask you to choose a destination place in your HDD(Hard Disk) where you want to save the files(like Movies, songs....etc).

Step-5. Click on Ok. Your download will be started automatically. Takes time to download completely depends on Size of the file and Download speed.

After completing download and torrent status shows as seeding and also u can see upload amount and ratio there.

Once you start using it, you will know more about it.

So What are you waiting for? Start Downloading Now

Note:- If you have a Broadband connection like BSNL, you don't need any network settings.

Some Torrent sites:-

BTJunkie

Mininova

The Pirate Bay

Torrentz...Etc..