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about bittorrent?
i have been using limewire forever but lately i've not been able to find shows and whatnot as easily. instead i just downloaded bittorrent.
now, im trying to get queer as folk season 5 (yes i watch that. lol)
a few questions:
- limewire would usually download at 170-250 kbps. which was NICE. bittorrent is right now downloading at 11 kbps and is estimating it will take 11 days?!?! is there any way to speed this up? i changed file priority to high.
- along with that, does the program you use to download torrents make a difference? moreso, are there different programs even?
- finally...the file size is 15 gb which is fine for my comp but im using my dad's laptop with smaller hard drive. is there any way to download the files in a torrent individually? (each episode is only like 350mb but they're all packaged together)
thanks!
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It depends a lot on your connection speed, your ISP, and how many people are in your swarm (sharing the same file as you). Look for a file with a bunch of seeds. The best bit torrent program is uTorrent. Mess with the connection settings to optimize them. Torrents tend to download faster and faster as time goes on. If you use uTorrent, you can uncheck files that you're downloading in the torrent so you don't have to get them all at once.
- 1 decade ago
The speed depends on how the leecher/seeder ratio. If you have 89 leechers and 17 seeders then your download is going to be faster. If you have 17 seeders and 89 leechers then your download is going to the slower. So pay attention to the ratio. The programs dont really make a difference just on you personal interest and liking, and some programs have the ability to select certain files that you would like to download such as uTorrent for instance, thats the one i use.