‘ BitTorrent Tips & Tricks ’

‘Magnet Catcher’ Turns Torrents Into Magnet Links

December 20, 09 by sharky   4,433  views  

For public torrent indexers, actual .torrent files (and even trackers themselves) may seem a little passé with the increasing popularity of magnet links. While magnet links are hardly a new concept; sites such as TPB and KickAssTorrents have recently added support for them, although most public indexers still do not. That is, until now. Magnet Catcher is a brand-new script that turns info hashes from torrent files into magnet URIs, and works on virtually any website. It’s especially handy for those who are unable to download .torrent files.

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Use uTBackup to Save and Restore uTorrent Settings

August 10, 09 by sharky   8,094  views  

µTBackup is a clever new utility that allows uTorrent users to save all those program setting files in order to import or restore into a new uTorrent installation - such as on another PC or when upgrading the OS. No more searching for the "appdata" folder and having to copy/paste the files or backup the directory - this little app does it all for you, at the click of a button.

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New IPFilter Updater For BitTorrent Client Blocklists

July 30, 09 by sharky   15,060  views  

One of the biggest problems with using an IPFilter to block bad IPs in a BitTorent client or other P2P software is remembering to update it. An IPFilter is only as good as the provider, and how often the list is updated by both you and the supplier of the list. Blocklists & ipfilter.dat files don’t update themselves automatically - but here’s a cool new utility that now makes it possible with just one mouse-click! Introducing IPFilter Updater - a tiny script that you can use to update a blocklist for virtually any torrent client.

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The 10 Best Ways to Get Banned From a Private Tracker

July 10, 09 by sharky   59,809  views  

We’ve all been here before: attempted to login to a private tracker account, only to get that dreadful "Login Failed! This account has been disabled" message. Drats, what went wrong this time? It’s highly unlikely that tracker staff will have sent you a PM explaining the situation - after all, you can’t log in to check. No email will be coming, either. Here’s a compilation of the top ten most common reasons why you got banned from a private tracker, and how to avoid it from happening to you.

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Test Your ISP for Traffic Shaping with ShaperProbe

May 07, 09 by sharky   10,687  views  

There are good ISPs and then there are bad ISPs. A good ISP will allow you to virtually max out your Internet connection speed for any online activity including P2P/BitTorrent transfers. It’s no secret that bad ISPs - such as Bell Canada & its wholesale partners, are known to limit transfer rates to as little as 30 KB/s from 4PM - 2AM, essentially crippling many Internet apps for up to 10 hours each day. You pay top dollars to your provider for Internet access, yet can’t even use it to 10% capacity during the time when you need it the most - when you’re actually sitting in front of the PC. These practices are commonly considered to be net neutrality violations by ISPs.

The solution? Switch providers. But how do you know for certain that your ISP is meddling with your torrent transfers? Aside from the obvious clue that download speeds come to a crashing halt during peak-times, or seeding is all but impossible - there’s a clever new way to test your ISP for throttling & rate-limiting with the DiffProbe ShaperProbe utility.

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How To Maximize TorrentFlux Download Speeds Using FlashGet And FlashGot

April 19, 09 by sharky   9,305  views  

If you’re a TorrentFlux seedbox user, you probably already know there aren’t too many options for downloading your completed torrent files back to a home PC through a browser. Natively in TFlux, files need to be downloaded one-by-one with the option to download full folders - also done one at a time. However, if your seedbox host offers lower-than-average transfer speeds (most do), then the workaround is to download multiple files simultaneously to maximize bandwidth. When used in unison, both FlashGet and FlashGot are very TorrentFlux-friendly; entire directory contents can be scanned & imported (and downloaded) without all the excess junk - as long as the FlashGot filter is applied correctly.

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The All-new Torrents Open Registrations Checker

April 04, 09 by sharky   25,321  views  

Looking for a great “live” solution to accurately assist in finding private trackers that are open for signups? After months of heavy development, Team Roots has finally launched a new, speedier (and vastly improved) version of TORC - the Torrents Open Registrations Checker v1.26. TORC has it all - a great list of current trackers; filtering options; tracker icons; detailed view; and, of course - automatic timed & repeat checking of selected private trackers to see if they’re open for direct signups.

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uTorrent: How To Reseed TV Season Torrents Using Previously Downloaded Episodes

March 17, 09 by sharky   7,305  views  

Maintaining a good ratio at BitMeTV can be arduous, especially for those who don’t own a seedbox. Even TVTorrents.com is tricky for new users, since there’s a minimum 1:1 ratio on the site, making it rather difficult to get started. Here’s how to seed (reseed) downloaded individual TV episodes to season packs, even if you’ve changed the paths and/or names of the files.

This tip is explained in two segments, depending on whether the previously downloaded TV episodes are the same name & location, or not. We explain how this works from torrents from public trackers; or if you only have a few episodes of a particular season, in which you’ll become a partial seeder.

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Music Torrents Not Seeding Properly? Blame iTunes

March 14, 09 by sharky   7,022  views  

iTunes just isn’t torrent-friendly. Importing or playing back your music files directly from a seeding torrent into a media player that alters ID3 tags or metadata can cause them to stop seeding. If otherwise healthy torrents are now getting stuck anywhere from 91-99% (or worse, at 0%), prompting you to redownload the files - most likely the culprit is iTunes. Even if you didn’t manually change the properties or tags on an MP3 file, iTunes may happen to be set up to do this automatically, thus altering the files and causing tracker seeding errors.

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12 Clues (and Solutions) To Why Your Torrents Are Slow

February 23, 09 by sharky   15,840  views  

Find yourself saying, "Help me! Why are my torrents so slow?" - then you’re not alone. Millions of torrenters across the globe are asking the same thing. Unfortunately, the solution isn’t just some extraordinary quick fix or spurious torrent accelerator program - you’ll actually have to put a little effort into figuring out the cause of those deathly-slow downloads. Here’s a few tips to put you on the right track to faster torrents…

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