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!!! Torrent Download Problem

18 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/torrent-download-problem.26882/

Dipen01
Dipen01 Original post #1
Apr 13, 2006 at 11:13 PM
Hey there..

I am facing a wierd problem since a day. Whenever i click on any torrent to download it. It shows the below message..Am confused?

What might be the problem!! In Bwtorrents its working fine and also some like Torrentspy and Mininova are working good...

But some like Demonoid and Bitme.org are showing me errors.. Am posting abridged version of these errors...

Pls let me know what might be the problem....

Is it the browser - Opera (Unlikely coz i downloaded some from same sites before a day... but still thought might confirm)

or my O.S - Win 98 (Even this is unlikely)


Regards,
Dipen


In Bitme.org:-

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In Demonoid :-


d8:announce41:*inferno.demonoid.com:3390/announce7:comment22:*tvshows.yoyo.pl10:created by13:µTorrent/140013:creation datei1141479776e8:encoding5:utf-84:infod5:filesld6:lengthi557e4:pathl45:!Info___www.tvshows.yoyo.pl___ (XviD asd).txteed6:lengthi119358564e4:pathl56:prison Break [1x11] And Then There Were 7 (XviD asd).avieed6:lengthi28794e4:pathl56:prison Break [1x11] And Then There Were 7 (XviD asd).txteed6:lengthi47e4:pathl40:Torrent_downloaded_from_Demonoid_com.txteee4:name48:prison Break [1x11] (XviD asd) EnglishV+NapisyPL12:piece lengthi131072e6:pieces18220:¼îgçuvõ4üûùé_"z`†Ã®G˜Â»9ùôŸjD�5_Býp#Ž Úß,Ƶ‹Þ©`H—á:[€
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eddie
eddie #2
Apr 14, 2006 at 1:35 AM
It is the problem with the mime type the sites are sending. They are sending the torrent files as text/plain instead of application/x-bittorrent. Opera is acting according to the mime type it gets and is showing you the contents of the torrent file just as it would do with a text file.

You can right click on the torrent download link and choose "Save as.." or whatever the opera equivalent is for saving the links. It will then allow you to save the file as .torrent.
M
mehulved #3
Apr 14, 2006 at 3:13 AM
Right click the link and click on "save target as". That will work.
Dipen01
Dipen01 #4
Apr 14, 2006 at 4:19 AM
Hey...

thanx a lot... :) its working good that way...


Regards,
Dipen
Darthvader
Darthvader #5
Apr 14, 2006 at 11:37 AM
But the NEwer version of Opera has a built in bit torrent client so it should directly start dling in opera itself. For other clients Right clik-save as
eddie
eddie #6
Apr 14, 2006 at 1:55 PM
AFAIK only Opera TP supports in-built bittorrent client and not the stable 8.xx series.
Dipen01
Dipen01 #7
Apr 14, 2006 at 10:04 PM
What about the review.... i mean is it better than utorrent or Azureues...!! coz am thinking of switching over to... Opera BTC
manas
manas #8
Apr 14, 2006 at 10:55 PM
Opera BTC is just a rudimentary client with minimal features.You are better off using utorrent if u want more features.
Dipen01
Dipen01 #9
Apr 14, 2006 at 11:40 PM
Ohk....btw just d/ed Azureus..

Well it tored apart my machine's memory at first... (PIII 64SD RAM) but then it was bit easy...havent tried any torrents on it yet..coz some are queued in utorrent..

Anyways...any idea whats the difference between UDP and HTTP.. I was to choose one of these for dowloading torrent from Demonoid...

Which one is better..or both are equal..??

Regards,
Dipen
QwertyManiac
QwertyManiac #10
Apr 14, 2006 at 11:56 PM
Whoa! Using Azeurus at 64??? o_O it takes 64 MB usage here :(
M
mehulved #11
Apr 15, 2006 at 12:28 AM
Dipen don't even think of using Azureus for ur PC. And opera bt client is still in a very nascent stage so it's not too worth trying out right now. Maybe final release of Opera 9 will have a bt client with better features.
dIgItaL_BrAt
dIgItaL_BrAt #12
Apr 15, 2006 at 12:30 AM
with 64 MB RAM,u better stick with BitComet/uTorrent.
Dipen01
Dipen01 #13
Apr 15, 2006 at 3:32 AM
:(:(

Uninstalled it in 5 mins.. Damn

1. It hanged Opera and so Opera --> Not Responding.

2. Screwed Winamp

3. After several lags and freezing when i started a download...it showed everything as fine but didnt start the download. Then i noticed that theres one Red dot in the bottom pane which said

Firewall/NAT Problem

Hell i said..dont need this shit

So straight away Uninstall :p . Well even tried Bittornado,dunno it never works properly. Properly in the sense either the speed is too less or it doesnt start the leeching itself...

So Utorrent as of now :p

Btw one more doubt.. Does Leeching more than 1 torrent at a time reduces overall speed of torrents..??

Anyways...any idea whats the difference between UDP and HTTP.. I was to choose one of these for dowloading torrent from Demonoid...

Which one is better..or both are equal..??
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Regards,
Dipen
eddie
eddie #14
Apr 15, 2006 at 3:50 AM
Anyone with < 256MB RAM and a slow CPU should not even touch Azureus forget about installing. It will kill a system with such kind of limited resources.
Dipen01
Dipen01 #15
Apr 15, 2006 at 11:16 PM
Well heard it 100 times b4...but was curious...as much hullabo is made that Azureus is this..Azureus is that....It is fast...Hasf fails are very less..and so on...

So thought lets experience it..:p... for last time..
M
mehulved #16
Apr 15, 2006 at 11:20 PM
And I hope it is really the last time with this computer.
Dipen01
Dipen01 #17
Apr 16, 2006 at 5:44 PM
Yeh rite..Until i get new rig (hoping after results ;) )
eddie
eddie #18
Apr 16, 2006 at 8:22 PM
All that hullaboo is true...its just sad that you can't try it.