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Published: Jul 4, 2015
Author: sneakypete
Post Date: 2015-07-04 20:44:05 by sneakypete
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www.sling.com Above is the link to the homepage of sling tv,and below is a review by CNET magazine. www.cnet.com/news/sling-t...rything-you-need-to-know/ Anybody else at LF trying this streaming tv service? 1st week is free,and after that it is 20 bucks a month and you get AMC and TNT,among other stations. HBO is another $15 per month. There are also free movies for your basic monthy subscription,as well as pay movies. My Direct TV account was 70 bucks per month,but is creeping back up to a little over 100 bucks a month again,so I am looking for options. I subscribed and hook up to it using my ROKU player,but you can also do both on your PC,or even on your smart phone. Poster Comment: Just subscribed a couple hours ago,and have mixed feelings about it. A lot of the programs I would watch on it can also be watched on my Netflix and my Amazon Prime account for free,but not all. RIght now I have am/have been watching the History Channel on it,and the History Channel is also available on Netflix. Haven't checked to see if the programming is identical yet,though. Frankly,AMC and TNT are big draws for me and why I am looking into it. So far MY opinion is that it works as advertised,but there are a couple of negatives. The 2 big negatives is I don't see any way to record programs there yet,and the programming is hard to figure out. Frankly,I am spoiled by my Dish Network and Direct TV DVR's and their ability to check upcoming shows and record them instantly as well as VOD shows. Trying to find and view a program in episode order is at best "clunky" for me. I may just decide at the end of the 7 days that it's worth another 80 bucks a month to have the convenience of recording and an excellent search engine from Dish or Direct. My time may not be worth much dollar wise,but it is worth something to me and I would rather spend it watching shows than trying to find them and remember when they come on. What say yee?
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Seems to me like you're wandering back into sat subscription. You may as well just do it. I don't see that the TNT/AMC combo with CNN and a few others is an especially good value. AFAIK, you can get the ultra-cheapo package on Directv or Dish for only a little more with higher reliability. I saw something today at Ars Technica, an article on the best of the WiFi range extenders. Ars is a huge techie site if you aren't aware of it. ArsTechnica: From the Wirecutter: The best consumer-grade Wi-Fi extender The winner is this Netgear, currently showing at $120 but you can look around and find it for $100. Amazon: NETGEAR AC1200 High Power 700mW Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender - Desktop with 5 Ports (EX6200) It's dual-band, supports wireless printers, has a built-in DLNA media server if you plug in a USB hard drive with a bunch of movies (compatible with all your TV boxes like Roku and with computers and smartphones and tablets). My thinking is you could try one of these Netgear range extenders. Put in in front of a window that faces your outlying metal shed. This Netgear has different modes for 2.4GHz and/or 5GHz so you can set it only to rebroadcast 2.4 or 5 or a combo. So you might choose 2.4GHz for the house but use the 5GHz band to transmit to your shop. (Naturally, you have to have 5GHz-capable networking for this, check your Roku 'cause it might be 2.4Ghz-only). Anyway, if you could use one of these to boost your shop WiFi to work, it would still probably be cheaper than hiring someone to dig a trench for you to bury some cable. And if it didn't work, pack it up and send it back to Amazon for a refund. And it should work at that price and over that range because that is a very pricey WiFi booster. A pricey Wifi booster had better deliver what it promises or it should be returned to the retailer. Amazon's top reviews provide some experience with using it to cover a entire backyard well enough for 1080p streaming without buffering.
I was watching Popcorn flix last night. They had a commercial for an AMC show called Humans. Looked very interesting.
I see various Rokus do support 5GHz via an Amazon comment: "According to a chat rep at Roku, any of the models listed at http://www.roku.com/products/compare as "Dual Band" will support 5GHz. Of the models current today, that includes the Roku 2(2720R), Roku Streaming Stick (3500R/HDMI) and Roku 3(4200R) models." Of course, your main router would have to be dual-band too (i.e. have 5GHz radios as well as 2.4GHz) for this to work. To really use this WiFi extender fully, you would have to have a primary 802.11ac or a 802.11n router (not one of those older 802.11g routers like a Linksys WRT54G or any router with the letters 54G in its name).
Not really. While it shows a lot of promise and may be the future,it ain't there yet. From what I have seen so far,it's not worth 2 dollars a month and I will cancel before my free 7 day trial is out. Primarily because I can get the same content from Netflix cheaper,and the service is MUCH better. No,I can't record the streaming video from Netflix either,but I don't have to because it is there for me to view anytime I want. On Sling I have to pick a viewing time and remember to go there while it's playing. Plus there is no memory. If I stop a play to answer the telephone,I have to go back to the start of the program again. Plus I have already had instances twice of the streaming video dying,and had to start viewing at the start of the show once I got it to start loading again. Maybe I am wrong on some of this and just don't understand the Sling format yet,but I have another 5 days to try. I definitely need to check out other avenues for betting AMC,TLC,Sundance,etc before I make the final decision,but it's not looking good for Sling so far. I am sure it will be a much better service a year from now than it is now because streaming video IS the future of tv and movie viewing,and the Big Sat company that owns Sling no doubt sees the end of their almost monopoly coming up soon. They have the bucks to invest to make it better,and and they have a reason to do just that. Big Sat is dead,and just waiting around to be buried. ArsTechnica: From the Wirecutter: The best consumer-grade Wi-Fi extender The winner is this Netgear, currently showing at $120 but you can look around and find it for $100. Thanks,but I already have 200 feet of ethernet cable,all the ends and crimper bought and paid for as well as the plastic tubing and connection boxes,and I can get the trench dug for less than 100 bucks to bury it and not have to worry about ever buying anything else. Plus,I like the idea of a dedicated connection that I KNOW will work and can bury and forget that can't be pulled off the air by anyone passing by. My thinking is you could try one of these Netgear range extenders. Put in in front of a window that faces your outlying metal shed. I have no windows facing my "metal shed",which is actually a 35x50 metal building with a 18 foot ceiling and 14x14 insulated commercial garage doors at each end. I do appreciate being show an option,though. I would almost certainly have given that a shot if I hadn't already bought everything necessary for a buried dedicated connection. Thank you! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Is that a streaming video service? Do you have a URL and opinions on it that you would like to tell us about? They had a commercial for an AMC show called Humans. Looked very interesting. I have seen a commercial about it elsewhere also,and agree it will be worth checking out. Remember when The Learning Channel was actually about learning,and the History Channel was actually about History? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Netflix changes their movies all the time. Also you can record Netflix. I read about it somewhere a while back Here is the best choice. Everything. No cost. www.thepiratebay.se www.thepiratebay.cr
Thanks. I have a ROKU 2 I am planning on using in the shop,and a ROKU 3 for the house. Of course, your main router would have to be dual-band too (i.e. have 5GHz radios as well as 2.4GHz) for this to work. To really use this WiFi extender fully, you would have to have a primary 802.11ac or a 802.11n router (not one of those older 802.11g routers like a Linksys WRT54G or any router with the letters 54G in its name). I have a couple of routers,and am unsure about their capability,but since I am going with the landline I don't have to worry about that. I'm sure there are other people reading this who do need that information,though. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Yes and free on your roku or chromecast. There are a lot of free streaming sites on roku. What I really like though is an app for chromecast. It is called video stream. Whatever video you have on your computer from say the pirate bay. You can stream to your TV. They have a similar thing for the roku I think it is called media player or something like that. Actually they have a few. Also Plex is good to have as it translates pretty much everything on the fly.
I never doubted there was some way to do that. I was only certain that I didn't know how to do it. IMHO,for a commercial service to be successful,stuff like being able to record their shows should be so simple to do that anyone who casually streams video should just be able to click on a button and do it. If they make it hard to do or so complicated that only a techie can figure it out,they are going to fail. Here is the best choice. Everything. No cost. www.thepiratebay.se www.thepiratebay.cr Thanks. You have used both of those services and have never had a Trojan worm it's way into your system? The app you have to download doesn't have any hidden secrets? BTW,what is the difference between those two sites? They look identical to me. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
They pre check the stuff on the site before you see it. I also have some links on my other computer I will share with you. here is one that comes to mind. Lime torrents. They also pre screen for viruses. I really like the pirate bays top 100 list. If you like them quick to downoad you should get downloads from yiffy. HD short files.
Yes and free on your roku or chromecast. Ahhhhh! Now I remember where I saw it! Thanks! The biggest problem I have with my ROKU is it offers so much it's hard to keep track of what they do offer. We literally went from "there is nothing interesting on tv tonight to watch" to "there is too damn much to watch every night even if you watch it 24/7" in just one generation. Also,I am very happy to say that some of the dramas and historical shows offered by American companies now matches the quality of the best BBC stuff. That's something I thought I would never live long enough to say. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Then there is the free app called popcorn time. It streams torrents to your device. Kind of like netflix with a nice menu and everything.
Video and audio streams don't lend themselves to malware and viruses. The one main exception would be those special Sony CDs that caused such a public outcry. They would download an extra codec from Sony for Windows Media Player and it would take a lot of bandwidth and CPU power to monitor whether you were playing a genuine Sony CD or a pirated version. It also spied on what you were listening to, sending the results constantly to Sony. Sony pulled it from the market quickly and now pretends it never happened. By their nature, video/audio streams are just data. They aren't loaded into memory in buffers you can easily overrun to activate a malware payload. To infect a machine via streams, you'd need instead to attack the video player software. For an outfit like NSA, they could identify and intercept traffic to/from the video player and attack it, most likely as part of a player software update. There's very little upside to trying to infect machines via streaming. If they're already inside your network, they can attack software on the major OSes much better than to try to attack via streaming.
I have noticed on some other sites. That they will name files as movies. But they are .exe files. So you automatically know they are fake. Haven't seen any of those files on the sites I mentioned.
Those I have heard of,but I still don't know what it means or where it is. If you like them quick to downoad you should get downloads from yiffy. HD short files. What's a yiffy? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
It streams torrents to your device. Kind of like netflix with a nice menu and everything. Thanks,and where do I find and download that app? Is it the same popcorn I get on Netflix? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I have Netflix also. I used to go through the list and I added more then a hundred movies that looked interesting to my play list. I haven't watched 99 percent of them. In fact I hardly ever watch netflix. The wife does though.
http://popcorn-time.se/ I tried it a couple of times. It seems to work better for new releases as more people are sharing those files then say something from 1965. But that isn't always the case I assume.
Those I have heard of,but I still don't know what it means or where it is.
Yiffy is an uploader. Whoever it is they/he/she uploads HD movies that are very small and download in about 10 min or so. "Yiffy files" can be seen dominating the Pirate bay top 100 HD movies. They can also be found at lime torrents or pretty much any site that has those types of files. Yiffy also hast their own site. But its name changes periodically. Let me see if I can find it.
Here is the Yiffy site. If you have Bit Comet installed. You can download any of those movies in a very short time. Very quick. https://yts.to/
Thanks. That has always been a concern of mine when offered the chance to view movies or tv shows from sources not known to be reliable and safe. To infect a machine via streams, you'd need instead to attack the video player software. What about the apps you have to download for sites like Pirate? Any danger of that having malware in it? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Here is the one I use. A lot of people also use something called Utorrent.
In fact I hardly ever watch netflix. I tend to use Netflix to binge watch a whole season on a weekend. I probably have 50 or more channels saved,and only watch 3 or 4 on a semi-regular basis. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I would suggest Game of Thrones to binge watch.
It's really safe to download files from that site?' Even .exe files? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I would suggest: Breaking Bad Deadwood Tudors Sons of Anarchy In that order. Breaking bad was the best series I've ever watched. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
I have no idea what Bit Comet is. BTW,I have no interest in downloading and saving movies as a general rule. Can I just stream them at these sites instead of downloading them? I know I can download and then delete them,but why bother to download it when you don't want to save it? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
You and I are in agreement on that! Greatest series ever.
Never download an .exe file that claims it is a movie. It isn't. There shouldn't be any on the sites I've mentioned though.
LOL! I watch all the episodes when they are new,and then watch them again at least twice while waiting for the new season to begin. The same with Vikings,Breaking Bad,and a few others. In fact,I watch so many really good shows now that I can't remember the names of all of them. I actually keep a file on my desktop to remind me. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
BTW,I have no interest in downloading and saving movies as a general rule. Can I just stream them at these sites instead of downloading them? I know I can download and then delete them,but why bother to download it when you don't want to save it? Popcorn time is the only way I know of to stream these files without downloading the. I don't use it though. Because I like saving them. Because some of the older movies I like probably would download slow as not many people are sharing them. You can get an external HD for a hundred bucks that is 2TB. That would hold a ton of stuff.
Deadwood Tudors Sons of Anarchy Loved them all,and watched them all. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I haven't seen vikings yet. But breaking bad and Thrones are among my favorites. Another really good TV series I watched was "12 monkeys" It was on the sci fi channel There are only 10 episodes out to date. Great show imo.
I binged on that the year before final season. Good show. Try Game of Thrones it is in my opinion better then breaking bad. And breaking bad is awesome.
BTW,there was a series titled "The Wire" that has now ended about cops and ghetto rats in Baltimore that you would probably like. Great stories,and some of the best acting in the biz. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I've seen a few episodes of the wire. Or maybe just one. I liked it though. It is the prison movie right?
Never download an .exe file that claims it is a movie. It isn't. What about the files these services want you to download so you can access their services? Don't they have to be .exe files? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
You should look at PirateBay and KickassTorrents as primary torrent sites. Outfits like Limewire are kinda dicey, just like Kazaa and Shareaza used to be. And like Kazaa/Shareaza, lots of bogus malware-filled downloads in their software offerings. While I don't recommend Vuze/Azureus because it is written in Java (a security threat), I do like uTorrent. For $5 a year, it lets you stream torrents as you download them. The free version forces you to wait for the download to complete before you play it. A client that takes a miniscule 1MB of RAM and is mostly written in assembler, it will run on even very old and outdated computers easily. With the streaming option, uTorrent makes every torrent site into a big Netflix for you. It supports RSS feeds so it will automatically download lists of new torrents for you, very handy for big sites like the ones I mentioned. KickassTorrents does offer easy-to-use RSS feeds for its major torrent categories like movies and TV shows and you can choose specialized RSS feeds, like for HD-movies-only. Outfits like Kazaa/Shareaza/Limewire have a lot of security holes and problems over the years, lots of downsides. Much of the time, their video feeds are second-rate quality. You're much better off to stay with the best-known torrent clients like uTorrent (or even Vuze) and the main torrent sites like PirateBay and KickAssTorrents.
Don't they have to be .exe files? I wouldn't do it. You don't need their fake crappy video players that are probably loaded with viruses.
I don't know about that. Lonesome Dove and Deadwood were pretty damn great,too. Still are. They are the rare exceptions to my rule to not buy movies or series. I own both and sometimes watch them again. I never get tired of viewing perfection. BTW,The Shield was pretty damn good,too. So is Justified. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
It isn't lime wire. Lime wire is peer to peer sharing with lots of virus potential. This is lime torrents. With only verified torrents and no viruses. They probably used the name lime torrents because of the old lime wire.
I never knew that about uTorrent. They must have added that since I last tried it out. Thank You.
Kick ass torrents is good. They have little crowns in front of the verified torrents. https://kat.cr/new/
I just looked up kickass torrents,and they also have a software package you have to download to view their content. This is the sort of software I am always suspicious of and hesitate to download. What are the chances of it being spyware/malware/trojan virus? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
https://www.reddit.com/r/torrents/comments/32e9g1/getting_exe_every_time_i_try _to_download_for/
Don't they have to be .exe files? I wouldn't do it. Don't you have to download it to use their services? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Not on the sites I mentioned. You have bitcomet or utorrnet installed. Then what you do is click on what is called the seed file. You download that seed file and it knows how to get the rest of the file automatically. There is no need for any other software. You can also just use google and type torrent after whatever you are searching for. Just check those files to make sure they aren't .exe. But you wont have to worry about that if you use the pirate bay, yiffy or lime torrents. Remember lime torrents is not lime wire that too conservative mentioned.
I wouldn't recommend it. But I don't think they have an official client. Most likely, that is a malware installer. Provide me a link and I'll check into it. Lots and lots of malware gets distributed through such bogus programs. Everyone I knows looks at Kickass via web browsers or the RSS reader in Vuze or uTorrent or in a standard RSS newsfeed reader. Here is a link to just KA's Highres - Movies, RSS feed. It has just the movie titles and the name of the torrent file to use to download it. So if you subscribed to Highres-Movies in uTorrent, you'd get a list like this, auto-updated every 5-10 minutes with all the latest Highres Movies from KA. You could read the RSS feed(s) and just click the ones you want to download. No browser, no special downloader for the torrent site like you have on some of these proprietary torrent sites. Just uTorrent and the RSS feed. The uTorrent (with $5 streaming option) and the RSS feature is all you'd really need to grab as much stuff as you like conveniently off KickassTorrents and use it like a roll-yer-own Netflix. If you don't care about instant streaming, you can use uTorrent Free. Speaking of YIFY, I noticed this little gem on KA but it can't be very high quality at only 1GB for 169 minutes: I decided to grab it. So it is downloading at 400-500kB/s and will finish in under 40 minutes. Plenty fast for immediate streaming. So I have to wait 40 minutes to watch, using uTorrent Free. If I paid the $5 a year for uTorrent Pro, I could start streaming it immediately, like Netflix would.
https://kickass.to/new/ Every time I copy and paste that the browser ends up opening https://kat.cr/new/ Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I do? Did it come with Win 8.1? There is no need for any other software. That's what I needed to know. Thanks You can also just use google and type torrent after whatever you are searching for. A lot of the sites there are clone sites with malware. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I wouldn't recommend it. But I don't think they have an official client. Most likely, that is a malware installer. Provide me a link and I'll check into it. Lots and lots of malware gets distributed through such bogus programs. Ok,I just checked on the latest kickass torrent URL I bookmarked,and it doesn't require the download file,but when I clicked on the True Detective tv show link to download there was no app required to download. I did just notice that my ZA software had stopped and treated a virus titled "?q=5nZH7" from "a.webboxwebs.info" info,but that could have came from one of the earlier URL's I used that took me to a spoof site. I just closed that window,loaded the .cr kickass torrent in my saved bookmarks again,clicked on tv,went to the same True Detective link again that has the crown again,and the instant I hit the "download" button Zone Alarm hit me with the same virus alert again. To be real clear,here are the URL's listed in order so you can check them in order and see what you come up with. https://kat.cr/new/ https://kat.cr/tv/ https://kat.cr/true-detective-s02e02-hdtv-x264-asap-ettv-t10861177.html http://e.netheral.com/bfff/?q=Tr...%20HDTV%20x264-ASAP[ettv] And once again ZA gave me the same virus hit. BTW,I have no idea why only one URL became a hot link. I tried multiple times to make them all hot links with no success. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
The S in https:// on LF prevents it from becoming a hot link. I recently learned this at another Pinguinite site. I think if you remove the S it will be hot linked and work. I'm certain that there is a programming reason for this which is beyond me.
Thanks,Fred. I will try to remember that in the future. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I just removed the S from the three links you posted above. Let's see if they
work now.
kat.cr/new/ kat.cr/tv/ kat.cr/true-detective-s02...-asap-ettv-t10861177.html They work! Kewel! Thanks,Fred! BTW,did your virus software start screaming when you hit the last one? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Pirate bay I used twice, both times I ended up with massive problems with virus and worms. I would never use it again. Others have told me they have no problem though.
I just downloaded the whole 3rd season of Homeland last night from Lime Torrents. Took over 6 hours using a Torrents player I got for free from the Windows Apps Store. The download went fine,but I can't get the damn player to play and it had 1900 positive feedbacks! I obviously did or am doing something wrong and it is driving me nuts. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Update your code c's.
You need to have something that is compatible with your video player. There is an ap called plex for the roku. It plays almost all video types. Also some of the higer def movies also have high def audio. So you would need to have correct audio setup to play them. You'll figure it out. It is a pain sometimes but it gets easy.
That would be a lot easier to do if I knew what they are and where they are. Not to mention how to use them. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
There is an ap called plex for the roku. It plays almost all video types. I downloaded a app from the Windows store named "Torrent" that had around 1900 positive votes and can't get it to play the videos. I am using Win 8.1 if that makes any difference. I am not trying to use my ROKU for this. I don't even know how to use it to download files from the web. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
CODE C's are just files that "translate" different videos depending on what "language" they are in. To get plex. You just look at the ROKU's free channels and add it. It plays pretty much everything. Also in the roku store. Is a channel called media player. That plays a lot of stuff too. It is just like adding channels to your roku. If you need a new media player for your PC. Get VLC media player. It is open source and plays loads of types of files. You could also use google to download a codec packet. Use a site like majorgeeks.com. They don't have adware in their downloads.
I have Netflix via ROKU. $7.99 per month and it streams movies to my TV (like YouTube streams to my computer). Things you know already I'm sure. My question is, piratebay is telling me I have to download their HD player first. How safe is that and why is that necessary? Second, I get the impression that you have to download the entire movie, then play it. True? And third, what's with the "anonymous" download? Is this because it's illegal? (Note: A "little bit" illegal counts as illegal.)
When the pirate bay was shut down earlier this year. A site called isohunt cloned the pirate bay site. Now there are bunches of them. Here is the real pirate bay www.thepiratebay.se No player needed. I think this pirate bay clone is ok too. Not positive www.thepiratebay.cr
I don't know what the anonymous download is. I've seen it but never used it.
thepiratebay.se changes to thepiratebay.gd and you don't want to go to thepiratebay.cr (will lock up your computer with a warning screen).
My guess is that it routes everything through an anonymizer website to hide identities. Which is why I asked the question about illegality.
Get VLC media player. It is open source and plays loads of types of files. I checked that out,and there are a bunch of people who say it doesn't work with Win 8.1. In fact,when you go to the torrent players on the Win 8.1 Apps download page,it seems like none of the ones they offer work well (or at all) with Win 8.1. You could also use google to download a codec packet. Use a site like majorgeeks.com. I took your advise and went to major geeks and ended up downloading Bit Comet,and it works like a charm and was free. Supposed to be one of the most basic torrent players out there,it's perfect for my needs. My computer came with Power DVD,but I can't get it to open or update without having to pay extra,and I am not paying extra for something I am not certain will work for me. I had no trouble viewing youtube videos,Amazon Prime,or Netflix videos on my computer before,so all I needed was a basic program to open and view torrent downloads. I will be making a small donation to major geeks if it's still working this time next week with no problems. Thanks for your help! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I own a slingbox. It allows me to watch cable tv from my American box when I am overseas. You need high speed internet though. I need sling to stream Better Call Saul because then I will be in Europe and for Walking Dead. You can switch channels from the remote on your pc or phone with sling box as well. No monthly fee. But you do pay for internet and for your cable/sat box. I pay internet for two locations and a box. In Europe I don't have a box and just stream my cable box from the US.
They have dedicated boxes for downloading,storing,and playing? I need sling to stream Better Call Saul Aside from agreeing with you about putting both shows on my viewing list,why would you need to stream it? Surely they have sat dish receivers in Europe? Can you provide me with a URL for the sling box? I might be interested in one if it can record and has a HDMI port for a portable HDD. In Europe I don't have a box and just stream my cable box from the US. How is that done? Do you have a Sat phone? If so,isn't that so expensive it would be cheaper to buy the DVD's? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I don't have one in Europe. I stream the show live as it is playing or stored via my cable box DVR. The sling box will play off your tivo the same way. Sling box allows you legally to access your own cable or sat or whatever for remote viewing. All I need is high speed internet on both ends.
You're Welcome. Also if you notice in Bit Comet. When the download finishes there is a little green play button you can use to play the videos in a built in player. Another thing. When downloading complete seasons of things. You can right click and just check say the first few episodes. So that it downloads them first. Then add the others as you want to by right clicking again and starting the download again.
If you spend 35 bucks you can get a chrome cast. Then you use the chrome browser with this extension added. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videostream-for-google- ch/cnciopoikihiagdjbjpnocolokfelagl?hl=en Then it will send what you downloaded to your TV. Translates about everything and makes it the right size on your TV. Works great. Easy to use.
The first program I downloaded is namned Torrent. It did a good job of downloading,but I saw no option other than to download the whole season at once,and then 6+ hours later I couldn't even get it to play any of the episodes. Bit Comet was falling off the log easy to use to load all 12 episodes in order for me to to play them,and there was no learning curve at all. I'm going to try to use Bit Comet to download season 4 tonight so I can compare it with Torrent. Frankly, I thought Bit Comet was just a player until you told me it would download the videos too. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Hmmm,interesting. I may just buy one next month and plug it into the open port of my HDMI "router". I don't know what to actually call it,but it switches HDMI ports on my tv.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Here is how you stream from your computer with the Roku to your TV. I prefer the Chromecast but Roku does it too.
http://www.slingbox.com/DiscoverSling
Ok,here is an update. Yesterday I opened and viewed a small part of the first torrent I downloaded yesterday,right after downloading Bit Comet,just to make sure everything worked. It was episode 1 of season 3 of Homeland. That was one of my favorite shows,and I lost it when I cut back on my sat subscription. There are 12 episodes per season. I downloaded season 4 last night,and Bit Comet was no quicker than Torrent downloading it,and a lot trickier to get to the download than Torrent was.Primarily because I never could figure out how to get Bit Comet to go to a URL address and Lime Torrents wasn't in their list of "Top Torrent Sites". Took around 8 hours to download a 12 episode season both times. I never was able to figure out how to make Lime Torrents a bookmark in Bit Comet but managed to download season 4 of Homeland from there anyhow.Not sure what I did or how I did it,though. The bonus is/was that the Bit Comet player works great! I may keep Torrents to use for downloading files,and Bit Comet for viewing and organizing them. BTW,WTH are "peers" and "trackers"? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
HAH! Come to find out,I already own a Sling "thingee". The little flat red one that plugs into a Dish Network DVR. Not sure how useful it is now that I no longer have Dish Netowrk,though. Thanks for the link. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Thanks for the links to Tom's site. I lost that about 2 computers ago.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
So you are stealing shows?
It needs an input device for it to be useful
"peers" are other folks, like yourself, who have aready downloaded the file that you're downloading. So when you download a file using a torrent, your not dowloading from just one computer, but you're downloading bits & pieces of it from different "peers." "Trackers" are the computers that keep track of where the different peers are. After you download, they're keeping track of YOU, and as a peer, YOU will be contibuting bits & pieces of the file you download to other people who want to download it. This happens in the background and you don't even see it happening.
No. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
A minor correction. Peers only have part of the file. Seeds have it all.
You have to wonder about the minds of the people that dream this stuff up and then put it together,don't you? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
There are lots of public domain and uncopyrighted stuff on the pirate bay.
Thanks. I had forgotten to ask about seeds. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Actually. You are always sending out part of the file. Even before you are finished downloading. The more people that are downloading the faster it is. The opposite of downloading from a single site.
There are lots of public domain and uncopyrighted stuff on the pirate bay. Homeland series is not one of them.
Actually, peers can have only part or the whole file.
Often, not always. More true on big public torrent sites like PirateBay or KA, etc. I am also on some private torrent sites where I almost never upload anything (or just upload a few MBs on a big torrent). On sites like that, you have to worry about keeping your download ratio in order. On some sites, they enforce that strictly, on some others they scold you a little but never kick you out for a low ratio.
You can upload any part of the file(s) as a peer as soon as you get even one valid file block. A seeder has 100% of the file and is ready to upload it, whether anyone is actually downloading from them or not.
That's not bad. Flash drives are starting to be cheap enough to store old TV shows on. Or you can burn DVDs if you want to save up these shows. Or just store them on a 1TB backup drive. Most TV shows come in 350MB versions. You could store 350 42-minute 350MB standard resolution TV shows on a $50 1TB USB3 drive, for instance. If you want HD shows at 720p, it takes more. For what you guys are after, maybe TorrenTv would make sense. It's like a specialized upgraded Popcorn Time. It also has instant torrent streaming (like Netflix) and it is built for viewing torrents on your TV in the quickest and easiest way possible. TorrentFreak: TorrenTV Instantly Streams Movie Torrents to Apple TV BGR: Pirate paradise: New app streams movie torrents to Apple TV and Roku I haven't tried it yet though. It's still in beta and the author is taking $1 donations. It started streaming only to AppleTV devices but they've added Roku (a special Roku channel) and Chromecast support. I know it has gotten good reviews from many websites and it is open-source.
Homeland series is not one of them. Maybe not the current year,but earlier seasons are out there all over the place for people to view. You just can't watch this seasons shows without paying until the next season is playing. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I almost never save tv shows or movies anymore. I watch them and then delete them. Anytime I want to watch them again they are always out there somewhere to be found and viewed. I do have a 1TB as well as a 2TB and a smaller portable HDd'S,though. Mostly because I record stuff and then wait until I have the time to watch them. I also record a lot of stuff on my Channel Master for later viewing,and you pretty much have to have a portable HDD if you use one of them because they don't have squat for file storage. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
ThePirateBay is a website only. It shows up looking like the Google start page. If you are getting an app that calls itself PirateBay, it is from scammers. Don't install it! The real website: https://thepiratebay.mn/ You get the torrent files from PB or another site like KickAssTorrentz. To use the torrent file to download videos (or other files), you need a Torrent client program. You can try downloading the files with uTorrent, the easiest and most popular of modern torrent client downloaders.
You also need a player that can play it. I just downloaded Bit Comet last night with their video player program (MPC Star) and their audio player (Comet Player),and am very happy with them. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Guys,in case you don't know,HULU just added Show Time as a premium addition for $8.99 per month. I suspect Netflix (that already has Showtime as a extra cost option) will soon be matching that price. Big Sat is dead,and so are the 100+ dollar monthly Big Sat and cable bills. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
BitComet is compatible is Magnet/eMule links/downloads (eMule is an older BitTorrent-like protocol you will likely never use). It can also handle large HTTP and FTP downloads (which you are also very unlikely to use). There is no reason to use their crapware BitComet AV player. Just use VLC like everyone else does. Put bluntly, there is no reason for a new user to pick up BitComet. It is a legacy client. Much like the Opera web browser, the only people using it are the diehards that have used it for years. Everyone else has long since moved on to better torrent clients. Like uTorrent. There is no reason for a new torrent user like you to pick up BitComet. I assume you just liked the name or something. If you want integrated media player, transcoding, uPNP/DLNA for LAN streaming, you should get Vuze/Azureus. But Vuze is written in Java, a security problem. I gave up Vuze after being loyal to it for years because I couldn't keep using something that had constant security issues. uTorrent has relatively few features but it does the basics well. You would be better off to use VLC or Plex or XBMC as your player than to get tied to BitComet just because they offer a crapware AV player (based on mplayer source code). Or you could try the new TorrenTV combo torrent/streamer I mentioned above (based on the open-source PopcornTime software). As a side note, all of these (VLC/Plex/XBMC/PopcornTime/TorrenTV) and many others are based on the same old open-source mplayer software. VLC is the best-tested and most widely used of the whole bunch.
U torrent sucks.
Sucks.
That is good. I don't use it though. Why when you have a chrome cast to automatically stream to your TV. Or roku to stream it to your TV for that matter.
Sounds to me like you're just streaming the same content at about the same prices. Showtime is kinda crappy IMO. HBO is almost as lame but it is available for streaming too. By the time you grab a Showtime for $9 and Netflix for $9 and Hulu for $9 and Sling for $20, you might as well just subscribe to satellite or cable and get an integrated package that works much better.
Other than the fact that it has been the top client for years.
Sucks. It is the client with the greatest number of features and plugins. Nothing else compares. It is a Swiss Army knife of a torrent client. The only reason it sucks is that it is written in Java and is somewhat CPU-intensive. I mention it because it does have the integrated player and a lot of other desired features found in PopcornTime and other players. And it offers many streaming/transcoding features for phones/tablets that you can't get from other torrent clients.
One of our favorite BitTorrent clients, uTorrent, recently came under fire over complaints that an updated build silently installed a cryptocurrencly miner called EpicScale. Several uTorrent users took to the Internet to voice their displeasure over the situation, though it turns out there was plenty of blame to go around. On the user side, those affected by the mining software failed to read the fine print and gave EpicScale the green light to install. As for uTorrent, it could have done a better job letting users know what they were getting into, as the bundled software looked a lot like a Tos/EULA box.
If you want your computer to slow to a crawl. Resource hog when I used it.
Bitcomet also disabled the ration thingy that will slow you down if you don't share enough.
I have seen a lot of good software companies and even some hardware makers go for these schemes. It never ends well. Co-installers should be banned entirely.
I tried U torrent before. I just didn't like it for some reason. I used to use azerus for a long time. It totally took over the computer. I just like Bitcomet because I guess I'm used to it and it works just fine. I tried a couple of others a while back too. I haven't tried u torrent for couple of years. Maybe I will give it another try sometime. But I did remember something negative recently about utorrent, which is what I posted above. I didn't remember exactly what it was.
It is more CPU-bound, as I said before. So it doesn't run well on underpowered rigs. It never bothered my quad-core Xeon Mac Pro. I stopped using it over security issues as my newer Mac Mini is an i7 quad-core which has no problem with it. I just don't trust anything written in Java any more. And Vuze was the only Java util that I used regularly.
The ratio enforcement is ultimately up to the torrent sites and the tracker, not any torrent client that you are running on your machine. Over the years, various clients have found ways to slam the tracker's stats and fool it into thinking you're a primo sharer instead of a leeching scumbag. The tracker programmers always catch on to this and close these holes rather quickly. Only rubes get taken in by such a pitch. The major trackers are extremely sophisticated and very hard to fool for long. Frankly, I don't torrent much on public sites like TPB or KA. The quality of the vids is amateurish or just mediocre, higher chance of MPAA types getting your IP address. I like private members-only torrent sites much more and use them for 95% of my torrenting.
You mean other than it is simple to use and works well? I'm a newbie to this stuff myself,and "simple and works well" are exactly what I was looking for. There is no reason to use their crapware BitComet AV player. See the above. They seem like good reasons to me. The only reason I can see now for keeping a sat dish is for convenience. One stop viewing and recording means I don't have to keep a track of what shows are on what nights,and not recording them on 3 different systems. Back when I was getting everything I wanted on the sat dish,I was paying damn near 200 bucks a month. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Sounds to me like you're just streaming the same content at about the same prices. Not really. I get HBO,but other than that I get no premium channels,and it's costing ,it's costing me a little more than 100 bucks per month to be able to pull in over 100 channels I have no interest in. Right off the bat I save 70 bucks a month by dropping the sat dish. I have a Channel Master reciever/recorder and a HD antenna,and pull in 39 local channels with the antenna,and between Netflix and Hulu I am now pretty much covered. Truth to tell,I am thinking about dropping Hulu and just keeping Netflix. I also get a lot of free stuff from Amazon because I am a prime member. I'm not counting what I pay for my internet connection because I would be paying that anyhow. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I thought you were getting ready for Sling ($20/month) and Showtime (streaming, $8/month). Anyway, it's not difficult to see that the media conglomerates don't intend there to be many real and lasting discounts for subscribing to their current content via streaming. Netflix/Hulu remain quite viable but only if you don't demand access to all the current shows and are willing to wait a few months or a year to see the latest season of episodes from a cable TV show.
Nope. Just showtime for $8.99,plus the $7.99 Hulu already charges. I may even wait to see what happens with the showtime link on Netflix so I can just drop Hulu. Right now you have to already have a cable,internet, or sat dish Showtime contract to use the page on Netflix. Netflix/Hulu remain quite viable but only if you don't demand access to all the current shows and are willing to wait a few months or a year to see the latest season of episodes from a cable TV show. I am willing to wait. There is no shortage of other stuff on that I like to watch and I have plenty of other stuff to do anyway,so it's no big deal for me. Hell,at the rate I am going,within a year or two all I will need for entertainment is one movie to keep watching "new" over and over every day while waiting for somebody to change my drool cup, Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Always the optimist. : )
I saw this article via /. and recalled this LF thread: It begins: Movie studio sues individual Popcorn Time users for infringement
It begins: Movie studio sues individual Popcorn Time users for infringement Thanks! I did the Torrent thing a few times,and just gave up on it because it is too gimmicky and takes too much of my time. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I had to laugh today at this one. Win10 is spying on us! I would LOL at this but it's probably true. ./ sez:
I'm probably paranoid,but I have always assumed damn near every bit of software we download is spying on us in one way or another. It's just like talking on the phone. NEVER say anything over the phone that you wouldn't willingly say out loud in front of strangers. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
#2. To: sneakypete (#0)
Frankly,AMC and TNT are big draws for me and why I am looking into it
#3. To: sneakypete (#0)
#4. To: TooConservative (#1)
Seems to me like you're wandering back into sat subscription.
#5. To: A K A Stone (#2)
I was watching Popcorn flix last night.
#6. To: sneakypete (#4)
No,I can't record the streaming video from Netflix either,but I don't have to because it is there for me to view anytime I want.
#7. To: TooConservative (#3)
I see various Rokus do support 5GHz via an Amazon comment: "According to a chat rep at Roku, any of the models listed at http://www.roku.com/products/compare as "Dual Band" will support 5GHz. Of the models current today, that includes the Roku 2(2720R), Roku Streaming Stick (3500R/HDMI) and Roku 3(4200R) models."
#8. To: sneakypete (#5)
Is that a streaming video service?
#9. To: A K A Stone (#6)
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Also you can record Netflix. I read about it somewhere a while back
#10. To: sneakypete (#9)
#11. To: A K A Stone (#8)
s that a streaming video service?
#12. To: sneakypete (#7)
#13. To: sneakypete, A K A Stone (#9)
Thanks. You have used both of those services and have never had a Trojan worm it's way into your system?
#14. To: TooConservative (#13)
#15. To: A K A Stone (#10)
Lime torrents. They also pre screen for viruses.
#16. To: A K A Stone (#12)
Then there is the free app called popcorn time.
#17. To: sneakypete (#11)
#18. To: sneakypete (#16)
#19. To: sneakypete (#15)
Lime torrents. They also pre screen for viruses.
#20. To: sneakypete (#15)
What's a yiffy?
#21. To: sneakypete (#16)
#22. To: TooConservative (#13)
Video and audio streams don't lend themselves to malware and viruses.
#23. To: sneakypete (#22)
What about the apps you have to download for sites like Pirate? Any danger of that having malware in it?
#24. To: A K A Stone (#17)
I haven't watched 99 percent of them.
#25. To: sneakypete (#24)
#26. To: A K A Stone (#19)
www.limetorrents.in/
#27. To: A K A Stone (#25)
#28. To: A K A Stone (#21)
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If you have Bit Comet installed.
#29. To: GrandIsland (#27)
Breaking bad was the best series I've ever watched.
#30. To: sneakypete (#26)
Even .exe files?
#31. To: A K A Stone (#25)
I would suggest Game of Thrones to binge watch.
#32. To: sneakypete (#28)
I have no idea what Bit Comet is.
#33. To: GrandIsland (#27)
Breaking Bad
#34. To: sneakypete (#31)
#35. To: GrandIsland (#27)
Sons of Anarchy
#36. To: GrandIsland (#27)
Breaking bad was the best series I've ever watched.
#37. To: sneakypete (#36)
#38. To: A K A Stone (#30)
Even .exe files?
#39. To: sneakypete, A K A Stone (#15)
#40. To: sneakypete (#38)
What about the files these services want you to download so you can access their services?
#41. To: Fred Mertz, GrandIsland (#29)
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You and I are in agreement on that! Greatest series ever.
#42. To: TooConservative (#39)
Outfits like Limewire are kinda dicey
#43. To: TooConservative (#39)
With the streaming option, uTorrent
#44. To: TooConservative (#39)
#45. To: TooConservative, A K A Stone (#39)
You should look at PirateBay and KickassTorrents as primary torrent sites.
#46. To: sneakypete (#45)
I just looked up kickass torrents,and they also have a software package you have to download to view their content.
#47. To: A K A Stone (#40)
What about the files these services want you to download so you can access their services?
#48. To: sneakypete (#47)
Don't you have to download it to use their services?
#49. To: sneakypete, A K A Stone (#45)
I just looked up kickass torrents,and they also have a software package you have to download to view their content.
#50. To: A K A Stone (#46)
https://www.reddit.com/r/torrents/comments/32e9g1/getting_exe_every_time_i_try _to_download_for/
#51. To: A K A Stone (#48)
You have bitcomet or utorrnet installed.
#52. To: TooConservative (#49)
I just looked up kickass torrents,and they also have a software package you have to download to view their content.
#53. To: sneakypete, Pinguinite (#52)
BTW,I have no idea why only one URL became a hot link.
#54. To: Fred Mertz (#53)
The S in https:// on LF prevents it from becoming a hot link.
#55. To: sneakypete (#54)
#56. To: Fred Mertz (#55)
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I just removed the S from the three links you posted above. Let's see if they work now.
#57. To: sneakypete (#52)
#58. To: sneakypete (#9)
#59. To: jeremiad, AKA Stone.Too Conservative (#58)
Pirate bay I used twice, both times I ended up with massive problems with virus and worms. I would never use it again. Others have told me they have no problem though.
#60. To: sneakypete (#59)
#61. To: sneakypete (#59)
#62. To: A K A Stone (#60)
Update your code c's.
#63. To: A K A Stone (#61)
You need to have something that is compatible with your video player.
#64. To: sneakypete (#63)
#65. To: A K A Stone (#64)
#66. To: misterwhite (#65)
#67. To: misterwhite (#65)
#68. To: A K A Stone (#66)
#69. To: A K A Stone (#67)
"I don't know what the anonymous download is. I've seen it but never used it."
#70. To: A K A Stone (#64)
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If you need a new media player for your PC.
#71. To: TooConservative, sneakypete, A K A Stone, GrandIsland, Fred Mertz (#1)
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#72. To: Pericles (#71)
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I own a slingbox.
#73. To: sneakypete (#72)
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Aside from agreeing with you about putting both shows on my viewing list,why would you need to stream it? Surely they have sat dish receivers in Europe?
#74. To: sneakypete (#70)
Thanks for your help!
#75. To: sneakypete (#72)
#76. To: A K A Stone (#74)
Also if you notice in Bit Comet. When the download finishes there is a little green play button you can use to play the videos in a built in player.
#77. To: A K A Stone (#75)
#78. To: sneakypete (#77)
#79. To: sneakypete (#72)
#80. To: Pericles, A K A Stone, TooConservative, GrandIsland, Fred Mertz, misterwhite, jeremiad, All, *Science and technology* (#0)
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#81. To: Pericles (#79)
http://www.slingbox.com/DiscoverSling
#82. To: A K A Stone (#78)
#83. To: sneakypete (#80)
#84. To: sneakypete (#81)
Not sure how useful it is now that I no longer have Dish Netowrk,though.
#85. To: sneakypete (#80)
BTW,WTH are "peers" and "trackers"?
#86. To: Pericles (#83)
So you are stealing shows?
#87. To: Willie Green (#85)
"peers" are other folks, like yourself, who have aready downloaded the file
#88. To: Willie Green (#85)
peers" are other folks, like yourself, who have aready downloaded the file that you're downloading. So when you download a file using a torrent, your not dowloading from just one computer, but you're downloading bits & pieces of it from different "peers." "Trackers" are the computers that keep track of where the different peers are. After you download, they're keeping track of YOU, and as a peer, YOU will be contibuting bits & pieces of the file you download to other people who want to download it. This happens in the background and you don't even see it happening.
#89. To: Pericles (#83)
So you are stealing shows?
#90. To: A K A Stone (#87)
A minor correction. Peers only have part of the file. Seeds have it all.
#91. To: sneakypete (#88)
After you download, they're keeping track of YOU, and as a peer, YOU will be contibuting bits & pieces of the file you download to other people who want to download it.
#92. To: A K A Stone (#89)
So you are stealing shows?
#93. To: A K A Stone (#87)
A minor correction. Peers only have part of the file. Seeds have it all.
Peers become seeds when/if they begin uploading the file to other peers.
#94. To: A K A Stone (#91)
You are always sending out part of the file. Even before you are finished downloading.
#95. To: Willie Green (#93)
Peers become seeds when/if they begin uploading the file to other peers.
#96. To: sneakypete, A K A Stone, Pericles (#80)
Took around 8 hours to download a 12 episode season both times.
#97. To: Pericles (#92)
There are lots of public domain and uncopyrighted stuff on the pirate bay.
#98. To: TooConservative (#96)
Flash drives are starting to be cheap enough to store old TV shows on. Or you can burn DVDs if you want to save up these shows. Or just store them on a 1TB backup drive.
#99. To: misterwhite (#65)
My question is, piratebay is telling me I have to download their HD player first.
#100. To: TooConservative, misterwhite (#99)
You get the torrent files from PB or another site like KickAssTorrentz. To use the torrent file to download videos (or other files), you need a Torrent client program.
#101. To: Pericles, A K A Stone, TooConservative, GrandIsland, Fred Mertz, misterwhite, jeremiad, All, (#99)
#102. To: sneakypete, A K A Stone (#100)
I just downloaded Bit Comet last night with their video player program (MPC Star) and their audio player (Comet Player),and am very happy with them.
#103. To: TooConservative (#102)
#104. To: TooConservative (#102)
Azureus
#105. To: TooConservative (#102)
VLC
#106. To: sneakypete (#101)
Big Sat is dead,and so are the 100+ dollar monthly Big Sat and cable bills.
#107. To: A K A Stone (#103)
U torrent sucks.
#108. To: A K A Stone (#104)
Azureus
#109. To: TooConservative (#107)
#110. To: TooConservative (#108)
It is the client with the greatest number of features and plugins. Nothing else compares.
#111. To: TooConservative (#108)
#112. To: A K A Stone (#109)
One of our favorite BitTorrent clients, uTorrent, recently came under fire over complaints that an updated build silently installed a cryptocurrencly miner called EpicScale. Several uTorrent users took to the Internet to voice their displeasure over the situation, though it turns out there was plenty of blame to go around. On the user side, those affected by the mining software failed to read the fine print and gave EpicScale the green light to install. As for uTorrent, it could have done a better job letting users know what they were getting into, as the bundled software looked a lot like a Tos/EULA box.
#113. To: TooConservative (#112)
#114. To: A K A Stone (#110)
If you want your computer to slow to a crawl. Resource hog when I used it.
#115. To: A K A Stone (#111)
Bitcomet also disabled the ration thingy that will slow you down if you don't share enough.
#116. To: TooConservative (#102)
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Put bluntly, there is no reason for a new user to pick up BitComet. It is a legacy client.
#117. To: TooConservative (#106)
Big Sat is dead,and so are the 100+ dollar monthly Big Sat and cable bills.
#118. To: sneakypete (#117)
#119. To: TooConservative (#118)
I thought you were getting ready for Sling ($20/month) and Showtime (streaming, $8/month).
#120. To: sneakypete (#119)
Hell,at the rate I am going,within a year or two all I will need for entertainment is one movie to keep watching "new" over and over every day while waiting for somebody to change my drool cup,
#121. To: sneakypete, A K A Stone (#117)
#122. To: TooConservative (#121)
I saw this article via /. and recalled this LF thread:
#123. To: sneakypete, A K A Stone (#122)
Some smaller pirate sites have become concerned about Windows 10 system phoning home too many hints regarding that the users are accessing their site. Therefore, the pirate administrators have started blocking Windows 10 users from accessing the BitTorrent trackers that the sites host. The first ones to hit the alarm button were iTS, which have posted a statement and started redirecting Windows 10 users to a YouTube video called Windows 10 is a Tool to Spy on Everything You Do. Additionally, according to TorrentFreak, two other similar dark web torrent trackers are also considering following suit. "As we all know, Microsoft recently released Windows 10. You as a member should know, that we as a site are thinking about banning the OS from FSC," said one of the FSC staff. Likewise, in a message to their users, a BB admin said something similar: "We have also found [Windows 10] will be gathering information on users' P2P use to be shared with anti piracy group."
#124. To: TooConservative (#123)
I had to laugh today at this one. Win10 is spying on us! I would LOL at this but it's probably true.
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