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Tuesday, July 6th, 2004

10:14 pm

Getting and playing Bittorrent Files Here is what you need to get and play the anime or other stuff via Bittorrent: [1] A Bittorrent Client, and [2] The required codecs/filters/etc to play the files you've downloaded. 1. Bittirrent Clients. Here is a link to the original: http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html And here are several others: http://bittornado.com/ http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/ http://krypt.dyndns.org:81/torrent/index.phtml http://www.torrentstorm.com/ [For MAC OS X]: http://sarwat.net/bittorrent/ - If your the type to leave things running overnight and don't really find much need to "pause" your downloads, then just use the original one: http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html - Else, if you find yourself downloading far too many Bittorrents then you should and therefore sometimes have to pause things to get your bandwidth back (i.e. your greedy), then use: http://bittornado.com/ [Its got faster "resume" facilities.] 2. Play the stuff you've downloaded. First off, most of what you've downloaded (.avi files) will require the DivX codec. Get it here: http://www.divx.com/divx/?src=footer_divx_from_/software/index.php Occasionally, something you've downloaded also won't have any audio playing. You probably need an AC3 filter. Here is one: http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/ And sometimes, the file format will not be .avi - e.g. .mkv and .ogm files. To watch these, get the "Matroska Pack Full v1.0.2" from: http://packs.matroska.org/ [When you install this, make sure you check the MMswitcher option; it is not checked by default, and you need this to play on your Media Player 9.] This should allow you to play .mkv and .ogm files. If you still have problems, then try using the classic media player, which you can get here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli - You'll still need a Matroska Pack (for .mkv files) from: http://packs.matroska.org/ - And maybe for .ogm files, the Ogg DirectShow Filter: http://tobias.everwicked.com/oggds.htm - and, Subtitle Filter http://tobias.everwicked.com/subtit.htm Hope this helps you all with your Bittorrent needs ... (Comment on this)