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Post by magengar on Feb 24, 2007 10:53:01 GMT -5
Update: Man, my harddrive was FULL to capacity, but I managed to move the VTS folder to my third harddrive, while cleaning out EXCESS junk from my main harddrive, which took me several hours. I will NOW resume the torrent upload/seeding. Pardon the delay. zozo-Magengar
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Post by jrcrunch on Feb 24, 2007 13:03:42 GMT -5
Thanks Magengar!
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Post by oli on Feb 27, 2007 16:09:39 GMT -5
Friggin' sloooooowwwwwww. No matter my so-called-fast-cable connection, the file is huge, just waiting to be a seeder.
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Post by magengar on Feb 28, 2007 15:10:36 GMT -5
Update: 26 FEB 07, 2:59pm...
Yeah, slow over Here at my end, too- no matter what I do to tweak my bandwidth; and I have Roadrunner! Either I'm seeding, or I'm checking my emails and checkin in here at RJ- but I can't do both at once, because Torrenting uses Lotsa Lotsa RAM.
I'm seeding right now, and throughout the rest of this day. Later this evening I gotta pause my BT client so I can remove much junk files from my harddrives (I have three: 2 internal= 40gig and 20gig/1 external= 60gig)...
...Then, I will continue seeding overnight. I can't wait to have others complete their downloads; being an initial seeder can be stressful, especially with a slow processor spittin out large giga-plus sized files! ;D
Thanks for bearin with me! ;D
zozo-Magengar
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Post by 00silvergt on Feb 28, 2007 15:47:21 GMT -5
the nice thing about torrents is that as more people seed the faster the downloads are. If Magengar is the only seeder, then it is expected that the transfer is slow. Then you also have keep the distance in mind. Even though we have an intensive network of fiber optics, most of our infrastructure in the US is generally still copper. so unless you are Magengar's neighbor, you will lose throughput as it travels through the vast web of cooper wires into your end.
But as more people complete the download and seed the file, it will change the matrix and the metrics of the torrent share. When that happens more people become seeds and sources and the faster the download will be. Also as the torrent become more popular and the peers start increasing, this will also speed up the downloads at least for a limited amount of time (swarming).
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Post by magengar on Feb 28, 2007 18:09:29 GMT -5
Man oh Man, Silver, you got it Down to a Science!!! ;D Where were you all this time I've been tryin to figure That out for the past four years? <LOL> We gotta Sticky your post for reference when RJers wanna torrent relative stuff all things RJ and anime! With That, I feel relieved and I can upload with confidence; Although I'll always try to find ways to tweak my bandwidth so I can upload stuff faster. Right now, my upload speed fluctuates an average between 40 and 50kb/s... I don't think that's good for having Cable internet service. Sometimes I've been lucky to upload in the 60s, but that's rare with me. BTW, I'm using uTorrent, if that means anything. My client shows 4 of 9 connected, in the swarm- I'm still the only seeder at this time. I also notice some peers have slow connections, depending on where-n-which country they're in. One US peer is using BitComet, currently at 20% downloaded, average speeds of 20-25kb/s. I hope a swarm builds up soon, then we can get things off to a quicker kick. zozo-Magengar the nice thing about torrents is that as more people seed the faster the downloads are. If Magengar is the only seeder, then it is expected that the transfer is slow. Then you also have keep the distance in mind. Even though we have an intensive network of fiber optics, most of our infrastructure in the US is generally still copper. so unless you are Magengar's neighbor, you will lose throughput as it travels through the vast web of cooper wires into your end. But as more people complete the download and seed the file, it will change the matrix and the metrics of the torrent share. When that happens more people become seeds and sources and the faster the download will be. Also as the torrent become more popular and the peers start increasing, this will also speed up the downloads at least for a limited amount of time (swarming).
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Post by 00silvergt on Feb 28, 2007 18:24:41 GMT -5
LOL. The client has a bit to do with it as well. I've noticed that Azureus is one of the best if not the best. It sucks up less local resources (CPU, Memory, drive space, etc) since it is Java based and it uses already tweaked settings, or rather more radical settings for your particular type of connection and bandwidth. 40KB/s upload is pretty good, remember there is more to transferring files than the MSLA (Minimum Service Level Agreement, this is the minimum bandwidth your ISP guarantees you.) Internet traffic, receiving computer speeds and TCP overhead, etc. can all be culprits to slow uploads and downloads. With torrents, the longer it is out, provided people are still interested and downloading, the faster your download.
Now don't be fooled by the 0 seed torrents, these suck since it will never finish and leave you with your tongue hanging out at ~97% completion, depending of course on your peers, it would be nice if you caught it early and killed the transfer, but nothing sucks more than waiting a week for a file and then seeders all abandon and you are stuck at 98%.
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Post by magengar on Feb 28, 2007 19:14:37 GMT -5
Word Up, mate! I can understand when seeders need to take a break and pause for a day or two; but "0"-seed torrents are the worst! I suffered That nightmare the entirety of almost TWO months when I was d/loading the Inframan cantonese version movie... we had a big enough swarm to download the movie up to 99.9% of the file. Luckily, the movie was still watchable all the way- even thought the End-credits cut off after the first few credit rolls! <LOL> After this torrent, I'm gonna try Azerus... because I'd like to Still hang out Here while torrenting, without worrying about Firefox and my client dukin it out for system usage. Overall, I'm happy to have Any highspeed connection at all! Because four years ago I used DialUp to run torrents; my downloads took eternities, especially the first time I downloaded the last three Mazinkaiser series episodes, when it was initially shared through torrent from peers in Spain. ;D zozo-Magengar LOL. The client has a bit to do with it as well. I've noticed that Azureus is one of the best if not the best. It sucks up less local resources (CPU, Memory, drive space, etc) since it is Java based and it uses already tweaked settings, or rather more radical settings for your particular type of connection and bandwidth. 40KB/s upload is pretty good, remember there is more to transferring files than the MSLA (Minimum Service Level Agreement, this is the minimum bandwidth your ISP guarantees you.) Internet traffic, receiving computer speeds and TCP overhead, etc. can all be culprits to slow uploads and downloads. With torrents, the longer it is out, provided people are still interested and downloading, the faster your download. Now don't be fooled by the 0 seed torrents, these suck since it will never finish and leave you with your tongue hanging out at ~97% completion, depending of course on your peers, it would be nice if you caught it early and killed the transfer, but nothing sucks more than waiting a week for a file and then seeders all abandon and you are stuck at 98%.
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Post by 00silvergt on Feb 28, 2007 20:08:50 GMT -5
Word Up, mate! I can understand when seeders need to take a break and pause for a day or two; but "0"-seed torrents are the worst! I suffered That nightmare the entirety of almost TWO months when I was d/loading the Inframan cantonese version movie... we had a big enough swarm to download the movie up to 99.9% of the file. Luckily, the movie was still watchable all the way- even thought the End-credits cut off after the first few credit rolls! <LOL> After this torrent, I'm gonna try Azerus... because I'd like to Still hang out Here while torrenting, without worrying about Firefox and my client dukin it out for system usage. Overall, I'm happy to have Any highspeed connection at all! Because four years ago I used DialUp to run torrents; my downloads took eternities, especially the first time I downloaded the last three Mazinkaiser series episodes, when it was initially shared through torrent from peers in Spain. ;D zozo-Magengar LOL. The client has a bit to do with it as well. I've noticed that Azureus is one of the best if not the best. It sucks up less local resources (CPU, Memory, drive space, etc) since it is Java based and it uses already tweaked settings, or rather more radical settings for your particular type of connection and bandwidth. 40KB/s upload is pretty good, remember there is more to transferring files than the MSLA (Minimum Service Level Agreement, this is the minimum bandwidth your ISP guarantees you.) Internet traffic, receiving computer speeds and TCP overhead, etc. can all be culprits to slow uploads and downloads. With torrents, the longer it is out, provided people are still interested and downloading, the faster your download. Now don't be fooled by the 0 seed torrents, these suck since it will never finish and leave you with your tongue hanging out at ~97% completion, depending of course on your peers, it would be nice if you caught it early and killed the transfer, but nothing sucks more than waiting a week for a file and then seeders all abandon and you are stuck at 98%. Usually, it is more of a bandwidth battle. most torrent clients, including Azureus uses kills most people's WAN connection, specially when you have the bandwidth limitations on upload and downloads set to max. It will use the whole pipe. You can use a thrid party program called Netlimiter, this will keep your bandwidth useable. It will fool the system that your Asynchronous connection on the upside is whatever you set it as. If you simply limit the upload speed on the client it will jack up your bandwidth ratios and you will slowdown your DL's.
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Post by magengar on Feb 28, 2007 20:19:56 GMT -5
That sounds hefty, but worth lookin into. I'm takin notes of all this coz it's good to learn it. For now, whatever it is I did to tweak my speeds, I'm doing fine upload/download speeds... ...I won't mess with it any further, coz there's still a lotta techie stuff in the client's configuration files which I'm not so knowledgeable of and I might ruin my pace. As the saying goes, " If it aint Broke, Don't fix it". zozo-Magengar Usually, it is more of a bandwidth battle. most torrent clients, including Azureus uses kills most people's WAN connection, specially when you have the bandwidth limitations on upload and downloads set to max. It will use the whole pipe. You can use a thrid party program called Netlimiter, this will keep your bandwidth useable. It will fool the system that your Asynchronous connection on the upside is whatever you set it as. If you simply limit the upload speed on the client it will jack up your bandwidth ratios and you will slowdown your DL's.
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Post by oli on Mar 1, 2007 20:45:53 GMT -5
The program I use seems to be OK, acceptable speed but I'm using cable. What bothers me the most; I can't surf the web properly, my program sucks bandwidth for downloading.
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Post by magengar on Mar 2, 2007 0:28:15 GMT -5
Same here... Whether I'm seeding or leeching, if I surf the web or even check my emails- the pages take too long to load and my browser will crash, sometimes... ...I'd have to put my client on Pause whenever I go on the web. But then, if I'm seeding- I really don't wanna keep people waiting, especially if I'm the only seeder in the torrent. zozo-Magengar The program I use seems to be OK, acceptable speed but I'm using cable. What bothers me the most; I can't surf the web properly, my program sucks bandwidth for downloading. The program I use seems to be OK, acceptable speed but I'm using cable. What bothers me the most; I can't surf the web properly, my program sucks bandwidth for downloading.
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Post by magengar on Mar 4, 2007 16:36:44 GMT -5
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Post by magengar on Mar 4, 2007 16:42:34 GMT -5
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Post by Kidchuckle on Mar 8, 2007 16:18:02 GMT -5
thanks for seeding magengar!!
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Post by magengar on Mar 8, 2007 16:23:39 GMT -5
You're welcome, Kid! I'll continue seeding it s'more later on tonight, and further on until I'm sure the torrent stays alive for a while with other seeders. Right now I gotta get my computer ready for some long-overdue maintanace this weekend. zozo-Magengar
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Post by magengar on Mar 9, 2007 7:39:07 GMT -5
Well, Here's a treat! I see the Freeman crew have made some YouTube "How To.." vids about resin-casting and mold making. These are the folks who sold me their dvd which I recently shared through torrent. Here's the Freeman Company's profile page at YouTube where you can subscibe to their videos on YT... www.youtube.com/profile?user=freemanmfgAnd, remember, you can Always save them vids with the Online flv converter... vixy.net/flv_converterjust be sure to save them as DivX avi files. Enjoy!
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Post by oli on Mar 12, 2007 21:08:49 GMT -5
Hey magengar, I hardly used a torrent service, now I try to learn how to cast, and now I have to convert some videos? man, too much technology for a couple days for me
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Post by Kidchuckle on Mar 12, 2007 22:26:15 GMT -5
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Post by magengar on Mar 13, 2007 0:59:33 GMT -5
Also, don't forget our trusty ol' YouTube Snatcher tool: vixy.net/flv_converterWhen you go to Freeman's youtube page- you can snatch each of their How-To videos by opening their pages, copying the URLs for each video, pasting the URL into the FLV Converter and convert the video to DivX avi format, and saving those divx vids to your computer. Download the latest DivX Player and divx codecs from www.divx.comI know this all seems like a lota techie stuff and tedious work; but them vids are worth it. zozo-Magengar
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