Bit torrent downloads

i want to start by saying that im new to the p2p technology so if my question is dumb i apologize with advance. I just downloaded a movie using bit torrent and i noticed that i came in a different format that i havent seen before (xvid.001...). There are 51 files so i was just wondering if someone could tell how to compress the file so i can watch the movie. i already tried to play them with divx player and i didnt work. I also tried to burn them with toaster as divx disc, and ii didnt work as well
Thank.

There are 51 files so i was just wondering if someone could tell how to compress the file
If a file is split into 50 pieces, that's most likely split with RAR. One of the oldest UnRAR programs for Macs is 'unRarX.' It's reliable and in Universal Binary. But it's a little slow in combining pieces. In this respect, RAR Expander is better and about twice faster. Those two titles are both free.

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Every time I leave a bit torrent download/upload running it crashes Finder. This happened when I was running Mac OS X 10.5, as well as after I upgraded to 10.6. This occurs with no matter what bit torrent application I use to handle the torrents. I've deleted the programs and all associated files, did a clean install of the application and get the same result. It used to happen when I had more than one torrent going at a time, but now it's occurring even with just one. My iMac is just over a year old, none of my resources are tapped (processor, memory, disk activity) when this happens, it just freezes. I just can't figure out why this is happening. Thanks.

You say it crashes Finder then you say it freezes, which is it?
Do you have a Finder window open to look at the directory that is
involved in the download?
If so, try doing it without having a Finder window open for that
directory and see if it makes a difference.
There have been a number of topics about Finder issues involving
downloading of audio/visual files - something to do with Quicklook
attempting to use a partially downloaded file.
Dave

Bit Torrent Downloading

Hi people..I posted this message in the internet/networking area, and didn't get a response. So i'm posting it here as more people view this section. Any help would be appreciated.
I bought my mac in september so, it's not the latest model out there. Not sure which generation mine is. Anyhow... I've been trying to download files off of Bittorrent, and nothing is happening. I've been told it might be an issue with my networking/internet settings.
Has anyone had similar problems that they were able to resolve? If so, please share what you did. Please be clear about it, as I am not familiar with all of the computer jargon out there these days.
Thank you in advance to anyone who writes back.
P.S...I have a Lynksys Netgear WIRED router, and I have put port forwarding on.

Two things that you should check bease on my experience. First some sites may not like certain bittorrent clients, so be sure yours is accepted.
Second make sure you have set the TCP/UDP according to the bittorrent site that you are going after. You have to set the ports manually for TCP and UDP. Check the FAQ on the site that you are downloading, usually the site will tell you what range of port would be acceptable.

Bit Torrent - won't download on specific computer

I'm suddenly having issues with bit torrents downloading on my desktop computer. I have tried multiple programs (deluge, transmission, and my daily use qbittorrent). I've also tried with a separate user account. On the same network, my laptop will work just fine (both connected wirelessly), so think its something system-related. I even tried setting a manual port and port-forwarding via the router. No matter the tracker it won't connect and just stall out. I've tried reinstalling (libktorrent libtorrent libtorrent-rasterbar transmission-qt qbittorrent), but nothing seems to affect it. What am I missing here?

It's not going to be an issue with port forwarding. Bittorrent will work even if no ports are forwarded, you'll just see less peers connected.
You say it can't even connect to the tracker? That sounds like you have a deeper networking problem not specific to Bittorrent. I would check your network configuration. Check your DNS servers, IP address (Make sure no two computers on your network have the same IP address. That creates a conflict and causes all kinds of nasty and sometimes unpredictable problems), default gateway, and any firewall/iptables configuration you may have.
Another possibility if other internet applications are working on that machine is that your problem only affects UDP (HTTP web traffic uses TCP.) A lot of Bittorrent trackers are switching from TCP to UDP. There's a quick way to test UDP connectivity. First, install nmap (pacman -S nmap) Then, as root, run
nmap -p 60,80 -sU tracker.openbittorrent.com
This is the expected result:
Starting Nmap 6.46 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-07-10 04:56 CDT
Nmap scan report for tracker.openbittorrent.com (31.172.63.253)
Host is up (0.21s latency).
Other addresses for tracker.openbittorrent.com (not scanned): 31.172.63.252
PORT STATE SERVICE
60/udp closed unknown
80/udp open|filtered http
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 5.74 seconds
Note the state of the ports. The tracker is running on port 80 but since open UDP ports don't send a response back, nmap can't be sure if the port is truly open or if it's being filtered by a firewall. That's why I also scanned the dummy port 60 so nmap would receive a closed response. If nmap can differentiate between open and closed ports as demonstrated here, it means you're successfully sending and receiving UDP packets. If it can't, you've got a deeper networking issue you need to solve.
Also, if you wish to test a TCP tracker, simply change the -sU to a -sS (and obviously change the ports and hostname since openbittorrent doesn't run a TCP tracker.)

Effectively blocking Bit Torrent

I am using BackTrack 5 to help monitor Bit Torrent since I have been completely ineffective in blocking it via my Cisco 5505 Firewall. I have now seen several outbound TCP connections with the connection being to my firewall's IP address. I am a rookie when it comes to using Cisco's rather clunky interface and am struggling with this. I am a software developer with very few networking skills in a company of 5! Can anyone help with the proper way to block bit torrent downloads on my Cisco asa 5505 or tell me why my BackTrack system is telling me that the firewall is connecting to the pirate bay?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

It would help if you provided a white-washed network diagram to see where the BackTrack software is installed, listening to traffic. Now if I were a betting person, I would lay good odds that the address BackTrack sees is the same NAT IP used for traffic to go to Internet and BackTrack is listening to traffic after it exits the ASA.
One of the things I have to be beneficial on many levels is implementing a software which uses netflow to track traffic, Scrutinizer for instance. You have all interfaces on the ASA monitored and create filters to look into almost anything crossing the ASA. (Not to plug Scrutinizer, just found it to be the best.)
Another benefit is to use it to see what applications, users, etc are eating traffic. I found a company which released new code to their web servers that did not compress pdf's after being generated, part of new code. As a result we saw a significant portion of the network traffic increase, almost double, and would not have found the culprit had it not been for netflow.

Unmappable or stealth port when using Transmission bit torrent

I'm running transmission bit torrent on my mac right now and I'm getting really slow connections, if any at all.
I have gone through the port forwarding procedure and it didn't seem to help
Here is what happens
I open Transmission and check the advanced preferences, and it says the port is open and successfully mapped. Then, anywhere from 5 minutes onward of the program running the port goes stealth and sometimes is not mappable.
Help?

So, you've opened the ports, both TCP and UDP on your Powerbook mac firewall (you have to define an entry to do that on the sharing/firewall preference pane), you don't have 'stop UDP' checked on the sharing/firewall/advance tab, you've defined the same port range on your wireless router in the gaming or port forwarding section, again indicating 'both' instead of just TCP ... correct on those?
If yes on those steps, have you tried another program besides Transmission? Bittorent is one option at http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/ (stick with one of the early 4.1.n OS X releases, as release 5 is banned on some sites). Or Bits on Wheels at http://www.bitsonwheels.com/ is another that works on OS X.

Using Bit Torrent

Hello,
Increasingly I am getting requests from legal site to download their video or Audio content using bit torrent. I have installed the lastest version on my iMac G5 but nothing downloads. Do I need to turn something on or off, I need help please.
Thank you
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1 gig ram

Hi Brad,
The more ports you enable for torrents the faster your transfer speeds. Typically you can enable TCP 6881-6999 (range of ports). If you use MacOS X's built-in firewall, follow these steps.
1. Open System Preferences.
2. Click Sharing.
3. Select the Firewall tab.
4. Click the New... button.
5. Click the popup menu in the dialog that appears, and choose Other....
6. In the Port Number, Range, or Series field, enter 6881-6999.
7. In the Name field, enter BitTorrent (or any other identifying string.)
8. Click OK.
If you use any other firewall follow its instructions to enable TCP 6881-6999 (range of ports).
If you want to understand how it works, you can find a good FAQ&Guide here: http://btfaq.com/serve/cache/1.html
Macs running 9.x, Macs running 10.4.x, SGI workstations running Irix 6.5.xssion.
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Azareus - Bit Torrent

I was told this is a good bit torrent for Macs. Does anyone recommend a trustworthy web site to download this application? Also, any pitfalls I should be aware of with this program?
Thanks,
McB

Versiontracker.com is a great place for share/freeware.

Bit Torrent

Can anyone recommend one for the Mac, because the ones that I've used are SO slow for some reason. Should they be?

Azureus is a nice client. I use it regularly for LEGALLY sharing concert recordings. (I stress LEGAL to avoid the wrath of folks who think that bit torrent is only used for illicit activities. The stuff I share is permitted by the bands themselves, those with taper-friendly policies.)
Anyway, Azureus regularly gives me upload and download speeds exceeding 200k/second. The trick is to configure the client properly so it isn't hampered by firewalls. Read the documentation and consult online BT sites for further assistance, and I'm sure you'll be pleased with that client.
Others I've tried have been the official BT client and Tomato Torrent. Both of those are good, too, though I've settled on Azureus due to its extended set of features (such as the ability to grab just one song rather than the entire show.)
Hope this helps!

Bit torrent crashes airport extreme

Hi, I am currently on my 3rd airport extreme, but the first one was just sold and replaced to upgrade to gigabit. However the second is because Apple sent me a new one. The reason for this is it was continuously crashing and we couldn't figure out why. When I got the new one it didn't take long for it to start crashing too, which is what made me consider everything that was common between the two airports that could cause both to crash and I think I have found it. Its bit torrent. The airport will work perfectly all day long, but if I launch Azureus and start downloading, and I'm only connecting to maybe 4 peers at a time and at about 30kb/sec, the airport will crash within 40 minuets with almost 100 percent certainty. I am curious as to how many people may be able to narrow down their airport crashes to the running of bit torrent.

I've been struggling (understatement) with this for about 2 weeks now.
I began back up running a few torrents - very low key, pissy stuff. The internet has been going down as much as 6 times a day. But it's not the AEBS - My modem shuts down as well cuz we tried a computer hardwired to it. Both modem & router needed rebooting. Modem pings fine from the ISP and all modem lights appear fine despite no internet when directly wired to modem. I have Comcast. (sadly)
So seriously... this fix is working for everyone?
But fine... why would this all affect the modem itself? Comcasts insists they aren't throttling/shutting me down. Yet, today I've been plugged into the modem directly and the internet blowouts have stopped. Almost like the Extreme was telling the Modem to shut me down.
Can someone explain how this fix works and the mechanisms as to why it would fix this? I really need to understand this. It's been my full time job for 2 weeks now.

Bit Torrent extremely slow

Hello there,
I've been using Bit Torrent (legitimately) on XP for a while and have recently upgraded to an iMac with OSX10.5.
The speed I have been downloading have been extremely poor, not due to peers/seeds etc.
I am connecting to the internet wirelessly via airport and a Netgear WPN824 Rangemax.
Any ideas?
Thanks

the netgear WPN824 supports UPNP so you don't need to do antying to your bittorrent client other than tell it automatically map ports. This is not my preference however. I prefer configure my mac to have a static ip and specify a port forwarding rule for any servers running on it.
by default you login to a netgear router through your webbrowser
http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.0.1 depending on which version of netgear router you have.
login admin
password password
Then you are presented with the Web UI for the router. Look for the UpNP setting and turn it on.
Then in your torrent client Tranmsission or my preference is Azureus look in their prefences and enable upnp.

Bit Torrent vs P2P?

What is the difference between bit torrent and P2P? EG Acqlite and FrostWire are P2P apps, while Tomato Torrent and Transmission are bit torrent apps.
Do these apps work with iTunes?
I'm just totally ignorant about these things.
Thx!

Practically speaking, how do they differ?
OK, let's try this again. There is no "difference" between BitTorrent and P2P. It's like you're asking what the difference is between a Corvette and a car. The former is an example of the latter. BitTorrent is P2P; it's one of many P2P networks. And you access them via an appropriate P2P client, one that accesses that particular network, be it BitTorrent, Kazaa, Gnutella, Limewire, etc.
If you're asking how BitTorrent, Limewire, Kazaa et al differ, that's really not an appropriate subject for this forum which is for questions about iTunes, and would take a major article to really get into.
If they can't be used with iTunes or QT, how does one use them?
All such P2P systems are just file sharing networks; those files may be software, pictures, music, videos, text documents, or other types of files. So the network has nothing directly to do with iTunes, QuickTime or any other application, per se, though the content you download may open in such an application.
As to how you find files, that's not easy. A P2P application may have a search built in, or you may need to find a "tracker" site. Any legitimate provider of content that is distributing via any P2P network (very rare) should tell you how to download their content. The vast majority of content, particularly media (music, videos, movies) on P2P networks is pirated. Plus P2P networks are a major vector for malware writers to distribute their attacks. Note as well that by default, many P2P applications also set up a file share on your own computer, making your computer a download source to others which can impact the security and performance of your system as well as having possible implications for any data transfer limits that might be imposed by your Internet service provider. So use any P2P network application with great caution, understanding that you're doing so at your own risk.
I hope this clears things up.

Bit Torrent Client?

Anyone know of a Bit Torrent client that is already usable with the new iMac?
I have always used Azureus but it won't even start up on the new machine...
Any suggestions?

I followed this link on another forum post and
downloaded a newly patched copy of Azureus that works
perfect on my Core Duo.
http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=4814
Anyone know if this works on an intel mac?

I had creative cloud installed in a parallels deskto virtual machine on my mac, I delete the virtual machine without deactivate the creative cloud. after reinstall a new VM running windows 8.1. pro 64 bits, I downloaded the creative cloud installer but it

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I cannot get iTunes 12 (64 bit) to download to my new pc

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