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- | ====== Using BitComet to Download Torrents ====== | ||
- | ==== Before you start ==== | ||
- | Transferring a file via the [[bittorrent|BitTorrent]] protocol is unlike other file transfer methods you may have used. | ||
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- | Most HTTP or FTP file transfers, stream data in one direction -- from a file server to you. BitTorrent is different because it moves data in both directions all of the time. | ||
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- | You are uploading when you are downloading. | ||
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- | This is required by the BitTorrent protocol, and while you can configure your client not to upload, doing so will cause your download speed to drop to approximately zero. The nature of the BitTorrent protocol enforces and requires uploading. Those who cannot or do not want to upload cannot use BitTorrent. | ||
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- | When your client obtains a " | ||
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- | ==== Doing your share ==== | ||
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- | Torrents come from people like you who decide to share them. The community is dependent on the willingness of people to share and to keep sharing. For this reason, its survival depends on you to do your share as well. It's important that you give at least as much as you take. | ||
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- | Due to the asymmetrical speed of most broadband connections, | ||
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- | If my ratio is 0.5, then I have downloaded twice as much as I have uploaded. A ratio of 1:1, or 1.0, means that I have uploaded as much as I have downloaded. A ratio above 1.0 means that I've uploaded more than I've downloaded. | ||
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- | When you have finished downloading a file, BitComet automatically switches to only uploading (called " | ||
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- | ==== BitTorrent transfers ==== | ||
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- | Transferring files with BitTorrent is a two-step process: | ||
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- | First you download or obtain the .torrent file itself. | ||
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- | (This is an ordinary HTTP or FTP download, just as you've probably done many times before. This part doesn' | ||
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- | Then you use a BitTorrent client such as BitComet, to open that | ||
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- | (This part must be done via BitTorrent protocol and requires a client.) | ||
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- | ==== Introduction of .torrent file ==== | ||
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- | **A .torrent file is a very small text-type file which has a rigid and invariable format. It is used by a client to transfer data via the BitTorrent protocol. You must have a .torrent file in order to use BitTorrent.** | ||
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- | It's called a .torrent file because the file's extension must be " | ||
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- | **ubuntu-9.04-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent** | ||
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- | When people refer to torrent files generally, it's understood that they are referring to files with the .torrent extension. | ||
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- | It's customary, but not required, for the filename of the torrent file to reflect the content it references. The filename may also contain information about how the content is encoded or archived, and who created it. This information can be very important, but is beyond the scope of this Wiki to explain. (For example, the filename above indicates that the torrent is version 9.04 of the Ubuntu Linux distribution for the 64-bit AMD processor, and the download will be in .ISO format suitable for burning to an optical disk.) | ||
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- | Torrent files can be read by a person , but they aren't very interesting. You can open one in Notepad and take a look at it (but don't try to save any changes you make.) They' | ||
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- | Torrent files are gathered by and listed at certain web sites, called "index sites" | ||
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- | You should visit some index sites and spend some time familiarizing yourself with how they are organized. | ||
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- | [[bitcomet|BitComet]] uses a built-in web browser, based on Microsoft' | ||
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- | You are not required to use the built-in browser, and can use your own web browser, if you prefer. You can bookmark index sites in it just as you bookmark any web site. The " | ||
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- | There are also web-based search engines and stand-alone search applications which can search multiple index sites with a single interface. You may want to explore these as well. | ||
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- | * BitComet toolbar "// | ||
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- | * Visit an index site and find a torrent file whose contents you want to obtain. Click the download link for that torrent file, and when the download dialogue appears, save the file to your hard disk. | ||
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- | It is possible to open the file directly into BitComet without saving the file to disk first, but that is discouraged because you may need the torrent file again at some point, which means you will have to find it and re-download it from wherever you got it the first time. It must be the same torrent file, with the same hash index. Another file with the same material, will not work. The file you need may have been deleted from that site, or you may not remember correctly where you downloaded the file, in which case there is nothing you can do. This has happened to many people, who can only regret the practice. | ||
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- | Recommended practice is to save all torrrents that you download, to a particular and known location on your hard disk. (For example, you may want to create a directory " | ||
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- | Torrent files are small and don't take up much disk space, no matter how big the downloads they reference may be. It's a good idea to keep them until you are utterly certain that you will never need them again. Deleting old torrents may become a part of your regular monthly computer maintenance and hygiene. | ||
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- | ====== Download torrents with BitComet ====== | ||
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- | Once you find the .torrent file you wish to download, you simply import it into BitComet to begin the transfer. There are several ways of achieving this in BitComet: | ||
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- | ===== Method 1 - Directly from webpage ===== | ||
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- | ====1) Left-click on the Torrent link==== | ||
- | * **1.1** On the webpage, click the link of the .torrent file; BitComet will capture it and begin download the task automatically. | ||
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- | * **1.2** Once the .torrent file is done downloading in the browser, BitComet automatically captures the download. (I.e. if you choose "// | ||
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- | * **1.3** In the tasklist, we can see that the torrent content is downloading (downwards green arrow);\\ {{: | ||
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- | * **1.4** When BitComet has finished downloading the torrent contents, the status of the task will automatically change to " | ||
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- | **Note:** < | ||
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- | ====2) Right-click on the Torrent==== | ||
- | * On the webpage, right-click on the torrent, choose " | ||
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- | ====3) Drag-and-drop the torrent link into BitComet floating Window==== | ||
- | * On the webpage, click the torrent then drag-and-drop it into the BitComet floating Window.\\ {{: | ||
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- | ===== Method 2 - Use Magnet link directly from webpage ===== | ||
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- | ====1) Left-click on the Magnet link==== | ||
- | * On the webpage, click the [[peers_seeds_torrent_tracker_dht_peer_exchange_pex_magnet_links# | ||
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- | ====2) Right-click on the Magnet link==== | ||
- | * On the webpage, right-click on the magnet link and choose " | ||
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- | ====3) Drag-and-drop the Magnet link into BitComet floating Window==== | ||
- | * On the webpage, drag-and-drop the magnet link into the BitComet floating window; the "Add download" | ||
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- | ===== Method 3 - From Main Menu option ===== | ||
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- | ====1) Open .torrent file on the computer==== | ||
- | * Left-click "// | ||
- | * In the pop-up dialog, browse and navigate to the .torrent file you saved and click " | ||
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- | ====2) Use a Magnet URI or direct URL or torrent info-hash==== | ||
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- | If you know the Magnet URI, the direct URL to the .torrent file or just the torrent [[peers_seeds_torrent_tracker_dht_peer_exchange_pex_magnet_links# | ||
- | * Enter the Magnet URI or the URL of the .torrent file or the info-hash value in the pop-up form:\\ {{: | ||
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- | * In the task list, you will see the .torrent file is being downloaded (a yellow downward-pointing arrow means that the .torrent file is being downloaded); | ||
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- | * When the .torrent file's download is finished, the BT task download window appears.\\ {{: | ||
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- | ===== Method 4 - Shortcuts to opening a .torrent file on your computer ===== | ||
- | ====1) Drag-and-drop the .torrent file into BitComet floating Window==== | ||
- | * Navigate to the location where the .torrent file is saved, select it and drag it to the BitComet floating Window. Pop-up task properties dialog will appear; click " | ||
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- | ====2) Drag-and-drop the .torrent file to BitComet Main Window==== | ||
- | * Navigate to the location where the .torrent file is saved, select it and drag it to the BitComet Main window. Pop-up task properties dialog will appear, click " | ||
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- | ====== Shortcut: Search torrent from BitComet ====== | ||
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- | **Bitcomet supports direct torrent download from webpage and it will automatically begin a BitTorrent download when the .torrent file download is done.** | ||
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- | For Example:Using search function in Bitcomet interface. | ||
- | * Enter the keyword for the resource you want to download and you will be redirected to an objective website;\\ {{: | ||
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- | * Select one record from the list;\\ {{: | ||
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- | * Click " | ||
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- | * A BT Task pop-up dialog appears after the .torrent file download has finished. Click " | ||
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