Why Bit Torrent
How do I use a .torrent file?
First, download a BitTorrent client that isn't banned. For example, http://www.bittorrent.com/download.html.
Next, open the .torrent file. The file is associated with the client. You may have to move around existing torrents (if any) to get the desired torrent to download.
Now just wait, and the torrent will start the download.
After downloading the file, keep the window open. This way, you help others by uploading the file.
Why do you require BitTorrent? Can't you make a page where the videos can be downloaded normally?
(Bisqwit's opinion:)
Let's put this the other way.
Why FTP?
The ADSL connection at my server allows for about 56 kB/s
of upload speed [1]. Some of it must be reserved for the web server,
so let's say 30 kB/s can be allocated for the AVI file transfers.
Divide that for, say, 20 simultaneous clients (a realistic amount). Each gets ~1 kB/s. Happy? I don't think so. Regular downloads follow this idiom: Thousands of clients download from a single server. BitTorrent is wiser. It follows this idiom instead: Thousands of clients download from each other. Either way, resources are required. Either you will buy me a 100 Mbit cable or you will start helping each other by letting people download these movies from your own computer. This is what this peer-to-peer phenomenon is about. BitTorrent does this automatically if you just let it run. You decide which one of these choices is more captivating.
See also:
[1]: Bisqwit: For some reason, ISPs are glad to offer download speed but really don't like to offer upload speeds. ADSL connections available around here are usually sold so that the downlink speed may be anything between 256k..8M and uplink speed is something between 128k..512k. I have 512k (kbit/s) for uplink. And of course, a big percentage of those advertised speeds seems to always be just air. The actual rates are much lower. Bisqwit: It's not exactly meant to be NPOV. :)
WhyBitTorrent last edited by FractalFusion on 2006-10-21 16:02:31
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Divide that for, say, 20 simultaneous clients (a realistic amount). Each gets ~1 kB/s. Happy? I don't think so. Regular downloads follow this idiom: Thousands of clients download from a single server. BitTorrent is wiser. It follows this idiom instead: Thousands of clients download from each other. Either way, resources are required. Either you will buy me a 100 Mbit cable or you will start helping each other by letting people download these movies from your own computer. This is what this peer-to-peer phenomenon is about. BitTorrent does this automatically if you just let it run. You decide which one of these choices is more captivating.
See also:
[1]: Bisqwit: For some reason, ISPs are glad to offer download speed but really don't like to offer upload speeds. ADSL connections available around here are usually sold so that the downlink speed may be anything between 256k..8M and uplink speed is something between 128k..512k. I have 512k (kbit/s) for uplink. And of course, a big percentage of those advertised speeds seems to always be just air. The actual rates are much lower. Bisqwit: It's not exactly meant to be NPOV. :)
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