Category: Geeks r Us
Hi all,
I am trying to download a book from a site which has some torrent files available, since the ogg files take a long time to download. The site is one I can't name on here, but there are a few torrent files available for some books. I've never downloaded a torrent book before, so I was just trying to see how it works. unfortunately, windows can't recognize the type of file, because of the .torrent extention. How do I get windows to recognize it? do I need to change the file extention? there's usually something wrong when a file downloads in 2 or 3 seconds. thanks,
wonderwoman
Torrents require a certain type of program to open them.
There are many program out there and I can't think of any specific one off the top of my head but I'm sure y7ou can find some with google.
I'd recommend UTorrent, there is a link to it e.g. from www.filehippo.com
It's small and easy to install. Once installed you hit "download" link on a torrent site and then when it asks you if you want to save or open the file you click open (not save, this is important). Then a dialog box opens inside UTorrent, you need to shift tab twice and then there is an OK button there, hit enter and the program will do the rest.
The actual audio book will show up under "downloads" in my documents folder.
While UTorrent is open you can see how the download is going, once download is done you should select the file with the arrow key and hit delete, this will remove the torrent and prevent others from downloading it from you, else other people will be downloading the book as long as your computer is on and you connected to the internet.
I've used this programme (eerhm, of ourse I haven't since I do not download illegally, but if I downloaded illegally I would have used this program) for 2 years and I like it way better than any other client I've tried.
cheers
-B
WW, I think perhaps you are laboring under a serious misconception. Just because you have the torrent file doesn't mean that you have what you are trying to download at all. All a torrent file is in fact, and I hope I'm using something close to the proper terminology here but I'm sure one of the Zone's geeks will jump on and correct me if not, is a tracker file. That means that if you had a torrent program such as UTorrent for example, than when you entered on the torrent file you have there, the torrent program will open up and start downloading the torrent for you. Once the torrent has then finished downloading it will already be in a format accessible in what ever media player you use. MP3, ogg etc.
I couldn't tell you how these things work really but the basic idea is that, say 10 people had the file you wanted to download, a torrent file will in some way enable you to download from all 10 people at once, making the receiving of the file a lot quicker.
So in short, you need to get a torrent program if you wish to download whatever it is using the torrent file you currently have.
Hope that goes some way to explaining things.
Dan.
ok, thanks all, and thanks dan, there is always something wrong wien a file like that downloads in 2 or 3 seconds, but it may have to wait, because the site I was trying to download the book from isn't working now, and hasn't been since last night. thanks for the responses though, now, which is faster, zipped or torrents. thanks again,
wonderwoman
For accessibility purposes, utorrent is the best as stated above www.utorrent.com click download, and download latest version. locate your torrent file in windows exploder and hit enter and utorrent will open click start.
But bbbe careful of what site you download torents from. I downloaded a movie and I later found out that I had a vitrus and a load of spy ware.
thanks treaky 4, I'll remember that.
wonderwoman
I like the UTorrent program as well--it is very accessible with JAWS. A good website that I would highly recommend for downloading torrents is www.isohunt.com
I'll think of any more and post them here.
Hope this helps,
Macy
sorry, but what's a torrent file?
thanks.
A torrent file is basically like a zip file. I don't know how to explain it, but I guess that's good as I can explain it. Lol.
I'm a member of the aforementioned website, (or not aforementioned depending on how you look at it) and I open the torrent files with UTorrent, found at
http://www.utorrent.com/
It's tiny and very accessible.
yes, it is. Another good torrent website that you should look at is www.scrapetorrent.com
Hope this helps,
Macy