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Static IP addresses aren't a prerequisite to play downloaded torrent files. I personally have a dynamic address and I can download (and play) downloaded files just fine.
Once you have your .torrent files, open them with your BitTorrent client (say, uTorrent) to load the trackers from them. In the case of uTorrent, it will give you a checklist of the available files in the torrent. Select the ones you want, then confirm your selection to start downloading.
After you've finished downloading, you should be able to open the files from your download destination folder. If you're not sure which folder is which, you can check from your uTorrent's Preferences menu. Alternatively, you could open the file from within uTorrent. In uTorrent, highlight the particular torrent that contains the file you want to open. Go to the Files tab (it's in the same row as the General tab on the main screen) to see a list of the files included in the torrent. If the progress bar on the right is all blue, you can double click on a file to open it.
Hope that helped.
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You don't need a static IP, as long as you have an internet connection it's sufficient to download, it's just like downloading anything else, if you can get to it, you can grab it.
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It doesn't matter if you have static ip or not.
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http://www.what-is-torrent.com/
Torrent is a small file (around few kilobytes) with the suffix .torrent, which contains all the information needed to download a file the torrent was made for. That means it contains file names, their sizes, where to download from and so on. You can get torrents for almost anything on lots of web sites and torrent search engines.
Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games (remember legality of downloading)
Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone (see torrent principle).
torrent is a file
with torrents you can download almost everything on the net
every file (or set of files) need to have an unique torrent file to download it
to download anything through a torrent you need a torrent client
Answering specifically to the file that you downloaded, and how to play it will depend heavily on the content that you are trying to play back.
---Compression-- many bittorrent authors will compress their files, most commonly with WinRar. This leads to you downloading a folder from the torrent with a buch of "filename01.rar" You can download the decompressing program called WinRar (which also handles other compression types) from www.winrar.com
---Video files will commonly be compressed using an Xvid or DivX codec, and you will need the codec to play the file back. I usually just install the K-Lite codec pack on a machine and it gets me pretty much all the playback support I need.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_lite_codec_pack.htm
alot of people use VLC player... and it's good too.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
--- Audio files, they may be compressed, but generally speaking are encoded in MP3, which your computer should handle out of the box. If you find other formats you may need the appropriate codec to play them back as well. The wiki article has good info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_file_format
Good luck and happy torrenting!
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December 27, 2008 06:24 PM
What are the steps to properly downloading torrents and playing them?
I have Vuze and UTorrent and can download the torrents but i do not know how to play them or what i have to do in order to play them once they are downloaded. My ip address is still automatic i i believe i heard somewhere i needed a static ip in order to download and play torrents, so if anyone knew where i could find good static ip's that would be good too.
anywho, basically i want to know what i do with the torrent files once they are downloaded, how do i play the content i am trying to download?
anywho, basically i want to know what i do with the torrent files once they are downloaded, how do i play the content i am trying to download?
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| December 27, 2008 06:33 PM |
Once you have your .torrent files, open them with your BitTorrent client (say, uTorrent) to load the trackers from them. In the case of uTorrent, it will give you a checklist of the available files in the torrent. Select the ones you want, then confirm your selection to start downloading.
After you've finished downloading, you should be able to open the files from your download destination folder. If you're not sure which folder is which, you can check from your uTorrent's Preferences menu. Alternatively, you could open the file from within uTorrent. In uTorrent, highlight the particular torrent that contains the file you want to open. Go to the Files tab (it's in the same row as the General tab on the main screen) to see a list of the files included in the torrent. If the progress bar on the right is all blue, you can double click on a file to open it.
Hope that helped.
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December 27, 2008 06:30 PM
Have you downloaded the Vuze player from the site's Download link? Most likely you need this in order to view video download through the Vuze site. You don't need a static IP, as long as you have an internet connection it's sufficient to download, it's just like downloading anything else, if you can get to it, you can grab it.
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December 27, 2008 06:33 PM
You don't "play" a torrent, you open it with utorrent. The torrent is a file that contains information regarding where utorrent should go and download the data. You open the torrent with utorrent (right click on the torrent file, select "open with" and select utorrent) and utorrent will ask you where do you want to put the data files. It doesn't matter if you have static ip or not.
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December 27, 2008 06:36 PM
First, a torrent itself is not a file to be played. Torrent's themselves do not need to be played back because a torrent is only describing the method in which you downloaded a file. http://www.what-is-torrent.com/
Torrent is a small file (around few kilobytes) with the suffix .torrent, which contains all the information needed to download a file the torrent was made for. That means it contains file names, their sizes, where to download from and so on. You can get torrents for almost anything on lots of web sites and torrent search engines.
Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games (remember legality of downloading)
Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone (see torrent principle).
torrent is a file
with torrents you can download almost everything on the net
every file (or set of files) need to have an unique torrent file to download it
to download anything through a torrent you need a torrent client
Answering specifically to the file that you downloaded, and how to play it will depend heavily on the content that you are trying to play back.
---Compression-- many bittorrent authors will compress their files, most commonly with WinRar. This leads to you downloading a folder from the torrent with a buch of "filename01.rar" You can download the decompressing program called WinRar (which also handles other compression types) from www.winrar.com
---Video files will commonly be compressed using an Xvid or DivX codec, and you will need the codec to play the file back. I usually just install the K-Lite codec pack on a machine and it gets me pretty much all the playback support I need.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_lite_codec_pack.htm
alot of people use VLC player... and it's good too.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
--- Audio files, they may be compressed, but generally speaking are encoded in MP3, which your computer should handle out of the box. If you find other formats you may need the appropriate codec to play them back as well. The wiki article has good info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_file_format
Good luck and happy torrenting!
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December 27, 2008 08:35 PM
Excellent answer, I've only got a few things to add:
If you see a rar file that has a password and a text file next to the rar file saying you need to go to a website for the password, don't, it's usually a virus or malware.
The same thing if the video is only a frame with text that says you need to download a player. DON'T, you'll only infect your computer.
Also try to look for torrents on sites that have comments or raitings for torrents, so that you can see what people say about it before you start downloading. (I like www.isohunt.com)
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If you see a rar file that has a password and a text file next to the rar file saying you need to go to a website for the password, don't, it's usually a virus or malware.
The same thing if the video is only a frame with text that says you need to download a player. DON'T, you'll only infect your computer.
Also try to look for torrents on sites that have comments or raitings for torrents, so that you can see what people say about it before you start downloading. (I like www.isohunt.com)
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i assume those are just the torrent data or whatever but how would i go about playing those files. Do the files NEED to be played through the media player of the torrent software they were downloaded through (ie. do i have to play everything i download through vuze on vuze) is it possible to play them on other players or send them to other computers etc.
For others, though, you'll need to have the right codecs to play them. Codecs are files that allow your computer to interpret audio and video in different formats and made by different methods. .MKV is a somewhat beyond-the-ordinary format, so you'll have to get a codec for it.
I suggest you get a good free media player like VLC (www.videolan.org) or GOM player (www.gomlab.com). Once you've got that, grab the Combined Community Codec Pack (www.cccp-project.net) and then install it. That should set you up to play just about every media file you could find.
No, you don't need to play them through the torrent software's media player. Once you've finished downloading them (i.e. the download bar is full), the files should be on your computer and you can treat them like any other file on your PC -- nothing special. A good media player and the right codecs, and you should be fine.
Good luck to ya!