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re: What’s the best and safest torrent service out there?

Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:32 pm to
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:32 pm to
I have no idea what people have done that I've sent invites to. I guess it's all OK because I've never received any warning or anything. I'm using qbit torrent
Posted by BallsEleven
Member since Mar 2019
6163 posts
Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:51 pm to
Is a VPN necessary with this? And I'm assuming seeding is a background process and I don't have to keep the website up.
Posted by LordSnow
Your Mom's House
Member since May 2011
5806 posts
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:01 pm to
No vpn. Keep your torrent client open. But rtfm on the site about how to setup the client.
Posted by BallsEleven
Member since Mar 2019
6163 posts
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:14 pm to
What client do most people use?
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18840 posts
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:49 pm to
Transmission
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
15652 posts
Posted on 6/1/22 at 9:09 pm to
I use qbit. Vpn not necessary
Posted by BallsEleven
Member since Mar 2019
6163 posts
Posted on 6/1/22 at 9:20 pm to
I’m going to have to find a dummies guide on how to use it in the morning.
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
28997 posts
Posted on 6/1/22 at 10:10 pm to
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I use qbit. Vpn not necessary
Why not?
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
34970 posts
Posted on 6/1/22 at 10:50 pm to
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Why not?


I've never used a VPN for torrents and have never gotten a notice. Started out on piratebay with uTorrent. Had uTorrent a bit when I started ipt and now use some bt something or other on my Nvidia shield.
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
34970 posts
Posted on 6/1/22 at 11:00 pm to
quote:

I have no idea what people have done that I've sent invites to. I guess it's all OK because I've never received any warning or anything.


You can check the stats of your active invites.
Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
20019 posts
Posted on 6/2/22 at 10:28 am to
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What client do most people use?


It varies. I can recommend both Tixati and Qbittorrent for both windows and linux platforms. I like them a lot.

Be sure to read the client guides on IPT. If you dont disable things like DHT and PEX, you will get banned. Using non-approved clients can lead to your upload and download tracking to be incorrect.
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
15652 posts
Posted on 6/2/22 at 4:12 pm to
Can't find where.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
86709 posts
Posted on 6/2/22 at 4:51 pm to
good ol' uTorrent 2.2.1 with 'check for updates' TURNED THE HELL OFF
Posted by BallsEleven
Member since Mar 2019
6163 posts
Posted on 6/2/22 at 7:54 pm to
So I finally figured out how to download.

But for anyone else, whenever you download something does it cut off internet access for everything else? As soon as I started downloading every device in the house couldn’t get internet access, including the browser on the computer. The torrent is still downloading though.

Edit: Ah, apparently you have to set download speed limits
This post was edited on 6/2/22 at 7:59 pm
Posted by broadhead
Member since Oct 2014
2384 posts
Posted on 6/2/22 at 8:36 pm to
never got an invite. cmlemoine at gmail
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18840 posts
Posted on 6/2/22 at 9:32 pm to
Do you have bad Internet or something?
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
28997 posts
Posted on 6/2/22 at 10:51 pm to
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But for anyone else, whenever you download something does it cut off internet access for everything else? As soon as I started downloading every device in the house couldn’t get internet access, including the browser on the computer. The torrent is still downloading though.
Yeah that's the intent, a torrent of data coming at you. You DDoS'd yourself.
quote:

Edit: Ah, apparently you have to set download speed limits
Or limit the number of connections. What kind of router do you have? Might need to upgrade.
Posted by BallsEleven
Member since Mar 2019
6163 posts
Posted on 6/3/22 at 6:29 am to
It isn't bad, but not gigabit either. Centurylink only has 100m/b fiber out here.

As soon as I limited download speed to 10 m/b everything worked fine including download and multiple streams.
Posted by NOLAGT
Over there
Member since Dec 2012
13781 posts
Posted on 6/3/22 at 7:22 am to
I have not looked into this much but do they have high quality options that have at least 5.1 sound? 4K or just 1080? If they have say a 4K 5.1 file, about how big is it? I’m in the market for a NAS and looking at how much TB I want to shoot for.
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18840 posts
Posted on 6/3/22 at 7:23 am to
I'll grab a screenshot of a recent big movie so you can see the selection

This post was edited on 6/3/22 at 7:26 am
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