When downloading torrents, which is better: more seeds or more leechers?
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More seed's more chances of your download completing. And Leecher's are just what the word means, they work like leech's (blood sucker's) the just download and good chances are that the minute the download completes, they disconnect or stop sharing the file.
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I use bitcomet all the time - my favourite download sites are:\n\nhttp://www.isohunt.com\nhttp://www.mininova.com\n\nSearch for what you want.  Make sure the download you choose has lots of seeders - it will be faster.  When it has finished downloading, check in the bitcomet programme files and find the downloads folder.  Sit back and watch!\n\nIt's very simple, and bitcomet was a good choice - enjoy!\n\nTorrents are the files that you are downloading - in the simplest terms.  Don't worry about it so much, it isn't that complicated - just download what you want and then play it.
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BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol.  Torrent files are the small files that are used to coordinate the download of a shared file. For example, if you were downloading SuSE linux, you could use a torrent file for the iso to download the iso.  Downloading with torrent files is usually a lot faster.  There a lot of clients out there and I've included a link to a list.
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I like to use Azureus, because it stores and displays a lot mor info than just bitlord, plu with azu you can tell the program how much you want to upload altogether from all torrents.  Really optimized and free!\n\n-Nick
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The BitTorrent protocol breaks the file(s) down into smaller fragments, typically a quarter of a megabyte (256 KB) in size, though the larger the file, the larger the piece size is by default - a 4.37GB file will often have a piece size of 4mb. Peers download missing fragments from each other and upload those that they already have to peers that request them. The protocol is 'smart' enough to choose the peer with the best network connections for the fragments that it is requesting. To increase the overall efficiency of the swarm (the ad-hoc P2P network temporarily created to distribute a particular file), the bittorrent clients request from their peers the fragments that are most rare; in other words, the fragments that are available on the fewest peers, making most fragments available widely across many machines and avoiding bottlenecks. The file fragments are not usually downloaded in sequential order and need to be reassembled by the receiving machine. It is important to note that clients start uploading fragments to their peers before the entire file is downloaded. Sharing by each peer therefore begins with a .torrent file, a small "pointer" file that contains the the filename and sizefile. However, everyone can eventually get the complete file as long as there is at least one distributed copy of the file, even if there are no seeds.\n\nDownloading with BitTorrent is straightforward. Each person who wants to download the file first downloads the torrent and opens it in the BitTorrent client software. The torrent file tells the client the address of the tracker, which, in turn, maintains a log of which users are downloading the file and its fragments reside. For each available source, the client considers which blocks of the file are available and then requests the rarest block it does not yet have. This makes it more likely that peers will have blocks to exchange. As soon as the client finishes importing a block, it hashes it to make sure that the block matches what the torrent file said it should be. Then it begins looking for someone to upload the block to, without uploading it to anyone. (Although, confusingly, when used in opposition to "seeds" or "seeders" as in "S/L ratio" (meaning "seed/leech ratio"), "leecher" only means someone who has not downloaded the full file yet.).\n\nThough BitTorrent is a good protocol for a broadband user, it is less effective for dial up connections, where disconnections are common. Additionally, bittorrent speeds are noticeably slower on DSL than on cable. On the other hand, many HTTP servers drop connections over several hours, while many torrents exist long enough to complete a multi-day download (often required for large files).\n\nmore info:
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Hi there,\n\nThis depends upon the sources you want to use. \nIf you want to use 'Bit Torrent" sources, You can follow the links below-\n\nhttp://seedler.org/en/\nhttp://www.mininova.org/\nhttp://torrentspy.com/\nhttp://torrentbox.com/torrents-browse.php?news\n\nAlternately, you can go to http://isohunt.com/ which is like a search engine for all the torrents. But beware to check the number of seeds and peers, that is, the health of the torrent.\n\nYou can also use P2P applications like Limewire.\nYou can find it at \nhttp://limewire.com/\nThere is also a professional version, but I didn't find much of a difference between the free one and the pro.\nAn alternative is  'Kazaa', but microsoft anti-spyware recognizes kazaa as a spy-ware. so my opinion is to go for Limewire which is hassle-free.\n\nAnd heyy there are also loads of sites which are not essestially P2P. Here is the list-\nYou can download the music for free from the following websites :\n\nhttp://www.purevolume.com/\nhttp://www.somesongs.com/\nhttp://www.webjay.org/\nhttp://www.coolgoose.com/\nhttp://www.soundclick.com/\nhttp://www.mag4you.com/\nhttp://www.epitonic.com/\nhttp://www.emusic.com/ -> 50 songs free upon sign up\n\n\n\n\nHope this helps. If not, please let me know. I'd be glad 2 assist you.\n\nrule wid style n luv@vinny
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www.btjunkie.com\nwww.2torrents.com\nwww.torrentz.com\n\nthese which i use and they are perfect \n\nhere u can see the best 35 torrents site : http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/a/torrent_search.htm
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Torrenting files (using a program such as Azureus and Bittorrent) is a popular way of sharing files. Instead of downloading a file as a whole it is broken into pieces and everyone downloads pieces of it until they get the whole thing from other peers (others uploading) and seeders (people who have the whole file and are uploading it) creating a web of downloading and uploading from user to user. It is an extremely effective way to download files as long as you have some seeders instead of bunch of leachers (people who just download the file but don't upload anything back). It's not dangerous unless you are downloading something illegal.
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Non of these U torrent is much better than these two ( I'v tried them all & spend hours on them each day) U torrent is better because it uses little CPU and has many easy to use features, works well with windows.  Take no notice of others anything for free is good it balances out all the times you'v been over charged ripped off, to me it creates balance in the world yin/yang, plus it makes your day a liitle better.  Have fun go explore you will find you will have/create your own personal preferance.
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utorrent (microtorrent) is the leanest and simplest client.\n\nAs far as faster downloads you have to tweak the settings of any client for the best performance. Also, your speed is directly related to the number of seeders and their collective upload speeds.
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lots of thm....i use 2 of thm think the most popular ones....\nlimewire....\nemule.....\nbittorrent (bit diff on the way of working)
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Fast Torrent v2.5 is a P2P.  Basically the same thing as using lime wire, etc...  You have to share your files also.  Bittorrent allows you to find users seeding files on your own on the web.
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it could mean that the number of people trying to download it is far greater than the number of people who are seeding it..  that's what happens when people only take and never share..
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Torrent Clients can use a lot of memory due to the huge amount of work they have to do - ie.: re-assembling the huge files that they are downloading, and checking them for errors.\nTry using YABC or mewTorrent, these are very small and dont use a lot of memory.
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try downloading torrents
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Are you using a tracker site? \n\nYour client will connect to other peers if there are any there. You should forward a port (router settings) for your computer and then tell the client to use that port.\n\nThe client should somewhere tell how many seeders and leachers there are in the swarm of the torrent, if there are none, then it won't work.
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Download if off any file shre program but i find torrents the best with NO hidden spyware, and best speeds