Re: Fw: OT: Grand Designs Episode 5 BitTorrent Release

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mpeg4 is the best... which is mostly divx5 .....

mpeg4 systems profile players rock.... when you know how to use em.. once
they settle down no going back.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ho Yin Ng" <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [ukha_d] OT: Grand Designs Episode 5 BitTorrent Release


> Boo .. no ...
>
> Mpg format is best!!!
>
> I suggest that if you want divx you re encode it yourself using
virtualdub.
>
> It is a free program and is not difficult to use at all.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ho Yin
>
> At 11:31 19/02/2004, you wrote:
> >Whats the chance of a Divx encode from the MPEG2 stream instead ?
Perfect
> >for the XBox media player :-)
> >
> >G.
> >
> >Gareth Cook
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> >----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 19/02/2004 11:23 -----
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> >Discussion
> >Main Topic
> >
> >Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>
> >Today 10:33
> >
> >.
> >Subject:
> >.
> >[ukha_d] OT: Grand Designs Episode 5 BitTorrent Release
> >.
> >Category:
> >
> >
> >
> >Hi Guys,
> >
> >As is the weekly tradition, I've got a VCD quality MPEG-1 of Grand
> >Designs out as a BitTorrent.
> >
> >Existing BitTorrent users, here's the link:-
>
><http://www.doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns5.mpg.torrent>http://www.
doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns5.mpg.torrent
> >
> >Previous episodes of this series are still currently available but
not
> >for too long! - **I'm planning on shutting down 1 & 2 this
week so if
> >you want them, get them *NOW* **
>
><http://www.doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns4.mpg.torrent>http://www.
doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns4.mpg.torrent
> >http://www.doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns3.mpg.torrent
>
><http://www.doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns2.mpg.torrent>http://www.
doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns2.mpg.torrent
> >http://www.doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns1.mpg.torrent
> >
> >Thanks to everyone who seeds them :)
> >
> >Newbies:-
> >
> >The file on my site is a few k and is a BitTorrent file.
BitTorrent is a
> >peer-2-peer file sharing system.
> >
> >First thing you'll need is a BitTorrent client. My favourite
client with
> >the most features is ABC -
>
><http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/>http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/
> >download
> >that (or any other BitTorrent client program)
> >
> >Once you have a client, you want to give it the torrent file -
either
> >save to disc from the link I gave and double click it
>
>(<http://www.doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns5.mpg.torrent)>http://ww
w.doogiebrodie.com/torrents/GrandDesigns5.mpg.torrent)
> >, or
> >ABC has the ability to directly add from URLs which you can use.
> >
> >After this happens, your client will scan for seeds - people with
the
> >file available and their client open and allowing upload. At the
moment,
> >there is only 1 seed, me! Your client tries to connect to as many
seeds
> >as possible and download random bits of the file to assemble it.
The
> >more seeds that have the file available, the faster your download
will
> >happen (obviously limited by the speed of your connection though!)
So as
> >more people start to download, the number of seeds increases.
> >
> >One of the major problems that people get is a speed issue if
they're
> >behind a NAT'd connection (firewall, router etc). If this is the
case
> >and you get very low download speeds (eg < 1k/sec), then you'll
want to
> >setup port forwarding on your router - forward TCP ports 6881
through
> >6999 to the machine running the client.
> >
> >In BitTorrent, the general etiquette is to have your client open
and
> >uploading the file for as long as possible after the download has
> >completed, to keep it available to others as fast as possible.
This is
> >particularly important with a release like this, since it's a
small
> >group of users on UKHA_D.
> >
> >Hope that explains everything! If you have any further questions,
drop
> >me a mail *OFF-LIST*
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >--
> >Doogie
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