downloading partial torrents.

[daddyray]

I have never looked into this idea....like a show misposted that gets stuck at 99 percent done or a two dvd set in which only one disc is playable...how does one set one's client or whatever to get only the bits when needs to complete the dl?
after all this time this has never arisen for me but now I am curious...
thanks
(n mo' ribs!)

[Homebrew101]

I have never looked into this idea....like a show misposted that gets stuck at 99 percent done or a two dvd set in which only one disc is playable...how does one set one's client or whatever to get only the bits when needs to complete the dl?
after all this time this has never arisen for me but now I am curious...
thanks
(n mo' ribs!)

well in utorrent one can select which files to d'l so you could uncheck the box for any file you don't need but there isn't a way I know to grab less than whole files

or just d'l one flac to listen to for SQ before grabbing the whole thing

like this for instance:
for those who use µtorrent and want only DVD2
after file.torrent downloaded on pc
when you add it in your torrent soft
on this window, you can select what you want in folders.
hope it can help you

Olivier

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/4287/torrentq.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/torrentq.jpg/)

[AAR.oner]

what client are you using?

[daddyray]

I am filled with shame to admit I am still wrangling with Azureus....I should switch to something easier on my mac. it sure likes to get the beach ball rolling.

[rspencer]

What is your OS? If you're on a PC, I know you can choose which files to d/l with utorrent.

[rspencer]

Oh, you're one of those MAC people. :rolleyes:




:)

[daddyray]

thanks for your help Reg.

[dcbullet]

I have never looked into this idea....like a show misposted that gets stuck at 99 percent done or a two dvd set in which only one disc is playable...how does one set one's client or whatever to get only the bits when needs to complete the dl?
after all this time this has never arisen for me but now I am curious...
thanks
(n mo' ribs!)

In this scenario, you just point your client to the files you have already downloaded and it will check them and only download what it needs.

The other scenario is if you intentionally only want certain files and not others. I do this all the time when checking torrents for lossy files. You just click on the torrent in your client window, go to the tab that shows the files, then right click and set the priority at "Do not download" for the files you don't want.

[daddyray]

Thanks DC...see that Reg? the nice mod helped me out :p:lol

[rspencer]

Never claimed to be nice. Not that Bill is.

Hated Azureus as well.

[daddyray]

the right stuff


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiZ-sW38cT0

[AAR.oner]

forgot you were on a mac daddyrayoll...you should check out Transmission

does all the things you need for bt, minus all that iTunes-type bullshit Azureus added once switchin to Vuze...and its lite on resources, unlike Azureus

[harpsichord]

Deluge has a client for Mac, and also has the ability to de-select the files you might not want. It also has a setting to prioritize files, if you wanted to check out a certain part while still grabbing the rest. It can also edit trackers, like the time we had to remove 'the' from the tracker here during that fuckup.

http://deluge-torrent.org/

[bluzman]

The key with Azureus on a Mac is to use the "Classic Interface". Using the newer "Fisher Price" interface does make it slow down and is a processor hog. The only way I know of to change to "Classic Interface" is to widen the window and on the top right a UI with Blue Arrows appears. Select Classic Interface and restart Vuse.

When you click a torrent you can select the files you want. Since you already use Vuse the Classic Interface will come really easy. It's also easy to set up a Private Tracker securely.

I've tried just about all the of the Mac Clients/Servers and Vuse is great in "Classic Mode"... I can't make sense out of the Vuse mode.