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New Downloader with questions and a WELCOME
Hi all-
First a hearty welcome. This site is new to me, and I think Ive been up for 48 hours straight playing around. Ive been a Grateful Dead fan for 23 years and this place is a dream come true. Just a few quick questions and comments since Im new to all this: 1. I really dont have anything to UPLOAD, or donate to the public, but im assuming that when I have finished dloading a show, that OTHERS will be able to dload it from me, correct? 2. Ive only got about 60 free gigs on my hard drive, so i can only store about 4-5 shows. Can I "compress" these shows or transfer them to an external hard drive, so I will have more to share with the public? 3. Im downloading the Vegas 91 show (Dew-Steve Miller) with uTorrent and was hitting about 50 kbps last night, but now am around 1/2 that, is this normal? I have a pretty good machine with cable. 4. Is it "normal" for a show to take 6-10 days to downlaod? 5. Once Ive dloaded the files, is there a recommended software that I use for transferring these files onto dvds? I notice that the files are in "folders" (dvd1, dvd2, dvd3). Will the software know which files appear first? I dont want to transfer the show in the wrong order! 6. Finally, do these shows come with "cover art"? I noticed one of the Vegas shows had a lovely screen cap of dvd cover art, do they all come with this (probably not) Is there software available where I can create my own "cover art? Ok, enough for now. To Mattman, who I've read alot of posts from in the last 24 hours, thank you for sharing what you are sharing you are making so many people such as myself happy! There are so many of us, who, while we have our own busy hectic lives (wife, job, 4 year old daughter) miss Jerry and his magic terribly thats why Phil and Friends, RatDog, etc., while entertaining, just isnt the same without the magicman. Thank you for sharing these gems, they are TRULY priceless....my little girl loves "Berfa" and "Fiyo on the Mountain" Warm regards to all- CheesyBob PS. For anyone who misses Jerry, heres a nice link to a 2 part 20 minute interview Jerry gave to ET (ET??!!) behind the scenes at the Vegas shows. It'll make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Its 2 parts. Its just amazing how he shines even off the stage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fwwflbJHgM No members have liked this post.
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Re: New Downloader with questions and a WELCOME
welcome to The Den bob
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as for as making yer own, any graphics prog should be able to...but most folks use Photoshop i would say No members have liked this post.
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Re: New Downloader with questions and a WELCOME
regarding yer download/upload ratio:
your ratio stats are shown under yer screenname...the number on the left is total d/l, middle is total u/l, and right is the ratio... you've d/led 1.16GB so far, and u/led 248MB, giving you a .21 ratio [don't worry, thats normal at this point]...so once yer finished downloading the show, leave the torrent running until the ratio is 1.00 or higher No members have liked this post.
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Re: New Downloader with questions and a WELCOME
Wow!
You guys are great! Thanks! The show Im downloading says "Seeds 4 (4) and peers (0) 2" and im hitting about 25 mbps....is this normal speed?? At this rate It'll take me a week to dload this show!! LOL Anyway, many many thanks>> Oh,,,,,,,how do I "leave a torrent open"??? I assume this is to just leave it in my hard drive and not move it anywhere, correct? Well, Im sure I'll have more questions later....many thanks again -Bob No members have liked this post.
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Re: New Downloader with questions and a WELCOME
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Thanks for asking the questions I never would have! I would have just skulked around and finally given up. Thanks as well to those who replied! drapes No members have liked this post.
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Re: New Downloader with questions and a WELCOME
Welcome cheesybob, whatever you need, this is the place where everyone wants to help you
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