New with Torrents

[ut_stick]

I am new to using torrents. What do I do with them? I have downloaded the UT-Memphis B-ball game with uTorrent, but I don't know what to do next. Help!!!

 

[USAF_Vol]

You gotta find where it downloaded to. I have a folder set up in my documents that have it.

My problem is mpeg-2 something. :banghead2:

 

[exotic_vols]

check the file you downloaded, if it's compressed or not, if it's not, just go ahead play the file, if it is compressed, use winrar to extract the file then play.

 

[allvol]

You gotta find where it downloaded to. I have a folder set up in my documents that have it.

My problem is mpeg-2 something. :banghead2:

just about any software DVD player will play a *.mpg file as well as windows media player.

I've found that this player will play anything, it's called VLC, and its free.

VLC media player - Overview


Also, a mpg file, when put into a dvd authoring program (like nero) will create the correct files to burn to a DVD and play in a standalone settop DVD player.

 

[rwemyss]

I took care of his problem last night. Had him download an open source MPEG-2 codec.

 

[doozer]

i guess i'l just ask all my questions in here.

i just got a new laptop for my b-day yesterday, so with that in mind:

1. can i use my usual bit torrent client for the games and such as well?
2. i already have a built in program for compressed files, but do i need another program to convert the files to be burned to the DVD? this would be like having to use flac frontend to convert flac files.
3. do the game come with some sort of menu screen? just some? none?
4. how much hard drive space do they take up? do you guys burn them do a disk and the delete them from your computer?

i think that's all. i guess my test run will be dling the Outback Bowl.

 

[Freak]

1. not sure what you mean exactly.
2. You should just be able to burn the downloaded torrent to dvd.
3. No menu on the ones I have seen
4. Size varies but usual from 1-2 GB. I usually delete them after I burn them.

 

[doozer]

can i use the same client i use to get my music from bit torrent sites? this is what i use:

BitTorrent


so i can just burn the torrent file to a DVD and then just throw it in my DVD player?

 

[USAF_Vol]

just about any software DVD player will play a *.mpg file as well as windows media player.

I've found that this player will play anything, it's called VLC, and its free.

VLC media player - Overview


Also, a mpg file, when put into a dvd authoring program (like nero) will create the correct files to burn to a DVD and play in a standalone settop DVD player.

I took care of his problem last night. Had him download an open source MPEG-2 codec.

Sorry. I should have posted a follow up. Remus hooked me up. I wouldn't stop bugging him on IM. (He should have never have given me his IM name )

 

[rwemyss]

can i use the same client i use to get my music from bit torrent sites? this is what i use:

BitTorrent


so i can just burn the torrent file to a DVD and then just throw it in my DVD player?

You would be better off using uTorrent. They have a "standalone" executable that you don't even have to install. You D/L the .exe and when you run it it runs the client. Very useful for a machine you might not want to fully install a client on.

The other question... MOST of them, no you can't just burn the files to a DVD and play it in the DVD player. The football games that Freak and I did were in xVid (MPEG-4 codec) so if you have a divX capable player they MAY work in that... the Memphis basketball game, AllVol was thinking of you guys and he seems to have encoded it in MPEG-2. That you can just burn straight to a DVD without any conversion. I'm not sure how he used MPEG-2, but kept the filesize down...

ANYWAY, that's the long of it. I usually keep these files on my large hard drive. If you want to burn them off, the filesizes are designed (for the football games we did anyway) to fit on two CDs, or you could put two whole games on one DVD (in data format) which as I said would most likely only play on your computer, unless you have a divX capable DVD player. I hope that all helps. eace2:

 

[volley]

I too would recommend uTorrent, and usually videos you download won't be in mpeg-2 format to burn straight to DVD. You will have to use a program to transcode them. video help is the best resource for all things video/dvd related, but be warned there is a lot to learn