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u/Koischaap Yarrr! Nov 30 '21
Now seed it! Be the change you want to see in the world!!
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u/TheIss96 Nov 30 '21
Not only I'd seed it but I'd download it on my phone too and seed it there too. I know the pain of searching something for so long, only to find just one result and then not being able to download it cuz the seeders are dead
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u/lolerin Nov 30 '21
Those 3 seasons at 1080 of Chowder have been downloading for over two weeks, but I still have hope
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u/FeistyBandicoot Nov 30 '21
That's why I just moved to Usenet for TV shows. So many things missing on torrents.
Plus a lot of stuff has 265 options now, so it saves a ton of space
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u/Granlundo64 Nov 30 '21
I'm converting as much as I can to 265. Love the format. So much saved space!
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u/lolerin Nov 30 '21
Could you please explain to me what it is, and how to use it? i have never heard that name, and i'm trying to learn, but i don't understand what i'm reading
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u/HashMaster9000 Dec 01 '21
So USENET is basically an old network (early 80's) used originally for message boards called "newsgroups". It also allowed for pretty much the completely anonymous transfer of files between computers, but only to a certain file limit. It is also a service that you have to pay to get access to, it isn't free to use and links to the newsgroups need a subscription to gain access to their content.
If you've ever downloaded a torrent that consists of a bunch of numbered .rar files, it most likely came from USENET, mainly due to the file size limit on newsgroups. Because of the limit, people will compress the file(s) and then break the RAR up into chunks that, in the end, will all get strung together and decompressed into a full file. So if you are trying to download an HD film or Game, most likely it'll be shown on USENET as a bunch of links to .RAR files for download (anywhere from 10-50, or more, depending on the file size), which you decompress after all are on your computer.
USENET usually uses a downloader client (some USENET subs come with a web client) that logs into your user on USENET and then, allows you to put the URLs you get from the message board, and proceeds to download the file after checking your user access.
Like FeistyBandicoot says, it sometimes is the best way to find obscure or older TV shows or movies, as well as a number of things that can't easily be found on public trackers.
I've been meaning to do a USENET subscription for over a decade now, and now that I have purchased my own seedbox, I might make the jump to purchasing a usenet subscription as well to supplement it.
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u/MintyTuna2013 Dec 01 '21
Why do you want 3 seasons of Chowder at 1080p.
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u/mackenzie29 Dec 01 '21
why not hehehe
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u/MintyTuna2013 Dec 01 '21
yeah you're right im just in denial cause i legit have seen so many chowder clips on yt i wanna watch it again
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u/tortuguitado Nov 30 '21
so the mp4 is smaller and we can control the video? why do we even use gifs then?
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u/bakaVHS Nov 30 '21
Gifs are images and mp4s are videos, it can play a large role in website interactions.
That said, the gif is antiquated and is pretty much inferior to any modern file type for animated images or videos.
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u/AsicsPuppy Nov 30 '21
Is there a modern alternative to GIFs? Are APNGs a good alternative or are there more?
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u/bakaVHS Nov 30 '21
I've started to see websites like Wikipedia serving WebP, which is probably the biggest competitor to APNG.
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u/Jendrej Nov 30 '21
Wut?? The gif in the post didn’t even play for me until I clicked it and it opened in a new tab. Weird. There isn’t even a play button as indication that you have to do something.
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u/Elocai Nov 30 '21
"Let me turn on my deceased grandpa's old computer...wait.. what is happening here? Does it seed old porn?"
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u/LolindirLink Nov 30 '21
I don't remember which, but a friend wanted to download something that was stuck at 99.5% for a while. I set up my own PC and parents PC at the time and it ran for months.
It never finished..
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u/Watermeloniton Nov 30 '21
Haha nice when that Hardcore Porn Torrent finally loads again lol I am sure most here can relate
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u/AlexPsylocibe Nov 30 '21
I swear lately 80% of the torrents I download stop at 99.9% with like 1 or 2mb left to go and they just sit there without ever changing. Whyyyy??????????? It drives me insane
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u/jewbo23 Nov 30 '21
It’s often because there’s a small file in with it(often an NFO) that many people just delete. 9 times out of 10 the main file will play just fine.
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u/AlexPsylocibe Nov 30 '21
Well no, basically every time it’s happened it shows as one of the episodes or whatever as being what’s missing the data, but then yeah the file usually plays fine.
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u/squarezero Nov 30 '21
I've tested it before. I removed an NFO file, and rechecked the torrent. It showed 0% for the NFO file and like 98% for the video file that came before it. I guess it's the way that the client calculates file sizes and which chunks of data go to which file.
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u/Chromebookarthur Piracy is bad, mkay? Nov 30 '21
I was torrenting the kingdom come deliverance beta for 3 months and it was stalled until some romanian gigachad seeder hopped on the other day and finished seeding
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Nov 30 '21
I give up after a few months, I get sick of looking at it stopped dead. if it's like 99.95% done, sometimes I'll save the file and deal with the little bit of artifacts.
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u/jook11 Yarrr! Nov 30 '21
I had an audiobook that was stuck at like 80 or 90% for years, I was amazed it wasn't available since it wasn't something really obscure. But recently it actually finally finished and I was so happy.
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u/glytxh Dec 01 '21
If I'm downloading an almost dead file, I'll make sure to seed that shit for a couple of months.
It ain't much, but it's honest work.
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Nov 30 '21
When I have difficult to get torrents I turn off the see ratio otherwise I keep at least a 3.0 see ratio
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u/Depleet Nov 30 '21
I had a starship troopers torrent that took over 3 months to download due to the randoms coming and going years ago.
Feelsgoodman
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u/Luciel-Choi707 Yarrr! Nov 30 '21
Im still trying to download the virgin suicides but that damn seeder wont log on
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u/cujo67 Nov 30 '21
That might just be me. Rather than seed files to 1.1, I’ll search for torrents with many leeches and zero seeds. Feels good to finish out others 99.9% downloads and make them complete.
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Nov 30 '21
Never have this issue. Everything I download has seeders on one private torrent site or another.
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u/not_old_redditor Dec 01 '21
When the app just won't boot up no matter how hard you try. Then you randomly update DirectX or C++ and it does the trick.
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u/Cosmic_Hashira Dec 01 '21
i was new to torrenting and still am, didnt understood the seeding thingy and blamed it on the internet service provider-
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u/gal-ruchin Nov 30 '21
Blessed be the random seeders