What do I need to play Torrent files on my PC??.....

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:20 am

I just downloaded TF's Raycrisis file, but my PC doesn't have anything to play it with-what do I need?

The n00b · Post by **The n00b** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:23 am

Oh Dave you sir are a card! hahaehehehoho

On the off chance you're serious though...google up something called bit torrent.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:28 am

I just downloaded it, and converted the file, but now Windows Media Player is telling me that it won't work; something about the codec not being supported.

So what now?

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:28 am

Ignorance can only go so far, amigo. Don't push it.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:34 am

I'm not asking for the world here folks, just a little help in playing this file.

I TOLD you all that I converted it into an avi file, I have DIVX on my PC, and there's no good reason that it shouldn't be running.

I just need to know what to do now, this is my first experience with BIT Torrent files, alright? So lay off the attitude!

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:35 am

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

And for future reference, http://www.google.com.

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:36 am

This really isn't your first experience, Dave. People on the temp forums already explained it to you when you tried using a .torrent on a PSX emulator.

Anyway just go to the site I linked to, and you'll be on your way.

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:36 am

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dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:40 am

I still need help using this thing, I have no idea what to do. I have downloaded the Raycrisis file, and it won't open or convert it to a video.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:42 am

Please guys, I already have DIVX, so the codec shouldn't be a problem.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:54 am

How did you convert it?

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:55 am

I am SICK of this site; you ask a SIMPLE question, and people treat you like an ASS. Yes I did ask about BIT Torrent with regard to PSX emulation, but that was a LONG time ago, and it never worked out right.

PLEAAASEEE, I have Bit Torrent v. 4.0 downloaded, it WILL NOT DOWNLOAD the MOVIE-the download rate says 0.0%. Please help if any of you can be decent enough to do so.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:57 am

"How did you convert it?" Using Bit Torrent, that's all I know. It says Raycrisis DIVX, but I have DIVX and it won't work on either that or Windows Media Player?

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:01 am

Dog! I'm a n00b myself, but this goes beyond ignorance....

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:02 am

Dave.. uh.. that's not conversion. Bit Torrent will not change one video format to another. Maybe what you are trying to say is that you downloaded the torrent file, right?

Until Bit Torrent says that the file is downloaded 100%, then the file is not there. A torrent file is like a beacon which guides whatever it is you are trying to download to your computer. So "converting" ( I still wonder how BT can "convert") it will not do anything good. When the download is complete, the beacon disappears and in its place you have your video, music, cracked copy of XP, Furry Pr0n, etc.

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:05 am

Dave, I hope you realize that it's at 0% because there's no one uploading it (meaning that there's nobody for you to download it from). You're just going to have to let it sit there until someone seeds it (someone who already has the file puts it up for sharing). The file is already created on your hard drive, but it is not downloaded yet, as is the nature of BitTorrent.

Once the file is 100% done on BitTorrent, you'll be able to watch it. It doesn't matter if you use the DivX player or Windows Media Player.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:07 am

But someone already has put it up on the website, what more do I need then that? Check the website for yourselves; the Raycrisis file is up there.

TF put it up, do I need to ask him to upload it for me?

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:09 am

THE TRACKER is on the site, and is what you downloaded. THE FILE is to be shared from person to person, and apparently, no one with THE FILE is on BitTorrent at the moment.

You don't necessarily need to ask TF to seed it, but if nobody else has downloaded it so far, he would have to.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:12 am

There's two people seeding it right now, and it's still not downloading at all.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:14 am

dave4shmups wrote:I am SICK of this site; you ask a SIMPLE question, and people treat you like an ASS. Yes I did ask about BIT Torrent with regard to PSX emulation, but that was a LONG time ago, and it never worked out right.

PLEAAASEEE, I have Bit Torrent v. 4.0 downloaded, it WILL NOT DOWNLOAD the MOVIE-the download rate says 0.0%. Please help if any of you can be decent enough to do so.

So are you admitting that was YOU in the temp forum? Funny you ended up blaming an imaginary imposter to get the egg off your head. Nobody really wants to treat anybody as an ass (not me at least), but when I see something like this pop up twice, I can't help but chime in an give my opinion, as harsh as it is. Besides, anyone should go to fuckinggoogleit.com before asking a question like this.

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:15 am

1. I didn't download the file while I was at school.
2. I am now at home for break, and am on dialup.

You don't have to sit there and watch it, just open up BitTorrent and leave your computer to do something else. Once it's done downloading, you'll automatically start sharing the file with others so that no one else has to ask why RayCrisis.avi won't work for them.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:20 am

But what am I doing wrong?? I've followed all the steps, it's being seeded, and it STILL isn't downloading any of it?

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:23 am

mannerbot wrote:no one with THE FILE is on BitTorrent at the moment.

You don't necessarily need to ask TF to seed it, but if nobody else has downloaded it so far, he would have to.

Between myself and Icarus as seeds I believe it has been seeded around the clock since it went up. I am still currently seeding it...

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:26 am

dave4shmups wrote:There's two people seeding it right now, and it's still not downloading at all.

My experience with BT is that it starts slow and the more you share the more you d/l. Also, two seeds aren't that many, and there may be loads of people wanting the file.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:29 am

Forget it, I give up. All I wanted to do is watch this movie, but I don't want to keep myself and my PC up all frickin' night, and I don't want to have my PC on all day tomorrow waiting for this thing to download. It isn't worth it.

U K Narayan · Post by **U K Narayan** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:52 am

. . . . . . .

I'm sorry.

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:49 am

I take it this is your first time dealing with P2P...

Also, "where is the best place to download a video card?" (if anyone here browses IGN's forums, they'll get that... if not, well, you still see why it's applicable)

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:03 am

sethsez wrote:Also, "where is the best place to download a video card?" (if anyone here browses IGN's forums, they'll get that... if not, well, you still see why it's applicable)

I bet you didn't know that in the past people have been able to download video cards. Not with me? 3DFX Corporation used to sell Glide(tm)-compatible plug-in hardware that many powerful 3D games required to run. Until some smart hacker created a "Glide(tm) wrapper" piece of software in a few hundred kilobytes, that effectively allowed users with rival cards to effortlessly translate the 3DFX system calls. It worked pretty well too...

This let users in the 90s "download" a 3DFX video card to meet a game's system requirements, if they had a decent enough PC, and saving themselves several hundred bucks.

I think that was the beginning of the end for 3DFX.

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:29 am

That's... not exactly the same thing. The person who asked this question had no clue what a video card actually was, and got quite frustrated when nobody bothered to say why it was such a funny question. The whole situation wouldn't have come up if he'd just spent the five minutes it takes to find out what a video card is.

And that 3DFX info is interesting, but it's more like downloading a new driver than a card. If I download an SNES emulator, that doesn't mean I have an SNES. I just have something that can play its games. And like you said, that "wrapper" required another card in the first place.

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:21 pm

As of current, there are four seeds distributing the Raycrisis replay (myself included) so you really shouldnt have that much trouble downloading.

Unless you're firewalled, in which case, good luck