| Re: How much are your records worth? [message #12111 is a reply to message #12110] |
Sat, 23 April 2005 19:26   |
Russellc
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Another interesting feature is, the more people in the tree, (bit torrent talk) the faster the download is. While you download, others can upload at the same time, so more and more bandwidth is available instead of less as in some other forms of file sharing. some of the files are audience recordings, whose sound quality isn't very good. The sound board recordings can be quite good and are a lot of fun. Let me know if interested and I can give you more info. Russellc
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| Re: How much are your records worth? [message #12126 is a reply to message #12112] |
Tue, 26 April 2005 17:12 |
Russellc
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Sorry,
Wasn't on the net for a little while. did you check out dimeadozen? Thats where the legal soundboard stuff is right now. You will need to also download a program like burst or azzareous (spelling) to get the down loads. Email me at cathouse7hotmail.com for more specifics. warning: if you venture to the illegal sites you MUST use protection like peer guardian. the above mentioned azzareous has peer guardian built into it. Peer guardian is kind of neat anyway, as these people block the LATEST in spyware and pop up technology much more precisely than other programs like spybot, adawre, or spyware blaster, which I also use. Of course it also block government and music industry sites- they can't connect to you and you can't connect to them. Peer guardian is updated every 24 hours. Google search BURST! and go to the site for a free download. This is the bit torrent client you need to download the bit torrents @ www.dimeadozen.org Dimeadozen allows only 100,000 people at atime, so when you sign up it might reject you the first time. Just keep doing it until you get in. Then you must download something every 60 days or so or you will have to reregister. Also, after you have completed your download you want to leave your computer running until you have seeded others. A ratio is keep of your download to upload and it needs to remain above .25, which is easy. If you venture to illegal sites where music, seasons of tv shows, porn and all that, I have heard that you "snatch and grab and get out" Myself, I'm happy with the legal downloads. Not all are soundboards, some are audience recordings which are sometimes not the best quality. there will be a description of all this when you look at the bit torrent. If you like it, click on it and your computer will download a littl file thing, hit OK, then burst will activate and connect you to the seeders. Also on the bit torrent you can click on "all peers" and see a list of everyone who is either seeding or leaching. Get the burst bit torrent client installed and get on board with dimeadozen and start downloading. Most of the concert are 2-3 cd. some shows are on dvd which are of course much larger files and can take 2-3 days to download. I usually down load 3-5 at the same time and then I leave it on long enough for other leachers to get at least as much as I took, sometimes 2-3 times as much. The neat thing is, the more people in the tree, the faster it goes! Let me know how this is coming, once you get started its fairly intuitive, but I had questions when I frst started. You can comment and leave messages and so forth if looking for something in particular, or if no seeders are currently seeding.Regards, Russellc
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| Re: How much are your records worth? [message #12127 is a reply to message #12112] |
Tue, 26 April 2005 17:21 |
Russellc
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Please let me know if you have any questions. This is really worth the trouble and is really cool. All sorts of cool shows from allsorts of classic and current performers. I had tons of questions about this, as I am not the most computer savvey person, but someone I work with is in a major way, and they spoon fed me all this. I'm almost 50 and I've found sound boards of concerts I attended at 19! ( thankyou Hottiemagnet) In fact three different versions of the same show! Very cool stuff,
Russellc
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| Re: How much are your records worth? [message #12130 is a reply to message #12129] |
Wed, 27 April 2005 17:37 |
Russellc
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On dimeadozen there are thousands of bit torrents of all sorts. the volume is staggering. there is another legal site or two but they are much smaller. I have seen everything from classic 70s Led Zep shows, jimi hendrix, sun ra, miles davis u2 springsteen. Most anything from elvis to zappa, jazz to punk. there are torrents of people reading poetry for chriss sakes. Most everything that ever had a sound board could be there. Plus, people "liberate" bootlegs from japan and all over and upload them in bit torrent form. go to dimeadozen and register. If you don't get on, just keep refreshing, you will eventually get on in the first setting if you keep trying. Then you can click on view torrents and see all the latest ones, or go by search and look for whatever you want. at any given time there are thousands, I know not long ago over 8000 bit torrents on this site alone. If you like what you see, get burst and get to downloading. Bit torrents are THE way to file share these days, and apparently it is relatively unheard of outside computer nerd circles. Lossless is nice. This material is not copyrighted and no one is upset about it, and if they are, the offending torrent is removed, even if they couldn't sue. Other sites which I spoke of as illegal, are in other countries and are clearly violating us copyright law. If you go there, you are risking it as the RIAA patrols and sets traps. While I am more than happy with the legal stuff, others more daring use programs like peer guardian at www.methlabs.org which blocks all government and music industry sites. I include the site only because they also have the best pop up and spyware blocking on the web, and they update every 24 hours. their stuff finds trash on my computer that my Spyware Blaster, Spybot, and lavasoft's adaware miss! These other programs are good, they just update less frequently. What sort of stuff are you looking for? I'd be happy to send a sample of something. If dvd, does your player read + or - recordable dvd? Mine reads both of most brands, but not memorex. Other players are picky about other types and brands. Unfortunately, unlike prerecorded dvds, the format has not been established for the recordable dvds. No mattter, I keep both on hand. regards, russellc
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