chazzster
07-23-2006, 03:28 PM
I just started using bittorrent, and not knowing what was the best, I just chose BitTorrent. I've tried downloading 4 files; the first came in quick and easy, while I've not yet gotten anything on the other 3, despite the health of the torrents being rated anywhere from okay to good on the sites I've found them on. I'll admit that I don't really know much about bittorrent, so I'd appreciate any help with the following;
1. Does it really matter which client you use? Would I be better served using bitcomet or bittornado, etc, instead of BitTorrent?
2. Am I in some sort of line with the three torrents that have as of yet not downloaded at all, and therefore put myself at the back of the line by exiting BitTorrent? Should I just stay online until they start, or go with another service and start over?
3. Does 'force-starting' a torrent actually work? Does setting the priority as 'high' actually do anything?
4. When you find a file, and the hosting site says something along the lines of 'you need a BitTorrent client like Bitlord (or uTorrent, etc) to download this file', is that just the preference of the site for a particular client, or does it represent some sort of promotional arrangement, or does it mean that the particular, listed client would be the best for downloading that particular torrent file?
I'm sure I'll have more questions later, but for now, these will do
1. Does it really matter which client you use? Would I be better served using bitcomet or bittornado, etc, instead of BitTorrent?
2. Am I in some sort of line with the three torrents that have as of yet not downloaded at all, and therefore put myself at the back of the line by exiting BitTorrent? Should I just stay online until they start, or go with another service and start over?
3. Does 'force-starting' a torrent actually work? Does setting the priority as 'high' actually do anything?
4. When you find a file, and the hosting site says something along the lines of 'you need a BitTorrent client like Bitlord (or uTorrent, etc) to download this file', is that just the preference of the site for a particular client, or does it represent some sort of promotional arrangement, or does it mean that the particular, listed client would be the best for downloading that particular torrent file?
I'm sure I'll have more questions later, but for now, these will do