Monday, October 4, 2010

Movie Downloads Use Bit Torrents For Faster Service

By Eula Hoover

Movie downloads provide film buffs convenience when it comes to getting new titles. They don't have to get out of the house to rent DVDs or pay for a cinema. With a few click of the mouse, they can have a new title to enjoy right in their computer.

Perhaps you have seen pages on the internet that allow you to download movies. But they ask for a certain price - per download, month or year, depending on the subscription terms. But there is a way of getting movies from the internet, for absolutely free. And it is via torrent, or P2P (peer-to-peer) sharing of files. Through this, you may also enjoy other stuff like books, games, useful applications, music videos, songs and others.

How does this torrent sharing work? You know that the internet is a network of people from all over the planet. Through torrent sharing, you get pieces of the movie from various users online who got it in their PC's hard drives. At the same time you are downloading those pieces, you are sharing them to millions others looking for exactly the same film.

So how do you download movies through bit torrent? First, you need to download and install in your computer a torrent program or software. You can easily find this on the web, and it is for free. Having this program is necessary as it is through it that you can locate users with the film you wish to download.

Once you have successfully installed the application, the next step is to find available films on the net. Using your favorite browser, you need to open a torrent website. It is very easy to find one. Once you have one open, look for the search bar, usually in the upper portion of the torrent website. Simply type in the title of the flick you wish to download, then click on the search button. Almost instantly, a listing of available files related to what you typed in will show up.

The next step is to pick one among the available files presented by the torrent website. So how do you pick the right one? It depends on your preferences. The files on the list will vary based on file type, size and others. If you want good quality ones, then go for something with a large file size. And also consider the number of seeders.

Seeders are online users who got the files you want saved on their respective hard drives. So simple logic will tell you that the more seeders a file got, the more available pieces of that film you can download. When you pick a file that has more seeders, as indicated by the torrent website, the quicker the downloading process is. Of course it will also depend on the reliability of your internet hookup.

Once you have decided on a particular film, double click on it to start the download. Doing so will start up the torrent application, the one which you earlier downloaded and installed on your PC. Simply follow the subsequent instructions, which are very easy, to begin downloading.

Movie downloads usually complete in a few hours. But again depending on factors like the file size, seeders and the speed of your internet connection. You will get a prompt after the entire process is done. And you can enjoy the film right away using your computer's media player. - 40724

About the Author:

No comments:

Post a Comment