Monday, October 4, 2010

Bit Torrent Technology Improves Film Downloading Speeds

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.

This works by enabling you to download small bits of files from various web sources, or users, at the same time. When downloading blockbusters, it means you are getting parts of it directly from other people's computer hard drives. Likewise, you are also sharing yours to millions of internet users worldwide.

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 a torrent program installed, the next procedure is to locate the movie you are looking for. Fire up any web browser of your choice. Then go to a torrent site. Got no idea? Then simply look for one using a search engine. Once you got a torrent site open, type the title of the movie you wish to download inside the search box. Hit the enter key or click on the search button to get a listing of related files.

Scroll through the list to find the file you are looking for. Several different files will show up, depending on various features. Such include: the file type, file size, the number of seeders, etc. What you pick will depend on your preferences. But usually, when it comes to movies, the larger the file size, the better quality it is.

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 movie, based on file size, type and seeders, the next procedure is to start the download. By double-clicking on a file on the list, the torrent program which you previously installed will start up. Click the okay button, or any other similar button, to commence the downloading.

Movie downloads are completed in only a matter of hours. But then again, depending on the file's size, seeders, and of course your internet's reliability. Once the file has completed downloading, you will get a message, and you can enjoy watching it right away. - 40726

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