Pissed off at Torrents

Gregsynth wrote:

Which ones do you have?

Everything except Leiden ;)

Torrents only die if no one has the files.  Before you write a torrent off :

1. Bump the thread.
2. Request the show in the Request forum
3.I don't have everything but I have a fair amount.  You can always PM me, and if I have the show I'll share it (by torrent!)

I would have launched a new torrent for Leiden 11 June 12986 but I see someone already seeded it - thanks to them!  But I'll always help out if I can :))

Holly2003 wrote:

 



GratefulFan wrote:



Thanks for the commiseration guys.  The bandwidth is there - I'm not restricted to a small pipe or anything, it's just more of an ethics thing.  Should I really be using this work provided connection for a blatantly personal use that is so hard on resources kind of thing. Often when  I do something "big" at home, our network guy has to check out the logs and I have to say "Oh that was just me" and it's fine because I sit right beside him, but it's still inconvenient for him. And then add to that the fact that I can't in good conscience just take and not give back, every concert I want represents multiple gigs flying around over days. Sigh.

If there's any particular concerts you want, let me know. If I have them, I'll burn a cd and mail them to you.

That would be so, so appreciated.  Let me do some research on Bob's site, and see if I can come up with a brief list of the ones that I would really love to have the most.  Or perhaps you can recommend the best from the stuff you do have? Thanks again for the offer. :)

GratefulFan wrote:

 



Holly2003 wrote:



 

 



 



 



GratefulFan wrote:



 



Thanks for the commiseration guys.  The bandwidth is there - I'm not restricted to a small pipe or anything, it's just more of an ethics thing.  Should I really be using this work provided connection for a blatantly personal use that is so hard on resources kind of thing. Often when  I do something "big" at home, our network guy has to check out the logs and I have to say "Oh that was just me" and it's fine because I sit right beside him, but it's still inconvenient for him. And then add to that the fact that I can't in good conscience just take and not give back, every concert I want represents multiple gigs flying around over days. Sigh.



 

If there's any particular concerts you want, let me know. If I have them, I'll burn a cd and mail them to you.

That would be so, so appreciated.  Let me do some research on Bob's site, and see if I can come up with a brief list of the ones that I would really love to have the most.  Or perhaps you can recommend the best from the stuff you do have? Thanks again for the offer. :)

Boston 76 and Sun City spring immediately to mind.

How About Newcastle 1979,  Wembley 1980, or Leeds 1982?

Gregsynth wrote:

How About Newcastle 1979,  Wembley 1980, or Leeds 1982?

I have all of those. They're not the best-soundng concerts though. Sun City, Houston 77, Earl's Court 77, Hammersmith 79, Boston 76 and one of the 81 Argentina concerts probably have the best sound.

Forget torrents, its worth getting a sub to rapidshare then going on a few rapidshare messageboards (google it) you will get everything you want.. concerts, movies, programmes, music.. etc... splash some cash you will have more choice a lot quicker...

Exquisitely and painfully difficult to choose.  Holly2003, I've sent you a PM.  Thanks again.

Gregsynth wrote:

They never seem to work right AT ALL. I've followed every direction right, etc. And I CAN'T GET anything downloaded!I wish it was MANDATORY that the concerts would be uploaded to Mediafire, megauploader, etc. That way, it's EASIER for EVERYBODY to download their favorite concert.

[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] If you can't get the torrents to download then there are either no sources or you have to change some settings on your PC.  Torrents rule!  SEED SEED SEED

Holly2003 wrote:

Gregsynth wrote:



How About Newcastle 1979,  Wembley 1980, or Leeds 1982?

I have all of those. They're not the best-soundng concerts though. Sun City, Houston 77, Earl's Court 77, Hammersmith 79, Boston 76 and one of the 81 Argentina concerts probably have the best sound.

Don't forget Golders Green Hippodrome 73, Rainbow March 74,  Montreal 78, Hammy 79, Knebworth Park ...

@Gregsynth - when you can never download any torrents, the mistake must be on your side because most people can download.

here are some possible reasons (not complete!!) and some common mistakes.

- If you have a mac you need a special client. Mac users may have problems but they can download from the QZ tracker
- use uTorrent, it has proven to work best with the QZ tracker.
- If you have a firewall or a router you must open a port for the torrents  - otherwise the firewall/router  will close the client (google for port mapping + name of your router + BitTorrent). Maybe you are in an internal network and the network admin has forbidden access to BitTorrent
- maybe you download into the wrong folder. Make sure that the torrent file and the target folder are in the same folder. Most clients download automatically into the right folder but some don't and you must specify the target folder in the correct folder. for example if the torrent is in c:\flac\torrent the target folder must be c:\flac

I hope this helps. If not, please describe your problem, maybe someone else can help