Posted: 11/27/2008 8:25 PM
Post subject: The 99% Problem with AVIs.
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Rick
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So, here I am once again kind of irritated about this. Lately, I've noticed more and more when I try to download a TAS, it has the age-old BitTorrent problem of getting to 98-99%-ish and then just inexplicably stopping, peroid. And then it doesn't move for days, weeks, or even one time, I spent a few months trying to download one and it wouldn't budge the slightest. Can someone tell me what's behind the problem? It's kinda frustrating, and I never have really understood it.
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Posted: 11/27/2008 11:50 PM
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OmnipotentEntity
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The problem is that your .torrent file is corrupt. You've received all of the information, but because the hash on one is wrong it's rejecting good info. Redownload the torrent file. The download is finished and it will work properly.
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Posted: 11/28/2008 12:40 AM
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Raiscan
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Or something else like a router or ISP is corrupting something. If you have DMZ enabled on your router, try disabling it.
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Posted: 11/28/2008 12:55 AM
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Warp
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I have noticed the same problem sometimes, although not from tasvideos torrents. Redownloading the torrent always helped.
Posted: 11/28/2008 1:22 AM
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Rick
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I don't know about anything on the router. My grandfather has it set up and I don't know how to go about messing with it. Re-downloading, on the other hand, has had some mixed results. Sometimes it works, sometimes it gets stuck in the same exact spot. I had some trouble downloading the Jaws TAS exactly for that reason, so I nixed it (A friend of mine wanted to see it). (Edit: And the Jaws one is still doing it, holy crap.)
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Posted: 11/28/2008 4:29 PM
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I believe they meant "redownload the .torrent and open it again in your client so it can resume" and not "restart the entire download".
Posted: 11/28/2008 6:24 PM
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Rick
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I've tried that before too and it doesn't work. If I'm interpreting this correctly, would that mean that the .torrent file is the one that's making it stop at 99.??% and if the file isn't changed, then it's gonna do the same thing over again?
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Posted: 11/28/2008 6:31 PM
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what client are you using?
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Posted: 11/28/2008 6:48 PM
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Rick
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I've been using Shareaza to run my BitTorrent clients, as it's been something I've been using for a while.
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Posted: 11/28/2008 8:00 PM
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Raiscan
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well, have you tried something else? like µtorrent, for example?
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Posted: 11/28/2008 8:30 PM
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I prefer Azureus: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ You should really get into the settings and change it to the classic UI after you install it, that way it will start up quickly.
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Posted: 11/29/2008 1:02 AM
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Rick
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I've been kind of nervous about trying new BitTorrent clients because my campus is really crazy about punishing people for using torrent stuff. If I can block uploads on any program, then that'd help me out a lot. I know that downloading TAS vids are legal, but I doubt the University knows anything about them.
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Posted: 11/29/2008 1:09 AM
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Mostly anyone using BitTorrent is encouraged to seed to maintain the torrent's stability. I'm not sure what this means by "blocking uploads". I would assume you'd want to ... WAIT A MINUTE!!!
Posted: 11/29/2008 4:53 AM
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Rick
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All I really download on BitTorrent are the TAS AVIs anyway. A group of mentally challenged monkeys could run the campus better than half the people that currently work there. I have the uploads blocked so they don't try to declare me as sharing illegal files when the AVI files I'd normally be sharing are perfectly legal. I assure you there's no shady crap going on.
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Posted: 11/29/2008 5:03 AM
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Raiscan
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Rick wrote:
I have the uploads blocked so they don't try to declare me as sharing illegal files when the AVI files I'd normally be sharing are perfectly legal.
If they are smart enough to be shaping bittorrent traffic, then they will also be smart enough to know bittorrent is a protocol, and not just some easy way to get warez. Bear in mind they could just be throttling you based on the amount of connections you make (which is how my university does it). Regardless, µTorrent supports encryption so it's impossible to know you're using bittorrent (only that you're initially connecting to the tasvideos tracker). Paranoia over doing nothing wrong is absurd.
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Posted: 11/29/2008 6:09 AM
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yeah, µTorrent is the way to go, set encryption to forced, and have it use a random port each time. I was also getting the 99% problem a while back, and it went away when I switched to µTorrent from azureus.
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Posted: 11/29/2008 6:58 AM
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