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[nunofsky]

Hey people, good night.

I don't wanna seem pretty ungrateful, 'cause that's how I'm feeling right now lol, but, well, I always downloaded files from the internet by torrent files, it always work very nice. But then I found this site, and I loved it, it's completely awesome. But, there's always a but, I'm pretty damn noob with eMule and that stuff, I used eMule a few years ago, but I didn't like it because it was very slow. Well I'm downloading "What I Like About You"'s 4 seasons, and well It's so slow that I'm gonna cry xD Okay, I'm kidding, it's just slow...

My post here, if you people still awake lol, is to ask you, and beg you, to upload the series in torrent files, I understand is ridiculous if I asked you to upload all the series, but well, make a spot on the site for people who prefers torrent files request for them.

Thank you
And I'm Sorry :S

[AL3X]

Topics merged and moved to "Suggestions" section.

Double post deleted.

[Prower]

We used to have a tracker. It had issues. One day it may be back.

There are other sites that do torrents better than we did though.

[nunofsky]

But I looked everywhere, and the only good one's series are in here! :S

[hagaz]

The mule can be just as fast as torrents on occasions, but usually requires a bit more patience. It's all a matter of settings/sources/upload speed and so on... But sometimes you just have to wait.

If you don't have any luck in speeding things up, I suggest you find yourself a jar of patience and rub it all over!

[Che Guevara]

this is in plans

[omeyya]

If I may, after 5 years emuling & 2 years torrenting (24/7), I have a few observations to make :

- Until every Peer on the planet has owns a 100+ mbps internet, I don't think the role of the emule community is at threat, I mean as the final depository of pretty much everything that is available around, even when it has initially been released on other networks

- As one fond of rare or obscure TV files among other things, I've frequently been able to "resurrect" a dead file started on BT with the parts available on the same file on emule, be it dead or not, and vice-versa (...then made a few people happy in both communinities, as you can guess )

- Considering BT's nature as of today (faster completion & shorter lifespan), it could easily fulfill a purpose very similar & complementary to the non-mainpage forums (Request/Release Zone)

- As a matter of fact, and for that reason, I believe that TVU's architecture (MainPage + Request/Release/Chat forums) makes it one of the most likely to profitably integrate a BT "something", if it wishes so, and as Tripleplay, highspeed ADSL etc get democratized around the globe (too slowly http://tvunderground...tyle_emoticons/dark/sad.gif)

- I wouldn't be surprised if in the few years to come, most prominent P2P communities kept doors open to neighbouring Oceans of Files, as debits rise

- In the mean time, non-BT TVUers (personal inclination, connection limitations etc) would still benefit from the input of Dual-User members, especially for elusive files

- Objectively, BT could save the hassle some experience with RS or MU links (Premiums unavailable in many countries, for varied reasons ).

- Let's not forget there's a whole "Third World" out there, and that they're coming to P2P, big time

- Ratios : I suppose a TVU tracker would be private, with an adequate ratio policy, so I don't think BT activities could deface the emule "soul" of this forum (Releasers and benevolent minds excepted, most ratios on emule are way far from 1:1 )

However, hurry should never cause haste in surfing History...

[pearl298]

I use both Torrent and emule, they both have their strengths!

I actually use Ktorrent and Amule on Linux FWIW.

Torrent is great for brand new "hot issues" but is simply awful when you want something old or rare.

Emule works great IF you leave it up 24/7, top speeds are comparable to Torrent. It really shines in getting old and unusual stuff like old movies.

Emule works great for downloading a whole TV series and "pretty good" for the latest episodes.

With either one you have to start it going then go away and do something else while it downloads so does it matter whether the download takes 10 min or 90 min?

Why fix what isn't broken?

FAR more important to fix the downtime problems on TVU - I think we all panic a little when TVU is down for several days!

[kola]

Firstly - can I just say I love TVU.

I feel its the the best for TV on the net. In fact along with Google Earth and Facebook its up there in my top 5 all time free sites on the whole net of all time so I just want to stress how grateful I am for it.

However, I am starting to use torrents more and more.

To give an example why, if we take the latest series of Battlestar Galactica series 4.

I was all set to watch an episode but had made a mistake and hadn't downloaded the one I was up too (every episode but - damn)
Dilemma. Is my night to be ruined as I wait to see how many hours or days Emule can download this recent file everyone has on their systems still as its so fresh? Hell no!! What I do it I use UTorrent and google. Google "Battlestar S04E19 and up a load of tracker sites pop. I find the right size file I want and double click. Instantly its loaded into Utorrent after a short second or so download.

Downloading an episode takes around 30 mins with Utorrent. There's no way on earth Emule rivals this and who even said it did above cant have there torrent software set up correctly. At best for each minute of Utorrent you looking at 1 hour on Emule and this is at absolute best.
Id go as far to say as Emule's ultra slow speeds are totally obsolete. Like comparing a Commodore 64 to the latest Powermac.
I know some know it all IT/PC tech with a degree in computing is now going to rant on im wrong but until Emule can deliver an episode in a half hour to the end user (not tech geek) Im not going to be convinced. I only care about end results not stats and figures and teraflops etc and the fact is Torrent is far faster!

Half the time Emule shows the status "waiting" for the first hour or so and nowt happens apart from this and by that time I can have 3 episodes via Utorrent and google.

So, why do I come here? Well, because I love this place as said in the first sentence of my post and because I love the way files are never fakes and usually great quality and also checked. In other words I love TVU and its community and what it is about, but I really don't care for Emule at all.

Basically I download to watch via torrent within the hour. Then if I like it I download to keep via Emule/TVU thanks to excellent organization and quality and all the titles uniformed etc.

To conclude Please please TVU - give us a torrent service if you can.

30 mins an episode even by my crappy UK connection speed. Now that would be something. All the organisation and quality and up to date speeds.

EDITED TO CLEAR MY POINT BEFORE ANY REPLIES BELOW (rushed this moring before work)

Edited by kola, 26 March 2009 - 07:46 PM.

[Che Guevara]

Like I said this is planned, there's no need for any more me too, honestly As soon as we implement everything we want for the ed2k part, this will come

[manchap]

hello Kola
what i think :
torrent is very fast for a short time except whith private tracker
how many files are still complete after one year ?
equation is fast=short time

emule is very slow so files stay a long time on line
so it is possible to get files for many years
equation is slow=long time

in fact, problem wil be resolved if in emule it have
a function that was in edonkey/overnet :
get by priority one file that permit exchange
between all people that put this option on
(sorry i don't remember name that was used)

really, fast is not here a good thing
in french :
qui veut aller loin ménage sa monture

torrent = good for some people
emule = good for every people

regards

[Che Guevara]

thats why it's best to have a combination of both. Best of both worlds, right?

[kola]

Che,

any update on this tightly kept secret re torrents?

Nearly 4 months ago now.

[sLAUGHTER]

Che's been missing for months....and I wouldn't expect this to be happening anytime soon

[Che Guevara]

It will be ready when it's ready, all I can say, there's a few more important things at the moment

[LevSco]

I am in no rush. I prefer the 'cloud' based anonymity of ed2k/kad over bt any day.

[Che Guevara]

This actually migh be coming sooner, rather then later. Is there any volunteers who would spare some time in testing this when it's ready?

[LevSco]

i am on 1.5mb adsl but sure so long as its a private tracker.

[Che Guevara]

Well it was asked for a year ago and now its done Case closed