Watching torrents?

acidrain

acidrain

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Hi,

Is there any way one can watch a "non-yet finished" torrent without having to be online and previewing it? The reason i ask is my download has frozen and wont go past 90% so now i want to see what parts of the movie im missing.

Thanks
 
I don't think so no because they're not downloaded sequentially, you're likely to have small bits missing all over the file.
 
there's a program called avi-fix or divx-fix or something, it's part of the ace codec pack. Open the file in that program and you'll be able to watch it
 
XCalibre said:
there's a program called avi-fix or divx-fix or something, it's part of the ace codec pack. Open the file in that program and you'll be able to watch it
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You won't be able to watch the first 90% sequentially though. There's also an app called AVIpreview that does the same.
 
doesnt work or isnt a recognised avi file extension. Maybe its cos the movies extension is .avi.bt so divx wont read it. ne way to remove that .bt part cos it isnt shown on the shown on the file name so simply deleteing it wont work.
 
acidrain said:
Hi,

Is there any way one can watch a "non-yet finished" torrent without having to be online and previewing it? The reason i ask is my download has frozen and wont go past 90% so now i want to see what parts of the movie im missing.

Thanks
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I'ts quite funny the problem you are describing. I just read an article 2 minutes ago about torrents freezing at 90%..... :D

Check this out..... http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-caught-uploading-fake-torrents/
 
Those bloody idiots just cost me half my data. Oh well, guess ill just get it off someone on the wug.
 
Sometimes torrents will slow down at the end and start seeding more of what you downloaded.

I downloaded some video recently and was able to view it quite early on in VLC. The quality was poor (for that stage), but I could get an idea of what I was getting.
 
Skeptik said:
Sometimes torrents will slow down at the end and start seeding more of what you downloaded.

I downloaded some video recently and was able to view it quite early on in VLC. The quality was poor (for that stage), but I could get an idea of what I was getting.
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but the problem is thats dl'in has stopped and now i dont want to keep it running to wait for it to pick up cos its still uploading

VLC?
 
acidrain said:
but the problem is thats dl'in has stopped and now i dont want to keep it running to wait for it to pick up cos its still uploading

VLC?
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I don't know about the torrent app you are using, but on mine, if you disconnect and connect at a later time (when internet is faster) you can continue where you left off. (caution is advised).
 
Skeptik said:
I don't know about the torrent app you are using, but on mine, if you disconnect and connect at a later time (when internet is faster) you can continue where you left off. (caution is advised).
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yeah mines the same, resuming capabilities.... but somehow i feel i was a victim of a fake torrent.
 
acidrain said:
Hi,

Is there any way one can watch a "non-yet finished" torrent without having to be online and previewing it? The reason i ask is my download has frozen and wont go past 90% so now i want to see what parts of the movie im missing.

Thanks
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Its probably a honey-pot trap. Pity but you've wasted your time and data on nothing. :o
 
I use mplayer to view incomplete files, if you run it with mplayer -idx it will fix the file as you play without changing it.
 
Torrent uploaders often stop seeding when one person has around 90% to stop leachers, then they carry on seeding after a day or so
 
Smurfatefrog said:
Torrent uploaders often stop seeding when one person has around 90% to stop leachers, then they carry on seeding after a day or so
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People stop seeding for many reasons. We are in a different timezone, so our peak time is out of synch fpr a start.
 
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