Saturday, November 13, 2010

Movie Downloads Utilize Bit Torrents For Faster Service

By Dustin Russell

Through movie downloads, enjoying blockbusters is made more convenient. It spares you from going out of your home to rent a title or watch in the cinema. That is why millions of people worldwide opt for this convenience, made possible by the internet technology.

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.

How does this torrent sharing work? You know that the internet is a network of people from all over the planet. Through torrent sharing, you get pieces of the movie from various users online who got it in their PC's hard drives. At the same time you are downloading those pieces, you are sharing them to millions others looking for exactly the same film.

But before doing so, you need to have a torrent program installed on your computer. Fret not as one can be easily obtained on the net, and for free too. This program is important as it will be the one which will download file pieces from online peers all over the planet.

After downloading and installing the program, it is time for you to search for available movies. For this, you should go to a torrent web page. You will not have trouble finding such, as there are many popular ones on the internet. You will see a search bar on the web page. This is where you key in the title of the film which you wish to download. Clicking the search button will give you a list of movies related to the title that you keyed in.

You will notice in the list that various movie files will show up, although having the same title. Which you will pick depends on your preference. Do you want something that's of good quality? Then pick a file with a larger size. Do you want something playable on your media player? Then pick a compatible file type.

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 chosen the right file type and the highest number of seeders, it is time to download the title. Double clicking on it will fire up the torrent program you earlier installed. Clicking okay, or any other equivalent button, depending on the program, will immediately download the file.

Movie downloads usually complete in a few hours. But again depending on factors like the file size, seeders and the speed of your internet connection. You will get a prompt after the entire process is done. And you can enjoy the film right away using your computer's media player.

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