r/torrents

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Can I compress torrent files somehow?

So I'm looking into torrenting and I downloaded qBittorrent and looked into sites, but I noticed how massive the files are. Is there anyway I can get them smaller before downloading them into qBittorrent?

I am not entirely confident that I understand what I'm supposed to be doing so I am just trying to read and understand before I start experimenting and downloading actual media.

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u/Hyperactive375 — 5 days ago
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Got access to fiber internet for the first time, finally doubled-down on seeding. This is a great feeling.

u/larevacholerie — 10 days ago

Is using a VPN necessary for torrenting in spain?

I live in spain, and I've seen people say that you should always use a vpn when torrenting mainly because of two reasons: first is that people can see your ip, and second is obviously because of copyright. However I can't find any free vpn that lets me p2p. So I don't know if I should keep torrenting without a vpn or if I should use another method. I find torrenting very easy and comfortable that's why I would like to keep using it. Let me know what you think.

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u/Acceptable_Care8100 — 9 days ago

Is it possible to safely torrent without vpn

so I'm trying to torrent anime seasons, when I tried to torrent with a vpn it downloads extremely slowly, there is about a 60% cut (guess) in speed when I use a vpn, so my question is how can I torrent without a vpn, I am more worried about hackers than my isp, in my country people rarely get a warning from their isp but I am more worried about hackers

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u/EatenPotatoisok — 9 days ago

What do people use these days?

In high school I used uTorrent with Demonoid. I graduated in 2007, so before I even try to get back into torrents I figured I’d ask all you what replaced them and what should I be using now.

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u/flipflopfeet — 13 days ago

Do torrents, like movies, generally carry malware? If yes, scanning them through an antivirus like Kaspersky, is ok to know if they do have a malware?

Basically i have various movies i did torrent through the years. Scanning them through Kaskpersky (i have the premium version) is the right thing to do to know if they have a malware?

Or can we say that torrenting movies, even if the antivirus says they have no malware, is not 100% safe?

Btw, do you suggest Kaspersky as an antivirus? I dont have a VPN at the moment though

Thanks

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u/This-Mood-6398 — 11 days ago

Chrome updates lock me out of torrent sites.

Just had another. Now I can't get Pirate Bay or 1337 to load. This happens every single time Chrome updates. It fixes itself eventually, but then the next update does it again.

Other than "don't use Chrome" and "don't go to those sites," does anyone have a solution for this?

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u/Interesting_Detail84 — 10 days ago

I accidently installed a .torrent file, do I need to be worried?

-I didn't open it cause I don't have anything to run it with

Do I need to worry about it seeding?

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u/LostStorm3645 — 10 days ago

Is there an EZTV option to only show each show once?

I go into https://eztv.wf/home and see a list of torrents. The torrents for the show I want to watch from yesterday are scattered around several pages, but when I click on any of them, the torrent page lists other torrents for the same episode, e.g.

https://preview.redd.it/1u81txtu4nth1.png?width=459&format=png&auto=webp&s=624f9f555357c91b20c58471b880b76682151f34

Now this makes me think, there could be a listing that only has one entry for that episode, and there aren't 50 links to shows I'm not interested in, inbetween. But is there a way to get that? Or would that cut down on the number of pages I had to scroll through, with 75 episodes of an anime with a strange name and an entire season of a soap opera, and a new popup on each that I'll close immediately without reading because, no, I don't want to visit Ali Express just like the previous ten times today, so it's in EZTV's interest not to have this feature?

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u/Sufficient-Ad-1339 — 10 days ago

File starting back from zero.

File reached more than 90 percent, then didn't know what happened it started downloading back from 0 percent. While old downloaded 90 percent file still available.

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u/MnM97 — 9 days ago
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People say use EXT to but when i tried I got a pop up and when i clicked close ad it downloaded a file to my pc.

People say use EXT to but when i tried I got a pop up and when i clicked close ad it downloaded a file to my pc. Is EXT safe?

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u/SpcT0rres — 14 days ago