Indietorrents and Oink invites

[lou2ser]

Removed so people don't U2U me in the future

[Edited on 2-18-2006 by lou2ser]

[paulpaul]

really huh? thats crazy nice! um... if you wanted to give me an indietorrents... :) thanks like 3000000000000000000000000000 times, ill send you a picture of like a snail or something as a way of thanks heh heh

[paulpaul]

heh i feel bad being the first person to ask...

[lou2ser]

Removed so people don't U2U me in the future

[Edited on 2-18-2006 by lou2ser]

[sashwap]

hm, which is better? i hear a lot about oink, so i guess i'm more curious about that one. if you'd be so kind, i'd be very grateful :)

[paulpaul]

hahah thanks bud!! i have to go study now tho.. and this board keeps distracting me... DOH

[hypecity]

http://www.blacktable.com/images/0412pics/jesus/28000.jpg

[Edited on 3-23-2006 by hypecity]

[DrinkTeaEatBooks]

Could I have an Oinks one please?

[lou2ser]

Removed so people don't U2U me in the future

[Edited on 2-18-2006 by lou2ser]

[hypecity]

http://www.blacktable.com/images/0412pics/jesus/28000.jpg

[Edited on 3-23-2006 by hypecity]

[clouds-chan]

I'd like one. Oink, if that's possible.

[pierrecoghill]

oh i would really like an indie torrenys invite, my email is chancie@gmail.com
thanks so much, that is really generous and nice of you!

[Plastic_hero]

I guess I'd like an Oink... or an indietorrent if the oinks are out. or nothing if everything is out. yeah.

[lou2ser]

Removed so people don't U2U me in the future

[Edited on 2-18-2006 by lou2ser]

[sashwap]

thanks again, lou2er. i've just been browsing oink and it's pretty rad. at first it motivated me to actually try to torrent something (which i've never done before), but the harsh tone and strict rules that permeate the site are a bit too much. hopefully i can get by just downloading things and sharing.

[hypecity]

http://www.blacktable.com/images/0412pics/jesus/28000.jpg

[Edited on 3-23-2006 by hypecity]

[lou2ser]

Removed so people don't U2U me in the future

[Edited on 2-18-2006 by lou2ser]

[sandocho]

I'd like an IndieTorrents invite, if you still have one to share. Thanks :)

[pierrecoghill]

i know i already was given an indietorrent, but i would also really like an oink. thank you so much for the IT, i am really excited about it.

i wish i knew how to upload stuff, everytime i try i do it wrong.

[canyr]

hello !
If possible, I'd be really happy with an oink one !
canyr@free.fr

[lou2ser]

Removed so people don't U2U me in the future

[Edited on 2-18-2006 by lou2ser]

[mikehattem]

I'd love an indietorrents invite man...

mikehattem@hotmail.com

Mike

[lou2ser]

Removed so people don't U2U me in the future

[Edited on 2-18-2006 by lou2ser]

[canyr]

Well, if I may ask for an indietorrent...
thank you lou2er

[Neil]

I'd love an indietorrents invite, if that's ok...thanks!

[playonsoftpipes]

hello, if you still have any indietorrent invites available, I'd love to have one- heres my email- jslo12569@yahoo.com... thanks!

[hypecity]

http://www.blacktable.com/images/0412pics/jesus/28000.jpg

[Edited on 3-23-2006 by hypecity]

[pierrecoghill]

hype! please may i have one, chancie@gmail.com

[sashwap]

well, i figured out the torrent thing after all. i'm seeding the townhall noise comp and a GBV tribute from the disarm the settlers board.

[lou2ser]

Neil,
Sorry this offer was only for people who have been here since 2005.

I'm all tapped out for now, all invites have been given away. If you asked for one and didn't get an invite, check your Spam folder or your U2Us on this board.

[Edited on 2-18-2006 by lou2ser]

[sandocho]

Thank you! :)

Hype, I would love an OiNK invite if you have any left... sandocho@gmail.com

[astro]

I had a post in the NMH forum, I still have edit (0) indietorrents and 3 oinks to give away. Please only if you know how to open ports and are willing to upload. u2u me your email.

[Edited on 2-19-2006 by astro]

[Neil]

Originally posted by lou2ser
Neil,
Sorry this offer was only for people who have been here since 2005.


Um, ok. It didn't actually say that anywhere in the thread though, did it? Maybe it did and I missed it. Hopefully I can get that last one from astro.

[Edited on 2-19-2006 by Neil]

[Plastic_hero]

So about Oink... I'm trying to learn how to upload things. So first I create the torrent (using utorrent). Then I fill in all the information in "upload". And then it says that I have to download the torrent to be able to seed it, which it also does automaticly. And what do I do after that? If I start the torrent nothing happens, it just stays at 0% and I don't really know what to do...

[Neil]

You just need to leave it running, sounds like you've completed all the steps right. It won't start uploading until someone comes along and jumps on the torrent. Make sure it's showing up ok in the torrent list etc, and if it is, then you just have to wait.

[paulpaul]

does like seeding like this tend to make your computer slow? and if it does.. is there a remedy? cause i think it makes my computer slow...

[astro]

It shouldnt make your computer slow, BUT it may be making your internet speed slow. If this is the case there is a solution. You must limit your upload speed to about 80% of your line capacity. To test your line capacity go here http://testmy.net/ and click on the upload test. Read your KB/s and then figure out the 80% and plug that as a max in your bittorrent program. If it is making your whole computer slow then you should get a new client, I recommend utorrent.

[hypecity]

http://www.blacktable.com/images/0412pics/jesus/28000.jpg

[Edited on 3-23-2006 by hypecity]

[Plastic_hero]

Originally posted by Neil
You just need to leave it running, sounds like you've completed all the steps right. It won't start uploading until someone comes along and jumps on the torrent. Make sure it's showing up ok in the torrent list etc, and if it is, then you just have to wait.

Well the thing is that the torrent says that I'm trying to download the files (unsuccessfully) instead of waiting for someone to seed it to. That can't be right...

[paulpaul]

Originally posted by astro
It shouldnt make your computer slow, BUT it may be making your internet speed slow. If this is the case there is a solution. You must limit your upload speed to about 80% of your line capacity. To test your line capacity go here http://testmy.net/ and click on the upload test. Read your KB/s and then figure out the 80% and plug that as a max in your bittorrent program. If it is making your whole computer slow then you should get a new client, I recommend utorrent.

new client eh? im using bit torrent... think thats whats ruining my life? cause for real my comp is now like a slug

[astro]

well actually bittorrent the client is not that much of a resource hog, so i am not sure...if you say its your whole comp and not just internet

[YaddaYaddaYadda]

i would be real greatful if somebody sent me an oink or indietorrent invite. :)

[paulpaul]

Originally posted by astro
well actually bittorrent the client is not that much of a resource hog, so i am not sure...if you say its your whole comp and not just internet

oopp i didnt mean bit torrent i meant bit COMET
its apparently making my computer slow...
and my family is angry with me :(

[Plastic_hero]

Yeah, bitcomet slowed my comp down alot as well, and apparently you can't use it with oink anyways, so I switched to utorrent which work much better.

[paulpaul]

really? thats great new! i think haha im definetly switcheing to utorrent then thanks for the info!! :D

[clouds-chan]

Originally posted by Plastic_hero
Originally posted by Neil
You just need to leave it running, sounds like you've completed all the steps right. It won't start uploading until someone comes along and jumps on the torrent. Make sure it's showing up ok in the torrent list etc, and if it is, then you just have to wait.

Well the thing is that the torrent says that I'm trying to download the files (unsuccessfully) instead of waiting for someone to seed it to. That can't be right...

There's a link in the torrent forum area on oink on how to upload using utorrent. Simple and easy.

[paulpaul]

ummm so how do you really get your ratio up? cause i coulda swore i knew how but it keeps going down.. i had it up to .95 then it dropped to .45 cause i started trying to leach to much i think... but how do i get it back up? anyone know?

[paulpaul]

you want to be seeding the torrents right? does that get it up? and to much leeching brings it down?.. i could read the faq to figure these things out... buth then... im way lazy...

[paulpaul]

sigh its down to .41 now... damn it

[Plastic_hero]

Originally posted by clouds-chan
There's a link in the torrent forum area on oink on how to upload using utorrent. Simple and easy.

Yeah, found it, got the link: http://teoulas.myname.gr/utorrent115/index.html
And when I'm following that guide step by step, it still doesn't work. The problem is at step 11. That doesn't happen at all, instead for trying to seed the file, it tries to download it, so yeah. Still the same problem. I have no problem seeding stuff that I download though, but it'd be nice to be able to upload stuff as well...

And yeah, seeding brings the ratio up and leeching brings it down.

[Plastic_hero]

Oh never mind, it works now. That was stupid. I had to point the save folder to the folder where the music already was for it to start seed. Bah.

[paulpaul]

so is the general consensious that oink is better than indietorrents? indietorrents seems ok.. i think i like dimeadozen better tho... interesting enough, i prollly just havent been on indietorrents long enough tho

[Plastic_hero]

Is it just me, or isn't very hard to find anything at all by smaller artists on Oink? It seems like it's much easier to find stuff on soulseek. Is indietorrents better at this?

[clouds-chan]

I noticed the same thing.

[astro]

yes indietorrents is better for that, but really you should take advantage of the request feature on oinks, once you become a poweruser. Its wonderful.

Indietorrents is a lot better for small artists and requests (anyone can request there) are filled within a few hours...if it is a familiar band.

The thing about these torrent sites is that they have everything that has come out in the last month or two but it may be hard to just search and hope they have a half-handed cloud album from 3 years ago. I always fill requests though if I have the album and some free time.

[clouds-chan]

yeah, i'm only going to use it for new releases. slsk is good for everything else.

[blujae]

hey everyone :)

I'm wondering if anyone has an OiNK invite they'd be willing to share with me....I was sick for a few months, and they deleted my "inactive" acct., even though I asked my friend to check it periodically.
I had a good ratio when I was on, and I always share 2-4 times what I d/l.

please, if anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated since I miss my OiNK acct. very very much. :(

J.

[DrinkTeaEatBooks]

Um, lou2ser, you never emailed me, as far as I'm aware...

[lou2ser]

check your spam folder. i show the invite being sent, but not accepted

[DrinkTeaEatBooks]

Yeah, I think my junk mail folder must have deleted it. Is there any way you could send it again? It would be much appreciated. I can't promise you a baked treat, but I'll bake one in your honour.

[lou2ser]

resent

[paulpaul]

quick question... so i changed from bitcomet to utorrent which seems to be running alot better.. is there anyway to transfer the already leached files into utorrent so i can seed them and keep my ratio up? it doesnt seem to be letting me... eh o well, by the by lou2ser, thanks alot for the invite its done me wonders...

[Ignatius]

just make sure the utorrent download directory is in the same place as it was before with bitcomet (I assume it would be something like c\program files\bitcomet\downloads), then re-download the torrent that you had completed with bitcomet. it should start seeding, no problem.

[Ignatius]

alternately, just move whatever you downloaded before into utorrent's download directory, just make sure you don't try to open bitcomet again and seed, or it'll re-download the whole thing.

[paulpaul]

thanks

[Plastic_hero]

That sounds like the problem I had. You could also open the torrent with "Open Torrent (no default save)" and then choose the downloading folder as the one where you already had the files in (and then you don't have to move anything, yay).

Also, my info:
Ratio: 2.630 Uploaded: 6.66 GB Downloaded: 2.53 GB
No wonder I had a bad day so far :mad:

[Edited on 28-2-2006 by Plastic_hero]

[astro]

I have 6 invites for Oinks, people with +20 posts u2u me.

[clouds-chan]

Oh, I love when people give you a warning for uploading a hard to find album which has one track at 128 kbps, which is also specifically mentioned in the description.

[lou2ser]

I have 6 indietorrents and 2 oink invites for people who have been members since 2/1/2006. U2U me.

[jelek]

hey all, i would love an oinks invite, ive been tryin to get in there for a while now. thanks!!

djd210@psu.edu

[carrotus_rex]

go nittany lions

[mikehattem]

shamless pandering for an indietorrents invite over here.

I've been on EZT or DAD for a while now and OINK! (thanks astro) for a little while too and am wondering what I'm missing on indietorrents. if anybody can help it'd be much appreciated.

Mike

[patman?]

I have some OiNK invites to give away; if anybody would like to give me an IT invite, I would hump you.

[adri]

I'm also curious about Indietorrents. I've been on Dimeadozen and Oink (thanks kevlarsoul) for a few months now.

All but one of my Oink invites were given to e6townhall members...and while I don't currently have any invites to give out, I'm always willing to give them out to fellow board members when I do.

...so if anyone has some extra indietorrents invites just lying around.....I'd love to see what it's all about.

[hockywierdo]

What are some of the good things on Indietorrents and OiNKs right now?
Is it really worth it if I use DC++ or Soulseek?

I'd like to check each of them out but with their crazy and thorough rules I'm afraid I wont use it right or configure well enough and get banned or just go inactive or have a bad share ratio. (although I dont plan on downloading GIGabytes of music..)

[Edited on 6-19-0606 by hockywierdo]