OC ReMix BitTorrent Distribution: Issues and 1001-1900 SEEDERS WANTED

[djpretzel]

Well, it's been a long time coming, but thanks to helpful advice from Protricity and immense, amazing assistance from Aubrey (who runs the Supertux mirror and kicks ass), we've finally finalized an official OC ReMix BitTorrent distribution.

If you don't know what bittorrent is, it's a distributed download system using a special client that forces everyone downloading to share with everyone else for that specific download, even as it's in progress. More info at http://btfaq.com/

There are two torrents, one for OCR00001 to OCR00500, another for OCR00501 to OCR01000. The mp3 files are not compressed in any way; we decided on two torrents because some bittorrent clients have a limitation on the number of files (512) they can simultaneously lock and write to.

At this point, we are looking for those with high-bandwidth connections who are willing to seed these two torrents, meaning to download them in their entirety and LEAVE the download running after it is complete for as long as possible, and if you need to disable it for some reason, to re-enable it whenever possible. In other words, we need DEDICATED seeders, with good connections.

Because these torrents contain the mp3 files themselves, you can and should download them into whichever directory you already store OC ReMixes. Assuming you haven't mucked with the filenames of mixes you've downloaded, the torrent client should recognize the existing files and you won't have to redownload those tracks. We're interested in seeing how many existing files are recognized, so if you've got a lot already and intend to seed, let us know what percentage (roughly) were recognized by responding to this thread.

The BitTorrent client we recommend is Shadow's experimental, found at http://bt.degreez.net/

The OCR torrents are at http://bt.ocremix.org

Please remember that we're looking right now primarily for seeders - people willing to devote bandwidth after they've gotten all the files, i.e. to share, and also with broadband or better connections.

The purpose of this post is to help get a few more seeders online before we make the URL more public, place it on each mix's (OCR01000 and before) download page, advertise it elsewhere, etc. Aubrey, Ari - if I've left anything out, please chime in. If anyone has questions regarding this specific torrent (NOT BitTorrent in general, PLEASE), feel free to ask.

Thanks,

[ravon]

Sweet!!! This will be a perfect opportunity to get the correct ID3 tags for the stream once and for all.

Edit: Ouch. I only had 39% from the first one. Seems like OCReCollections didn't bitch about the file name diffs :/

[Doulifée]

Very good idea. as soon as i got my second hard drive installed i can see what i can do with that.

[The Listener]

Hmm.. It's working for me, though it said that I am firewalled. Does anyone know how to configure my router so it doesn't say that I am firewalled?

P.S. I am currently dling at 45kb/s and uploading at 12kb/s

[ravon]

Hmm.. It's working for me, though it said that I am firewalled. Does anyone know how to configure my router so it doesn't say that I am firewalled?

Yes, depending on which client you're using. Try to open up the ports 6881-6999.

[The Listener]

Thanks. I have been trying that, but the light is still yellow. Oh well, I guess people will have to be patient with my upload speed.

EDIT: I got it working now.

[whiteknight]

I want to help with this one, but I am going to have alot of problems being a reliable seeder UNLESS i can find a good linux version of the Bittorrent seed program that operates without a gui.

my windowsXP machine is a laptop, which is prone to overheating if left on for too long. so I turn it off every night.

my linux box however, is on all the time, but it doesnt have a GUI to speak of. it is all commandline/shell nonsense.

if I can find a good bittorrent client for my linux box, you will have a dedicated seed up 24/7 for at least a few months. if anybody knows a good one, send me a PM

EDIT: I participated in the last bittorrent test that was run, and now I have the first 1000 OCR songs. if I point the new tracker to the folder, will it recognize them? I dont want to have to download them all again.

[neminem]

I would help... I have nice bandwidth, but my only computer is a laptop, so I'd only be able to seed when I was around, which I don't think would help too much.

[ravon]

if I can find a good bittorrent client for my linux box, you will have a dedicated seed up 24/7 for at least a few months. if anybody knows a good one, send me a PM
Hum, tried their official client? My friend uses the Python version, and it seems to be working pretty good.
http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html

[whiteknight]

as a quick matter of inquiry (because I have the first 500 songs, and am currently seeding the whole lot of them) when going through a firewall, should i open the BT ports(6881:6999), forward them, or do nothing at all?

[IronicMuffin]

Hmm in 2 weeks ill be back home from college...and amazingly i have a better connection at home then on campus...

anyways...I have the first 1000 OC mixes...and I wouldn't mind downloading the rest...i got plenty of room....the only problem is i would only have the good speed for a month...

If....and this is a big if...my roommates and I get a cable modem in our dorm i could do it for as long as needed...my comp is on 24/7 so yeah...give me a couple of weeks and i'll help out as much as needed

[Doulifée]

start the download of the first part.
Need to free some space on my hard drive till monday or maybe thuesday.
i hope i can install my 140Go hd to store the 20Go of mp3.
everything going smoothly anyway. the speed seem correct

[Mog]

I'm seeding both now, not sure if I can keep it running on this computer though. It's already dangerously low on ram. Windows takes like 120 megs for some reason. I might transfer the 4 gigs to my upstairs server computer and seed from there sometime.

[EdgeCrusher]

Just in case anyone is using BT++ for this, just a fair warning that BT++ and some other older clients dont handle multiple files well, example the 500 remixes in one download. You will have to use shadows client for stuff like this.

[Wideruled]

Ill bee seeding as much as possible, i might have to take em down every once in a while but my bandwidth is yours.

[Blake]

Dang...I didn't know there was THAT much. I'm so uninformed...I'll try downloading it later x_X

[Neimonster]

AAAAAAAAAAAAH! The songs are all messed up, they end to early and what's missing on one song is in the beginning of the next!

Is this just for me?
Is this only while downloading?
Is this the end of the world?
HELP!

[EdgeCrusher]

Well of course its cause you are downloading. BT will save the whole file to the HD as a blank file, and fill it in as it downloads. So when you try to listen while downloading, it fills it in with random stuff from the download.

[Bahamut]

Whoa, d/l rate 79 kBps, u/l rate 17 kBps...I'll try to seed as much as possible, but college goes off for winter break soon, so I won't be able to seed again until like mid-Janurary.

[chocobo150]

Whoa, d/l rate 79 kBps, u/l rate 17 kBps...I'll try to seed as much as possible, but college goes off for winter break soon, so I won't be able to seed again until like mid-Janurary.

At least you get to stream it to other people. If you try to let other people upload in UCD, they block your port and you have to go to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs and show proof that you have nothing downloaded and that you have no downloading program before you could get your port back.

[Jeff]

Excellent! I was waiting for this. :D

[Akuen]

sweat! XD
I'll download it when I get back at my dads house.
I can prolly work as a seeder when I am there. I'm at my dads 50% of the time.

[whiteknight]

AVG upload: 10kbps
total upload: 704Mb
online time: ~11 hours.

not doing so bad eh?

[Bahamut]

Well, beat upload rate 49 kBps, total upload 672.84 MB, total time 4 hours 53 min! :P

[*MP*Evil_Cartman]

YAYEE!

Finally. Finally i can get all OCRemixes on my iPod. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'll be seeding until i have to sleep.

[whiteknight]

YAYEE!

Finally. Finally i can get all OCRemixes on my iPod. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'll be seeding until i have to sleep.

yeah, its too bad that your iPod battery will be irreparably drained after only 18 months. but, on the bright side, you can always order a replacement from apple for 250$!

[Jeff]

WhiteKnight, you should read the first page of the ipod thread (http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=28771&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0). ;) The $250 replacement isn't the case anymore, though I definitely agree it was pretty shitty of them to not have replacements available earlier.


Back on topic., I'm getting a download rate of 147-odd kilobytes per second on the first set of 500. Wow. But my upload rate is at about 15 kb per sec. That's ADSL for you. :roll:

[shadow]

I'm sure everyone's noticed and not cared, but the second torrent isn't in a folder, yet the first is. Of course this may just be my fault somehow or another, but I'm about to EXPLODE trying to reorganize this to move to my other HD and seed.

[shadow]

Some of the songs in the first batch seem to have boofed ID tags. Usually this is evident to me when MP3ext can't place a bitrate icon for it and Explorer says everything is 0. I've fixed this in some mp3s with Mp3 Tag Tools by removing "non-ID3" tags, as it says.

Here's the list of the mp3s that I see the problem in:

Castlevania_2_Bloody_Tears_Inspired_OC_ReMix.mp3
Castlevania_64_Tower_of_Ambient_OC_ReMix.mp3
Final_Fantasy_6_TinaDontFall_OC_ReMix.mp3
Shadow_of_the_Beast_Journey_OC_ReMix.mp3
Shadowman_64_DeadsideDance_OC_ReMix.mp3
Xenogears_Broken_Mirror_Reflection_OC_ReMix.mp3

...

Just checked with mp3's on the site, and the problem's there too, so it isn't a problem on my end due to BT (though corruption couldn't happen, it verified everything.)

...

And this might be old news and I'm just now noticing :/.

[aubrey]

whiteknight: I have a feeling your questions have already been answered, but I'll give my two cents anyway. :-)

About a command line version of bit torrent:
As ravve mentioned, just use the python source version of the official bit torrent client. That is what I'm using on supertux to help mirror these things. For reference, I'm using something similar to:

./btdownloadheadless.py --url http://bt.ocremix.org/files/OCR00001_to_OCR00500.torrent --saveas ./songs --max_upload_rate 100 > /dev/null 2>&1 &

This will download all the remixes into a ./songs directory while specifying that I only want to serve 100k a second for the torrent.

In my case, it happens that the ./songs directory is the same one that we use for the web mirror of the remixes. This was a convenient method to get all of my mirrored songs in sync with djp's collection. It turned out that about 20 of the songs that I have didn't match his collection exactly... but they do now. :-)

About the ports:
The bit torrent client will try to listen on port 6881, then 6882, then 6883, etc as you start downloading the contents of .torrents. I'd port forward 6881 the other few you might use to your system running the bit torrent client. You only need to open as many ports as you plan run bit torrent clients for.

Aubrey

[aubrey]

One thing that I'd like to mention is that unless you have tons of bandwidth to spare, there is no good reason to try to seed both .torrent files at once off say.. your cable modem connection. This will likely just slow both your computer and internet connection down enough to where you'll quit seeding in no time.

I think a more successful approach for cable/dsl users would be to choose only one of the torrents to seed and then seed it with Shadow's experimental client. With that client, you can then throttle the upload rate to something reasonable enough to where you can still use your internet connection for other things if you wanted.

For example, if youre cable connection allows you to upload stuff at around 35k a second, you should throttle the upload rate of the one torrent you are seeding to be 20-30k a second max.

Probably a good way of choosing which .torrent to seed would be to look at the tracker page ( http://bt.ocremix.org/ ) and just choose the .torrent that has the least seeds.

Oh, one other thing I've done with my client is to lower its priority via the task manager from 'normal' to 'low'. This seems to make my desktop seem more responsive to where I don't even notice that I'm seeding .torrents.

Aubrey

[Neimonster]

AAAAAAAAAAAAH! The songs are all messed up, they end to early and what's missing on one song is in the beginning of the next!

Is this just for me?
Is this only while downloading?
Is this the end of the world?
HELP!

Nope. I had that same problem, and I was a little nervous myself, but it all got sorted out in the end.

I was actually REALLY nervous, considering it was doing that to some files that I had archived on my hard drive... But just have faith. They all work great now. Better than ever.
Good, then I can sleep tonight.



...Wait, I just woke up. :?

[Wideruled]

One thing that I'd like to mention is that unless you have tons of bandwidth to spare, there is no good reason to try to seed both .torrent files at once off say.. your cable modem connection. This will likely just slow both your computer and internet connection down enough to where you'll quit seeding in no time.

I think a more successful approach for cable/dsl users would be to choose only one of the torrents to seed and then seed it with Shadow's experimental client. With that client, you can then throttle the upload rate to something reasonable enough to where you can still use your internet connection for other things if you wanted.

For example, if youre cable connection allows you to upload stuff at around 35k a second, you should throttle the upload rate of the one torrent you are seeding to be 20-30k a second max.

Probably a good way of choosing which .torrent to seed would be to look at the tracker page ( http://bt.ocremix.org/ ) and just choose the .torrent that has the least seeds.

Oh, one other thing I've done with my client is to lower its priority via the task manager from 'normal' to 'low'. This seems to make my desktop seem more responsive to where I don't even notice that I'm seeding .torrents.

Aubrey

Actually thats a good idea, im gonna change the process on the one im currently seeding to low.

Thanks Aubrey.

[Arkell Freui]

....

>_>
<_<


Seed, seed..

SeeD
SEED!


I hated those tests... SeeD tests were RIGGED!

[Omega Xi]

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: Life in the extreme north of Scotland is so unfair.....

[brink-of-time]

i can probably do this. i can download at 500kbs and upload up to 100kbs.

[Doulifée]

i move all the file to my second hard drive and after bt final checking it dit not recognize the 100% files but only 98% for ocr 1 to 500 and 94% to ocr 501 to 1000. Strange i just past the files without modifying anything.... :(

[Zeality]

I'll seed upon completing my downloading. I'm also informing the Chrono Compendium of this project; hopefully contributors will come forth.

[Protricity]

i move all the file to my second hard drive and after bt final checking it dit not recognize the 100% files but only 98% for ocr 1 to 500 and 94% to ocr 501 to 1000. Strange i just past the files without modifying anything.... :(

Wow!

That is pretty damned good!

If you had an outdated id3 tag, this could explain it.

[Doulifée]

Protricity>>the fact is i just downloaded all of them with bit torrents 8) !! 'cause the old files i use to remove ocremix at the end of the files to put the remixers name so i start the whole thing to the beginning but just the fact of moving them change them... i don't understand that. :x
i'am currently checking the folders to fund "double" mixes ( those who have been downloaded twice to understand...

[edit001] start a seed session tonight. it hapen again only 97% downloaded... maybe wmp9 (the only software i use for listening music corrupt some files... )
[edit002] a quick check of the ocr folder and nothing look odd. so something alter the tags. maybe wmp9? returning under winamp rules...
[edit003] i switch all the file to read only in the properties maybe it can work. i'll retry seeding tonight.
[edit004] i keep wmp9 playing for 2/ 3 hours and i start a seeding just a few minutes ago. the seed is going smoothly. PROBLEM FIX !!

[Coleosis]

Hmm, this is odd.
The link to the site with the Torrent links is down.
Maybe it's just my browser, but I would like to get to them so I can get all of the remixes.

[whiteknight]

My damn drive like suffered heat death or something, and I have to mail it back to WD for my replacement. thank god for the warranty!!

well, all 1000+ of my OCRemixes were on that drive, so now i am going to have to download them all again to my primary HD. this of course will slow down my system speed far too much for any good seeding from me, so my seed is out of commission for at least a month.

wehn i get back though, i'm gonna seed these things with a vengence, possibly from multiple computers if i can get my hands on them...

dont worry, i got you guys covered.

[Coleosis]

I'm downloading now..I'm only getting around 30 kb/sec...I know I am capable of much more.

[Coleosis]

I'm downloading now..I'm only getting around 30 kb/sec...I know I am capable of much more.

[aubrey]

Yes, well, we seem to have lost a number of seeders... I imagine they will come back once djpretzel does the more public announcement.

In the mean time, I'd imagine the major benefit to downloading via bit torrent, is that you are guarenteed that whenever it is done, you will have all the songs. And bit torrent seems to be really good at recovering from net congestion/breaks and the like.

Aubrey

[kryogenix]

i guess i'll do it once i get my computer built and maybe if there's a reward in it :wink:

[Wideruled]

i guess i'll do it once i get my computer built and maybe if there's a reward in it :wink:

The reward is all of the mixes you have currently housed in your computer. The reward is being able to come to this site because it is still running because YOU helped take some of the bandwidth load.

Children geez..

[Coleosis]

Okay finally.
I got all of the songs downloaded and I am seeding to people now.

[IronicMuffin]

Download Rate: 500kb/s
Upload Rate: 6kb/s

I know the upload is a little slow, even though i have the throttle all the way up...but anyways...will have the first torrent done in half an hour and will be seeding for the next month...i'll be workin on the rest as soon as i get my new hard drive...i have about 500 megs left out of 100 gigs...

::Edit:: I have the first 1000 songs now...and am seeding for all of them...the speed is now around 15kb/s...which is nice. These should be seeding for the next month pretty much constantly.

[Coleosis]

Shit...
What do you have for a connection?
I only got:
Download: 300 kb/sec
Upload: 75 kb/sec

[Doulifée]

i stop seeding myself this time because the number of leechers are weak.
my torrent do not upload anything so i seed other files. but if the number of leecher increase count me in !

[Coleosis]

True,
I hardly had anyone leeching off of me, so I decided to close the torrent.

[Oddity]

Shouldn't this be in the spotlight with the OC Radio?

[Coleosis]

Maybe it should be.

[ElZog]

Well, I'm on the job now too, i'm downloading the first 500 right now, at 50 kb/sec, but all my current files aren't gettin recognised.


I recently did a full system wipe and saved the music on my iPod and i think that it must've altered the song titles, to keep a certain length limit.

But still, i am going to seed for as long as possible, but my family may force me to turn off the PC every now and then.

[Doulifée]

about my previous post with my problem for torrents recognizing all the files, i'am sure now that windows media player 9 alter the tags for it's own purpose with his star classification system, so if you use Wmp9 keep the file on "read only" to allow torrents to found the tags as they were on ocr

[warhorse]

Will there frequently be new .torrent files that contain the new remixes that will work with the current directory structure so our torrent clients only download the new songs?

[aubrey]

I wouldn't say frequent, but I'd imagine that there would be a new torrent every 500 remixes or so. Probably a while after that even as I would imagine DJP would like to 'lock down' the names of the previous 500 first, and that may take a while.

That said, I'm just guessing.

I do know from my discussions with DJP that he wishes that we could somehow use the torrents to serve mixes more frequently, but with the nature of seeders and such, I'm not sure how that would be easily possible.

So, if any of you know about how bit torrent works and have ideas about how to serve more recent ReMixes via bit torrent, I'm sure DJP would be interested...

Aubrey

[warhorse]

Here's what I was thinking: Since the bit torrent client is smart enough to know what files have already been downloaded and what files still need to be downloaded, it wouldn't be too hard to updated the .torrent file say, the first day of every month, with the new songs tacked onto the old directories. That way, everybody could get that month's new remixes while continuing to seed the old ones as well. The only major problem would be to coordinate the switchover every month, but it would probably just be a matter of getting the core seeders to switch over the majority of the bandwidth so that there would be no incentive to use the old torrent files.

Also, I think it should be noted that everybody should be seeding, no matter what their bandwidth. My DSL slows to a crawl if I try to do anything, but I can spare 5kB/sec. It isn't much, but it is a megabyte in under 4 minutes, and if everybody did just 5kB/sec, the available speed would be astronomical.

[ElZog]

Well, i am seeding while i can, and am giving a out 10kb/sec u/l speed on each torrent right now without to much hassle on my connection.

It appears once again AOL is showing its connection stability, i still wasn't having problems when the u/l speeds at 20+kb/sec

[EdgeCrusher]

Here's what I was thinking: Since the bit torrent client is smart enough to know what files have already been downloaded and what files still need to be downloaded, it wouldn't be too hard to updated the .torrent file say, the first day of every month, with the new songs tacked onto the old directories. That way, everybody could get that month's new remixes while continuing to seed the old ones as well. The only major problem would be to coordinate the switchover every month, but it would probably just be a matter of getting the core seeders to switch over the majority of the bandwidth so that there would be no incentive to use the old torrent files.

Also, I think it should be noted that everybody should be seeding, no matter what their bandwidth. My DSL slows to a crawl if I try to do anything, but I can spare 5kB/sec. It isn't much, but it is a megabyte in under 4 minutes, and if everybody did just 5kB/sec, the available speed would be astronomical.

djp would only set up a torrent like that after a lockdown, due to remixes that could possibly be deleted due to rule infringment. You would be surprised as to how many mp3s have been pulled from the site, some months after posting, some hours. Like Aubrey said, after 500 maybe another lockdown and torrent then.

[Mark7]

I lost 75 of my files with the torrent. So my question is: what happens if a file has the same name but not the same size? Will it be overwritten? that would explain it.

[Oddity]

Which 75 files did you lose? Did you lose them when everything was done downloading? If so, it's because there aren't actually 1000 mixes when everything is done downloading. Just trying to get more specifics. If you stopped the download and had tons of unfinished songs, and then redownloaded, it would find the same file names and continue to build on their kilobyte count. I could only see someone accidently getting duplicates, rather than missing files.

[Mark7]

Well, i have almost every ocremix. Then i tried the bittorent and alot of files turned into 0kb files. Apparently it tries to redownload more than half of the total remixes.
I can hardly believe that more than half of my files is not the same as the ones in the torrent and have to be redownloaded.

[Corporal Eschebone]

I can hardly believe that more than half of my files is not the same as the ones in the torrent and have to be redownloaded.

You may have outdated tags.

[Mark7]

they've all been updated? That explains it...

[Bachus]

Is there another BitTorrent client for Mac OS X other than the official one? It can't support the 500+ open files at one time, but I couldn't find another client on versiontracker.com.

Of course, if the files were re-seeded zipped into one (smaller) file, that would be nice too...

[cyber148]

whenever i use bt i get one of the songs from altered beast mixed switched with robochocobo voice mix i mean it has alltered beast as its name but it is robochocobo voice

[aubrey]

Bachus: I've used the official BitTorrent client for OSX and found that it could support downloading torrents with about 960 files just fine. As far as I was aware, only the official windows version (and those based closely on it) that had issues with torrents with > 500ish files...

Are you just wanting a better client? Or are you having issues downloading the ocremix torrents to your Mac?

cyber148: your client is downloading bits and pieces from all the songs randomly. Your client will automagically reassemble the MP3 pieces in the proper order once it is done downloading all the data via bit torrent. Just have some patience, and everything will work out.

Aubrey

[cyber148]

Bachus: I've used the official BitTorrent client for OSX and found that it could support downloading torrents with about 960 files just fine. As far as I was aware, only the official windows version (and those based closely on it) that had issues with torrents with > 500ish files...

Are you just wanting a better client? Or are you having issues downloading the ocremix torrents to your Mac?

cyber148: your client is downloading bits and pieces from all the songs randomly. Your client will automagically reassemble the MP3 pieces in the proper order once it is done downloading all the data via bit torrent. Just have some patience, and everything will work out.

Aubrey


thank you for your time

[Draco]

Well, I've left up my server seeding BT for a little bit for those to leech off from.

Been pushing 350 k/sec to others throughout today for the second set of files. (OCR00501 to OCR01000) I might need to re-download the first set since I ran into garbled and mixed up mp3's (anyone run into this too?), which was odd. I was pushing around 800-1000 k/sec on the first set of files, but I can only do that in the AM - I can't do that during the PM. It would kill the servers we host. ;)

Anyhow, I'll be leaving up both sets limited at 100-200 k/sec (each set) for a bit of this week, or until we get complaints. Enjoy. :)

- Draco
PTServers.com Gaming

[Bachus]

Bachus: I've used the official BitTorrent client for OSX and found that it could support downloading torrents with about 960 files just fine. As far as I was aware, only the official windows version (and those based closely on it) that had issues with torrents with > 500ish files...

Are you just wanting a better client? Or are you having issues downloading the ocremix torrents to your Mac?


Whenever I try to download the songs I get "Download Failed! trouble accessing files - [Errno 24] Too many open files: 'path/to/Mega_Man_3_ProtoVaffe_OC_ReMix.mp3'", or another song close to that one. I assumed this was a problem with the BitTorrent client.

This is with OS X.2.8 and BitTorrent 3.2.2a.

[aubrey]

This is with OS X.2.8 and BitTorrent 3.2.2a.

Hmm, I didn't test that client. The system I'm using here is also on 10.2.8, but I'm using BitTorrent 3.3a. I bet if you upgrade to a newer client, your issues will go away.

http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html

Aubrey

[Protricity]

Is there another BitTorrent client for Mac OS X other than the official one? It can't support the 500+ open files at one time, but I couldn't find another client on versiontracker.com.

Of course, if the files were re-seeded zipped into one (smaller) file, that would be nice too...

That would be rather counter productive

[Draco]

Well that was fast, lol - we got complaints, took it down. :(

Damn BT client.. *grin*

[aubrey]

Well that was fast, lol - we got complaints, took it down. :(

Dang, if you were only pumping out 1/10th, of your available bandwidth, I'm REALLY surprised that people noticed and complained.

I usually only get in trouble when I'm using all the bandwidth for several hours at a time. <shrug>

Anyway, thanks for helping out. From the numbers, it looks like the bit torrent initiative is quite successful with nearly 2TB put out in less than 10 days. Pretty cool...

Aubrey

[Bachus]

This is with OS X.2.8 and BitTorrent 3.2.2a.

Hmm, I didn't test that client. The system I'm using here is also on 10.2.8, but I'm using BitTorrent 3.3a. I bet if you upgrade to a newer client, your issues will go away.


Doh. I could have sworn I had the newest version. That one works. Thanks.

[Liontamer]

Sorry if this was repeated earlier in the thread: Will the BT URL be permanently added to the Goodies section up top?

[Talon Razeil]

so there's not actually 1000? i was wondering, cause in my 1-500 folder there's only 466 files including the readme and the other, and in my 501-1000 there's 498. so am i missing all those other songs or are they not on the list?

[aubrey]

I would imagine djp would add a link to bt to the goodies section except for maybe a few reasons.. like, it is linked to in the forums here, on the main page as a spotlight, and on each download remix page.

And maybe more signifigantly, he is planning on unveiling the new site design sometime soon, so maybe he's just waiting to add it to the goodies section of the new site.

Also, some of the first 1000 remixes were removed because of request, and or submission violations that weren't discovered until later. But just the same, the bt remixes are the ones you can still download from this web site.

Aubrey

[Darryl]

well, i'll probably wait 'til i get back to college, since they obviously don't really care there. and i'll have a lan connection instead of AOHell.

[GregHead]

AAAAAAAAAAAAH! The songs are all messed up, they end to early and what's missing on one song is in the beginning of the next!

Is this just for me?
Is this only while downloading?
Is this the end of the world?
HELP!

Nope. I had that same problem, and I was a little nervous myself, but it all got sorted out in the end.

I was actually REALLY nervous, considering it was doing that to some files that I had archived on my hard drive... But just have faith. They all work great now. Better than ever.

*Breathes huge sigh of relief*

They oughta mention that at the Torrent . .. download . . . thing :wink:

[GregHead]

I'll seed when I'm home... which won't be much for the next 3 months but probably lots more during the summer.

... I'm getting quite a few errors saying it can't open [x] file. Sometimes they are files that I had clearly heard working right minutes ago. Then I have to go and leave the Torrent and go back in (and then the thing re-checks stuff, probably costing you bandwidth and taking away valuable seeding time). And specific reason for this problem?

[Joppew]

Hmm... I've been seeding for ~5 hours now, but my upload speed for both of the torrents is only ~15 kb/s. (My max upload speed being 1.2 Mb/s when not downloading). I looked around in some BT faqs but couldn't find anything on it. Is this low speed due to lack of people downloading things, or something else? Sorry if this is an unnecessary question.

[aubrey]

If I had to guess, I'd say that all the people downloading from you are using modems. In order to get around that myself, I bumped up the number of connections my seed will talk to to like I think 20.. The default settings allow for a maximum of 4 users to connect to you.

If that is not the problem, please let us know.

I have noticed that sometimes, even though the torrent has an overall high download rate, my home connection sometimes downloads the data at a snails pace, and I'm not totally sure why.

Aubrey

[Joppew]

Well, I don't know why, but it works much better today. Uploaded 6 gigs in 7 hours :)

[Keeshi]

Downloading both, and I'm going to seed as long as I can.


KEEP BT ALIVE!

[Riddler Sensei]

Alright, on the BT site, it said that it will detect the mp3s you already have and will just not re-download them. However, I have several, 700mb, folders in an overall OCR directory so that I can keep it organized so I can just burn them whenever without having to pick and choose. Will BT read all of the mp3s in these subdirectories if I just set it to the top directory?

[Corporal Eschebone]

Will BT read all of the mp3s in these subdirectories if I just set it to the top directory?

I highly doubt it, as BT only writes to the exact directory you choose.

Thus, you'd probably end up writing the files over again in the top directory.

[Riddler Sensei]

Alright, it's going painfully slow, and that's apparently because I have a firewall. However, the firewall is through my Netgear wireless router....I have no idea how to turn it of and then turn it back on. Any suggestions?

[Riddler Sensei]

In nine hours I've downloaded 22.18mb and uploaded 269.36mb....is it suppose to be so disportional? I'm on DSL...I'm so not use to these 0-3k speeds. :cry:

And I tried turning off my firewall. I accessed my router, checked the "Disable Firewall" field, and saved it. Yet, still the light is yellow. God dammit...



EDIT: Through toiling, pain, and the terror of not being able to talk with my router for a few minutes, I finally got the firewall off and got port forwarding on for BT. Now the lights are green and the d/ls are slightly faster. Huzzah! (hey, 35 hours beats the hell out of 565 hours :P )

[Riddler Sensei]

I'm seeding one of the torrents now. But it's getting, at most, about 12kb/s. And my d/ls only get up to about 25kb/s. Earlier in the thread people were talking about 500k and such. I have DSL, so why aren't I pumping out larger upload values?

[DJ_Aquagenesis]

Heh. when i BT'ed this the first time, i was screamin. i was doin about Uploads between 30-80 :D then again, it was late at night :roll:

[chocobo150]

I'm seeding one of the torrents now. But it's getting, at most, about 12kb/s. And my d/ls only get up to about 25kb/s. Earlier in the thread people were talking about 500k and such. I have DSL, so why aren't I pumping out larger upload values?

I am assuming that there are not enought seeders distributing the file, and maybe moer than enough leechers. If you have Shadow's experimental BT (dunno about other BT programs), you can see how many people are d/l it and who has the complete files (they show the percentage complete).

[Riddler Sensei]

Alright, say my upload rate is 15k. Is that 15k per person downloading off of me or 15k divided amongst them?

[chocobo150]

Alright, say my upload rate is 15k. Is that 15k per person downloading off of me or 15k divided amongst them?

If you have Shdow's BT, then you can check who you are d/l from. This also applies to who people are uploading from you. When I am looking at my upload rates, I see that the total ul rate is just all of the uploading rates combined. So if it was 15k, in your case, then it would be that one person is ul at 2k, another at 6k, and another at 7k, which totals in at 15k.

I hope that this helps.

[Darryl]

Well, I would seed, but my laptop comes with me to classes, but I'll usually have it running while I'm not traveling, as well as overnight.

[Corporal Eschebone]

19 seeders 41 leechers
15 seeders 54 leechers


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>.>

Uh... a little help here?

[Doulifée]

19 seeders 41 leechers
15 seeders 54 leechers


<.<
>.>

Uh... a little help here?
Aye aye Sir !

[aubrey]

After a month of waiting and issues, I've finally had the bandwidth upped on SuperTux to 45 megabit! (5 & 1/2 Megabytes per second) Anyway, I've removed the bandwidth caps I had in place on my seeder, so now might be a great time to download the songs. I'll probably leave it that way for the weekend.

Aubrey <- finds some twisted happiness in contemplating how to use the newfound bandwidth.... :twisted:

[bluskale]

gah-its all broken!
nah, it gets fixed in the end.
oh, they should mention that on the bt.ocremix (http://bt.ocremix.org/) page

Yes, yes it does need to be mentioned somewhere.

I went on this big long search for alternate Bittorrent clients (thinking maybe the latest mac 3.3a had a bug re large and many files), and the only other one besides the Official Mac 3.3a that can handle that many files at once is mldonkey, because it dls everything into one large file (which it then separated slightly incorrectly upon completion). Should've checked the forums first... oh well, heh. I just seem to recall dling other BT links and being able to view partially dled files successfully.

edit: to make the quotes take less space

[Riddler Sensei]

After a month of waiting and issues, I've finally had the bandwidth upped on SuperTux to 45 megabit! (5 & 1/2 Megabytes per second) Anyway, I've removed the bandwidth caps I had in place on my seeder, so now might be a great time to download the songs. I'll probably leave it that way for the weekend.

Aubrey <- finds some twisted happiness in contemplating how to use the newfound bandwidth.... :twisted:

How the hell....

[mrmoeo]

I haven't been real impressed with bittorrent. It's a little slow even for my 1.5 broadband. I'll be sticking with the classics for now:

www.sharereactor.com for the file names.
www.overnet.com for the files themselves.

[GX-9900]

What happened to the link to the files on the navigation bar? I could've sworn there was a link there before

[Smoke]

What happened to the link to the files on the navigation bar? I could've sworn there was a link there before

You must be mistaken. There was no link.

[Clayton]

i just mess messed up all my mp3s on overclocked remix using bittorent, all my mp3s are mashed to geather, and stuff like snes melody battle oc remix begins with the origonal song but then it switches to soomething more peacefull like chronotrigger music wtf, thats pretty fucked up, i was trying to share files, and someone fucked me over with putty crappy files on it ill post a link to a mp3 im gonna upload to show your staff what kind of a problem this is, ill prolly get screen shots too

[Clayton]

i think this is prety messed up, and im going to get to the bottom of it

[V. Celestine]

Any chance you guys can do an 'unofficial' BT for OCRs 1000+? And have it updated every 1st of the month? -or- Is there another way of getting the 1000+'s without clicking on every single one of them?

1000-1500

[Corporal Eschebone]

i think this is prety messed up, and im going to get to the bottom of it

You didn't read the whole thread, did you?

Any chance you guys can do an 'unofficial' BT for OCRs 1000+? And have it updated every 1st of the month? -or- Is there another way of getting the 1000+'s without clicking on every single one of them?

1000-1500

DJP sez he'll make an OCR01000 to OCR01250 once he gets to it.

I'll have to re-label the folder OCR01000 to OCR01500 and consequently change the playlists once it comes out though... Which won't be much of a problem, really...

[RocketSniper]

Would there be any way to change the bittorrents so that there are also OCR1-100, OCR101-200, 201-300, etc. , so that I can get some of them faster? It'd really suck to download everything only to get errors every few seconds, so 100 OCR's per bittorrent would limit this problem.

Edit: I'm seeding now. Every other week starting this week (usually, at least until the end of the school yeah), I'll be hosting, day and night for a week. My compy will go down for about 1-3 hours each day, due to me playing halo... or something.

[Mamour]

I just wanted to ask, on what basis will new torrents be made?

Every 500 remixes?

[Smoke]

250, might be less depending on demand.

[CopycattVII]

I tried it but only had 48%... so I cancled...plus it ate my bandwith.

[aubrey]

I know I've been a bit slow to update the the http://bt.ocremix.org/ page, but I've finally done it. I think I've pulled out most all of the content from this tread and incorporated it into that page for all to see.

If I made any mistakes, or if there is something I should add/do, please let me know while this task is still fresh in my mind.

I'm impressed that we've served over 10 terabytes of MP3s via bit torrent already. For those interested, the traffic to http://remix.supertux.com has nearly doubled since the bit torrent iniative started. That is hardly the decrease in traffic we expected. :-) I don't know about the main site's statistics though.

Thanks,

Aubrey

[Liontamer]

I'm impressed that we've served over 10 terabytes of MP3s via bit torrent already. For those interested, the traffic to http://remix.supertux.com has nearly doubled since the bit torrent iniative started. That is hardly the decrease in traffic we expected. :-) I don't know about the main site's statistics though.
Yeesh. I think part of the problem may by that people can directly go to the Supertux songs directory and just get all of the files at will. You would definitely know better than me if there's been a significant amount of activity from individuals going down the public songs directory list and just getting everything from there, Aubrey. Dave doesn't allow that on OC as far as I know, since he implemented indirect links to the download pages a little while back. Maybe direct linking to the Supertux songs directory page should be forbidden to the public, and then others could think about using the Torrents instead?

[aubrey]

Not as much as you would think probably. I've exposed the songs directory like a month ago, and remix web traffic went up from 17GB a day then to around 21ishGB a day now. It was serving about 10GBish day before the bittorrent initiative.

I did want to see how much the traffic would go up if I exposed the songs directory I admit. I didn't even worry about it much because I do have an hourly cap on my site

I still think the torrents are the easiest way to get the first 1000 remixes by far.

Aubrey

[Bahamut]

I would seed, but my college shut down Bit Torrent effectively :(.

[Shazkar]

Quick question: I downloaded 1-500 off of BitTorrent, but after the download was finished, I only had 463 files..... anyone know anything about that? And the problem is I dont know which ones I don't have so I can't download them individually...

[Oddity]

There aren't actually 500 remixes per part. OCR1-500 and OCR501-1000 are just how many songs djp has written reviews for since he started the site. There have been removals of songs and other bad (good?) stuff to make it only 463 files or whatever for the first one and so on.

[agentlongwood]

Arg it's going way slow. Ive been downloading for twenty-sum hours and have yet to hit above 5 K a second. Im on a campus network. Do I have to open some ports or something? If so How do I do it? I just started usin Bittorrent so I know nothing about it. anyone care to help?

[Metsubo]

:| I'd seed, but I took all of the files out of their individual folders, so now I have one collective folder, and last time I tried to seed, it didn't like that too much.......

[aubrey]

FYI,

I'm formatting and doing some other heavy duty stuff to supertux right now. So, bt.ocremix.org and the supertux mirror will be down for a while until I get things back on line...

For those interested, I'm switching the system from Redhat 7.2 to Gentoo. Should be interesting...

Aubrey

[djpretzel]

FYI,

I'm formatting and doing some other heavy duty stuff to supertux right now. So, bt.ocremix.org and the supertux mirror will be down for a while until I get things back on line...

For those interested, I'm switching the system from Redhat 7.2 to Gentoo. Should be interesting...

Aubrey

Thanks for the update, Aubrey. Gentoo, eh? Interested in your opinions of it when all is said and done.

[Nys SOB]

Arg it's going way slow. Ive been downloading for twenty-sum hours and have yet to hit above 5 K a second. Im on a campus network. Do I have to open some ports or something? If so How do I do it? I just started usin Bittorrent so I know nothing about it. anyone care to help?

There's your problem: college networks and BitTorrent don't mix. Most, if not all, colleges protect their networks with high security firewalls. When you're behind a firewall, BitTorrent won't see any other firewalled clients downloading that torrent. That means all of your connections are to people that aren't behind firewalls, and there's a lot less of them than people behind firewalls. You could fix this problem, but you'd have to be the systems administrator of your college network (snowball's chance in Hell, and even if you were, the administration probably wouldn't want you to create holes in their security systems). Also, many colleges are putting bandwidth caps on filesharing programs, and because of the way BitTorrent works, it gets capped as well.

[ifirit]

Since the problems link sent me here, I guess I'll report my problem with the BitTorrent software.

While running the BitTorrent file OCR00001_to_OCR00500 in Shadow's program, I get a message saying that there is a problem in PYTHON23.dll and the program closes, occasionally giving me the "blue screen of death." I've uninstalled the program, run the Memtest86 program as recommended by the FAQ, and reinstalled the program. I keep all non-essential programs and processes closed, yet the problem persists, even after reinstallation and rebooting.

I'm operating on Windows ME, using a standard broadband connection, without a firewall. I've tried scanning my computer, the program, and everything that is running, but I can't find the source of the problem.

I can still run the BitTorrent for a few minutes (between 1 and 5 minutes, to be more precise), but afterwards it crashes. Any help?

[GT_Onizuka]

Since the problems link sent me here, I guess I'll report my problem with the BitTorrent software.

While running the BitTorrent file OCR00001_to_OCR00500 in Shadow's program, I get a message saying that there is a problem in PYTHON23.dll and the program closes, occasionally giving me the "blue screen of death." I've uninstalled the program, run the Memtest86 program as recommended by the FAQ, and reinstalled the program. I keep all non-essential programs and processes closed, yet the problem persists, even after reinstallation and rebooting.

I'm operating on Windows ME, using a standard broadband connection, without a firewall. I've tried scanning my computer, the program, and everything that is running, but I can't find the source of the problem.

I can still run the BitTorrent for a few minutes (between 1 and 5 minutes, to be more precise), but afterwards it crashes. Any help?

That sounds like a problem with Python, moreso than with the Client itself, although other than re-installing Python, I've got nothing -_-.

Anyways, when do you predict the next batch of OC's are coming out on torrents? I was hoping this would be a more regular thing (like every 100 or so) since BT is smart and will resume files, but it doesn't look this way. Any ideas?

[EdgeCrusher]

If you are going to be multiple torrents, you should probably get ABC or another torrent client that handles them. There are a few good java clients too.

[panic!]

For those interested, I'm switching the system from Redhat 7.2 to Gentoo. Should be interesting...

Hey, awesome! Gentoo rocks.

[Khendros]

I'm looking to seed while I'm at work, but none of the torrent links are working for me. I keep getting page full of odd text when I click the torrents. :?

[aubrey]

Worst case...Try right clicking and doing a "Save Target As" of the link so that you can save the torrent to your hard drive. Then you can open it with your bit torrent client from there.

[Dionyseus]

I've been seeding quite a lot the past few days, BitTorrent rocks;)
I've downloaded OCR00001-OCR01000, total files are 971, weighing in at 3.41gb. Currently seeding the second torrent.

[shadowrunner]

I've been seeding quite a lot the past few days, BitTorrent rocks;)
I've downloaded OCR00001-OCR01000, total files are 971, weighing in at 3.41gb. Currently seeding the second torrent.

Im going to start to seed soon.


and Dionyseus ...That's great name choice, pretty cool. 8)

[DJHush]

Having some problems. When I press the link, it takes me to a page with a bunch of codes. I tried saving target as but it saves a wordpad file. Can someone please tell me what's going on? Is it just down?

[Setzer II]

Hope this is in the right place...

Sorry for asking such a newb question, but I'm not familiar with bittorrent. As I have a crappy sound card and no knowledge of mixing, the only way I can repay the site is by keeping bt running. Anyway, it says 1 thru 1000. Will it download (And share) the entire collection, or only the first 1000?

[Smoke]

Only the first 1000, but not the remixes that were removed from those. Basically, all the OCR's with a number ranging from 1 to 1000, in two sets(1-500 and 501-1000)

You'll have to download the others manually, or wait for the next set of mixes(Should be released at OCR#1250 or #1500 if I remember correctly...) to appear in a torrent file.

[DJ_Aquagenesis]

ill seed when i get home which should be about.......30 minutes? and when i seed, i got a nice fast seedin speed. around 30k/b or so. so if ya want this nice collection, be around! PM me, or AIM me, my AIM stays on.

EDIT: seeding after i rape 4chan of their pictures.

[Setzer II]

Hmmm...
Due to changing to linux, and a general inability to do some things with it, I no longer have bittorrent on my system. My bad. I found another way anyway. Since CD-Rs are cheap, I've started lending/handing out some and telling people. Who says word of mouth is dead?

[Rice28m]

Am I suppose to get tons of MP3's that are 0 kbites big? This is not good. Ahh, help. AIM: Rice28m

[EdgeCrusher]

Download the full file before you start playing them.

[DJ_Aquagenesis]

Download the full file before you start playing them.

that might help a lil bit.
Note:Seeding but not for long. im gettin sumthin else off BT and on emule so yeah. massive bandwidth slow down

[Nase]

70 kb/s, shweeeet 8)

all those classics in one afternoon...so cool.

[Binarynova]

Just thought I'd mention, that I'm glad you guys did the BitTorrent thing. I've never been a big fan of it, but I was wondering how I could help out here at OCRemix.org.

I'm currently downloading both torrents on my cable connection here at home. I'll try to keep my comp on as much as possible. I may turn it off at night, to give it a rest, and so I can sleep (loud fan).

I'm also going to be restricting my upload a bit... haven't chosen an actual number yet. Probably won't be more than 20kbps.

Thanks for giving some of us out here a way to help out. :)

EDIT: Well, I may not be able to seed after all. It seems that whenever I have BitTornado open (I had the first 500 done) that it was still using a whole lot of download bandwidth. Even if I'm just seeding. *shrug* I'm not sure if it's a setting or what.

[jordanclock]

I am currently seeding. I have all 1000 completed. My upload isn't huge, around 24KBps, but I guess every bit counts, especially from 100% seeders.

[Binarynova]

I finally completed all 1000. I'm going to try seeding for a while, but when I tried to seed the first 500, it seemed like the torrent was still destroying my bandwidth.

Eventually my web browsing slowed to a crawl, and the rest of my family on our 3MBit cable connection was feeling the burn. So bad that it was worse than our dial up.

Has no one else had this problem?

EDIT: :cry: Internet slowed to a crawl within minutes. If anyone has an idea what could be wrong (a setting or something?) let me know, I really would like to help by seeding these.

[Clockwork Dolphin]

Eventually my web browsing slowed to a crawl, and the rest of my family on our 3MBit cable connection was feeling the burn. So bad that it was worse than our dial up.

Most bittorrent programs have a upload rate and simultaneous connection limit which you can set. On the default Mac OS X client, just press the button in the top right corner of the window to bring the toolbar down.

[Binarynova]

Enclosed (bottom of post) is an image of my BitTornado client running. I'm using the WinXP version.

The upload limit setting shown is Cable/DSL Fast, but even on Cable/DSL Slow, or Dial-Up my internet connection dies. I've checked the Network Performance in my Task Manager, and it just shows an upload, and no download.

But if that's the case, why is my internet slowing to a crawl?

Also, if you'll notice, I show my internet connection activity in the taskbar. Both lights there are solid, and stay that way until I close the torrent.

I mean, I seem to recall running Kazaa with a similar (or higher) upload limit, and I could surf the web, watch streaming video etc.... But I think BitTorrent just hates me. :)

EDIT: Well, if what I read here (http://btfaq.com/serve/cache/37.html) holds true, it seems it's a cable modem (or other hardware) problem? :( Finally find some way I can help, and I'm not compatible. Ah well... sorry guys.

http://www.figaroscholars.com/bittorrentstatus.jpg

[Silvite Gafgar]

I want so bad to download these.....except our computer's decided to screw itself over and make two copies of EVERY file on it, jumping the amount of space taken up on the hardrive to near 90%. ####. Maybe in the next few months, when my parents are (supposedly) getting me a new computer, I'll start downloading these.

Even then, my ability to seed for you is nonexistant - way out here in the backwaters of Texas, DSL, Broadband, and all those other goodies aren't available, so I'm stuck with 56k for the next two years.

[travisb]

I do not know if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but is it possible to do another torrent? One that contains mixes 1001-current? Maybe it could be updated once a week or month or something.

I love the site and the music, I just want to help save the bandwidth cost.

[TCK]

I do not know if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but is it possible to do another torrent? One that contains mixes 1001-current? Maybe it could be updated once a week or month or something.

I love the site and the music, I just want to help save the bandwidth cost.That's likely coming in a 1001-1250 or 1001-1500 torrent when OCR reaches that level.

I'm broadbanded tomorrow (as it were) so as soon as I've downloaded the torrents I should be able to seed.

[DJ_Aquagenesis]

ill seed as soon as i get home. as long it doesnt slow me down with this late project i have due. :roll:....like im gunna do it anyway

[darren42]

i will seed when i can, i have every single remix on this site :D

[UltimoSock]

Jesus those BTs are huge. Any way you guys could slim em down a bit?

[Keeshi]

The point of them being big, is so you dont ahve to spend your time downloading each and every song.

I just can't wait until the 3rd one.

[ctszero]

I have bittorrent but when I click on the links to start getting the torrent all i get is a page of garbled text. Am I the only one getting this? If so how can I fix it.

[EdgeCrusher]

right click, save torrent file to HD, then run it.

[darren42]

if u need me to help seed then email me at ngo_t@optusnet.com.au

[EdgeCrusher]

I would defiantely seed for a while if I could actually get all the files. Right now Im stuck at 26.1 and 27% on both of them, and have been around that area for the last few days. So if anyone wants to seed now, and help out in the future, get on and Ill finish up and seed more.

[IverineRevolver]

i proudly proclaim that i shalt seed untill there is nothing to seed... nomore!!! 8O

[TCK]

Seeding.

Likewise, if you need me to seed, AIM me and I should seed right away. Try not to do so too often though, because it takes quite a while for me to start seeding (thanks to the lack of real specs for my computer).

[EdgeCrusher]

Ive been seeding for a while now. Unforunately only at 4 k/s, but so far ive seeded both to a 50% ratio, and will continue to do so.

[TCK]

For anyone who can't wait until the 1250 torrent, I and Ramaniscence will be serving a rar file with mixes from 1001 upwards until the torrent comes.

Thread here. (http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=38982)

[DJHush]

When I pressed the link it just showed a bunch of text, I tried right clicking and save as but it saved it as a .txt file. HELP!

[EdgeCrusher]

save it to the computer then rename it to a .torrent file, then run it and it will open up whatever bittorrent client you downloaded (if you have one)

[kryogenix]

I got the two torrents and I'm seeding both right now. Will continue until my seed ratio is at least 1:1.

[kryogenix]

Done downloading, and now I'm seeding the first at 20 kb/s and the second at 30 kb/s.

[ZenithYoda]

can someone seed for me now please?

[djpretzel]

1. Thanks to all seeders - TRULY appreciated, huge help.

2. I'm working with Aubrey to redesign the tracker so it can be included in an IFRAME/OBJECT tag and show up directly on mix download pages, or even the homepage. This should increase the popularity of the already popular torrents, so the more seeders, the merrier!

[Galaknight]

I'm going to seed my files as well once i'm done with my windows updates. I want to know if 1001-1500 are coming to bittorrent anytime soon?

[TCK]

I'm going to seed my files as well once i'm done with my windows updates. I want to know if 1001-1500 are coming to bittorrent anytime soon?When OCR reaches #1500? :wink:

They'll be a torrent at #1250, which isn't too far off. In the meantime, you can get a rar of mixes 1001-current from this thread. (http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=38982)

(/pimpage)

[aubrey]

Has anyone noticed that the torrents have been serving 2-4 megabytes per second today? Somebody must be feeling generous with their pipe (not me).

I guess now would be a good time to download the torrents.

Aubrey

[Teliskopic]

Hi, I was wondering if this was happening to everyone tonight or if it's just me. I logged on about an hour ago and started up the 001-500 torrent, happily downloading. So I checked out some stuff, karaoke and downloaded another remix. My brother wanted to know what version of bt I was using and when I went to check it, it wasn't in the tray anymore. When I tried to reconnect to the torrent, it asked for the download folder again and started verifying the files then stops at 46% with an IO error: [Errno 13] Permission denied. Anybody have any ideas what's wrong?

Other times when I had to reconnect coz my pc died while online, file verification was fine and it could continue downloading.

[aubrey]

My guess is that your bit torrent client was still running even though it wasn't listed in your tray. You could have checked that by checking if it showed up in your running processes list (on NT/2K/XP).

As such, the files it was working with were still locked from access by other applications, and that's probably why you got the error you did when the second client tried to open a file for writing.

I haven't ran into the exact situation you describe, but I have noticed that if I close shadow's client, the process continues running without a window for perhaps a minute or so before it really quits. If before it really quits, I double click on the .torrent file, I will get the same error you are seeing.

Aubrey

[Kiv]

I'd like to help seed, but I've changed the file names on most of my songs to be easier to read in my MP3 player. For example, Final_Fantasy_6_Anthem_of_Exile_OC_ReMix.mp3 is changed to FF6 Anthem of Exile. When I try to share on Bittorrent it doesn't recognize the renamed files. Is there any way to fix this without downloading them again?

[aubrey]

Without manually renaming the files back, no.

If you want to help, and have the space (2-4GB), I'd recommend just saving a copy of the ReMixes from the torrents into a new directory.

Yeah, you will download another copy of the remixes, but if you are willing to help us seed the torrent, it would certainly be a benefit for us and everyone downloading the ReMixes in the longer term.

Aubrey

[Kiv]

Sorry, I'm on a old computer and don't have that much space available. I use Shareaza for file sharing and I upload them on that, so I guess I'll just keep doing that until we get a new computer.

Thanks anyway.

[Dread Pirate Salty Pete]

Question: why does the tracker recommend the official client for Mac users? That thing is a piece of crap.

[aubrey]

Answer: Because those of us that put the FAQ together hardly use Macs and noticed that the official Mac client seemed to download the torrents fine.

I take it that means you are familiar with the other Mac clients that are out there? What would you recommend as the best one?

Aubrey

[AncientSage]

The official mac client works just fine. I have never had any problems. Downloaded all the songs relatively quickly, all the songs work.

[Teliskopic]

Hi again! I know this was a while ago, but I'd like to say thanks to aubrey for his advice. I'm running on ME so I don't have that nice running processes list that XP has. But it all works fine again! Thanks again aubrey!

[tydavis]

I can't wait for the torrent at 1250!

[TCK]

I can't either... I've been too lazy to go through and pick them all up one by one, but I've been itching to complete that "All OCR" folder.For those who don't want to wait till late September/early October. (http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=38982)

[benevolensaurus]

Would I still be able to seed if I, say, moved all the files I downloaded into another file? Without having to download everything all over again? This has probably been mentioned before, but yeah... I didn't see it.

Soo... would I?

edit: yeah, songs, that's what I meant.

[aubrey]

You mean if you moved all the songs you downloaded into another folder? Yes, you would still be able to seed. Just point your bit torrent client to the new folder when you try to seed.

Aubrey

[exwhyze]

The torrent files in this directory list fine for me: http://bt.ocremix.org/files/

but I'm unable to download any of them. I've tried using Firefox and wget with no luck. No error messages. Firefox times out and wget, per my specification, waits forever for a response from the server. Could someone mirror these?

[D-Lux]

Since I hear that making a torrent file is really easy, I would be glad to make one once 1250 hits. I'm at a university, so if faster connections get it quick, they're be plenty of seeders. I just need to know how to make a torrent file, and you guys can be lazy and wait. :)

PM me with any comments/questions.

[TCK]

There's an unofficial torrent already available linked by me above, although it hasn't got too many seeders. Also, a few mixes will be removed in the 1001-1250 lockdown, so you're likely to find some mixes now that will be removed not long from now.

[aubrey]

but I'm unable to download any of them.

Are you still having problems getting these files? They work fine for me. I'd say it is possible that my server was down when you tried to retrieve the files. I've been working on retooling logrotate and have noticed that it isn't restarting apache correctly when it rotates the logs. So, I know the server has been unresponsive at points over the weekend.

Having a mirror of those torrents probably won't do so much good as the tracker is located on the same server. So, if you can't download the torrents, you probably won't be able to use the tracker either.

There is a backup of the torrents though over at supernova.org. Just (ignore everything else you see and) go to the music secion, then game music, and you can find suprnova hosted torrents for the four items we currently track.

Aubrey

[Hocus]

I am currently downloading the Kong in Koncert album using bittorent and I'm only about 7% done. When I check the files it says that most of them are somewhere between 20-40 MB but my other ocremixes are only 2-6 MB.
Can someone tell me what thats about?

[Smoke]

The Kong in Concert torrent consists of the original uncompressed WAV files, not the MP3's. This is done to give people the option to compress the files based on their own preferences, for example in OGG, AAC or in higher quality MP3 than the ones on the page.

The links on the KiC page itself are for the individual MP3 files. There's no separate torrent for these files.

[Hocus]

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[themind]

I was thinking... BitTornado has the ability to set individual file priorities so that you could, say, download a single file. Might it be possible to arrange a method whereby the single file downloads could run through Bittorrent? Of course I understand it would be impossible, given numbers of ports and whatnot, to make an individual torrent for each file, but if the file priority method could be used to only download those chunks that interest a user there would be a great increase in usefulness, since many people will get a single file but not want to download the whole set.
Is it possible to generate a modified .torrent for a single file that only provides information for that file yet still uses the 1-500/501-1000 torrent? I'll be looking into these questions myself.

[edit] You can't modify a .torrent and use the same tracker, at least not with a standard Bit Torrent client...

[aznshorty67]

YAYEE!

Finally. Finally i can get all OCRemixes on my iPod. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'll be seeding until i have to sleep.

yeah, its too bad that your iPod battery will be irreparably drained after only 18 months. but, on the bright side, you can always order a replacement from apple for 250$!

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,588084-2,00.html

popular science found how to replace your battery...

[Siamey]

k


im seeding (3m cable) (mediacom yay)

[ctszero]

for the OCR01001-01250 I keep getting the error

bad data from tracker - invalid literal for too long(): did I break it or is there something I'm doing wrong?

[Sgt Cpl Sir]

for the OCR01001-01250 I keep getting the error

bad data from tracker - invalid literal for too long(): did I break it or is there something I'm doing wrong?



Yeah I'm getting that. I'm using BitTornado.

A little help anybody?

[ctszero]

Wait it's going now. I don't know if it fixed itself or what but I'm DLing at a blazingly fast 3 KBPS

[TheWired]

For some odd reason, i've been downloading just fine yesterday night, then when i hit 75.9%, it gave me errno13 : Permission denied. Ever since then, its refused to resume every time i start the tracker. It begins to check my data, and not even a third of the way, it gives me the same error.

I'm using the latest bittornado release, and i have more than the required diskspace to store the songs.

[Clover_Maximus]

Im getting that danged error message too. ioerror 13 access denied. I googled it and found a short faq but it didnt help. Any suggestions ya'all?

[aubrey]

I don't know what the answer is for the ioerror 13 issue. It seems to me like the problem is with the client rather than the tracker.

Have you tried a different client? The official client as well as Bit Tornado are both python based. Have you tried azureus? It is java based, and so may not have the issues you have ran into.

Your system wouldn't be overclocked would it? I've had trouble downloading torrents on a mostly stable overclocked system before, but I didn't get ioerror 13s, just a lot of blocks failed the hash checks.

Anyway, if you find something, please post your results. I'm about ready to update the FAQ on the tracker sometime soon.

Aubrey

[Kirbymuyo]

I'm having trouble with download, its giving me the yellow light, I opened my ports more for the program but its still yellow, Im on a wireless connection through linksys

What can i do to fix this problem?

[Technologen]

What's wrong?!

I was downloading the last part via bittorrent (OC remixes 1001 --> 1250). All is done. But now when I listen to the songs they just stop in the middle and starts playing ANOTHER tune (although the same song is playing in the playlist). It's like the files have been intermixed with each other and holds "random sounds" although the file names are correct.

What's wrong? Does anyone have the same problem? Do anyone know what the h*ll I'm talking about?

[Technologen]

I removed all the songs from the directory OC1001 to OC1250, and I tried to download the songs again via the .torrent-file you have on your website. But now it says "Download finished" and a yellow light shines in the upper right corner, although I have deleted all the mp3-files from that directory. What to do ? Is there some kind of cache that I need to clear or what?

[Xerol Oplan]

When i try to start the 1001-1250 torrent into my existing OCR folder, I get the following:
trouble accessing files [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\My Music\\Game Music\\OCR\\'

However, it runs fine if I point it to a new folder. Any idea what the problem is? I've got DSL so downloading the 43 mixes that I've already got out of the increment is no big deal, but it worries me that it'll run to any folder EXCEPT that one.

[Chris 'Bill' D]

What's wrong?!

I was downloading the last part via bittorrent (OC remixes 1001 --> 1250). All is done. But now when I listen to the songs they just stop in the middle and starts playing ANOTHER tune (although the same song is playing in the playlist). It's like the files have been intermixed with each other and holds "random sounds" although the file names are correct.

What's wrong? Does anyone have the same problem? Do anyone know what the h*ll I'm talking about?

First thing, use the edit button.

1. You cannot hear the songs until the download is done; hear them earlier and you will hear different songs (in the middle of something else).

2. Try downloading the torrent (I mean the target) in a different folder.

[Daemos]

I got them all (00001-00500, 00501-01000, 01001-01250) and will leave the DL window up. I seem to be sending out ok (30-50kB/s) however I am behind a firewall due to my router.

My first question: is that seeding??

Second, I keep getting "Error: Problem connection to tracker - timeout exceeded" but it still keeps uploading. it it's a problem, can ya let me know.

Thanks

*note* I'll leave the uploading thing up unless 1.) It interupts with my Everquest playing or 2.) I need that system to play Everquest, or 3.) my elecrtic bill goes through the roof. (If I take it down for reason 1 or 2, I'll put it back up after I'm done, if 3... we'll see.)

[Daemos]

I was looking around the side readding reviews of many of the mixes, listening to the song play while I read them and came upon one that was not in the Bit Torrent Download, are there alot of these, are there supposed to be there?

Just though someone would like to know.

[Smoke]

The torrents only cover OCR#00001 to OCR#01250. Everything after that can only be downloaded through the site, until we hit OCR#01500 and a new torrent is made. The reason for this is that otherwise the torrent file used for the most recent mixes would have to be updated every time a new mix is added, and could cause some inconsistency with people using different versions of the torrent file.

[Talse]

i am regrettably computer illiterate more or less and can make niether heads or tails out of this message.

trouble accessing files - [Errno 24] Too many open files: "/Users/Peter/Desktop/torrent ocremix/OCR00001 to OCR00500/Ghosts'N_Goblins_Instant_OC_ReMix.mp3", (at Thu Dec 9 '04 @ 10:15:51 PM)

if it matters at all, i've already got about 400 some mixes not though torrents. if i were to delet them, would it allow me to use the torrent. not sure if this matters, but i'm using tomato torrent for macs. osX panter or jaguar, the newer one escapes me at the moment, but thats the one i'm using.

[aubrey]

[Errno 24] Too many open files:

You will get this particular error if you are using a very old bit torrent client. This error is the main reason why we split up the torrents into 500 piece sections. The official bt client for windows can't (or couldn't last year anyway) handle having more than about 500 files in a single torrent.

I'd suggest upgrading your client to bittornado or azureus and your problem will go away. If not, I'd really be curious to know what client you are using and on what operating system.

Aubrey

[Xiedo]

I don't understand one thing.

I looked up all the remixes on the main site and it listed 1238, but the BitTorrents go to 1250.

?

[Smoke]

Several remixes have been removed for guideline violations. For consistency reasons the voids have not been filled. They're listed in the Remix Changelog forum, along with reasons for each removal.

Also, we're at mix #1286 at the moment.

[Xiedo]

So that's 1286 including the files that were already removed right?

Cuz I just downloaded (and seeded :D) all three torrents and then picked up the remaining mixes starting with the most recent until I reached 1239.

[Smoke]

Basically, yes. But some tracks were replaced with others, and the "gaps" created by removed mixes were in some cases re-filled later on during the site's early years.

[DarkDespair5]

I leave my comp on almost 24/7 for Folding@home and downloading large files, so I figure, Why not? Once I finish downloading them in the first place, I'll gladly seed. (PM me this answer) Can I upload all three sets of remixes and still have a decent upload speed? Thanks

[zeldawing59]

how do i download songs with bittorrent i have azureus so how do i get the ocremix songs?

[Shadikka]

zeldawing59, just download the torrent file(s) from http://bt.ocremix.org/ , it should first download them and after that don't remove them. Your Azureus will be uploading(=seeding) it after that.

I would gladly seed, but I have changed the filenames :( So it doesn't like me anymore. But I'll download the 500-1000 pack and won't change the filenames. ;)

But I must do some tricks so my foobar2000 doesn't modify the actual ID3 tags then (I like 'em nice and clean), but modifies the database. Since if it modifies the files, hashes change -> unable to seed.

Gosh, it really is true. "To err is human, but to really foul things up, you need a computer." :)

[Mardak]

Is there a plan to make a super batch torrent for those who can use it? Preferably with directory name Overclocked Remix...

I finally decided to get back to seeding the torrents and renamed my Overclocked Remix directory to "OCR00001 to OCR00500" for the first torrent. Then it proceeded to junk 1/3 of all my songs because someone choose to make the individual pieces a whole 1 MB. All my files were fine except the front and end, so instead of dropping off maybe 256K.. it dropped off a whole MB from the front and end of the file. Great.

So. any plans for a all songs torrent with smaller pieces? There wouldn't be any problems seeding both the 500file torrents and the allsongs torrent at the same time. Both will pass hash checking and people could be seeding both.

[Jojosan]

Well, I dunno if this is a problem from me, but at this moment (since 30mn), the tracker doesn't seem to respond anymore, and I can't get anything (Azureus shows me the red bubble with the sharing hand below...). Is it a problem on my side or on the tracker ?

[aubrey]

Is there a plan to make a super batch torrent for those who can use it? Preferably with directory name Overclocked Remix...

There are currently no plans for a super batch torrent. We may change how things are done when we get to 1500, but I doubt there will be signifigant changes before then.

Now your other comment about the 1MB piece size is interesting. I hadn't noticed that the piece sizes are so large, but they surely are. I think your suggestion about using smaller piece sizes is a good one, and I'll be sure to bring this up with djp whenever we do revise the torrent files.

Aubrey

[Fotophool]

I don't spend a lot of time on the boards here so forgive me if this is addressed elsewhere, but for the last day or two (I was gone all of last week, don't know about then) I've been getting Connection Errors on only the 1001-1250 torrent's tracker. This happens in SuSE 9.2 on 2 different versions of Azureus (2 different boxen). One is the latest client, one is slightly older.

Thoughts? Obvious answers? Flames?

[aubrey]

Thoughts? Obvious answers? Flames?

Honestly, I think it should be working. Generally, if things are not working, the http://bt.ocremix.org/ page won't come up. Or possibly, if you refresh that page a few times, you will notice that "Bytes Transfered" field isn't increasing.

If the page does come up, and if the "Bytes Transfered" field is increasing than things are generally working for people.

If things are working, but not for you (or anyone else with these kinds of problems), just pm me with your IP address and what date/time you were getting the errors. I can use that information to mine the logs and maybe find something useful about these problems.

I have noticed that the eXeem 0.20 client seems to be braindead and doesn't handle virtual servers (which bt.ocremix.org is) correctly. So people using that client aren't getting the files for sure. But Azareus should.

Aubrey

[Crazyonr1]

ok ok, I feel really dumb posting here, but no matter what I try, neither the offical BitTorrent client, or BitTornado, will download anything, it comes up with the message "Rejected by tracker - Torrent is not authorized for use on this tracker
I am behind a firewall, so do I need to open some ports or something?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated
Thanks in advance

[aubrey]

Oops, I broke the webserver while trying to upgrade it to a newer version of apache. The Gentoo folks seem to have updated the locations of config files and done some other changes.

Anyway, while I'm trying to sort things out, the services Supertux provides (remix.supertux.com mirror, and bt.ocremix.org) will be down.

Aubrey

[D3WEY]

Excuse me, but I was wondering if you guys were ever going to release another BT batch? I've been waiting a long time for one to come out. It makes it a lot easier to download them. I love the site and BT reduces bandwidth / makes it much easier to download. Thanks in advance for a hopefully quick answer :)

[TCK]

Next torrent will be at 1500, at which the 1000-1250 torrent will be assimilated into a 1000-1500 torrent.

In the meantime though, you'll have to download anything after 1250 separately. Liontamer hosted a rar file featuring 1250-1323 a while ago, and I may revisit my month batches idea from earlier, but instead make 50 remix batches. I'll probably do that once 1350 is out.

[D3WEY]

Next torrent will be at 1500, at which the 1000-1250 torrent will be assimilated into a 1000-1500 torrent.

In the meantime though, you'll have to download anything after 1250 separately. Liontamer hosted a rar file featuring 1250-1323 a while ago, and I may revisit my month batches idea from earlier, but instead make 50 remix batches. I'll probably do that once 1350 is out.

Thanks for the info, I was not aware the 1500 mark had not yet been reached. Would you direct me to the thread you spoke of? (the rar file)

[mathphileBill]

Hey guys,

I'm wondering if there is a good tutorial on how to start a bittorrent. I wouldn't mind making torrents with the most recent pieces (+1250) if I could only figure out how to do it. If any of you know a quick and simple way to do it, I'd be much obliged for the help. I have my own domain and access to the webserver, as well as have the ability to make torrents, I am having trouble figuring out how the trackers and announce URL's work. Anyway, thanks in advance.

[TCK]

Next torrent will be at 1500, at which the 1000-1250 torrent will be assimilated into a 1000-1500 torrent.

In the meantime though, you'll have to download anything after 1250 separately. Liontamer hosted a rar file featuring 1250-1323 a while ago, and I may revisit my month batches idea from earlier, but instead make 50 remix batches. I'll probably do that once 1350 is out.

Thanks for the info, I was not aware the 1500 mark had not yet been reached. Would you direct me to the thread you spoke of? (the rar file)We're currently at 1342.

Liontamer only hosted the rar files for a short time, while he had no shows to host on his webspace. I'll see about getting 1251-1300 up tonight.

EDIT: mathphileBill, I did a few torrents a while back of mixes not already covered by torrents, but it was unpopular enough to be sustainable. I wouldn't worry about it to be honest.

And the error you're probably getting is regards to email notification. It doesn't affect the post itself.

[mathphileBill]

TCK, I knew that you did. I am wondering about the mechanics of it, not only for perhaps doing torrents for OCRemix, but for other projects I'm working on as well.

But, let me ask you this? Since torrents could be made with the current mixes, couldn't we get a more prominent spot somewhere on the site so that more people would be able to participate in the torrent. In my case, when I saw your post a long while ago about your torrents, it was long since you had actually seeded them, so I couldn't get the mixes off the torrent.

Also, what is the cost to seed torrents? As far as I understand them (which is not very much at all) they use very little bandwith. So, if a torrent could be started and left on (barring any problems) it could be available for anyone to use if they ran across it. I realize that if there weren't many people seeding it, it would be slow, but if we can get the torrent into a high visibility area, it may prove to be popular.

Anyway, sorry about the long post, torrents just seem to be the way to go if someone needs to get the latest 100 mixes. I have been seeding the main OCR torrents for several months and would like do a bit more to help out.

[TCK]

TCK, I knew that you did. I am wondering about the mechanics of it, not only for perhaps doing torrents for OCRemix, but for other projects I'm working on as well.

But, let me ask you this? Since torrents could be made with the current mixes, couldn't we get a more prominent spot somewhere on the site so that more people would be able to participate in the torrent. In my case, when I saw your post a long while ago about your torrents, it was long since you had actually seeded them, so I couldn't get the mixes off the torrent.

Also, what is the cost to seed torrents? As far as I understand them (which is not very much at all) they use very little bandwith. So, if a torrent could be started and left on (barring any problems) it could be available for anyone to use if they ran across it. I realize that if there weren't many people seeding it, it would be slow, but if we can get the torrent into a high visibility area, it may prove to be popular.

Anyway, sorry about the long post, torrents just seem to be the way to go if someone needs to get the latest 100 mixes. I have been seeding the main OCR torrents for several months and would like do a bit more to help out.One thing that I agree with you on is that the previous torrents weren't that well advertised, but to be honest there's not much you can really do apart from make a thread about it, and post in this thread. Having torrent links on the front page/on mix download pages would be a nice idea, but I'm not sure if Dave would like the idea of having "official" torrents before the lockdowns, plus it'd be extra effort on his plate rather than mine.

I somewhat dispute the lack of seeding argument though, since I seeded all of the torrents I made for at least the first two weeks. However, during those two weeks I had at most 2 people downloading the torrent. Torrents after that were even worse.

As for the mechanics of making a torrent, I used ABC (Yet Another Bittorrent Client), which has a "Make torrent option. From there you can make a .torrent file and upload that to a bittorrent hub (I used Piratebay, but with the recent spate of MPAA lawsuits I doubt it'll be up now). There's a few fields you'll need to fill in when making a torrent which I might be able to help with, but I haven't made a torrent since December.

EDIT: I'm in the process of uploading a 1251-1300 rar package. I'll post the link when it's up.

[mathphileBill]

One thing that I agree with you on is that the previous torrents weren't that well advertised, but to be honest there's not much you can really do apart from make a thread about it, and post in this thread. Having torrent links on the front page/on mix download pages would be a nice idea, but I'm not sure if Dave would like the idea of having "official" torrents before the lockdowns, plus it'd be extra effort on his plate rather than mine.

True, I hadn't thought of that. Well, I guess maybe we just try for a stickie on the top of gendisc so that it would be visible.

I somewhat dispute the lack of seeding argument though, since I seeded all of the torrents I made for at least the first two weeks. However, during those two weeks I had at most 2 people downloading the torrent. Torrents after that were even worse.

I guess I meant that if we didn't have enough people participating, those that do would have to put up with my cable connection seeding the torrent, not that it's terrible, it's just no T3.

I may take you up on that offer for help when I get a chance to do the torrents. I'll check out some hosting sites as well and see what I can find, as well as download ABC. Maybe having the torrents might work this time.

[Valhalla Knight]

Just curious as to how many songs I should have in total after I have downloaded all three torrents. I have 1,202 but I think I might have accidentally deleted a few from the list (cut and paste instead of copy and paste :oops: ). What should the grand total be for all three torrents?

[mathphileBill]

Just curious as to how many songs I should have in total after I have downloaded all three torrents. I have 1,202 but I think I might have accidentally deleted a few from the list (cut and paste instead of copy and paste :oops: ). What should the grand total be for all three torrents?

Edit: With all of the songs, except for the very last one, I have a total of 1304, and I think that even includes Rabbit's Zelda song and Music of My Groin...that should be everything.

If you have everything from the torrents, you should have 1213, if I did my math correctly.

[TCK]

I somewhat dispute the lack of seeding argument though, since I seeded all of the torrents I made for at least the first two weeks. However, during those two weeks I had at most 2 people downloading the torrent. Torrents after that were even worse.

I guess I meant that if we didn't have enough people participating, those that do would have to put up with my cable connection seeding the torrent, not that it's terrible, it's just no T3.

I may take you up on that offer for help when I get a chance to do the torrents. I'll check out some hosting sites as well and see what I can find, as well as download ABC. Maybe having the torrents might work this time.Another thing that I think went wrong with the torrents was that the updates were too few in remix numbers, there was only an average of 10 a month. A torrent I think needs at least 25, probably more.

Also, remixes 1251-1300 rar available. (ftp://silenthillbbs.dyndns.org/music/OCRARC/OCR01251toOCR01300.rar) 1301-1350 rar coming soon.

[mathphileBill]

I'm not sure if minimum file numbers is a requirement anymore, my wife just used a torrent to get a single mpeg. Maybe particular clients have a minimum file. I'm not sure.[/quote]

[TCK]

It's not so much the number of files as it is the total filesize. Also, there's not much hassle in downloading 10 mixes. There's quite a bit more downloading 50.

There's no real limits with BT (at least not minimum limits) though.

[mathphileBill]

Hey TCK, I've got a torrent up for 1251 - 1344, would you be so kind as to see if everythings working okay. The link to the torrent page is:
http://www.ogcan.com/torrent/torrents-details.php?id=65

Thanks!

[TCK]

I would, but as it is I need to register to simply use the torrent.

Use Piratebay.org, that way anyone can access the torrent. It's in swedish, but the links you need should be obvious. PM me if you have any problems.

[mathphileBill]

Heh, sorry about that, I totally forgot to check that out. I've signed for an account on Piratebay and am awaiting the confirmation email. I'll post again once I get the torrent uploaded there.

[mathphileBill]

Okay, Piratebay torrent up and seeded, the link is here:

http://thepiratebay.org/torrents-details.php?returnto=%2Faccount-cp.php&id=3320589

Let me know if you run into any problems.

[D3WEY]

Thanks. I'll hop on now. Will seed a while.

[Inimitable]

Any chance we could see some seeds for the 1251-1344 torrent? :) (maybe just one?)

[mathphileBill]

Seeding back in session. Sorry, my connection would keep going down after I started BT, but it's working now. The link above to the Pirate Bay torrent is valid again.

[Inimitable]

Alright, I'm not above begging...

I didn't get to finish the download; people keep popping in and out and taunting me with non-zero Download and Upload Rates. Can anyone help me out? I need my ReMixes. :cry:

edit: I have 99.6%!

[InteliWasp]

ya i'm stuck at 99.6%...can anyone who has this torrent please pop on for a few minutes for the rest of us to finish it?

[TCK]

Now we've reached #1350, I'll get hosting the 1300-1350 rar.

EDIT: Currently uploading the rar. It'll appear here (ftp://silenthillbbs.dyndns.org/music/OCRARC/00index.html) along with the 1250-1300 rar.

[mystery_editor]

I just got a question. Its all good and well doing our own torrents, but when will the official one be up? There are never enough seeders on the 1251-1344 torrent, so unless we start to get some more, there are going to be some serious leeching issues...

[TCK]

I just got a question. Its all good and well doing our own torrents, but when will the official one be up?#1500

[mathphileBill]

I'm sorry I disappeared, but I have been having trouble getting the torrents to work on my machine. They keep disabling my internet connection, or at least, messing with my router. I haven't been able to find the issue. TCK, if you know of any potential solutions, I'd appreciate the help.

Once I get a fix, the torrent will be back to 100% seeded.

[mathphileBill]

The 1251 - 1344 Torrent is back up at 100% seeded. I will work on a new torrent to complement TCK's rar.