Sometimes you're looking for a movie on-- let's say MiniNova. You find the movie, but there a lot of different versions to choose from. Some of them have the word DVDRIP in the movie name while others may have the word CAM or even TELESYNC. This guide will give you a brief idea of each of these tags and what they mean.
CAM
A cam rip is usually a movie captured illegally at a cinema using a digital camera or mobile phone. In most cases, a tripod is used to keep the camera steady. Usually, in cam rips, there is some noise interference ex. clapping, laughing, shouting etc. As the name says, these rips are usually the lowest quality rips and I don't recommend downloading them unless you're desperate.
TELESYNC (TS)
Telesync rips are pretty much the same as cam rips but with one difference; the use of an external audio source such as a microphone jack. These type of rips are usually more professional and can be captured from inside a noise-proof booth. In most cases, telesync rips have no or little noise interference. Like cam rips, I don't recommend downloading these either.
TELECINE (TC)
A telecine machine digitally copies the film off the reels. Sound and picture are usually excellent, but due to the expensive equipment involved, telecine rips are uncommon nowadays.
SCREENER (SCR)
A pre VHS tape that is usually sent to rental stores and various other places for promotional uses. Perfect, right? Wrong. These screeners usually have a stream of text that can be seen at the bottom of the screen and this text usually says "for promotional use only". The quality in a screener varies; if the tape was originally ripped from a master copy of the film , the quality can be very good, but if ripped from a normal copy, the quality can be as bad as a cam rip.
DVD SCREENER (DVDSCR)
Same concept as a VHS screener, but ripped over from a DVD instead. These type of rips are usually 4:3 letterbox, and the quality of the rip mostly depends on the ripper.
DVDRIP
A dvdrip is the final release of the film, and is usually in excellent quality. These rips are usually released in XviD/DivX format. I recommend downloading only DVDRIPs.
VHSRIP
Transferred off a retail VHS tape, usually skating/sports videos.
TVRIP
These type of rips are mainly shows ripped of satellite receivers (like Humax) or off TV Tuner cards. Most tv rip releases are TV Shows.
Scene Movie Release Tags
The following tags are used for scene releases, and can be seen in many torrents nowadays.
PROPER
Usually the best quality TS rip (you should know what that means by now) in the scene. The reason for a PROPER release is usually noted in the NFO.
LIMITED
This means that the movie was generally opened in 250 movie theaters or less.
STV (Straight to Video)
This shows that the movie was never showed in theaters, therefore a lot of sites don't allow these rips.
ASPECT RATIO TAGS
WS = WideScreen FS = FullScreen
REPACK
Is a re-release of a movie by a movie group. This usually means that the previous version had quality issues, so it is re-released.
That's all you have to know! If you know these tags, you'll be sure to know which version to download next time you search for you favorite movie!!! Don't forget to always check back for more great tutorials and guides on P2P Heaven!
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a form of real-time text messaging that allows people to chat with each other over the internet. This form of chat is mainly used for group communications, and allows one-to-one chat via private messages. The service also allows the transfer of files over a direct Client-to-Client connection.
The original idea of IRC was started by Jarkko Oikarinen in late August 1988. It was made to replace an older chat client called MUT (MultiUser Talk) that was previously used on a forum known as OuluBox. IRC is available to almost any computer that supports networking.
Chatting over IRC is easy, once a user has a client, he/she can connect to a server. Once connected, the user can send messages to other people on the server. Files can also be transferred, and warez groups used to put their releases on IRC.
As for clients, there are many to choose from, but I think that the best is mIRC. It's easy to use, and has a slick and clean interface. You can download the client with a keygen from here. Follow these steps if you want to fully activate your client.
1. Extract the archive to any folder you want.
2. Open the keygen, and register mIRC by going to Help>About mIRC.
3. Your client is now fully activated!
I hope this article helped you in some way, and don't forget to visit us again for more exclusive articles and tutorials on P2P Heaven!!
Demonoid was launched on April 21, 2003 and is now one of the largest private trackers on the internet. A couple of years ago, Demonoid was a public tracker; no registration was required. But now it's completely private, meaning you need and invite to register to the site and to download torrents.
It is now the 499th most popular ranked site by Alexa, and has over 3 million peers in total. It was first created by a Serbian only known as "Deimos". He retired as administrator of the site on April 10, 2008 and one of his closest friends, Umlauf, replaced him.
Demonoid's server was first hosted in the Netherlands, but was threatened by the Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland, and had to move to Canada. They were threatened again, this time by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. On November 9, 2007, Demonoid was shut down.
The site was finally opened again on April 10, 2008 and a new administrator was assigned. Demonoid is now hosted in Ukraine.
I hope this topic helped you in some way, and if you have any questions, feel free to post a comment.
Today I'll be introducing you to a network that is quite different from others. P2PTV is a peer-to-peer TV network. Mainly based in China, this network allows users to stream live content over the internet. This can be done in 2 main ways, as I've written in my other post; streaming from your browser or streaming content over a special client.
The same system used in the BitTorrent network is applied here; when you stream the live broadcast, you simultaneously upload the same stream to another user and so on. This keeps the P2PTV network alive. The time between the original broadcast (on TV) and the stream is around 2-3 minutes, but that doesn't make much of a difference.
The term tracker is also used here. Trackers connect the users who are streaming the live broadcast to each other, so they can upload/download the stream easily.
You can also make your own channel at home by using a TV tuner card (sold seperately). The card can stream what you're are watching to other people around the world through a client or a website.
Advantages of Illegal Broadcasting:
- Broadcasting via a P2PTV system is usually much cheaper than the alternatives and can be done by private individuals.
- No quality of service (QoS). Compared to unicasting (the standard server-client architecture used in streaming media) no one can guarantee a reliable stream, since every user is a rebroadcaster.
- Each viewer is a part of a chain of viewers which all can have a negative or positive influence on the reliability of the stream (by having a slow PC, a filled downlink or uplink or an unreliable consumer grade DSL or cable connection).
Dating back to as early as the year 2000, the Gnutella Network is one of the most oldest P2P networks. The first client was developed by Justin Frankel and Tom Pepper of Nullsoft, soon after the company's acquisition of AOL. Only a few days after the client was released to the public (not for free), reverse engineered, or edited, versions of the client began to pop out. These free and edited versions still remain to be a pain in the neck for the Gnutella network.
The name Gnutella originated from two words; GNU public license, which the client was released under and Nutella, the chocolate spread. The developers of the network supposedly ate a lot of Nutella during their work on the project, which led to the name Gnutella.
The Gnutella network used to work like this; imagine a group, or circle, of people (called nodes), who each use a Gnutella client. Once your client is started up, it must find at least one other node and connect to it. The client will then continue to find and connect to other nodes until it reaches a certain number. Nowadays, most Gnutella clients will connect to 32 nodes.
When the user wants to start a search, the client will send the request to each connected node. Once a result is found, the node will notify the client of this result, and the client, in turn, will display these results on the screen. If the user wants to download the file, the request will be sent back to the node that brought up the results.
If the node isn't firewalled, the client can connect to it directly and commence with the download. In the case of a node being firewalled, the client will send a "push request" to force the node to open up the connection and start the download. Finally, when the user disconnects, the connected nodes will be saved into the client, for easier connecting when the client is started again.
This old method of searching on the Gnutella network was often unreliable; the constant connecting/disconnecting of users led to the instability of the network, which meant higher bandwidth costs for no reason.
To fix these problems in the network, Gnutella developers made a new system which consisted of leaves and ultrapeers. In the older versions, all nodes would be treated equally; whether capable of sharing files or not. Nowadays, new nodes which enter the network are left aside and people call them leaves. Once the leaves get connected and start sharing, they get upgraded to ultrapeers.
I hope you understood how the Gnutella network functions, and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to post a comment.
There are many times when you find a certain torrent you really need, but it has no seeds at all, so it doesn't download. You might be thinking that there is no way whatsoever to bring these torrents back to life, but there is.
Usually, torrent search engines put zero seeders because of a few reasons. It could be because the tracker timed out, or because the tracker is too busy to accept another connection, but whichever it is, there is a possibility of bringing the torrent back to life. This could be done by finding trackers that have a similar file, and add the trackers to your client.
There are other cases when your torrent reaches to a certain point, and suddenly stops downloading. This also happens if the same reasons above occur, but it could be hard to find out if your tracker has timed out or not by yourself.
In most cases, it would take a long time to find a tracker, especially for really old torrents and an even longer time to find out if the tracker timed out or not. But if there is a tracker that still has the file, there is a site that can find it for you.
This site is known as btReAnnouncer. This site specializes in finding a tracker for you, and automatically adding it to your .torrent file. The process is simple; you upload your .torrent file, and follow the instructions on page.
Once it finds you a tracker (sometimes it won't), it will add the trackers(s) to your .torrent file and all you'll have to do is to re-open the .torrent file in uTorrent (or whatever).
I hope this article helped you in some way and please don't forget to click on some ads!
UseNet is the oldest used P2P network, and is still widespread until this day. The idea started at Duke University by the graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, and was launched in the year 1980. Experiments lasted from year 1979-1980. UseNet first started as a post (or news) network.
Users could read and post messages from/to one or more categories, known as newsgroups. The idea was similar to the forums we know today, but a lot more primitive. The network was launched over a decade before the World Wide Web was avaiable to the public.
Nowadays, UseNet is a lot different from what it was like 25 years ago. It is now a large source for illegal downloads like warez, movies and games. Most UseNet servers store hundreds of terabytes of files. There are many sites that deal with the UseNet network, but the most trusted are listed below.
1. GigaNews
2. UseNet
3. UseNext
UseNet sites require subscription fees that are payed monthly, and increase in price according to gigabytes transferred.
The UseNet network uses a very complex server chain, you can see how it works here.
There is a site that still hosts UseNet archives dating back to May 1981. This site was originally named DejaNews, but was purchased by Google in 2001. The site is now called Google Groups.
I hope you learned something new, and I'll be happy to answer your questions. Stay tuned for more great posts on P2P Heaven!
Private Trackers are torrent websites that are known for high amounts of seeders. These trackers are created to make a small community that uploads torrents excessively, to keep the torrent world alive. Unlike public torrent sites, private trackers usually close their registrations and the only way to enter their community is by receiving an invite from another member.
If you're lucky, and get an invite, you can join the community. Inactive accounts are pruned, or deleted, so that other people can get their chance to join. You're ratio should always stay above the 1.00 mark, and if it decreases, you have a high chance of being banned.
Ratio is how much you uploaded compared to how much you downloaded. Ratio 1.00 means that you uploaded as much as you downloaded. 0.500 means that you uploaded half etc. Most members of private trackers have 4.00 ratio and above. High speed connections are needed to upload files, and are recommended if you're to join a private tracker.
There are a lot of private trackers out there, but the most popular of them all is Demonoid. You need to get an invite to join, as I said earlier, but there is another way to use Demonoid without an invite.
Check back every once in a while, and you might be lucky enough to find a Demonoid account on this blog. If you have any questions, just post a comment.
P2P is used for some things other than Torrents and File Sharing. One of these uses is Live TV streaming. Streaming is like leeching, but instead of it being a file or folder, it's usually a song or live video. This system works via the P2P network, like torrents and file sharing clients.
What happens is that people around the world broadcast channels from their TV Tuner Card to the internet, so that other people can watch matches, channels or events. This can be done in two ways:
1. Websites
2. Software
We'll start with websites. I mostly use two main websites: JustinTV and MyP2P. These, in my opinion, are the most reliable sites and you can watch almost anything on these sites. No registration is required for either of the sites.
Using these sites is simple; for JustinTV, all you need to do is search for the match or event, and find a suitable stream. The channel will load for several seconds and then will start to stream. As for MyP2P, just choose either LiveSports or LiveTV, then search for the channel/match you're looking for.
LiveTV software is almost exactly the same as streaming websites. They both use a special P2P network called P2PTV. This network connects you to the person hosting the channel. Once you're connected, the media starts to stream and you can watch it. A 256kb/s connection or higher is required to stream the video properly.
The most used clients are:
1. SopCast
2. TVAnts
3. TVUPlayer
Download one of them, install it and then watch you're head off!
There are a few downsides to LiveTV. One of the most notable disadvantage is the low video quality. That's why I don't really like watching matches or channels online. But it is pretty useful for important events and/or matches.
P2P is also used for something you do almost everyday: Chatting. You know what I mean - MSN, AOL, Yahoo! etc. These chat clients also use P2P networks, and chatting was first used in IRC (1995).
These are the most known secondary uses for P2P. There are a lot more, but they're a little complicated, so I won't take you that deep. I hope you learned something new. If you have any questions, post a comment.
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