Searching for movies on torrent trackers maybe a thing you do almost everyday, and if it is, you must pass by a lot of ripping groups. These groups are a bunch of people who rip, or convert, and upload the latest releases out there on DVD. Here are a few examples of the most known ripping groups out there:
aXXo (my favorite)
DiAMOND
FXG
FxM
PUKKA
KLAXXON
ALLiANCE
These are only a few groups, but they are the best and most known DVD rippers. A quick search for any of these on MiniNova or The Pirate Bay will give you a lot of results. While these guys are the big shots of the ripping scene, there are still a lot of "unofficial" ripping groups out there that mostly work with TS and CAM releases.
The real question is: Have you ever wanted to rip your DVDs and upload them to the torrent scene? If the answer is no, I don't think that you should be reading this article, but if your answer is yes, you're at the right place. This article will show you how to rip and upload your DVDs in a user-friendly manner that even a complete idiot can understand.
I will divide this article into two parts; the first part (which is this one) will show you how to rip your DVDs to your hard drive. The second part will cover the concept of uploading your finalized movie to a torrent tracker or to RapidShare.
What You'll Need For This Tutorial:
- DVDDecrypter
- AutoGK
- Image Grabber II (used in Part 2)
- AVI2Clipboard (used in Part 2)
- WinRAR
Once you download and install all the software, you can start following my tutorial!
1. Insert your DVD movie into your computer's disc drive and open DVDDecrypter.
2. The program should automatically detect the inserted DVD. Go to Edit>Select Main Movie Files. It will select some files from the list on the right. Once this is done, click "Decrypt".
3. It should start copying your movie's VOB files to your hard drive. This should take around 5 minutes. The time it takes depends on your computer's hardware.
4. Once it's done, close it and open AutoGK.
5. For your input file, you'll need to select the IFO file copied by DVDDecrypter. As for your output, just select where you want your AVI movie to be saved.
6. Select the audio track you'd like to rip to your movie.
7. Look at your movie's length. If the length of your movie is 2 hours or longer, you'll need to rip your movie to 2 CDs . If your movie is shorter than 2 hours, you can just rip it to 1 CD.
8. Now open "Advanced Settings".
9. Make sure you have the same settings as the picture below.
10. All you have to do now is preview your movie before ripping it. To do this, just click on the "Preview" button.
11. After a minute or two, a Media Player Classic window should open with a preview of the final output quality. Just be patient.
12. Once you make sure the quality is excellent, you can add your movie to the queue by clicking on "Add Job".
13. You can now start the ripping process by clicking "Start".
The whole process should take about 2 hours, but this mostly depends on your computer's hardware. Just make sure not to touch anything during the ripping process, as there will be windows popping up that might make you think you have to close them. I recommend leaving it overnight, because by the time you wake up, it should be completed.
I will be posting the second part of this tutorial soon, so stay tuned for more exclusive posts on P2P Heaven!
>>Proceed to Part 2
How to Block IPs Monitoring Your Activity
Posted by Cyph0n Labels: Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, uTorrentMany of you may be living in countries where anti-P2P organizations watch what you do every moment, and downloading torrents could get you arrested. Well, if that's the case, you'll be able to download torrents safely without being caught by those prying eyes.
This is all done using a small freeware called PeerGuardian. What this little application does is block unwanted IPs from being able to see what you're doing on your computer. You won't have to specify the IPs; it'll download and update lists automatically. The following tutorial will show you how to use this software efficiently.
Read the following steps and you'll hopefully be able to block those fishy IPs that monitor your torrent activity.
1. You'll first need to download PeerGuardian v2.07 from here.
2. Install it and then open it.
3. Once you open it, a wizard should appear. Click "Next".
4. I recommend the settings in the picture below. It's your choice in the end. Click "Next".
5. Keep everything the same and click "Next".
6. Click "Finish" to close the wizard.
7. It should automatically start to update the lists.
8. This is the main window. I recommend unblocking HTTP connections and keeping everything else the same.
9. You can see if the application is blocking any IPs here.
If you've done everything correctly, you should have an anti-piracy free torrent experience. Always check back here for more great and exclusive tutorials!
After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker has sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal.
The deal, worth over $13 billion (10 billion euros) came about after the recent performance at the Pirate Bay trial gave strong indications that the judgment would go against Warner Bros. For the Hollywood movie studio, it seems that acquiring The Pirate Bay was the only option left.
In the press release, both groups gave a positive outlook to the deal. “The Pirate Bay team has built an exciting and powerful media platform that complements Warner Bros’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” said Jim Kjeyzer, Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros.
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm was similarly forward looking saying “Our community has played a vital role in changing the way that people consume media, creating a new hip culture. By joining forces with Warner Bros, we can benefit from its global reach and technology leadership to deliver a more comprehensive entertainment experience for our users and to create new opportunities for our partners.”
A press conference will be held later today to discuss the finer aspects of the acquisition. The conference will be broadcasted live on the Internet and details for access to the webcast are included in the press release.
How the Pirate Bay’s users will deal with this deal is the only wild-card. Will it be another Exeem, or will it blossom into something powerful and progressive. Only time will tell.
Originally posted on TorrentFreak.
My Comment:
This deal might change the history of torrents, as this is the first acquisition, and it might not be the last. You might wake up one day to find MiniNova sold to Macintosh!!
There is a simple trick to fake your ratio in private trackers. This can be done simply by using a special tool called Ratio Faker. The following tutorial could get you banned from your private tracker, so don't use it unless you want to have a little fun.
1. Download Ratio Faker from here.
2. Install it to your computer and then open it.
3. The main window should look like this:
4. Open uTorrent, and go to Options>Preferences.
5. In the Connection tab, change your settings to the settings in the picture below.
6. Now go to your private tracker and download any file, but stop it before it starts downloading. Also take a note of the ratio in the picture below as proof.
7. In the Ratio Faker window, make sure to select Download, not Upload. Change the ratio settings to whatever you like.
8. Resume the download, and you should see some stuff appear in Ratio Faker.
9. After downloading the file, your ratio should increase according to the settings you applied in the Ratio Faker. (Mine didn't increase much because this tracker gives you 10GB free upload credit)
That's all to it! If I were you, I wouldn't use it for high-ranked private trackers, because they'll detect this tool easily. It is nice to use for low-ranked trackers, and it can be fun to have an outrageously high ratio. If you have any questions, just post a comment.
It can sometimes be hard to maintain your ratio in certain private trackers, and it can especially be frustrating for people with lower speed connections. Sometimes there are huge files that you'd really like to download, but you don't think you can upload them and keep your ratio balanced at the same time. Well, if that's the case, this is your lucky day, because there is a solution to this problem, and it's known simply as a "SeedBox".
A seedbox is a computer located in a country that deals with high speed connections like Sweden, for example. This computer can be remotely accessed by a user, and the user can use it to seed torrents without even using his own computer. This can all be done from the safety of your home.
"Well, what are you waiting for... give me the LINK!". I'm sorry to tell you this, but seedboxes cost money, mainly monthly payments, and they're not that cheap either. But it still is worth it if you're someone who, is registered to multiple private trackers, has a crappy connection and wants to have a higher ratio than his friends at school.
Anyways, here's how you can get your own seedbox, if you're willing to pay some money.
1. Visit any one of the sites below. These are the best seedboxes I know of. Make sure you purchase a Windows-based server, because it will make life much easier. (The following are ordered according to rating)
LeaseWeb
SoftLayer
LayeredTech
Vectoral
Shinjiru
2. After you purchase a seedbox, the host will provide you with the following:
- The Server's IP Address (ex: 194.58.76.125)
- The Server Username (used to access your server)
- The Server password (used to access your server)
3. Once you have the information stated above, download the RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol).
4. After the installation process is complete, go to Start>All Programs>Accessories. You should have an option called Remote Desktop Connection. Click on it.
5. Once the RDC is open, enter the IP address your host provided you with.
6. After you connect to the server, you will be prompted to enter the username and password that were given to you.
7. If you've done everything correctly, you should have be able to see the desktop of your purchased server.
To start downloading torrents, just download uTorrent and install it to your newly purchased server. I hope this tutorial helped you in some way, and don't forget to always visit for more great tutorials and guides on P2P Heaven!
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