Woodworking Videos by forum members
I thought we'd better start a new thread for the videos which will become available as we go on.
Torrent file Instructions
Torrents are means of file sharing. The torrent file itself is not one which will play the video. It's more like a road map which any good torrent program will use to find the file on somebody else's computer. Initially, that will be mine. I will post a link to the torrent file which is on a torrent hosting web site. What you will need to do is download a torrent file reading program and then download the torrent file which applies to the particular video file. The torrent files are only around 35kb.
Torrent file sharing programs can be found using google.
I'd recommend Azureus, found here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/azureus/
When you have installed the torrent program, go to the link for the particular torrent file for the video. Just click on the file name, which will take you to the download screen and from there,or if you are already at that point, just hit the download button.
Make sure your torrent program is installed and then double click on the downloded torrent file. The program will then import the file and get directions to begin the download. Be patient, sometimes it takes a little while or the tracker might be down (don't worry about that, it's a bit technical just leave it running).
Once the download commences, let it run until you have the complete file. This is best done overnight. The speeds aren't great, generally 6-20kb/sec but it works. Some large file can take 24 hours but these 100MB files should be done in 3 or 4 hours.
In your torrent program, You will see a number of 'Seeds' in your display box. If you right click on the file, and hit 'show details', you'll see the progress. The seeds are people with complete versions of the file and have remained online to distribute it. Peers are those who have part of it and in the process of are downloading. They can also upload bits they have to others at the same time.
For this to work, we need people who have downloaded the complete file to leave their torrent programs running. (only if you have broadband though, we don't expect those on dial up to do this). A complete file makes you a seed and others will download from you. As more seeds come online, the easier and quicker it becomes to share the file around. It also saves the initial seed from having to upload a file many times. Staying connected and doing your share of seeding is very important. It is considered bad manners if you log off without distributing at least one copy of the whole file. In other words, your share ratio should be over 1.0