Now and then I found myself explaining to my friends what a torrent file is or how to manage several direct downloads. This is a little user's guide for my friends or anyone reading that. What you download is not my business.
There are two ways to download stuff in a clean and easy way.
- By torrent
- By direct download
Well maybe there are more but I know and I like these two, mainly because the software you need requires very few resources in your computer, you can set how much band width you want to use (if you leave it with no limit it can go very very very quick), it is safe no spyware, no advertising. And you can always check other user's comments about the files. See the comments, is a must is you are going to download and install software. For music or video files, is different, the worst that can happen is when it is the wrong file.
Although torrent and direct download are different you just have to follow to simple steps with both of them. And in both of them you just need two basics: a downloading link and software to take care of your downloadings. So, first you need a link search page. Second you need to install a program to manage the files that you want to download. You can put as many files as you want. The program will take care of it in order.
Direct download
Download and install JDownloader. Did it? Ok, now let's go to search something to download.
Go to filestube page. Look for something you fancy to download it. Just copy the link (ctrl+c). If JDownloader is open, then the link will show up in JDownloader automatically in the second tab of the program. I think is called LinkGrabber. Wait until the link is check. If it goes green the link is working. Look down and click to add it. Now it will appear in the download tab, the first one. Wait a few seconds or minutes, it depends on the server. With some servers you will need to put the captchas. With Mediafire, Megaupload and Rapidshare it starts automatically, no captchas. If I can I choose them.
A very handy characteristic of JDownloader is that it also allows you to download videos from youtube as a video or mp3.
Here is a link for TV Shows and movies that is my favourite. MiniShares. Very good quality videos in a very few megas and the latest shows the same day.
Torrent
Download and install utorrent. Once you did that you are ready to search for whatever you would like to download. The beauty about torrent files is that you can find very unusual stuff that you can not buy even if you wanted.
I use two web pages The Pirate Bay (pirate bay website can be unavailable in your area or with your provider, no worries, just google it and find a different link) and isoHunt to search torrent files. Go to one of them. Search a file, look if it have plenty seeders. Seeders are the people that are sharing the file with you. The most seeders a file have the better. But anyway some times with rare material a few seeders is also good. And keep an eyed that the number of lechers is less than the seeders if it is possible. You can also check the comments of other users to know if the file is what is said. Click the download torrent link and allow utorrent to open the file. That's it. When the file is complete then you will start to share it and you will be a seeder instead of a lecher.
You can found both programs in softonic aswell. Take a look to the reviews if you like.
With these basics you are ready to start. Have fun.
