A file with the TORRENT extension is a BitTorrent data file that contains information about how and where files are accessed over the BitTorrent P2P network.
Like a URL, TORRENT files simply point to another area on the Internet where the file is located and use that pointer to retrieve data. Just like a URL, this means that if the file location is not active on the Internet, the data cannot be downloaded.
Things like file names, file locations, and sizes are included in the TORRENT file, but not the data itself. A torrent program is required to download the digital files listed in the TORRENT file.
Although there are many places where you can find TORRENT files, most of them are used to distribute copyrighted movies, music and games, which is considered illegal in many countries. Luckily, there are also free and completely legal alternatives where you can watch TV shows online, watch movies online, download music, find audiobooks and download computer games.
How to open a TORRENT file
Be careful when downloading software, music or anything else through torrents. Because you are most likely receiving files from people you don't know, and you always run the risk of getting malware included in the data. It is important to install an antivirus program to catch anything potentially dangerous.
TORRENT files are opened in a torrent client such as Utorrent, Vuze and QBitTorrent, or even on the Internet through websites such as Filestream, Seedr or Put.io. If you are on an Android device, you can use the Flud or uTorrent app.
Online torrent sites like Filestream and ZBIGZ download the torrent data for you on their own servers, and then make the files available for download directly through your web browser, as if it were a regular non-torrent file.
Downloading torrents over the internet using Put.io or another web torrent client is useful if your ISP or organization is blocking or throttling BitTorrent traffic. This works because, from the service provider's point of view, direct downloads are no different from regular HTTP traffic.
The contents or instructions of TORRENT files can sometimes be viewed using a text editor. However, even if you can read the TORRENT file as a text file, there is nothing there that you can download or actually use/read - you must use a torrent client to actually receive the .
What is a torrent and how to open a torrent file
You may have already wondered - what is a torrent ? Or perhaps you have come across files with an incomprehensible .torrent . And you couldn’t open it. Now we will show you how to open a torrent file .
Every day, a huge number of people share a wide variety of information with each other on torrents. You can also take part in this, but I don’t recommend violating copyrights - now the laws of different countries are becoming stricter in this regard.
What is it - Torrent?
Torrent is a means of exchanging information between Internet users directly, without various online services. The exchange method is the so-called peer-to-peer protocol (P2P) , which was invented by the American programmer Bram Cohen.
Using this protocol, the transferred file is not uploaded somewhere to the site, but is directly transferred from computer to computer .
But that's not all. If it were that simple, the computer of the user transferring the file would most likely freeze instantly, because hundreds of people can download the file at the same time. In fact, the file will be downloaded not only from this user, but also from those who download this file.
For example, if you download a movie via the Internet via torrent, then at the same time other users will be able to download the same movie from you, as well as from each other. Thus, the load is distributed evenly.
How to use a torrent?
These users, of course, must somehow find each other. To combine them, there are many sites on the Internet that are called trackers , or BitTorrent trackers . There are Russian-language trackers, and there are foreign ones. They store lists of files that can be downloaded.
Before working with trackers, you need to download and install a special program. The most popular of them: μTorrent and BitComet . You can download them using the links:
- μTorrent (www.utorrent.com);
- BitComet (www.bitcomet.com).
Naturally, you don’t need to download both, one is enough. My personal opinion is that the first one is much more convenient: the interface is better and it’s more comfortable to work with.
Let's look at working with the μTorrent program
Download the program from the website. If you suddenly find yourself in a language other than Russian, you can switch to it in the upper right corner. To download, click on the Download μ Torrent .
You will be offered paid and free options. The choice is at your discretion. For example, you can use the free option, and if some restrictions subsequently begin to interfere with you, buy a paid product.
Click on the Free download and download the file.
Install the program. During installation, read everything carefully, and if necessary, disable some options, for example, loading the program with Windows.
When you are offered to install Yandex programs, think about whether you need them. If not, decline the offer. The same goes for the bootloader program. If you want to download it, click Accept ; if you don’t want to, click Decline .
The program will be installed, and some downloading may begin there. Cancel it if you don't need it. Then everything is simple - you need to open torrent files in this program to download.
How to open a torrent file
A torrent file is a file with the extension .torrent , which weighs very little, approximately 200−300 KB, and is a regular link through which you will download the file you need.
A user who wants to distribute his file registers on the tracker and uploads his torrent file to the appropriate section of the tracker. At the same time, he gives its description and other data. You can find the trackers themselves through search engines .
To download the file you need, you also go to the tracker, register, and download the torrent file. Launch it using the program and download what you need. However, it is not necessary to download the torrent file from the tracker. You can transmit and receive it however you like - via mail, Skype, and so on.
There is a download limit , for example, 500 MB. If you want more, you will have to share the .
To create a torrent file , go to the menu File - Create new torrent .
Select a file or several files on your computer, then click Create and save . in the windows of the Torrent Settings . Save the torrent file on your computer. Then you can place it on the tracker.
To open a torrent file , simply click on the link and the file will automatically open in the μTorrent . Check what you are downloading and, if necessary, uncheck some files. Click OK .
Trackers on the Internet
There are a huge number of trackers on the Internet. Many can be found through a search engine. Some sites also provide lists of the most popular trackers.
For example, one of the most popular trackers in RuNet: torrents.ru . You can find a lot of different information on it.
In addition to downloading, you can start distributing. If you are in the information business , then no one is stopping you from making a useful free course and sharing it with a large number of people. Or distribute some books with your links for free.
But, I repeat, do not violate copyright, do not post other people’s courses that are not intended for free public access - this is immoral and punishable.
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How to convert a TORRENT file
A regular file converter is the method of choice for converting most file types, such as DOCX, MP4, etc., but streaming files are an exception.
Since the purpose of a TORRENT file is to store instructions and not to store the files themselves, the only reason to convert a TORRENT file is to save it in a new format that can still use those instructions. For example, you can convert a TORRENT file to a magnet link (similar to .TORRENT) on the Torrent >> Magnet website.
What you certainly can't do with TORRENT files is convert them to "regular" file types such as MP4, PDF, ZIP, MP3, EXE, MKV, etc. Again, TORRENT files are just instructions for downloading files , not the files themselves. This means that no transformation can pull files out of the TORRENT file.
For example, while a TORRENT file might describe to a torrent client how to boot, say, the Ubuntu operating system, simply changing or converting a .TORRENT file won't get you that OS or anything else.
Instead, you will need to download the .TORRENT file from the Ubuntu website and use it with a torrent client, which will then download the ISO file containing the operating system.
Once downloaded, you can convert the ISO file like any other file using a free file converter. It doesn't matter whether the TORRENT file was used to download PNG images or MP3 audio files - you can use an image converter or audio converter to convert them to JPG or WAV files, for example.
How to download via torrent? Instructions for beginners. +Video
Hi all! We continue to learn how to download files from the Internet for free and without viruses!
In this article I will tell you how to use the mTorrent program, what torrent trackers I use, and how to find the torrent distribution you need among thousands of others posted on the Internet. You will learn how to download games, movies, programs, music from torrents, without being afraid to download some “crap” instead of the desired file.
Every month, more than 10 million people download movies and games on the Internet via torrent. Look at the Yandex query statistics (and this is not counting Google and other search engines):
Do you still not know how to use a torrent? No problem! Read on!
Buy a license or use a pirated version?
Naturally, I advise you not to download pirated programs and films, but to buy their licensed versions. By purchasing software from official developers, you pay for their work and stimulate the development of more and more new versions of your favorite programs, in which new functions are added, errors are eliminated, etc.
And only by using licensed software can you be sure that it is free of viruses and Trojans. Although, it must be said, no one guarantees you the absence of holes in the software from the developers.
In general, the moral and legal side of the issue of pirated content is the topic of a separate article on compblog.ru.
In any case, knowing how to download programs and movies for free via torrent won’t hurt.
