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A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions
Jul 1^st, 2013 at 2:12pm

Forgive me if these are some basic questions but about 7-8 years ago I used to download torrents a lot. I haven't done so in about 5 years. The main reason was the last computer I used while doing this got infected with all sorts of viruses. So now I'm looking to get back into this again but would like to try to avoid the experience of destroying another computer. Are any of these sites safer-better then others? Rocks Off has its own tracker correct? Dime a Dozen seems very popular too. Any other? Any fees associated with any of these? Which sites are the best for the Stones?

Again, I apologize if I missed this info somewhere else. Thanks in advance!

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The-Worst Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 88	Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions Reply #2 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 3:01pm Thanks. I'm on a PC. Is Dime free to sign up for? How does one tell the difference between a legal and illegal site? I thought all torrents were technically illegal?
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Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions
Reply #3 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 3:53pm

You shouldnt have any problems with the file sharing torrent sites in terms of viruses, etc

Best ones for bootlegs are dimeadozen.org and HungerCity.org and thetradersden.org. Dime is the biggest and busiest by some distance.

Filesharing these recordings isnt illegal. Some artists dont allow their boots to be shared on them (and the sites have a list of 'banned' artists for that reason) but the Stones aren't one of them.

Membership is free.

We did have a tracker on this site a few years ago which was the only one on the web exclusive for Stones torrents, but we discontinued it due to the fact that there weren't enough people using it on a regular basis to make it worth the host's (originally Macdaddy and later Charlotte) time to keep it active.

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Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions
Reply #4 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 3:58pm

The-Worst wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 3:01pm:

Thanks. I'm on a PC. Is Dime free to sign up for? How does one tell the difference between a legal and illegal site? I thought all torrents were technically illegal?

Dime is usually full but if you keep checking back a new sign up opportunity usually will appear. Good luck

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Reply #6 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 5:32pm

The-Worst wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 3:01pm:

Thanks. I'm on a PC. Is Dime free to sign up for? How does one tell the difference between a legal and illegal site? I thought all torrents were technically illegal?

by illegal, I mean commercially released… adn all the sites i know of are free, none you mentioned cost money…
Read the faq on DaD, they will explain their policy. They go as far as, if you have an aud. recording of a show that has a song released on a live album for sale, they will make you remove that track… they will not allow anything official on there...

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The-Worst Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 88	Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions Reply #7 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 11:33pm Thanks for all the info guys! I might give it a shot over this long weekend!
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Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions
Reply #8 - Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 7:25am

Pdog wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 2:53pm:

if you're on a P{C avoid The pirate bay… but DAD , hungercity and sites that only do bootlegs are much safer than pirated or illegal sites.

Pdog, why do you say that? I use the Pirate Bay all the time, especially for TV shows since I'm outside the U.S. I know it leaves tracking cookies, but I just run an anti-spyware program once a day to get rid of them. Is there more I should be worried about?

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Reply #9 - Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 8:52am

Hey guys-I downloaded a great torrent last night-the only problem is the files are FLAC and I want to import them into iTunes to put them on my iPod. Anyone know an easy way of doing this ( I know the format has to change). Also, I couldn't get the FLACs to even play-what player would you use to play them?

One other thing, the torrent I downloaded was from thetraderden. I signed up for dimeadozen but every torrent I clicked on gave me an error message somewhere along the lines of "torrent not valid due to bencoded" . What does that mean? I'm using uTorrent to pull in the files.

Thanks again!

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Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions
Reply #11 - Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 12:59pm

The-Worst wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 8:52am:

Hey guys-I downloaded a great torrent last night-the only problem is the files are FLAC and I want to import them into iTunes to put them on my iPod. Anyone know an easy way of doing this ( I know the format has to change). Also, I couldn't get the FLACs to even play-what player would you use to play them?

One other thing, the torrent I downloaded was from thetraderden. I signed up for dimeadozen but every torrent I clicked on gave me an error message somewhere along the lines of "torrent not valid due to bencoded" . What does that mean? I'm using uTorrent to pull in the files.

Thanks again!

I use the program, Traders Little Helper, to convert flac files to .wav files...its a free program. Since Pirate Bay aquired new ownership in 2010 I haven't had any problems with virius's there.

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Reply #12 - Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 2:32pm

Zack wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 7:25am:

Pdog, why do you say that? I use the Pirate Bay all the time, especially for TV shows since I'm outside the U.S. I know it leaves tracking cookies, but I just run an anti-spyware program once a day to get rid of them. Is there more I should be worried about?

MRD8 wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 12:59pm:

I use the program, Traders Little Helper, to convert flac files to .wav files...its a free program. Since Pirate Bay aquired new ownership in 2010 I haven't had any problems with virius's there.

that may be the answer, It was known for having maleware and virus problems… they also use banner ads to porn sites, so make sure your wife knows it's just for music, mine was laughing at me, since she knew… but otherwise, it looked bad!!!

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The-Worst Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 88	Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions Reply #13 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 3:45pm Hey guys things are going good but on both dimeadozen and hungercity I can't download any torrents and it always says "not valid bencoding". Any ideas?
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dadrob Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 232	Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions Reply #14 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 5:34pm what client are you using?...Vuze works well for me...
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Reply #15 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 7:40pm

Pdog wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 2:32pm:

Zack wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 7:25am:

Pdog, why do you say that? I use the Pirate Bay all the time, especially for TV shows since I'm outside the U.S. I know it leaves tracking cookies, but I just run an anti-spyware program once a day to get rid of them. Is there more I should be worried about?

MRD8 wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2013 at 12:59pm:

I use the program, Traders Little Helper, to convert flac files to .wav files...its a free program. Since Pirate Bay aquired new ownership in 2010 I haven't had any problems with virius's there.

that may be the answer, It was known for having maleware and virus problems… they also use banner ads to porn sites, so make sure your wife knows it's just for music, mine was laughing at me, since she knew… but otherwise, it looked bad!!!

I keep Javascript turned off on Pirate Bay so I don't get any of the porn ads...

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The-Worst Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 88	Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions Reply #16 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 9:41pm dadrob, I'm using uTorrent. I'm assuming that's the client correct? Should I change to a different one?
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dadrob Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 232	Re: A few Bit torrents, Dime A Dozen etc. questions Reply #17 - Jul 5^th, 2013 at 3:47pm uTorrent is fine Might I suggest asking the mods at Trader's den....those guy know there stuff. that is who taught me what is what with all this mess
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