14 gigs of survival resource!

[Teufelhund]

The uTorrent client gives an error message: "not valid bencoding"

hmm. . . ok let me troubleshoot.

Make sure you click the link that says "Get Torrent File" (the one in the middle) not "Get This Torrent." The latter throws an error on my PC too.

I installed utorrent on a different PC, over a separate internet connection (two different ISPs) and went through the steps to download the file. I didn't have any trouble; it is all working fine for me so far. Once that one finishes, it will seed at a much faster rate.

[Tremek]

hmm. . . ok let me troubleshoot.

Make sure you click the link that says "Get Torrent File" (the one in the middle) not "Get This Torrent." The latter throws an error on my PC too.

I installed utorrent on a different PC, over a separate internet connection (two different ISPs) and went through the steps to download the file. I didn't have any trouble; it is all working fine for me so far. Once that one finishes, it will seed at a much faster rate.

So for whatever reason ThePirateBay isn't playing nicely and providing the "Get Torrent File" link - just a magnet link and their direct download BS.

If you already have the .torrent file itself, it doesn't need to be distributed directly from TPB - you could attach it as a link here on the forums and people could just drop it into their torrent client. Can you make it available here? Could just share it from a Dropbox link or if the forum will allow you to attach it...

edit: here's what I see when I go to TPB - not sure why it's not allowing for a direct download of the .torrent file...

[sellersm]

In any browser I use, I see the same thing as Tremek posted. And if I try to directly download it via the uTorrent client (Get Torrent from URL...), it gives the "not valid bencoding" error.

[Tremek]

If you can send the .torrent via email or what have you, I can share the .torrent via a permalink here and also seed from my seedbox. PM me if I can help.

[sellersm]

The problem will be the filesize. A 14GB won't fit in Windows SkyDrive, or even Dropbox, or any of the free cloud file-sharing services that I'm aware of.

[Tremek]

That's not what I'm saying: the .torrent file is just a pointer - probably 50 kilobytes at most - that tells your torrent client how to get the file from other torrent seeders. If he can give us the .torrent file, our torrent clients can reach out to other people with the file to download the actual content. The .torrent file is what you download from Pirate Bay - TPB is just considered the "tracker" - and then you get all the content/data from the people that actually have the .RAR file, but you need the .torrent file to kick off that process.

[Teufelhund]

Distribution of the .torrent file is really the only reason I put it on Pirate Bay at all; sorry it's presenting a problem for you guys. I tried to just attach the torrent here to begin with, but the forum didn't allow the attachment type. I don't have any way to host the .torrent file myself, so I'm open to suggestions. If you can host it and post a link, PM me your email and I'll send it over to you.

[brutal]

Distribution of the .torrent file is really the only reason I put it on Pirate Bay at all; sorry it's presenting a problem for you guys. I tried to just attach the torrent here to begin with, but the forum didn't allow the attachment type. I don't have any way to host the .torrent file myself, so I'm open to suggestions. If you can host it and post a link, PM me your email and I'll send it over to you.

Put the .torrent file up on Dropbox?

Would renaming the file with a .txt allow attaching it to the forum?

[Tremek]

PM sent to Teufelhund

[Teufelhund]

I emailed the .torrent to Tremek to host and link. Thanks!