Is anyone planning on doing Bit Torrent when they get their stevie dvd?
 

Just wondering if anyone is planning on uploading the Phili show or any others? I am trying to decide if I should buy the dvd from the e-bay guy. Thanks

I know someone...
 

who has mentioned they will upload the Philly DVD to a torrent website once they have received their copy....So if this happens soon I would just hold onto my $$$ and take the torrent.

I know who it is... he should have it within a day or two.. he told me that he is going to torrent it as well... so we shall see :nod:

That's good to know. Thanks :wavey:

Woohoo!
 

OH GOD THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!! I'm just dying for a recent DVD!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to whoever will be torrenting! :xoxo: :blob2:

What's Torrent?

an ancient chinese secret used to prevent people who record shows to no longer be able to "trade" for them.. :p

What is it really Brian??

it's a website where you can download full shows... i don't "torrent" myself, but i know many people who do.. apparently it takes forever and a day to upload a show.. but hey, i guess it's a nice gesture on their part :shrug:

What a waste of time. I'd rather just trade. And also if you download it you have to put it on a disk to watch it on tv and that's another whole process.

Actually it is a form of downloading / uploading / sharing of shows in a lossless format. Yes it can take awhile to download shows, but there is no loss in quality. The tracks are in .wav form not mp3.

Here's a site that should answer all your questions. It's actually kind of cool the way it works.. but it can take awhile to wrap your head around.. but once you get it, it works pretty simply.

http://dessent.net/btfaq/

It doesn't take long at all. I've uploaded complete shows in two hours flat. And you can just leave your client running in the background while you do other things.

Well,.. i don't usually have two hours to waste on uploading/downloading just one show.. i think i'd rather trade for it.. burn 2 CD's, takes 5 minutes.. i doubt anyone can really notice a difference in sound quality of a ripped AUD show vs. a downloaded AUD show anyway... Torrents is more for people who don't have a big collection of shows.. for those people, it's a good way to get stuff for free..

You're not wasting two hours, you can leave your computer on when you're not using it or just let the client run in the background while you're using your computer. And it's not for people without a big collection, it's the people with big collections who breathe life into torrents. Without them, half the **** that's out there would never see the light of day. Where the hell else are you going to find old soundboard recordings of Ike and Tina or rare and uncirculated Stevie/Mac shows? I know that if bit torrents had never been invented, I never would have shared some of the stuff I have for the simple fact that so many out there like to butcher bootlegs when they get their paws on them. It's a good way to get quality stuff without the hassle of burning stuff, dealing with traders, going to the post office, and waiting to get your stuff in the mail.

Half?? you sure about that? I recorded 10 shows this year, and 7 of them i have put out in circulation via trade, not torrent... as far as i know, only 3 other people have recorded QUALITY audio from the 2005 shows.. Most of them, including mine were available via trade only... sure, some shows are put out on torrents which are excellent quality.. but to imply half is exxaggerating just a bit...

right.. but it is time consuming and my point remains that you would not be able to distinguish the difference between an AUD recording via burned CD or an AUD recording via torrents... it's not as if the world of torrents has introduced dozens of soundboard recordings that were never before heard.. for those who don't trade on a regular basis, yes.. for those who do, no..