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Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sun January 01, 2017 5:25 am
by HardTI
RIP torrents. It's was a great 10+ years.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sun January 01, 2017 4:40 pm
by LoathedVermin72
This all sounds so complicated
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sun January 01, 2017 4:44 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Do you guys only download lossless stuff? Is that why you use torrents?
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sun January 01, 2017 6:44 pm
by Norah
Yeah why would I download lossy? If I need mp3s for smaller file sizes on my phone or something I just convert them myself.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sun January 01, 2017 7:54 pm
by LoathedVermin72
cutuphalfdead wrote:Yeah why would I download lossy? If I need mp3s for smaller file sizes on my phone or something I just convert them myself.
Really, my question was directed at anyone except you.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sun January 01, 2017 8:08 pm
by Simple Torture
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Do you guys only download lossless stuff? Is that why you use torrents?
It depends. Like chud, if it's just for my iPod, V0 MP3. But if it's something I'm planning on burning to a CD or for archival purposes, FLAC.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sun January 01, 2017 8:33 pm
by LoathedVermin72
It just seems like if you're only downloading MP3s for everyday listening, a P2P option like Soulseek is so much less complicated than torrents.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Mon January 02, 2017 12:36 am
by CopperTom
Simple Torture wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:Do you guys only download lossless stuff? Is that why you use torrents?
It depends. Like chud, if it's just for my iPod, V0 MP3. But if it's something I'm planning on burning to a CD or for archival purposes, FLAC.
Same.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Mon January 02, 2017 3:43 am
by i got bugs
Is it just easier at this point to pay 10 bucks a month to a streaming site like spotify??
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Mon January 02, 2017 4:01 am
by HardTI
I'm doing apple music again now that what is gone. It really is a great service and so reasonably priced, but the android app sucks.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Mon January 02, 2017 4:23 am
by Simple Torture
My wife and I still have a Spotify account even with all the torrenting I do. But it's such a shitty app that I barely use it--but it's nice in a pinch if I don't have another digital music player with me.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sat January 07, 2017 10:30 pm
by CopperTom
CopperTom wrote:Simple Torture wrote:CopperTom wrote:Simple Torture wrote:CopperTom wrote:Now that the dust has settled a bit, is there a successor?
A month or so after they've all popped up, I'd still say most of the new music trackers are having similar problems i.e. creating a healthy sharing economy. Unless you have oodles and oodles of content ready to upload, you'll probably just be jumping on freeleech torrents for a while to try and build up ratio on any tracker.
And which tracker would that be?
Both Apollo and PassTheHeadphones are fine. PTH seems to have a userbase more dedicated to quality, but that also means that most users have a big personal library from years on What and aren't downloading much. Apollo has had a few freeleech events and those have generated activity, but once they've ended things have gone dead.
For perspective: I have around 750 uploads on one tracker but only about 175 of them have been snatched at least one time. That never happened on What; I had over 1500 uploads and they were all snatched immediately.
If anyone has a spare invite to either, I'd appreciate it. I was a member of Oink, What, Waffles.
Still hoping for an invite bump.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Mon January 09, 2017 2:42 pm
by given2fly23
Same here, would appreciate an invite to either site. Worked hard to maintain a solid ratio on What and ended up being a waste.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sat January 21, 2017 12:34 pm
by CopperTom
CopperTom wrote:CopperTom wrote:Simple Torture wrote:CopperTom wrote:Simple Torture wrote:CopperTom wrote:Now that the dust has settled a bit, is there a successor?
A month or so after they've all popped up, I'd still say most of the new music trackers are having similar problems i.e. creating a healthy sharing economy. Unless you have oodles and oodles of content ready to upload, you'll probably just be jumping on freeleech torrents for a while to try and build up ratio on any tracker.
And which tracker would that be?
Both Apollo and PassTheHeadphones are fine. PTH seems to have a userbase more dedicated to quality, but that also means that most users have a big personal library from years on What and aren't downloading much. Apollo has had a few freeleech events and those have generated activity, but once they've ended things have gone dead.
For perspective: I have around 750 uploads on one tracker but only about 175 of them have been snatched at least one time. That never happened on What; I had over 1500 uploads and they were all snatched immediately.
If anyone has a spare invite to either, I'd appreciate it. I was a member of Oink, What, Waffles.
Still hoping for an invite bump.
Pleasssssssse bump.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 5:29 pm
by Tass Man
it looks like pass the headphones is now doing interviews to get in...
so there's hope for us
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 9:44 pm
by CopperTom
I'm 248th in queue. 1 to 2 hours per interview. 10 to 20 days before I'm up.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Thu February 09, 2017 11:30 pm
by Meddle
Does anyone have an invite they can spare? I'm trying the interview process but not having any luck.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Fri February 17, 2017 5:59 pm
by diesel
guys, im looking for an invite if anyone has any. ex oink and what user here.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Wed February 22, 2017 1:07 am
by @SkitchP
Does any of you guys with a vast collection happen to have a lot of Bob Seger? My dad is in search of a couple songs that he can't get on iTunes... Eastside Story and Persecution Smith.
Re: What? Waffles? The BitTorrent thread
Posted: Wed February 22, 2017 1:25 am
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
They're actually interviewing people to get in now?
Jesus fucking christ!
Who do these assholes think they are? And why do you guys even bother?
You'll be in there for a week and they will ban you for using an astorice in a song title instead of a tilda.