Wouldn't it be great if you could torrent labor so you wouldn't have to pay for it? On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:24 PM, Jim March wrote: > Yeah, what you have is the "pointer" to all the bits of the file. Note the size of the .torrent file - WAY too small to be the actual movie...most of which are 700megs. > > Once you get the movie, it'll generally be a .mpeg or .avi or one of a few other video formats. Once in a while it'll be a .RAR archive, in which case in most Linux distros you're OK - open the archive, double-click on the lowest-numbered file inside, it will pack 'em all into the actual video format file. > > Next, why burn 'em to DVD? Play 'em right there on your computer if you want... > > Jim > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Jordan Aberle wrote: > A .torrent is just a script file to tell bittorrent where to download > the file from. It sounds like you need to read a bit how torrents > work. > > -Jordan > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Eric - A wrote: > > it's a *.torrent and it's 28kb and I can't play it from the desktop > > > > > > . > > Eric - A > > . > > http://plug.phoenix.az.us/ > > . > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > Return-Path: > > Received: from mx16.dca.untd.com (mx16.dca.untd.com [10.171.44.46]) > > by maildeliver06.vgs.untd.com with SMTP id AABGYMW8TAZ6TJXS > > for (sender ); > > Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:43:14 -0800 (PST) > > Authentication-Results: mx16.dca.untd.com; DKIM=NONE > > Received-SPF: None > > Received: from lists.snaptek.com (164.plug.phoenix.az.us [140.99.58.164]) > > by mx16.dca.untd.com with SMTP id AABGYMW8SA7MAXV2 > > for (sender ); > > Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:43:12 -0800 (PST) > > Received: from lists.plug.phoenix.az.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > > by lists.snaptek.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0BD6F3324; > > Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:43:05 -0700 (MST) > > X-Original-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > Delivered-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com > > [209.85.212.54]) > > by lists.snaptek.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE0CEEE18E > > for ; > > Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:43:03 -0700 (MST) > > Received: by vws16 with SMTP id 16so129747vws.41 > > for ; > > Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:43:02 -0800 (PST) > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Received: by 10.52.158.105 with SMTP id wt9mr391477vdb.155.1298518765884; Wed, > > 23 Feb 2011 19:39:25 -0800 (PST) > > Received: by 10.52.159.164 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:39:25 -0800 (PST) > > In-Reply-To: <20110223.201841.26432.0@webmail13.vgs.untd.com> > > References: <20110223.201841.26432.0@webmail13.vgs.untd.com> > > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:39:25 -0700 > > X-Google-Sender-Auth: pI2wVF9qECN4Wqe2MRCOzRGATdc > > Message-ID: > > Subject: Re: Torrent > > From: "Bryan O'Neal" > > To: Main PLUG discussion list > > X-BeenThere: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 > > Precedence: list > > Reply-To: Main PLUG discussion list > > List-Id: Main PLUG discussion list > > List-Unsubscribe: , > > > > List-Archive: > > List-Post: > > List-Help: > > List-Subscribe: , > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Sender: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > Errors-To: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > X-UNTD-BodySize: 1092 > > X-UNTD-SPF: None > > X-UNTD-DKIM: NONE > > X-ContentStamp: 8:4:586269589 > > X-MAIL-INFO:2f2d31fd2dd46d6554d1991d40f43da0e18d20d1b0e4f1e18d70fd41e4995d6524d479251174041474d91404d9d9607589941dc4b4c4993055853040eded3985a55d7911b5cd302574ad018504c0a07059c08d79a9a97114752d242475b15124bd9494a40920e099d4c0c084616dedf46d7d5d4030198941151920c961248d192da9fd6124b1f474a9890440d114542d356dd131dd05dd405515897ddd19 > > X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 140.99.58.164|164.plug.phoenix.az.us|lists.snaptek.com|plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > X-UNTD-UBE:-1 > > > > A fully legal freely licensed movie of course ;) > > The first few questions are what is the format of said movie, what is > > the file size, and can you play it on your desktop? 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