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08-10-2004, 11:22 AM
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Registered: Jul 2004
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Bittorrent help
Hi,
I have recently installed Binttorrent. I just downloaded some.torrent files, but i cant figure out how to play them with xmms. Any ideas? Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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08-10-2004, 11:34 AM
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Location: Ohio
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play with xmms? bit torrent files download from the internet, but they use bit torrent as sort of a download manager
Last edited by cheater1034; 08-10-2004 at 11:36 AM.
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08-10-2004, 12:02 PM
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Yes, I want to open the bittorrent file somehow, although i dont know how. Then play the .mp3's with xmms. How do i open the .torrent file?
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08-10-2004, 12:07 PM
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First You have to get a Bittorent Client, Then You download the File with the BT Client, and after It is downloaded, you can do with it whatever you want to
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08-10-2004, 01:11 PM
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Unrar?
I am trying to unzip a .rar file with unrar. it isnt working though, any ideas?
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08-10-2004, 01:17 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2003
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Re: Unrar?
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Originally posted by chrisford553
I am trying to unzip a .rar file with unrar. it isnt working though, any ideas?
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http://linux.tucows.com/preview/8753.html
Download that. It's an old version but it'll work. |
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08-10-2004, 03:54 PM
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Thank You
Hey,
Thank you for that, it did work.
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08-10-2004, 04:14 PM
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Scotland
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Re: Bittorrent help
Quote:
Originally posted by chrisford553
Hi,
I have recently installed Binttorrent. I just downloaded some.torrent files, but i cant figure out how to play them with xmms. Any ideas? Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Bint-torrent??
MWAH HA HA HA^h^h
<cough>
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