madz621 Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 hi can anybody tell me how long does it take to download one movie or file coz it seems like it will take forever as i write this am still downloading a movie that i started yesterday n still only in its 27% hmmmm...pls help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animorc Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 That depends on what connection you have (both upload and download speed). If you have 400+kbps, you would be able to download a movie sized to 700 MB in around 4 hours if you are downloading in max speed constantly.It would also depend on how many users are connected. The more leechers (shown as peers), the slower you will get the file and the more seeds, the faster you will get the file. These are dependant of eachother, so if the peers amount is greater than the seed amount, you might get slower speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil K Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 A movie....and you started yesterday....and you want it done immediately....if its so important to have it done minutes after starting, why not buy it ? Movies tend to be HUGE between 1.5gb and 4.3 gb. That, even with the fastest broadband, and seeds all with equally fast broadbands, will take a day at least - and thats everything at the fastest with no other peers to slow you down. I think you doing OK at that speed. It seems that you'll have it inside a week.By the contrary - I tried to d/l from Robotolabs series 16 of the Simpsons at just over 2gb - I gave up after a week on 16%. It was getting slower and slower. You win some you lose some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaSteve Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 it depends entirely on your internet speed, internet settings, amount of peers/seeds, router/firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madz621 Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 SORY GUYS :oops: I REALLY AM A NEWBIE TO THIS STUFF THATS WHY I WAS ASKING HAVE NO IDEA OR WAT SO EVER. SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND. N THANKS FOR THE REPLIES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Thats OK. Everyone were new to BT at some point.Just a hint about net manners, CAPS WRITING IS CONSIDERED SHOUTING. Just so you would know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillbox Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Dude, check out the ETA (Estimated Download Time) column... it'll give you a rough estimate of how long it'll take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 VERY rough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLion Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Just as a general rule madz, if you are downloading a (legal?) movie, that movie will be between 1 and 4.5GB and expect it to take 1-3 days if you are on any sort of a normal connection. The earlier you jump on a torrent that size it WILL be slower until more peers join and the swarm gets going. even if you can DL at 400k and you did it at max speed itll still take 12-16 hours. movies take a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madz621 Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 once again thank you guys now i suddenly know wat am doing hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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