How to download torrent with info hash only

The end users on the other hand benefit from Magnet Links as well. All they need is the link to start downloading the files which makes them independent from torrent indexers. It also allows them to distribute the information more easily. Torrent indexers remain on the other hand the main source of information for new files that are available for download. A tracker less environment should raise a question of identification.

How can a download be initiated ff there is no tracker to inform the Bittorrent user about other users who download and seed the file? The answer is DHT, Distributed hash tables. DHT is enabled by default in popular clients such as uTorrent or Vuze. Without going into to much detail, the hash of the magnet link is used to find peers using DHT.

Torrents are still essential for Bittorrent as they contain information about the download that need to be present in the swarm. All Bit Torrent does is manage torrents.

To download music for use with Bit Torrent you have to find websites where they have torrent libraries. I'd suggest using either of the sites in the related links. You select the file you want to download on these sites, and then they go to bit torrent where it actually downloads the songs and puts them together. Read More. Your best bet would be to ask the torrent site. Although MOST not all passworded torrents are fake, sometimes the 'group' who uploaded them passworded the torrent.

Some private trackers also use passworded archives. Since you do not have a link to the torrent, or the full name of it, this question can not be answered, but be sure to ask the forum at the site where you downloaded it from.

Almost all… Read More. The speed of the torrent depends on how many seeders there are available in which to pull the torrent from. Type in bit torrent into google and the first hit will give you the website.

I'm not sure of bitdefenders. A bit torrent is a file that has been compressed into a very small amount, and you need a bit torrent to download and open the file. There are many situations where viruses can come along with the bit you download. Use P2P programs like emule and bit torrent. For bit torrent, use utorrent on Windows and thepiratebay.

A torrent is a file that allows you to download files through a P2P network such as Bit torrent. For future reference; Google is your friend. In and of themselves, yes. Downloading pirated content is often not legal, but this is independent of whether you get it by bit torrent or other means.

SHA-1 corrected some significant flaws in the original algorithm that yielded some serious security weakness. The TIGER hash algorithm is designed to use a bit hash, but also has the capability to use bit and bit hash values. Thanks for replying, Perhaps some-one else out there may have a more constructive answer. Hi, torrents have an infohash that represents the torrent as a whole with all its files it's actually a hash of the "info" section of the original torrent file , and is calculated using SHA1 encryption.

There is also a "hashtable" that has an SHA1 hash for each piece of the file and the pieces are verified as the finish downloading, and are discarded if they fail to match the hash, indicating something wrong was transmitted to you. You said you already use magnet links -- well - then you already download torrents using their infohash, since that is how Magnet URNs are used with Bittorrent.

The above link works with uTorrent, but it is not an example of a trackerless magnet link one of the main unique features of using Magnet links to begin with.

THIS is how you download using only an infohash. I learn as I go. Hi Lovetour, very many thanks for a decent and informative post. I often wondered whether I was better using the info hash text to download, than a magnet connection.

Sometimes I have noticed that there might be an info hash tag on a torrent download site, when there might be no magnet link. I will try using the information that you have described as an alternative, just to see how it works. Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Posted January 11,