The Internet is now the one-stop shop for entertainment, with Internet connections now becoming increasingly fast. One method of entertainment, watching movies, can now be down through torrents and programs associated with them. Learning how is also easy, assuming you have a few minutes of spare time.

You start off with a torrent program- or what is called a torrent “client.” The client is what allows you to download the torrent and make use of peer to peer technology, which allows you to share what you download with others. Popular clients would include Bit Comet or BitTorrent, although there are many out there to choose from.

The Internet is always being regarded as a security threat, since you are interfacing with others and sharing information at will. Torrent clients themselves will be “handshaking” your computer with hundreds or thousands of others over the course of a single download. It seems a bit scary- but you can cover you tracks by using an IP-blocking program. PeerGuardian is a good program that does just that for no cost.

Torrents will come in different file types. It’s best to check what files you are downloading before you start for several reasons. First, it will verify that no viruses or malware is lurking about the torrent. It will also allow you to see which program you will need to use to open the file. Media players such as VLC Media Player do a great job in playing many types of files.

It is common to run into files that have been compressed in some shape or another. Compressed files are easier to transfer, but they require special programs to unzip. Windows users are familiar with commercial tools such as WinZip, but open source selections such as 7-Zip won’t force you to pay an initial fee just to open the files. Do note that file types could be specific to a certain operating system.

After you are setup, you still need to find the torrents! Torrent websites found online act as search engines, only they search torrents instead of finding websites. Torrent websites aren’t similar, although they do perform the same functions. You should look into searching multiple torrent websites if you aren’t able to find the results that you intended on getting.

Closing Comments

Notice that commercial movies will not be able to be downloaded via torrent publicly. If you do spot a commercial movie, and you don’t have rights to download it, know that if you do you can face severe financial penalties and even possibly go to jail for doing so.