GaryK

Just got back from 2 weeks sunny lanzarote, set my HD recorder to record top gear and looks like we had a power cut, anyway is there anywhere I can download the 2 episodes Ive missed?

Cheers

Gary

wez_sti

theres a website, its on my favourites at home,

think its www.finalgear.com or simular,

can download anyepisode with torrents...

takes them a little while to get each episode up though....

GaryK

cheers wez!

wez_sti

no problem my friend!

stilover

You can also watch them on the BBC 2 site.

Watched episode 1 yesterday lunch time.

GaryK

can you sti? I searched topgear and bbc.co.uk but couldnt find anything.

Gary

wah

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/?id=top_gear

Daft Lad

Sorry it might be a daft question, but what exactly is a torrent download? Do you need anything different to watch it etc?

Graz

It's another method of peer to peer file sharing, like Kazza, edonkey, etc.

A bit different in that you initially download a .torrent file. This file tells your bit torrent client (need one of these as well, e.g. ABC, Azerus, etc.) where to find the tracker. The tracker is a small bit of code running on a server somewhere that directs your client to all the people who are sharing the file on their PC. Once connected you'll start downloading, and once you have enough of it, uploading the file.

The file itself will be compressed video (wmv, DiVx, avi etc.) or mp3, zip etc. according to what you're downloading.

Markus

Here's what I have done:

1) Download and install VLC (Video Lan Client)

2) Download and install the Bit Torrent client software.

3) Go over to Final Gear and find the episode I wish to watch, scroll to the "links" section and there will be a "Go get a torrent for this episode" link, click on it. It will take you to a page on mininova.org. You'll see there is an underlined item called something like Top Gear - 08x02 - 2006.05.14.avi.torrent click on that. You can either save that link to disk and then manually open it in bit torrent, or, I think, you should be able to say "open with" and select "bit torrent", which should open the link and then the download should start.

4) Wait while the torrent downloads, and once it has, seed it to help others download it

5) Open up VLC and open the .avi file that was downloaded by Bit Torrent.

6) Enjoy the show

You might not need VLC, as Windows Media Player may well be able to open the file, but I'm on a Mac and needed VLC to view it.