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fghtffyrdmns
07-29-2006, 05:51 PM
I was getting a few video files, and I was wondering if it's possible to preview the file while it's downloading, so that I can check out the quality and such. Is there a special program or any way to do it?
Flamacue
07-29-2006, 06:27 PM
Doubt it. Torrents consist of random pieces of the whole set of files which you download from peers and seeds. You're just gonna have to wait for the torrent to finish.
Mazeppa
07-29-2006, 06:53 PM
Download VLC media player, it can play just about anything. I use it, and I have used it to preview torrent downloads.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Flamacue
07-29-2006, 07:17 PM
I stand corrected then
Against Miik!
07-29-2006, 10:51 PM
O.k. then thread hijack. I'm downloading Clerks II. I already paid to see it but I love it so much. Anyways. I open up the folder, and all I see is 1.6 gig ISO image file. 1.6 gb's sounds good for a movie, but I have no clue what an ISO image file is. How would I go about playing this? Help would be appreciated before it finishes in a few hours.
fghtffyrdmns
07-29-2006, 11:09 PM
Go ahead and download the recommended VLC program. It plays all media files and such. Normally, you'd burn the ISO file onto a CD and then watch it that way, but with VLC you can just open the ISO file and watch it straight from your computer.
Against Miik!
07-29-2006, 11:11 PM
K thanks. I was probably going to burn it eventually, but for now I just want to watch on my computer. Hopefully this works out.
ThisGuy
07-29-2006, 11:22 PM
I don't know about other clients, but Azureus has an option to prioritize downloading the fist pieces of a file in order to preview movies. This would most likely work. Also, most movie torrents I've seen come with a seperate avi file in order to preview the qualily. This file is usually only a few seconds long.

I doubt VLC will work unless you have downloaded a significant portion of the file before viewing.
bradc1988
07-30-2006, 12:19 AM
BitComet has a preview feature, I've only used it once as it takes ages to put the bits and pieces together.

FatAl: You should have downloaded the 800mb one like I did, just a simple avi. I don't think I've ever downloaded a movie in ISO.
MRDuCran
07-30-2006, 12:23 AM
ISO is the format it's in when you rip it from the/a DVD.

You can also get converters that change it into .avi/mpg etc or jsut rip it in those formats.
Mazeppa
07-30-2006, 09:40 AM
I doubt VLC will work unless you have downloaded a significant portion of the file before viewing.
Nah, it does still work; but if you only have a small portion of the file then it just skips a lot.
thedeadwalk!
07-30-2006, 01:03 PM
Outside of VLC, a good number of films I've seen downloaded came with a preview which, with options of choosing specific files you want to download, can be downloadeed individually which should only be a few megabytes. However, a little hint I've learned is that whenever a movie has had a preview it was always dvd quality.

I wouldn't ever download movies that were from theaters. The quality is terrible.
fghtffyrdmns
07-30-2006, 02:01 PM
Actually I've found that movies that were released by MaVeN have been exceptional quality. I checked out a copy of Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift that he released, and it almost looked like a DVD rip.
Against Miik!
07-31-2006, 01:03 AM
BitComet has a preview feature, I've only used it once as it takes ages to put the bits and pieces together.

FatAl: You should have downloaded the 800mb one like I did, just a simple avi. I don't think I've ever downloaded a movie in ISO.

Where did you find that one? This one has decent quality, but the dimensions of the picture are a little wierd.
bradc1988
07-31-2006, 03:19 AM
Torrentspy, I use that for most new release movies.

http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/799252/Clerks_2_2006_TS_xVID_LRC

Decent quality for a cam job, but not a DVD rip by any means.