How to download movies using torrents

Go to the link http://www.utorrent.com/downloads and download µTorrent based on your platform. Run the µTorrent.exe by keeping the default settings and by clicking ‘Next’. The application launches as shown below once the setup is completed.

 

Before jumping into how to download movies, let’s get a little knowledge on different prints of the movies. The different formats of pirated movies that are available in the internet in the order of their release are CAMrip, CAM, DVDSCR, DivX/XviD, DVDRIp, BluerayRip (BRRip), Blueray. A cam is a theater rip usually done with a digital video camera. So, there is high possibility that the camera may shake. Sound is taken from the onboard microphone of the camera, and especially in comedies, laughter can often be heard during the film. Due to these factors picture and sound quality are usually quite poor for CAMRip and CAM. The quality increases from one format to the next format i.e from CAMrip to CAM so on and so forth. So, it is better to download DVDSCR or higher formats.

Where and How to download the torrent files

The best website I have come across where we can find torrent files is http://www.kat.ph/. It has torrents of movies, music, TV shows, games, applications and books. The best thing about kat.ph is you can see the comments by people for all the torrent files. Comments will be on audio quality, print, if audio is in sync with video or not, if the torrent file needs password in order to run, and if the torrent is working or not. We can decide whether to download the torrent file or not by going through the comments. You can also see the age of the torrent files. Higher the age of the torrent file, higher is the movie quality.  

I will now explain you with an example. Let’s say I want to download the movie “Dabangg”.

Type “Dabangg” in the searchbox as shown below

We now get list of torrents for ‘Dabangg’ as shown below. Choose the torrent you want to download depending on the format (DVDRip, BlueRay, BRRip etc.), size, comments, seeds etc. The higher is the number of seeds available, the higher is the download speed. We can also get torrent files which has English subtitles. If the name of the torrent file has “E-SuB” in it, it means there are English subtitles for the movie.

If you take “Dabangg 2010 Hindi DVDRip XviD E-SuB xRG” as the torrent file name, DVDRip is the format, XviD is the encoder userd to stream the videos, E-SuB means English subtitles are also present.

Select any torrent file and click on ‘Download torrent’ to save it. Double-click the saved file and browse to the location where you want to save the movie. Now, the downloading starts and you can see its progress by selecting the ‘Torrents’ tab.

Youth for Seva :: Young volunteers for service

This is the NGO that I volunteer for - Youth For Seva (YFS). Writing a blog on it so as to spread its word to the readers. Its been a wonderful experience so far - teaching maths at government school, audio recording 'Teacher Eligibility Test' books for the blind, raising funds for school kit drive and spectacle drive, school kit distribution, dental and eye screening camps in schools, sapling plantation, starting green clubs etc. I have met some wonderful people in YFS who invested their valuable time for community development. You will be impressed by their enthusiasm and dedication for commuity development.

Here goes a short overview on YFS and its activities.

There are lots of youngsters who want to volunteer for NGOs and who want to invest their weekend free time in community development. But, many of them don’t know where to start. Youth for Seva (YFS) is one such NGO started in 2007 to fill that gap. It inspires the youth, provides them training and involves them in various projects. YFS advisory board has many prominent people ranging from CEO of Software Company to chairmen’s and HODs of colleges. YFS is now spread in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal, Mysore, and Belgaum. The two main focus areas of YFS are Education and health.

Education

YFS volunteers help children by teaching them Maths, science, spoken English, computer skills at government schools, orphanage homes.  They take classes on weekly basis or daily basis. YFS is now taking classes in government schools at kothaguda, jagadgirigutta, sanathnagar, rasoolpura, miyapur,  BHEL, moula ali, saidabad, deendayal nagar in Hyderabad.

 

Computers for Schools (CFS)

This is an initiative to provide computer based education to school children. CFS created computer labs in schools. They installed a Free Operating System called Edubuntu primarily written for school children and provide the educational packages relevant to school students. Please visit http://sites.google.com/site/cfsbangalore/donate-computers to donate your old computer or computer parts.

Differently abled people

YFS Hyderabad has started collecting job profiles from the differently-abled so as to seek suitable jobs for them. Please visit http://youthforseva.org/volunteer/register-as-volunteer/ to register as YouthForSeva volunteer. They also provide reading services for the visually impaired and write exams for them as scribes.

Health

Medical, Dental and Eye checkups are being conducted in the schools/slums where our volunteers currently teach. Doctors for Seva is a part of YFS which has team of doctors who provide free health services to financially backward people. Please visit http://www.doctorsforseva.youthforseva.org/ to know more details.

YFS is also active at Kidwai Cancer Institute, Bangalore and St. Martha’s Hospital, Bangalore.  It conducts activities such as art & craft, jigsaw puzzles, mild games, cartoon movies; magic shows to children who are suffering from cancer, leukemia. Volunteers are requested to donate old tricycles which are in a working condition to these children. Old usable sarees, bed sheets, shirts or bedspreads etc may be donated to Kidwai patients.

Emergency Blood Bank

YFS has an Emergency Blood Bank where they keep the blood group of donors along with their other details. Whenever there is an emergency requirement for blood, YFS will contact the donors whose blood group matches with the requirement, keeping in mind the location. Please visit http://youthforseva.org/news/become-a-blood-donor/ to register and help your society during emergency. 

You can call the below numbers for emergency blood requirement.                                       Bangalore: Pramod  9945165252 . Hyderabad: Veeru 9391245303

Different ways to volunteer

You can volunteer for a few months after graduation and before starting your professional career. If you volunteer for three months or more, you are eligible for a fellowship (stipend).You can work few hours every week by associating with projects closer to your home or college. Semester breaks- you can volunteer full time for 10 days or more based on your interests and abilities. Non-field work- You can volunteer with your writing, photo and video skills, graphics work and/or website development.