the Backstreet Hub
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erilynI've been wanting to pimp this for a while, with all the renewed BSB enthusiasm around and more BSB people (who might not know about it) reading my journal, but the website was down for ages.
The Backstreet Hub is a peer-to-peer file sharing network for BSB media - tv appearances, performances, radio interviews, bootlegs and most things except anything commercially released (anything that is or was available to buy on dvd, video, cd or pay per view webcast). It uses DC++ software (for Windows, more info for Macs below), which resumes downloads between sessions and between users who are sharing the same files. You can search for something specific, or download someone's shared list and browse. The files tend to be fairly well organised and named, though it varies amongst users.
I've gotten, either downloading it myself or from friends who use it too, a lot of footage from there. I'm sharing about 35 gig of footage when I'm on, and there are some people who share more (though many share 1-15 gig, and some don't share, which is just rude after you've been using it for a while, in my opinion). Download speeds and ease of being able to access someone varies, but if you have a bit of patience, you'll get it. Number of users is normally 10-25, though it fluctuates.
Instructions on getting and setting up the software and files are at the website. It looks more complicated than it is, once you work through the instructions it's not too bad. Do read Bianca's rules about what you can and can't share, it's her hub, and you will get warned and/or booted for sharing things against the rules. And join the mailing list, it's a good source of info on new files (both new footage and new files of old footage), info on whether the hub is down (it is occasionally), and for asking for help with the program or looking for files. And once you've got some footage, share! :)
If you're behind a router or firewall, you'll probably be a passive user (you can only download from and share with active users, while active users can connnect to active and passive). This site has good instructions on port forwarding, so you can be an active user.
If you're a Mac user,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alasen recommends some different software to what the hub site does, and has given some starting information.
Go to dcgui.berlios.de
Click on download stable
choose mac os x
click on mac osx
Download the appropriate dmg for your os available as i write this are (23/05/05) Valknut0.3.7_panther.dmg and Valknut0.3.7_tiger.dmg
For normal users I would choose the full release over anything with CVS in the name (as this is an in progress work), I haven't run the tiger version as yet.
Double click on the .dmg to mount it
Read the info and click accept if you do.
Drag Valknut from the disk image to your applications folder.
Double click Valknut to start.
Fill in the identity tab with the required info. (ie nick, email, speed etc)
Click on the transfer tab. choose a folder to download files to. Near the bottom, there is a page icon with a green cross on it. click this to select a folder which will have your shared files (DO NOT CHOOSE YOUR DOWNLOAD FOLDER)
Tick create recreate sharelist on startup.
If you have a static ip and have the correct ports (9176) forwarded, click on connection, and change your mode to Active, and fill in the blanks. If this is too complicated, stay as passive for now.
These are all the required settings, if you feel confident, read the manual http://dcgui.berlios.de/doc/manual.html and change some of the other settings. When you're ready, click save, Valknut will tell you if anything needs to be changed.
Click on the icon to the right of the spanner. (show hub list) Type in the address of the hub at the bottom, and press the connect button.
To bookmark the hub so you don't have to type it each time, click on the bookmarks tab, and then ctrl-click in the window and choose Add.
Fill in the blanks about the hub.
When you're in the hub, ctrl-click on users to get their sharelist (browse user files) etc. In a sharelist, ctrl click to get a menu to download. If you find another user with something which you already have in your download queue, choose "Add this extra source" to be able to download the same file from different people.
Play around, and check the manual http://dcgui.berlios.de/doc/manual.html for more info, these are just the basics to get started with.
The Backstreet Hub is a peer-to-peer file sharing network for BSB media - tv appearances, performances, radio interviews, bootlegs and most things except anything commercially released (anything that is or was available to buy on dvd, video, cd or pay per view webcast). It uses DC++ software (for Windows, more info for Macs below), which resumes downloads between sessions and between users who are sharing the same files. You can search for something specific, or download someone's shared list and browse. The files tend to be fairly well organised and named, though it varies amongst users.
I've gotten, either downloading it myself or from friends who use it too, a lot of footage from there. I'm sharing about 35 gig of footage when I'm on, and there are some people who share more (though many share 1-15 gig, and some don't share, which is just rude after you've been using it for a while, in my opinion). Download speeds and ease of being able to access someone varies, but if you have a bit of patience, you'll get it. Number of users is normally 10-25, though it fluctuates.
Instructions on getting and setting up the software and files are at the website. It looks more complicated than it is, once you work through the instructions it's not too bad. Do read Bianca's rules about what you can and can't share, it's her hub, and you will get warned and/or booted for sharing things against the rules. And join the mailing list, it's a good source of info on new files (both new footage and new files of old footage), info on whether the hub is down (it is occasionally), and for asking for help with the program or looking for files. And once you've got some footage, share! :)
If you're behind a router or firewall, you'll probably be a passive user (you can only download from and share with active users, while active users can connnect to active and passive). This site has good instructions on port forwarding, so you can be an active user.
If you're a Mac user,
alasen recommends some different software to what the hub site does, and has given some starting information.Go to dcgui.berlios.de
Click on download stable
choose mac os x
click on mac osx
Download the appropriate dmg for your os available as i write this are (23/05/05) Valknut0.3.7_panther.dmg and Valknut0.3.7_tiger.dmg
For normal users I would choose the full release over anything with CVS in the name (as this is an in progress work), I haven't run the tiger version as yet.
Double click on the .dmg to mount it
Read the info and click accept if you do.
Drag Valknut from the disk image to your applications folder.
Double click Valknut to start.
Fill in the identity tab with the required info. (ie nick, email, speed etc)
Click on the transfer tab. choose a folder to download files to. Near the bottom, there is a page icon with a green cross on it. click this to select a folder which will have your shared files (DO NOT CHOOSE YOUR DOWNLOAD FOLDER)
Tick create recreate sharelist on startup.
If you have a static ip and have the correct ports (9176) forwarded, click on connection, and change your mode to Active, and fill in the blanks. If this is too complicated, stay as passive for now.
These are all the required settings, if you feel confident, read the manual http://dcgui.berlios.de/doc/manual.html and change some of the other settings. When you're ready, click save, Valknut will tell you if anything needs to be changed.
Click on the icon to the right of the spanner. (show hub list) Type in the address of the hub at the bottom, and press the connect button.
To bookmark the hub so you don't have to type it each time, click on the bookmarks tab, and then ctrl-click in the window and choose Add.
Fill in the blanks about the hub.
When you're in the hub, ctrl-click on users to get their sharelist (browse user files) etc. In a sharelist, ctrl click to get a menu to download. If you find another user with something which you already have in your download queue, choose "Add this extra source" to be able to download the same file from different people.
Play around, and check the manual http://dcgui.berlios.de/doc/manual.html for more info, these are just the basics to get started with.
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