Ironlord
Well-Known Member
I found a torrent of the UK episode of Motorworld a couple of days ago, on TPB. It had only one seed, despite being only a couple of months old. I thought I'd give it a go anyway... to find no seeds at all. Then, after a day or so, 2.0 MB spluttered slowly onto my hard disk.
Now, while browsing the FG forums to see if there's any links to the missing episode from years back (there aren't - I've absolutely scoured here, and 95's and Tweeke's FTPs)...
...it's working!
It's not the fastest torrent in the world, but I'm 112 MB into the 180 MB download and I'm now quite excited. It's in .mp4 format rather than .avi, but anyone with a decent media player should be able to handle it (VLC, for instance). It is (from the 11 seconds at the beginning that I can watch so far) what would appear to be a recent re-airing on Dave, so it's only 23 minutes, but the quality is higher than the old VHS rips of the rest of Motorworld that we're all familiar with.
Provided that one seed doesn't disappear in the next two hours (as that's the time I've calculated for the download to finish at the 10 kb/s I'm getting...!), I'll have it complete, and we'll all finally be able to see it. I will, of course, be putting it up on both 95's and Tweeke's FTPs for those of you who prefer that style of downloading, but for now, here's the TPB link...
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4057022/Jeremy_Clarkson_s_Motorworld_-_The_UK___BdT[DVB_x264_AAC-HE]
I'll be seeding it for a while yet! No way I'm letting this one die.
EDIT: 36 kb/s! It might even be finished before Top Gear kicks off tonight...
EDIT AGAIN: IT IS DONE! Just as I'm watching the Supercars episode of Clarkson's Car Years and Jezza is waxing lyrical about the Ferrari F40. Superb timing. Now get downloading, yon heathens, and enjoy!
EDIT III: It works! No clicks or pops or anything wrong with the video. Plus point: it contains Richard Burns. Minus: it also contains Richard Littlejohn.
Now, while browsing the FG forums to see if there's any links to the missing episode from years back (there aren't - I've absolutely scoured here, and 95's and Tweeke's FTPs)...
...it's working!
It's not the fastest torrent in the world, but I'm 112 MB into the 180 MB download and I'm now quite excited. It's in .mp4 format rather than .avi, but anyone with a decent media player should be able to handle it (VLC, for instance). It is (from the 11 seconds at the beginning that I can watch so far) what would appear to be a recent re-airing on Dave, so it's only 23 minutes, but the quality is higher than the old VHS rips of the rest of Motorworld that we're all familiar with.
Provided that one seed doesn't disappear in the next two hours (as that's the time I've calculated for the download to finish at the 10 kb/s I'm getting...!), I'll have it complete, and we'll all finally be able to see it. I will, of course, be putting it up on both 95's and Tweeke's FTPs for those of you who prefer that style of downloading, but for now, here's the TPB link...
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4057022/Jeremy_Clarkson_s_Motorworld_-_The_UK___BdT[DVB_x264_AAC-HE]
I'll be seeding it for a while yet! No way I'm letting this one die.
EDIT: 36 kb/s! It might even be finished before Top Gear kicks off tonight...
EDIT AGAIN: IT IS DONE! Just as I'm watching the Supercars episode of Clarkson's Car Years and Jezza is waxing lyrical about the Ferrari F40. Superb timing. Now get downloading, yon heathens, and enjoy!
EDIT III: It works! No clicks or pops or anything wrong with the video. Plus point: it contains Richard Burns. Minus: it also contains Richard Littlejohn.
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