Login Signup Support Rules FAQ Torrent Files 101 What is a torrent file? A .torrent file is what you will need to create in order to start making torrents.  It is also the file you download when you want to download something.  They are usually very small in size, just a few kbs A .torrent file just contains information relating to the end file you are looking to share - information such as the file title, overall size, the amount of pieces the file has been broken down into and how big they are, the tracker tracking the file etc etc etc   When you open a .torrent file with your torrent client, the file tells your client what tracker it needs to connect to, and tells the tracker what file you are looking to share.  You are then able to begin sharing Close What Software Can I Use To Make Torrents? There are two main ways to create torrent files, one is to use specific BitTorrent clients that also give you the ability to create torrents like µTorrent or Azureus, the other is to use something like Make Torrent 2 which is designed solely to make torrents and nothing else. Close How Do I Make A .torrent File Using Azureus? 1. Open Azureus and select 'File' then 'Create A Torrent' 2. Make sure 'Use an external Tracker' and 'Directory' are checked 3. Enter http://tracker.audiozonetorrents.com/announce.php into the 'Announce URL' box and select then 'Next' 4. Now locate the folder that your file is in and click 'Next' *note: Private Torrent option - This should be enabled if you intend to use a Private tracker for the torrent. A private tracker is one which requires registration. If you don't enable this option, it will allow some clients to connect to the torrent swarm through your client, completely bypassing the tracker (and any stats that may be recorded). If you are using a public tracker you do not need this option. 5. Leave the settings on the final screen alone, just hit 'Finish'. Azureus will then make your torrent for you. Close How Do I Make A .torrent File Using µTorrent? 1. Open µTorrent and navigate "File > Create new torrent" 2. Click "Add Directory", locate the folder on your hard-drive and click "ok" 3. Add the announce url into the "Tracker URL" field http://tracker.audiozonetorrents.com/announce.php *note: Private Torrent option - This should be enabled if you intend to use a Private tracker for the torrent. A private tracker is one which requires registration. If you don't enable this option, it will allow some clients to connect to the torrent swarm through your client, completely bypassing the tracker (and any stats that may be recorded). If you are using a public tracker you do not need this option. 4. Click "Create and save as". µTorrent will now make your torrent and then ask you where to save it. You might have a special folders for torrents, or you may prefer to keep the torrents in the same place as the folder it relates to. Either way don't forget where you put it! Close How Do I Make A .torrent File Using MakeTorrent2? 1. Open Make Torrent 2 and click on the "classic" tab (this just changes the view) if you aren't on it already. 2. Next to the field called "Filename or Pathname" click on the "dir" button. * make sure the "1 torrent from entire folder" button is checked. 3. Now locate the folder that your file is in and click "ok" 4. You should now see the pathname of the folder which contains your file for sharing in the "Filename or Pathname" field. 5. Add the announce url into the "Tracker" field http://tracker.audiozonetorrents.com/announce.php 6. Now click "Create .torrent now!" button 7. Make Torrent 2 will now create a .torrent file for you. This will take longer for big files. Once it has finished hit the "Finish" button! Close I Have Made My .torrent File, What Do I Do Next? Now you have made your .torrent file you will need to let everyone else know what you have to share. To do this you will need to upload it to audiozonetorrents.com refer to the instructions given on the upload page. Once you have uploaded your .torrent file to a site or forum you will need to make sure it is also in your client and ready for seeding. One way of doing this is to double click on the .torrent file and open it with your BitTorrent client. You can also just click on the file you uploaded and choose to open it with your client like you would when you go to download someone else's file for sharing. Your client will ask you where you want to save the file for "download". Make sure you select the same folder which already contains your file. Your client will then check that folder, realise you already have the file and automatically begin seeding it (well, this is how it works with most mainstream clients). If you are unsure on this stage have a look at the authors website of your client for more information. Close Why am I getting a torrent not found error? There could be two reasons. If you are trying to leech a file that was there before it may have been removed from the site due to upload rule violations or that it was a corupt file and was reported. If you are trying to upload or re-seed an old file you have and you are getting this error in your client it is most likely you moved it from it's original location on your hard drive. You will have to put it back to the same spot you had it when you made the torrent file. Close What kind of compression should I use when making a file to upload? All files should  be named properly and packaged using WinRar (Win) or Stuffit (Mac) at best compression. Then put into a folder with a complete name. Close Torrent Jargon & Language What is a Seeder? Seeder = the one(s) with the file A seeder is uploading, to get a file you need at least 1 seed in the swarm. Close What is a Leecher? Leecher = the one(s) without the file  (also known as a peer) A leecher is downloading from a seeder (and most of the time is also uploading to other peers/leechers too). Close What is a Tracker? Tracker = the thing that keeps track of who has what and what pieces. There are many trackers out there, some public and some private. Close What is a Swarm? Swarm = the group of computers involved with any one particular torrent. The number of computers that the swarm contains is found by adding the number of seeds to the number of peers. Close What is a Ratio? Ratio = the amount you have downloaded compared to the amount you have uploaded. Also referred to as your stats. If you use Bit Torrent you MUST upload/seed as much as you download/leech...minimum Close What does Reseed mean? Reseed = asking someone to repost a torrent that has no seeds. Close What is a client? Client = the program you use to download Bit Torrent's. Close What does Nuke mean? Nuke = A torrent that has been deleted from a site due to file corruption. Close What is a Dupe? Dupe = when an uploader does not search before uploading and posts a duplicate file already posted on a site. Close Error Messages Aborting the torrent. Message from the tracker: Port xxxx is blacklisted. With Internet Service Providers limiting bandwidth for p2p networks becoming more and more common. Some Trackers are trying to "encourage" people to use non standard ports. By doing so they hope to increase upload bandwith, which will allow for a better speed for everyone. To do so, the tracker rejects connections to IP addresses trying to connect with one of the standard ports. This can be corrected by going into the options of your client and changing the listening port. If you are using a router you will have to open the same port for it also. www.portforwarding.com has good information on this subject. Close Why do i show as unconnectable? The tracker can not establish what port you have open for a full torrent client connection. Your client and or firewall needs to be configured properly. BitTorrent relies on two basic types of connection to share files, those made by other people asking you for something are called Incoming or Local Connection, and when you initiate a connection with someone else, you are making an Outgoing or Remote Connection. This Option has been disabled. Use the port check page in the profile area menu to see if you can get a sucessful TCP connection while seeding/downloading a active torrent file from this website Close Why am I getting an invalid pass key error? There is two kinds of passkey errors. One being Passkey IP Mismatch, Visit the website then do a force update. Other being Passkey does not exist, Redownload the torrent file... Keeping the existing data If you are using a remote connection then you will have to obtain that location IP and use it in the server ip spot of the profile for your account. Close Torrent not registered with this tracker TTL (Time to live) has expired or the torrent  has been deleted. Close Problem connecting to tracker - timeout exceeded The tracker is overloaded. Try again later. Close Error:Existing data file length too large [1596>1404] This is an Azureus specific error. Check the Tools -> Options -> Files -> Truncate existing files that are too large box. Close Error : Data Missing {Path to files} Somehow the download path is corrupt. Just stop your torrent and remove it in the client, move your files to another path, reload the torrent and point to the new path, make sure the files are hash checked and are not corrupt. This should fix your problem. Close Got bad file info - path disallowed for security reasons This is a Bittornado specific error, when you get it switch to another client like µTorrent, Azureus. Close Bad Data from Tracker or Bad Tracker Data This means the tracker is having problems. Either it is down and returning and error page, or is overloaded with requests. Simply leave your client on for a while and see if the problem resolves it self. Close No space left on device The client allocates the space needed to store the file on your Hard Drive, you get this error when you don't have enough space on your hard drive for your bittorrent client to fully allocate the file. Make some room on your drive and redownload the torrent. Close Rejected by tracker - Your IP is not registered to use this tracker for this file You have to register with the site that hosts this Tracker and be logged in when you first start the torrent downloading. Close What ports are blacklisted at this time ? TCP-UDP 411 TCP-UDP 413 TCP-UDP 1214 TCP-UDP 4662 TCP-UDP 6346 TCP-UDP 6347 TCP-UDP 6699 6881 through 6889 are blacklisted as well Close Torrent client banned error messages Due to many outdated and buggy torrent clients AudioZoneTorrents has begun banning older and troublesome clients. If you get this error messages it is time to upgrade or completely change your torrent client. Some of the banned clients are. Shadow's Experimental Client. ABC. µTorrent versions 1.1 to 1.5 and 1.7.0 BitComet versions 0.56 to 0.89. BitLord. BitSpirit. TorrentStorm. Burst. BitBuddy. Shareaza. XBT. TurboBT. To name a few .......bottom line if you get an error like this upgrade or change clients. Close Why am I getting a port banned or black listed error The reason these ports are banned is that these ports are known to most Internet Service Providers as default peer to peer ports and they throttle back your connection to these ports to slow your traffic down. Bottom line is if you set your port to a non default port in your client you will have a better connection and better speed. Don't forget to change it in your firewall / router settings as well. Close What is a Hit and Runner (H+R) A hit and runner is someone who downloads a torrent untill completion and then fails to seed it. Repeated H+R will get you a warning followed by a ban from the site. Close Your Port: XXXXX is not open for incomming connections Your Port: XXXXX is not open for incomming connections. Visit www.portforward.com This is due to your firewall/NAT settings, the tracker was unable to connect to your torrent client port. visit the above url and lookup your router brand and model and open the port, as uploading is just as importain as downloading. Close Your Download privileges have been removed Your Download privileges have been removed This is due to your anoying the users/staff and not sharing so untill you fallow the pm instructions and do what is asked. you will not be able to download Close Passkey Does Not Match Account IP For Passkey Passkey Does Not Match Account IP This happens when your ip changes from what we have on your account profile. Simple way to solve this is to re-visit here then do a force update/update tracker on your client. We have also added a server ip field in the profile area to allow dedicated boxes that you seed/download from. Just add the ip info of that box and your good to go Close Account Status: Warned Account Status: Warnned. 1 Torrent Download Limit.... This happens when you have been warned by the system or staff members. you then are restricted to 1 torrent download. this does not effect uploading thou some users have reported they are unable to upload while downloading. to resove that issue. stop your current AZT torrent and reseed/upload 1 torrent at a time untill the tracker starts the countdown then its ok to do the next reseed/upload, so on and so forth. then you can continue to download the torrent you have stopped Close PassKey No Longer Exists, Redownload The Torrent PassKey No Longer Exists, Redownload The Torrent You passkey was reset by you or the system and you are using a old torrent file that has your old passkey attached. download the new torrent file and use the existing data in your download folder Close Banned Torrent Client Or Is Outdated Banned Torrent Client Or Is Outdated This happens when staff feels the torrent client you are using is faulty or the project team of that torrent client in question could not ne bothered to provide it with its own agent id and uses the bittorrent-x.x.x version string rather then being unique. as many clients use the same version string or agent id as its also known and thus getting banned. don't complain to the staff. but send a email to the dev team and ask em to change the version string/agent id Close Port: XXXXX is blacklisted Port: XXXXX is blacklisted The current port your torrent client is using has been blacklisted as the port in question should not ever be used to begin with Close Hit And Run Warned Ah, So the system nailed ya? Well heres the deal. The system looks for users that have stopped a torrent 12 hours or more ago with a torrent ratio under 0.40. If you are found having such you will have a 7 day download limit applied to your account. At witch time you can only download one torrent at a time. You can remove this warning for seeding the torrent non-stop for 6 hours or more. It will then remove the warning. But it will cycle again and again untill you reach the min 0.40 on that torrent where you have been warned. Donors do not get warning for 30 days. If you no longer have the files. You can donate or wait the 7 days out. Up to you This is here as we have a problem with people leaving torrents after they completed Close Audio Formats and File Extensions There is no data on the CD when it is burned (AKAI/Roland/Emu/K2k ) AKAI/Roland/Emu/K2k format CDRoms are NOT directly readable under Windows. You must absolutely use a program that allows you to read/export the akai format to a standard format (Wav) i/e: CDXtract (www.cdxtract.com) Osmosis (www.bitheadz.com) Chicken System Translator(www.chickensys.com/translator) or your favorite sampling software that supports these formats. This is for all those amoung you that keep saying there is no data on the CD when it is burned. Close What does HYBRID mean? This is a program that has both the PC and MAC installation files included. Close What is a VSTi ? VSTi (virtual studio technology instrument) was developed by Steinberg as a Universal platform for soft synths and samplers.   Not all the companies bought into it. Cubase and Nuendo use it extensively.  You may also hear about VST2 and VSTi2 plugins.  VST2 is simply an extension of the VST format. These pass on more parameters to the host for automation. Are PC VSTs and VSTi compatible on Macs?  Always assume the answer is no unless the developer makes it clear. If they made a Mac version, they will be sure to list that.  Usually, developers will have a PC VSTi version and a Mac VSTi version, so be careful to get (and install) the right one. Usually, these days they are both on the same cd rom. Close What does DXi mean? DXi: Cakewalk, initially, did not go with VSTi, it went with DXi, which is based on Microsoft direct X code.  Today, however, they have relented an allow use of VSTis with Sonar in a shell.   DXi's cannot be run on Macs. Close What does AU stand for? AU, short for Audio Units, refers to a format developed by Apple for Mac OS 10.x  Because there is support in Apple's operating system, AU is used by many Mac sequencers and audio applications, and is the major supported format in LogicPro. Important note: Just because Logic favors AU does not mean it will run all Audio Unit Plugins. As of Logic 7, Apple got stricter.  Logic only supports AUs that follow Apple's guidelines and not all of them do.  This is Apple's way of forcing plugin developers to follow the rules it developed.  Its a good thing, as the Audio Units that do pass are less likely to crash Logic. Close What does the "i" stand for on VSTi and DXi .....? You see VST, then VSTi, then DX and DXi.  The "i" stands for "instrument", like a softsynth or sampler to distinguish it from a plugin processor, like a compressor, reverb or delay. Close What does MAS mean? MAS refers to plugins that work with the MOTU Audio System in Digital Performer (Mac only), which can also use VSTi, AU and ReWire.  You'll note that fewer plugins support MAS, and that's because MOTU DP users can use AU as well as MAS. Close What does RTAS? RTAS is the format used by Digidesign, the maker of Pro Tools LE, which comes bundled with the popular Digi 002 interface. RTAS will also work in Pro Tools M-Powered, which works with M-audio interfaces.  RTAS plugins, however, will not work in Logic, Cubase or Sonar.     Close What is Rewire? Rewire, is a scheme that pipes digital audio from Reason and Rebirth, Project 5 and Ableton's Live to other sequencers.  It basically allows you to run a sequencer inside of a another sequencer.  Its not a plugin per se, but because many soft synths use Rewire I include it here. Close What is a Plugin Wrapper? A plugin wrapper usually refers to a software device that fools a host (i.e., the sequencer) into using formats that would be incompatible without it. For example, in a VSTi to DXi shell you can run VSTis and the sequencer will treat them as DXis.  Through the use of wrappers, Sonar users can use VSTis and Logic Users can use VSTis.  Without a wrapper, Logic can only use AUs and Sonar (up to version 4) can only use DXis and Pro Tools LE not use VSTs.   There are some disadvantages to using wrappers.  If the wrapper does not convert and pass on the data perfectly, there could be problems.  Remember: Bad plugins crash sequencers. Close Donating & Upgrades How Does This Work? Donating allows one to remove all types of warns and bans on a account. but beware that if you let the same thing happen again. You might be back at square one. What does my donation do?. Simple. It helps us with the running costs of our servers on a per month base. Close Upgrade With Donation We have 5 donation methods. 3 automated and 2 manual. Depending on your account status all or some of these methods will be made available to you. Using 1 of the 3 automated methods is recommended for instant upgrade. But we understand some circumstances and provided 2 manual methods for you. Manual methods are checked once a day. Close Upgrading Without Donating Well quick and simple really. Upload untill your modem fries Close Upgrade Levels There is 9 classes (levels) To gain a level requires 1.4 ratio and XX GB Uploaded. You can loose a level if under 0.90. Each level reached or lost will add or subtract invite credits and later down the road with apply max torrent per class 0 GB = Level 0 30 GB = Level 1 60 GB = Level 2 90 GB = Level 3 120 GB = Level 4 150 GB = Level 5 180 GB = Level 6 210 GB = Level 7 350 GB = Level 8 Close Donation Completed. No Upgrade This is a rare issue and will require manual investigation. Please open a support ticket and include to your best knowledge how you went about the donation process and the end result or error. Close I Don't Own A Credit Card. How To Donation? No Problem.. Have you considered a pre-paid mastercard or Visa?. Or you can use one of the manaul methods Below are some confirmed used pre-paid cards Moneymart Canada:  http://www.moneymart.ca/titaniumcards/ Splash Card Canada/USA: http://www.myplash.com Western Union World Wide: http://www.westernunion.com/info/osPrepaidMC.asp Moneymart USA: http://moneymart.com/MM/visa.asp Loan Mart USA: http://moneymart.com/MM/visa.asp The Money Shop UK: http://www.moneyshop.tv/titanium-cashplus-mastercard/ Or Do A Google Search For... Prepaid Mastercard or Prepaid Visa for your country Close Does my email address have to match the payment method Nope, We do not require the emails matching your AZT account and the email from the payment address Close Miscellaneous Signup Common issues are that I Signed Up But Got No Email, This can happen once in a while and the common issue is mistyped address, expired email address, spam settings, junk mail settings. Make sure to whitelist No-Reply@AudioZoneTorrents.com for an allowed sender. Also if you see a message from our site that is in a junk folder select the option that does not class it as junk as we do not sell emails to anyone and your email address is used to contact you via messages from users/mod and general options within the site. If you do not want to receive emails from the site and rather the personal message box that fine just unselect email notfication within the user account profile options located at the top left. As for not receiving the email. you will have to wait 24 hours and try again as then the system will delete your pending account Close How To Delete My Account? http://audiozonetorrents.com/deleteme.php Close How to keep messages sent by others Simple, store the message in your saved folder and it will never be deleted as all message only last 2 weeks and then are removed. Close What ports should I use? The default ports are 6881-6889. But that does not mean to say that you have to or should use them. Some ISP's throttle bandwidth on these ports, and some trackers have banned them because of that. So choose a port of your own between 40,000 and 60,000. In order to change the port all you need to do is choose a port. Now open them up in your router or firewall as covered above, and then change the settings in your client to reflect the new ports being used. Each client is different so I can't really go into detail here. Current Black listed ports are : TCP-UDP 411 TCP-UDP 413 TCP-UDP 1214 TCP-UDP 4662 TCP-UDP 6346 TCP-UDP 6347 TCP-UDP 6699 6881 through 6889 are blacklisted as well Close How Do I Configure My Firewall For BitTorrent? There are two types of Firewall, a Software Firewall and a Hardware Firewall, like a router for example. Both will need to be configured in order for you to use BitTorrent. Hardware Firewalls and Routers Routers have what is called NAT - Network Address Translation. Put simply it means that it will block all incoming connection attempts unless it is told otherwise. This means you need to open some ports. But you also need to do more than that, you also need to forward the ports. This is where the 'Translation' bit comes in. Your router has 'ownership' of your (real) WAN* IP address and each PC connected to it is issued with a LAN** IP address. You need to tell the router that when traffic comes in on a certain port or port range it should let through and send it to your PC's LAN IP. Here is a visual guide on how I set up my Router - it should help. Static IP You will also need to set up a static IP address. As mentioned, the router issues each PC connected to it with a LAN IP address. This can change however, for example when you reboot your PC. Imagine that your pc has the LAN IP of 192.1.11.23. So you forward the BitTorrent ports to 192.1.11.23. Then you reboot your machine and when it comes back on, its LAN IP has changed to 192.1.11.24. Your port forwarding isn't going to work anymore as the ports aren't being forwarded to your PC anymore. This is why you need to set up a Static IP, it gives your PC it's own permanent LAN IP. It'll never change, so the port forwarding will work! Remember to do it on every pc that connects to the network. *WAN = Wide Area Network - the internet basically **LAN = Local Area Network - your internal network of PC's This website will help you configure your router and set up a static IP. It covers nearly all of the routers available and also provides step by step instructions for common applications. www.portforward.com Software Firewalls A software firewall will work one of two ways, it will either imitate a hardware firewall and block all traffic on all ports unless told otherwise; or it will only allow specified applications access to the internet. The Windows XP firewall works on port configurations, and something like Zone Alarm works by granting programs access. Set your software up as the documintaion says. Close Why can't I log out? This happends from time to time where a member will try to log out and nothing happends. To resolve this you need to clear your "cookies" first that you will be able to log out. Close Ratio Wire To use ratio wire, enter in the username of the user who you would like to send the XX amount of upload amount to. the end user would have to accept it via his/her ratio wire settings located in the profile area of the site. during a pending ratio wire the ammount is taking from the sender account and held untill the user accepts. if the user declines then the ammount is returned to the sender account. Close My Password Does Not Work Visit http://audiozonetorrents.com/recover.php and a email will be sent that will provide you with a new password. You can of course change it after you fallow the above steps. Close I'm Banned Well that sucks. You can donate to get back in as making a new account only gets you banned again for having a second account. Close Can I access the Chat Box through IRC Yes you can Download an IRC client like mIRC AudioZoneTorrents Server information is: Server irc.audiozonetorrents.com Port - 6667 Channel - #Lobby Close Requests & Offers You can request a torrent that my not be on here yet. please try to fill the description as  detailed as posible so others do not fill your request with the wrong platform for example. Offers, You can offer a torrent if you feel unsure if anyone would like to download it. Apon 5 votes you will get a pm about filling the offer. However if you wish to share will less the 5 votes and more then 1 vote you may do so, just do not forget to fill the offer as voters are sent a pm when you fill the request Close How To Upload Failed To Select Torrent File Location You forgot to select where the torrent file was on your computer Close Failed To Add Torrent Description As No NFO Was Uploaded You didn't add a description about the torrent file as no nfo file was uploaded. Here we require you to have a nfo or describe what it is your are uploading regardless of the torrent name. Copy and paste the description from the website. We don't care as long as you tell us what it is Close Hmm, Seems The Torrent File Is Not A .torrent You probly uploaded something that wasn't a torrent file by mistake Close Hmm, Seems The NFO File Is Not A .nfo You prob uploaded another file by mistake. It happens, Make sure that text file is nfo extension Close Hmm, Seems The Torrent File Is Larger Then A rare thing that happens, But we only allow torrent files and nfo files if they are not greater then 1mb. If you get this error then you could be uploading the source files rather then the torrent files or nfo. I've seen this happen a few times lol Close Hmm, Seems The Torrent File Is Less Then Well this is a no brainer. Whatever you uploaded was less then 1Kb. Close Unable To Obtain Folder Name We have enforced a sharing method design that no longer allows single file uploads without being in a folder with some proper naming My.Files.zip    will fail /My.Files/My.Files.zip will pass as its in a folder Close Shared Files Are Not In A Subfolder Called Same as anwer above. You tried to upload files without them being in a directory Close The File is not compressed or a allowed We don't allow single file extensions that are not zip,rar,nfo,txt. Saves us working looking for this as well Close Web Server Load Average: 0.78 | MySQL Server Load Average: 0.02 AudioZoneTorrents.com Source v1.8.9 Based On TBDev Direct Site Admin Contact: