FAQ

1. What is Vertor?
2. What are torrents and how to download them?
3. Who are seeders/leechers?
4. What is a public/private tracker?
5. How legal is it to download torrents?
6. How do I increase the download speed?
7. Which torrent client is better?
8. How do I remember all those different formats of files?
9. How to burn data on a CD/DVD that will be playable in my home player?
10. What do these media icons mean?
11. I can't understand ANYTHING! Why this all is so complex?

What is Vertor?

VERTOR (VERified TORrents) is the new generation torrent site that provides users with links to verified torrent files. All the torrents collected here were checked for viruses, passwords, DRM protection and more. Music files were cut to give users the option of preview, screenshots for video files were made. All the files here are 100% verified and safe to download! If you want to know more, click here.

What are torrents and how to download them?

Torrent is the common name for torrent file (file with extension .torrent). Torrents are special metadata files directing to users that have certain data. After loading torrent file in a special program (torrent client), it is able to connect to all users with the prescribed data and download it.

Who are seeders/leechers?

A seed is a client that has a complete copy of the data of a certain torrent. A leecher is a client that is currently downloading the data of a torrent. A leecher does not have the complete file, otherwise it would be called a seed or a seeder.

What is a public/private tracker?

A torrent tracker is a service on the internet that assists in the communication between torrent clients. When you open a torrent file, your machine contacts the tracker and asks for a list of seeds and leechers to connect to. A private tracker is a tracker which requires registration at the website before you can use the torrent. Such trackers sometimes check for users' IP during connection as well. Public trackers do not require registration to allow visitors to download however may provide additional feartures after registration. Vertor is a public tracker.

How legal is it to download torrents?

It is legal to download torrent files. However they may link to copyrighted material which may be illegal to download and/or upload. It depends on a country. If you do not want any problems with national and international laws, it is advised not to download any copyrighted content.

How do I increase the download speed?

There are lots of tricky ways to get your torrent running faster. Easiest ways to do it are following:

• Get the latest stable version of your torrent client program.
• Set the torrent port somewhere between 50,000 and 60,000 and allow it in your firewall and antivirus software.
• Set the limit for uploads as they affect your download speed.

Which torrent client is better?

There are dozens of torrent client applications. There is probably no "the one" or "the best" application, so here is the list of the most popular ones:

• BitComet (www.bitcomet.com)
• BitTornado (bittornado.com)
• BitTorrent (www.bittorrent.com)
• LimeWire (limewire.com)
• uTorrent (utorrent.com)
• Vuze (azureus.sourceforge.net)
• Deluge (deluge-torrent.org)

There are also built-in torrent clients in Opera browser and FlashGet download manager.

You can compare torrent clients here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients

How do I remember all those different formats of files?

There are lots of differens formats of audio/video files, documents and archives! You don't have to remember all of them. For your convenience, we put a corresponding icon near each file in the torrent.

How to burn data on a CD/DVD that will be playable in my home player?

You should use programs like Ahead Nero, Roxio Easy CD/DVD Creator or any other burning software. You should create a project that is called something like Audio CD or DVD (NOT Data CD, MP3 CD, Data DVD, MP3 DVD) and the program will convert the data to a necessary format automatically. Also remember to burn data to CDs and DVDs that are supported by your player. Some players don't play CD-RW or DVD+R.

What do these media icons mean?

• Text - The torrent contains a document.
• Audio - A music file is in the torrent.
• Video - There's a video inside the torrent.
• Image - The torrent includes image files.
• Archive - The torrent includes archive files.

If you see multiple icons by the torrent name then it contains many files of various formats.

I can't understand ANYTHING! Why this all is so complex?

There is a special feature for those who just cant figure everything out. When you find the desired torrent, just press "Download from the web" button. It will open up a new browser window with the applet that allows to download torrent files at just one click straight from your browser.