.torrent files are not the actual video files. You open up the torrent in a BitTorrent client to download the video file. The video file that you download can then be opened usually in any common video viewer.

Matt will you be watching BB08 ?

Not .AVI

Yes. - I can't wait :wink:

How will you be watching it?

I know but they won't play on Windows Media Player and I can't convert them to any other type besides avi so I'm wondering am I able to play them on Real Player rather than WMP?

Awesome ! I guess it's your first series isn't it ?

Are you trying to convert .torrent files? Those aren't video files - .torrent files are simply a way to download other files.

So how do I play them? I recently switched PCs so I'm still finding it hard to discover things again.

Yeah to get the video you have to download it on either a Bittorrent client...seems logical lol

I think I might know your problem now - provided you have downloaded the files properly. Try downloading the DivX codec. Head on over to http://www.divx.com to get it - that should fix your problem.

If you're trying to play .torrent files and not .avi files, it won't work - get a bittorrent client, like BitTorrent or UTorrent, and open your torrent in them to download the files.

If it's neither of those then I'm out of ideas...

Matt how are you watching BB08

Thanks I'm dowloading it now so we'll see what happens. I hope I don't come off as a complete dunce lol!

Yep, this will be my first series - and it seems a good time to get into it whilst all these big changes are being made!

Matt how are you watching the new series

OK I Have it. But which of these do I click on to play torrents: Codec, Converter, Player or WebPlayer?

Yes it's the good series to get introduced. Seriously, if BB08 fails then good bye BB Australia, it's the last chance of all ! So yeah, pretty much everything changed...well we all hope !

By torrents like all of them will - or Matt has channel Ten at home lol

You should just be able to play in Windows Media Player now.

I would just like Matt to tell me because i have a feeling he is watching it the same way as me

so Matt how are you watching the new series

Without having to convert files or nothing?

Nope.

If it STILL isn't working then the only logical explanation I can think of is that you are playing torrents and not video files.

If this is the case, download BitTorrent or uTorrent, and open the torrents in there to download the video files.

Ok I have BitTorrent and have put a torrent into it. It says its downloading is that what it should be doing?

Yes :)

The torrent is downloading the video file to your computer. When it is finished downloading it will have saved a video file somewhere on your computer - THIS is the file that you open in Windows Media Player.

This is what you should do with all .torrent files.

Thanks you've been a BIG help. But its been dowloading for ten minutes now and hasn't got past 0%. Is this normal?