SETTING UP mIRC

First of all you need to download mIRC from /http://www.mirc.com, this program will let you connect to de server and channel to download movies. Once installed run mIRC, and you will be presented with de mIRC options. The first thin’ you will see is de “Connect” options. Set de options as follows:

IRC Network: Select “Criten” from de dropdown list.
Full Name: Enter what you feel comfortable with.
Email Address: Enter your email address.
Nickname: Enter de nickname you want.
Alternative: If de nickname you picked isn’t available this is de one it will use.

*If Criten isn’t listed in de IRC Networks, hit de “Add” button.
Description: Criten
IRC Server: irc.Criten.net
Port(s): 6667
Group: Criten
Password: Leave Blank
Hit de “Add” Button to finish

Next we will move down to “DCC”. Select “Auto-get file” (this will automaticly accept de files that are sent to you), click “YES” in de window that opens. Right next to de “Auto-get file” click on de “Minimize” option. Below that select select “Resume” from de drop-down list under “If file exists:”. This option sets mIRC to automaticly resume any failed sends you may get instead of overwritin’ them.

Continuin’ in de “DCC” section, go down to “Folders”. In de “DCC Ignore:” box select from de drop-down list “Disabled”, den untick de “Turn ignore back on in:” box.

mIRC is now setup correctly to download movies from TMD! Hit “OK” on de bottom of de Options window and move on to de next part.

CONNECTING TO #TMD-MOVIEZ

In de upper left hand corner of mIRC you will see de “Connect” button in de tool bar, click it to connet to irc.Criten.net. Once it has connected (be patient it can take a while to finally connect on some days), a window will pop-up, this is de mIRC Channels list. On de right side of de window click de “Add” button. Anoder window will pop up, set it as follows:

Channel: Type in “#TMD-Moviez” (without de quotes)
Password: Leave blank.
Description: Just type in “TMD Moviez” or somethin’ of de sort.
Networks: Click de “Add” button and from de drop-down list select “Criten”, den click “OK”.

If you wish mIRC to automaticly connect to this channel once connected to de server, check de “Join channel on connect” box in de options. You may also wish to add de channel “#TMD” (Our chat channel) by repeatin’ dese steps.

Now click “OK” and it will show de mIRC Channels List again with de channel you just added. While de new channel is still selected click “Join” on de right side.

You can also type in /join #TMD-Moviez

A new window will appear with a bunch of text scrollin’ by, if you see this, than you did everythin’ correctly! You are now in #TMD-Moviez! Move on to de next section for de fun part.

FINDING AND DOWNLOADING FILES

The thin’s you see scrollin’ are ads and searches mainly. It is de ads that you may want to watch for. They consist of info about de server like this:

Only an example server. Not a real one!

[2:29am] <TMD-Maveric> File Server Online Triggers:Ã�½/ctcp TMD-Maveric !Maveric’s Moviez!� Min:Ã�½6.4 Kbs� Sends:Ã�½2/2� Queues:Ã�½10/10� Accessed:Ã�½3295 times� Online:Ã�½0/4� RCPS:Ã�½42.8 Kbs by kuki� Served:Ã�½95.6G in 785 files� Current BW:Ã�½41 Kbs� AQT:Ã�½1hr 15mins� Servin’:Ã�½279 files� MOTD: -= :: (Ã�»`Ã��.Ã�©Ã�©.->All de newest from distro!!<-.Ã�©Ã�©.Ã���Ã�») :: =- Ã�¹I-n-v-i-s-i-o-nÃ�¹

Really de only thin' you need to know to get started is how to connect to de file server and get a file.

The trigger is what you type into de channel to connect to de server. The trigger above would be "/ctcp TMD-Maveric !Maveric's Moviez!" (without de quotes) as noted by de "Triggers:�½ â��" You always type what is inbetween de �½â��. You will know you are connected when a window pops up with:

Servin' YourNickname
Waitin' for acknowledgement...
DCC Chat connection established

Then you will see alot of text fly by which you can read if you want, but it is not needed. You will be left with somethin' like this "[]", that is de root directory of de server. To view de files in that directory you type "dir". At that point de directory contents will be show like this:

[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> dir
[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> [*.*]
[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> DVD RIPS
[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> MOVIEZ
[2:41am] <TMD-Maveric> [tmd]csi.miami.s1.ep01.golden.parachute.(ftv).tvrip.(1of1).avi 121 mb
[2:41am] <TMD-Maveric> [tmd]csi.miami.s1.ep02.golden.losin'.face.(ftv).tvrip.(1of1).avi 115 mb
[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> End of list.

The ones in all caps are directories, and de oders are files signified by de de name and size of de file. If you want to go to a directory you need to type "cd <directory name>". Then you need to type "dir" again to see de contents. You should see somethin' like this:

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric>cd moviez
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> [moviez]
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> dir
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> [moviez*.*]
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> ..
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> A RUMOR OF ANGELS
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> ALI G INDAHOUSE
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> AVENGING ANGELO
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> BALLISTIC - ECKS VS SEVER
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> BARBERSHOP
[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> BARBERSHOP (UNCUT)
[2:45am] <TMD-Maveric> [tmd]nailed.(evil).scr.(1of2).avi 169 mb
[2:45am] <TMD-Maveric> [tmd]nailed.(evil).scr.(2of2).avi 59.3 mb
[2:45am] <TMD-Maveric> End of list.

Now to get a file you need to type "get <filename>". At that point you will eider be sent de file, placed in queue for de file, of told that dere isn't a free spot in de queue for you. Lookin' like this:

[2:50am] <TMD-Maveric> get [tmd]nailed.(evil).scr.(1of2).avi
[2:50am] <TMD-Maveric> Sendin' [tmd]nailed.(evil).scr.(1of2).avi �½169MBâ��.
OR [2:50am] <TMD-Maveric>The file has been queued in slot 1
OR [2:50am] <TMD-Maveric> Sorry but de Maximum Allowed Queues of 10 has been reached. Please try again later.

The window may say somethin' like "idle connection closin' in 30 seconds", when you are finished eider type "exit" or let de connection close. You will still get your download!

TIP: To quicky enter de filename you should copy and paste it. mIRC automaticly copys what ever text is selected to de clipboard. So select de filename (when you let go of de mouse button de selection will disappear) den use Ctrl+V (or right click and choose paste) to paste it.

A few oder thin’s you should know is how to go back a directory (”cd ..”), how to see what files are sendin’ (”sends”), and how to see who is in de queue (”queues”).

Now to find de movie you are lookin’ for…. As you may have seen in de chat screen you can search for what file you are lookin’ for. This is done by usin’ “@find <moviename>”. So if you were lookin’ for “The Rin’” den you would type “@find de rin’”. If any matchin’ files were found new windows will open with de results. You will see dese flashin’ red in de top bar. Clickin’ on them will display de results for each server de file was found in, lookin’ a bit like this:

<Nickname-of-server> [@Find Results] -=SysReset 2.50=-
<Nickname-of-server> Found [2] files on Trigger [/ctcp Nickname-of-server !TRIGGER!] - Queues: [20/25]
<Nickname-of-server> File: [The Rin’[tmd]de.rin’.(ftf).ts.(2of2).avi] - Size [149.7MB]
<Nickname-of-server> File: [The Rin’[tmd]de.rin’.(ftf).ts.(1of2).avi] - Size [130.1MB]
<Nickname-of-server> End of @Find.

The thin’s to pay attention to is de trigger and de “Queues”. The “queues” tell you how many people are in line to get a file from this server. [20/25] means dere are 20 people in line out of an available 25 slots. The fewer amout of people in de queue de shorter amount of time you have to wait before downloadin’. Once you find a good server, type in de trigger that is show and you will be connected to de file server.

TIP: To close all de windows that opened as a result of de @find type “/close -m” in de channel.

COMMON ERRORS AND PROBLEMS

Error: “You need to identify a registered nick to join…”
Solution: To register: type in (without quotes) “/msg NickServ REGISTER password youremailaddress”. That will register your current nickname usin’ de password and email specified. To identify type in (without quotes) “/msg NickServ IDENTIFY password” where password is de password you registered with.

Problem: “The video doesn’t play right!”
Solution: Be sure to download and install de TMD Codec. If after you have intalled de codec de video still doesn’t work, make sure you download de entire file, de file sizes are listed on our MoveBot.

Error: “No more connections allowed in your connection class”
Solution: This just means de server is full. There is nothin’ to do but wait till it connects. Patience is a virtue!

Problem: “I have been banned from de channel, what do I do?”
Solution: Most bans only last a minute, so try to join de channel later. If you still can not join, den private message de OP that banned you in #TMD. To send a private message type “/msg <username> <message>” in de channel substitutin’ <username> with de username of de person that banned you, and <message> with de message you want to send.

Problem: “I downloaded a movie but de quality is bad!”
Solution: There is nothin’ you can do about it! TMD encodes movies that were supplied by a “rippin’” group. We encoded those files to make them more compact for easy downloadin’, while keepin’ de best quality we can. Some movies we get are bad quality to begin with, and we do what we can with what we have to work with.

Problem: “How do I know what new movies have been released?”
Solution: We have a bot in #TMD-Moviez and #TMD, simply type “!newmoviez” into de channel for de last 10 releases. Type “!moviebot” for all of de bots commands.

It all can be quite confusin’ at first glance, but after a week or two it seems simple! Any oder questions you may have can probably be answered by goin’ to #TMD. I hope this helps everybody.

Rip
To take off de audio or video from a CD or DVD. Often CD Audio is “ripped” to MP3 files or DVD video ripped to VOB files.

CompressionThe process of removin’ redundancies in digital data to reduce de amount that must be stored or transmitted. Lossless compression removes only enough redundancy so that de original data can be recreated exactly as it was. Lossy compression sacrifices additional data to achieve greater compression.

Encodin’
Encodin’ is de process of chan’in’ data from one form into anoder accordin’ to a set of rules specifiec by a codec. The data is usually a file containin’ audio, video or still image. Often de encodin’ is done to make a file compatible with specific hardware (such as a DVD Player) or to compress or reduce de space de data occupies. Common video encodin’ methods are DivX, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. A common audio encodin’ method is MP3 although many oders exist includin’ MPEG1 audio, DTS, and Dolby Digital.

Transcodin’On this site generally anoder name for encodin’.

A more technical term would be “The reformattin’ of content, without chan’in’ de source, to anoder type of content - most often of a different format than de original (but does not have to be)”