The Tour of Gondwana: Slideshows
I hope that you will enjoy these slideshows from each of the five Stages of The Tour of Gondwana, my global bicycle Tour. I enjoy making them almost as much as going on the tour itself, and I would like as many people as possible to be able to view them as well.
What you need to watch the shows:
- A BitTorrent Client installed on your PC:
A BitTorrent Client is a small, usually free, program that allows you download files from other users using the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorreent is currently the most efficient way to distribute large files over the Net. As of January 02005 some popular clients are "Azureus" (my fav); "BitTornado"; "TorrentStorm"; "BitComet"; and the "official Bittorent Client". If you do not have one of these already, just Google the program name, or "bittorrent client", download and install the program, and you're good to go. Then just click on the Donload Link at the bottom of this page to go to the Tracker page where the Torrent links are located. There are also many tutorials on the Web for BitTorrent if you have trouble.
- A Broadband Internet Connection:
The shows are large avi files, probably between 700 and 1,500 MB. While it is technically possible to download over a dial-up modem, it could take weeks to do so.
- A reasonably fast PC:
The shows are high resolution (640 x 480) avi video with a fairly high bitrate. I have now switched to using the XVID codec to reduce the file sizes somewhat. You will need to have the codec installed on your PC in order to see the video. If you don't have it yet, just look on the Web (like HERE), it's small and free. Just be sure to switch to FullScreen for the best effect :-)
My views on use of the files:
- Keep a copy on your hard disk? Sure!
- Burn a copy(s) on dvd and send to someone else? Great!
- Post the Torrent on another BitTorrent site? Cool!
- Share via one of the other P2P systems (Kazaa, eDonkey, etc.)? Of Course!
- Modify the content of the files (including re-encoding)? Please don't do this!
OK, Here are the Links to the Files:
Click On the "Download" link to go to the download page, torrents for each show will be posted there as they become available. Click the link for the show you are interesed in, save the torrent on your hard drive, and the download will begin.
Note: BitTorrent works best when users continue to seed the files for a while after they have finished downloading. Please help others out and keep the client open as long as possible after you have the file.
Stage 1
Availability: NOW SEEDING (This is a Re-encoded version of the same show that was originally posted in December '05. If you have already seen that version, don't download this one as the content is exactly the same.)
Video Length:2 hours, 21 minutes
File Size:1.31 GB
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 1- xvid.avi; Stage 1 Commentary.pdf
Download Torrent HERE
Stage 2
Availability: NOW SEEDING
Video Length:2 hours, 54 minutes
File Size:1.62 GB
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 2 - xvid.avi; Stage 2 Commentary.pdf
Download Torrent HERE
Stage 3
Availability: NOW SEEDING
Video Length:2 hours, 29 minutes
File Size:1.4 GB
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 3 - xvid.avi; Stage 3 Commentary.pdf
Download Torrent HERE
Stage 4
Availability: After ~ November '07
Video Length:
File Size:
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 4.avi; Stage 4 Commentary.pdf
Download Torrent HERE
Stage 5
Availability: After ~ February '08
Video Length:
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Codec: MS MPEG4 v2 (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 5.avi; Stage 5 Commentary.pdf
Download Torrent HERE
Enjoy!
~Mike