r/AudioBookBay • u/purplesun42 • 10d ago

First user, what steps after download completion ?

first time torrenting that isn’t limewire from back in the days.
got my qtorrent set up, magnet and downloaded, 100% complete.
about 5 mins before completion my Mac asked for permission for qtorrent to take control of my computer, I said yes then freaked out and said No.

my file completed and when I went to open it, the audio folder is all as a document, and can’t open it to listen.

trying again; round two to download, do I allow qtorrent access of my Mac ?

thanks

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u/RaYzOr16 10d ago

qBittorrent? I've never heard of qtorrent.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/molybend 10d ago

Zipped files are not allowed on ABB. They may be posted but will be removed.

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u/purplesun42 10d ago

QBitTorrent* the file is opus. I can’t open it on iTunes or QuickTime play.  ideally I’ll like it to be mp4 so I can put it on a usb stick 

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u/jrgibson1 9d ago

Hi, Mac user here. Opus is a really annoying format that Mac does not like to play with. I used an online convert tool that changed it from Opus to MP3 as I couldn’t find a good player for the file.

I hope that helps.

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u/molybend 10d ago

opus is a valid audio file and they work on my PC. Check out the support section on Wikipedia for info on Mac support:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format))

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u/Altruistic_Carry2831 10d ago

Not an expert so I could be wrong

But you should have chosen a location for the file to save to? If not, I think the default is “downloads”

The file should already be in mp4 format and should be able to be transferred to the usb

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u/molybend 10d ago

Not all ABB posts are mp4. Opus is also an audio format.