Admin! Can you post the Angel Beats! 1080p Hi10p by Doki? You can post them one by one... not in a rush. Thx

I know they do DDLs, but they NEVER upload their avis to MediaFire (even though they could), which is why I love AnimeTosho...

EDIT: Oh and yes I have asked them before about uploading their .avis to MediaFire, they said NO.

Well, thanks for enlightening me. Now i can see the big picture and the constraints that u are facing. Also thanks for the alternatives, appreciate them. Hope this site can stay around. =D

I see. Unfortunately though, it's not quite so simple. Bandwidth is generally more limited by transferred amount (e.g. quota) rather than realtime line usage, because the server is on a shared pipe as opposed to a dedicated link (this also means I can't really gauge when it's "idle"). Unmetered dedicated links are expensive unfortunately, and I don't really have the funds for it :(
That's probably the main issue. There's a few other minor things, such as disk space consumption, but I think I could work around it.
I'll probably need a new server to handle batches (and a good one at that, considering how large they generally are).

Oh, and if I do enable batches, it'll be for newer stuff only; old batches won't get fetched (unless they're resubmitted). As for your suggestion to fetch arbitrary torrents, I don't really think I can be a free torrent fetch type service (which is probably bound to fail anyway - once people start finding it and submitting heaps of stuff for fetching, the queue will grow huge and you'll be back to week long waits). You'll probably get more luck begging someone on a forum or seeing if anyone will set up a free torrent fetch service for you. Perhaps even share a seedbox amongst a few people. Have never really searched for seedboxes, but you can probably find a decent VPS for around $5/mo; although most won't allow torrents, you might get lucky.

There are possible ways you can try looking into to get around ISP blocks, such as enabling encryption etc - do a search on that if you haven't already.

AnimeSenshi.com looks like they do DDLs - have you tried searching their site?
You'll probably get more luck asking them just to put up DDL links for you.
Otherwise request in their forums and see if someone is willing to help you.

That is the only free torrent to HTTP download service i know, but the wait time for me range from hours to days, worst is weeks. The queuing time is very long. I suppose is due to the larger number of files to be processed. Premium is something i can't afford unfortunately.

Torrific.com is pretty good. I usually use it.

You can leech tor 10GB/24h + 3min wait time for free account, $10/month for unlimited transferral.

Oh so it has to be on TokyoTosho, that sucks...maybe I should get AnimeSenshi to upload their .avi re-encodes to TokyoTosho as well then.

(doubt they'll listen to a newb like me)

Actually by torrents, I'm referring more to batch torrents that are relatively huge in file size (5-20GB) if they could be processed when the server is idling during off-peak hours so as to maximize the usage of the server. In view of this, i was wondering if you could setup a submit system where people can submit batch torrents(Anime/Recent) so the server can process it during off-peak hours when it is idling and would not cause any issues for normal operation of the site. I hope i am more specific and clearer in my explanation.

Basically i couldn't find many torrent fetcher services, even if i did, most of them are quite expensive by my standard and i definitely can't afford a seedbox. Also, the fundamental reason I prefer DDL to torrent is that my ISP has a set in place restrictions on torrenting so i am resorted to DDL for more efficient downloading of files. I'm just a poor lecher. >_<

I get the same from TokyoTosho: http://tokyotosho.info/search.php?term...nimeSenshi
If it's not there, it definitely won't be on here.

Maybe might include Nyaa in future, but for now am sticking to TokyoTosho.

That seems reasonable :P.

By the way, one more question, why do I get zero search results when I search for AnimeSenshi?

(I would love to get MediaFire links of AnimeSenshi .avi re-encodes)

Example: http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=252598

Filename: [WhyNot] Nurarihyon no Mago - Sennen Makyou - 14 [XviD-AnimeSenshi].avi

We used to upload to EmbedUpload which does send to Fileserve/Filesonic [example file] but at the moment, the service is causing issues (it's throwing lots of errors) so it has been disabled.
Hoping to enable it in the future, but only after issues are sorted (if ever...).

If you do know of a decent and reliable multi-uploader, I'm willing to look into it.

I like forums myself and want to put one up, but on the other hand, I'm not a fan of putting up something that hardly anyone would use (take a look at the TokyoTosho forums). I'll probably set one up in the future anyway.

Thanks.

You can submit torrents to TokyoTosho and if it's in the Anime category and not considered a file that is excluded, it'll appear here.

If you just want to get a DDL for a torrent for yourself, I think it's better to look for one of those torrent fetcher services (I know ImageShack used to have a limited free torrent mirror service, but if you do a search, you should probably be able to find a few) or get a seedbox if you don't mind paying for something better.
If you want others to download it as well, you're probably better off posting it to TokyoTosho anyway since it gets more exposure there.

Taking the above into consideration, I didn't really think that a submission feature was that necessary. Perhaps I could link to TokyoTosho's torrent submission page if that would help anyone wishing to submit anything.
Or is there something I missed?

Thanks for your feedback.

Thanks :)

At the moment no. This is some kludgy script I put together so that people could actually comment.
I'm hoping to replace it with something better, which hopefully will incorporate nicer features, though this isn't a priority at the moment unfortunately.

Maybe if I add a forum (see below comments) I'll get rid of this feedback page; forums generally have some sort of avatar system.

Great site, a few suggestions:
- Add fileserve/Filesonic somehow, they're pretty popular nowadays (mainly fileserve)
- Some forum would be nice

You're doing a great job, keep it up!

I was wondering if we could submit torrents to be processed? Maybe admin could have a submit system where individuals can submit the torrents they want to be processed and admin can then decide to approve it or reject the submission. Of course this is in consideration that it is could be done during which the server is least busy so as to maximize the usage of server and to benefit most of us lechers. =P Hope you can take my suggestion into consideration and develop a more well-rounded service for everyone. That said, I would like to say thanks for the current system as it is really efficient and awesome in terms of simplicity and diversity. My deepest gratitude.

Thanks for always providing MediaFire and MegaUpload Links :), I love you guys :D!

By the way, any chance of us getting to use avatars/icons in feedback, like gravatar or sumthin? ^_^

Is it the Government doing the blocking? That sounds interesting, especially since MediaFire is quite well known.
I'm in no such country so I have absolutely no idea about file host blocking. My guess is that it would probably be more likely that the file host itself does the blocking (possibly because they can't earn ad revenue in your country?).

same bro... hate the government for blocking a lot of famous file hosting service... missed MU

<Never mind>

So you're saying that Doki's Angel Beats! 1080p 10 bit batches are not going to be posted? Guess i have to torrent / find MF links manually.

AKA you are :P

That's a pity. Guess i'll have to torrent them slowly. Thanks anyway =)

It doesn't take all files at the moment unfortunately.
Due to limited server bandwidth, I'm currently skipping batch files - this includes files in the Anime category that looks like a batch.
It does take anything under 1.5GB though, and will skip anything that's obsessively large (like >12GB).

Ideally I'd do these in the future, but that will depend on whether I can finance another server for processing. Hope this answer helps.

Hi, i was wondering why didnt bluray releases that appeared in cat 1 TT was not found on this site. To be more specific would be Doki's Angel Beat(720p Hi10p) and Coalgirls' To aru majutsu no Index II(720). If possible can u upload them?

I intend to re-enable it in the future. At the moment, it's causing some severely long delays with everything else - in fact the upload queue has been growing because of it. Now that it's disabled, finally the queue has become shorter.

I can't say exactly what's making it slow - all I can see from logs is that it's sometimes taking absurdly long to upload a file. I'll see what I can do to resolve the issue.

Will wait for MF link

You added fileserve only in embedupload, but it's the best, is it okay for your server and other related things to enable it for future releases ?

i want Mediafire link please .
Megaupload was blocked in Malaysia ='(

Thank you. Its greatly appreciated :)

This mirrors files posted on TokyoTosho, so if groups decide to do similar things to Hi10, and they post it to the Anime section of TT, it'll probably appear here.

:)

New level? I'm ready to take it on!

I've put those mentioned episodes at the front of the upload queue, so hopefully they get processed sooner than later.

Unfortunately, it's a bit more problematic than that. ~16 minutes for 200MB is about average IF there are no errors. But MF likes to throw errors now and then (like dropping the connection for no particular reason) so the script does retry uploading; it usually works after one retry.
Also, the average file size is closer to 300MB than 200MB.

I've put recently mentioned files at the front of the queue, so they should be processed sooner. Hopefully that helps you, though it won't solve the global issue of MF being slow at the moment.

Thanks for including Hi10 Anime group's re-encoded versions. Would appreciate if you included more groups like this. Their small file sizes are sure win if we want to keep the files in our hard drives for a long time. Again, thanks!

Never mind... Just found your reply to austinjklim... Will wait another day (I have waited 24 hours already :))

Hi

I have a question. Have you stopped uploading files to mediafire? I have looked for the latest episode of Hunter x Hunter (2), Phi Brain (2)and Ben to (1) and  ALL versions of these do NOT have the anime uploaded onto Mediafire. The fact that you guys had these on mediafire is the ONLY reason I was using your website. Links on servers like megaupload, hotfile and fileserve are a dime a dozen and don't work on my internet connection T_T

This is such an amazing site for anime downloads. I wish have found u sooner. U just made downloading a whole lot easier. This brings us to a new level eh? Haha. That said, Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback. At least I know the files are being uploaded as we speak. From my point of view, 87 x 200mb = 17gb of files.
For downloading a 200mb file with a speed of average 100kbps is 30min. Uploading a 200mb file with speed of 200kbps is 15min.
87 files x 15min = 21.75 hours.
That's about a day. That's one SUPER LONG queue.
Well never mind. It's not like the its the end of the world.
Thanks for your time, Admin.

Unfortunately, MediaFire is a great host to download from for free, but it sucks for uploading to, at least from the server.
I typically only get around 200KB/s upload speeds to MF, from the server, which means that it can take a while for stuff to be sent there. The file you mention (as well as all the other recently commented ones) are in the queue; at the time of writing, there's 87 files stuck in the upload queue, so give it some time to process. It seems that there's an unusually high number of files submitted today, which is probably contributing to the issue.

I may be able to increase MF upload speeds by using multiple servers, but unfortunately I'm on a tight budget.
The other thing I've noted about MF is that it seems to have a relatively high failure rate (that is, it spits errors when I try to upload there) - I've got some measures to try to lessen the impact, but I can't fully get away from it.

I wish I could help you more, but this is all that I can do for now. All I can say is either wait for it, or ask someone else to mirror the file.
There usually aren't so many files posted in one day, so I'm hoping things go back to normal soon.

Thank you for all the amazing uploads, AnimeTosho.
BTW, there is some uploads where you didn't provide MF links. For example, Fate/Zero Ep 2 by UTW. Your time will be much appreciated if you upload it to MF. Sorry but the only file hosting service that fast and available in my country(malaysia) is MF. Other service like MU is blocked.



Thank you.

*brain fart* Why did I never think of using a strike-through? Thanks for that - done!

Files aren't uploaded to accounts, so no points get accumulated. There's a few reasons for this:
- most hosts limit the amount of storage space for accounts; whereas if you don't have an account, there's no limit
- reduce server bandwidth usage by using multi file uploaders (e.g. EmbedUpload); though I'm aware that some support uploading to an account
- reduce the likeliness of mass file deletion by the host - if it's all uploaded to the same account, deleting all files uploaded by the user becomes trivial
- payout from those host loyalty programs probably isn't worth the effort

As for costs, there really isn't too much. There's two main components to this website: an updater script (which pulls torrents and uploads them etc) and the front-end website script.
The update script is unlikely going to need more resources any time soon (I guess in the future, people may submit more stuff, but that'll probably take time), and even if it does, I can simply be a little more restrictive in what gets fetched (e.g. not fetch any torrent over 8GB).
The front-end website, if it gets much more popular, could need more resources, but it's fairly well optimised, and there's plenty of room for growth and further optimisation, so I'm doubting that'll be any time soon. By the way, I'm also being cheapskate in a number of places, for example, screenshots are hosted on free image hosts and don't consume any of my bandwidth XD

So thanks for wishing that this site stay around - I'm hoping so too, after all, I spent many months coding this and I'd hate to see it wasted. The servers + domain etc are quite cheap, and as long as I'm willing to fork out for them every month, things should be fine. If it comes down to it, I may have to resort to putting up ads to cover costs (which, considering how optimised the site is, should have no problems doing so) but I don't see that happening any time soon (plus I hate ads myself).
As for other aspects, I'd say the biggest risks may be:
- TokyoTosho goes away
- File hosts either disappear or make automated uploading very difficult (i.e. require a CAPTCHA to be filled in every time you upload something)
- Some other major change in sites that this script depends on

In the end, costs probably aren't too much of a threat to the lifetime of this website.

Instead of just red if an upload fails, how about red and a strike through, there will always be people who get confused but maybe it will lower the percentage over the years.

On a side note out of pure curiosity, do you break even through all the download points you accumulate from the file hosting services?  I am just hoping this site helps pay for itself down the road as I wish for its longevity.

Thank you sir, this is the most valuable anime source on the web.

Thanks for pointing that out.
Actually, this is going to be a tough one to get the auto-categorisation algorithm to differentiate between :/ I'll see if I can do a rough hack for now.

Sir, new releases of Hunter X Hunter should be (2011), not (1999)...

yea, I've noticed by the time that new color's contrast is better for me at least, so thanks for trying your best :P

New season needs a new look! :D

Thanks for EmbedUpload, it's nice to have a lot of mirrors.

P.S: your new color looks cool now!, dunno why it's changed, but it's better :D

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