Editional in regards to the cops tv show pack, please read for some useful tips and tricks.
First things first.
I recommend everybody who downloads this to use a vpn.
Not that I would suspect any oh crap letters from isp's, but it's definitely better to be safe than sorry.
also, if you check the reddit post, you'll note that you're asked to forward ports. However, I haven't done this, and when I tried, nothing worked, so downloading shouldn't be impacted by not forwarding ports.
Also Note that as this has to be obtained via torrent, I recommend using q bittorrent for windows, mac etcetera. However, all tips should be able to be applied with any client, as they pretty much do the same thing.
Anyhow, for those who take on the task of downloading and for those who use q bitorrent, if you're using a spinning harddrive which is what's recommended with an archive this large, when adding the magnet to your torrent client, make sure to check the box on the enicial torrent options screen after hitting download that's labeled, Download in sequencial Order, providing that this option exists for your prefered client. It might be labeled differently for eatch client. Leave everything else as it is.
Also, in q bittorrent, under the connections section under options, set maxamum upload slots from 20 to 10. this keeps your drive from being pinned at 100percent, and the pack will download faster.
Another tip for better performance decreasing disk loads.
Feel free to check your upload speeds once the download gets going, I gave it about 10 minutes. But for instants, when downloading, if you notice that your upload speeds are maxing out at 1.0mbps, under the speed section within options, set your upload limit to anywhere between 200 and 500mbps. upload speeds do very from user to user, so feel free to set your speeds acordingly. I find that the client won't choke your download speedds at these numbers, and if anything you'll download faster. However, if you do notice any speed choking, set your limits back to infinity and let it do its thing.
Note that with NVDA, the speed section doesn't read correctly. However, the first limit box is your upload limit setting after you hear it say grouping.
And 1 last thing.
Once I finish downloading the pack, I'll set my upload slots back to 20 and m,y upload speeds back to infinity, and will be seedding this for as long as I can. I definitely incurrage other downloaders to do the same, as this keeps the project alive and thriving and will hopefully keep the project from becoming unseeded. However, this isn't absolutely mandatory, just had to put that out their. Sharing is caring :).
End of tips and tricks.
Well, happy cops watching!