Okay, I had a little spare time on my hands and the result is a major new version of Tracker Checker, which can be used to automatically check private torrent trackers for open signups.
It is almost completely rewritten and I have added and improved quite a lot of things, starting with the possibility to edit the tracker list within the program itself. You can also use the trackers.xml file from Tracker Checker 1.x.
Download Tracker Checker 2.0.3
Last update: 6.8.2007 at 23:19 (Tracker Checker 2 now remembers its window size / position / view setting)
Linux/Mac users:
- Get http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads
- Get Tracker Checker 2.exe and trackers.xml (put them in the same folder)
- Run the .exe file with Mono
Get into Private BitTorrent Sites with Tracker Checker 2 | TorrentFreak | 25. 07. 2007 ob 14:39 | Permalink
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APARNA | 25. 07. 2007 ob 15:21 | Permalink
Now thats I call Creativity mixed with usability. Excellent piece of software. keep up the good work.
Great thing is custom sites are also supported
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AnzeT | 25. 07. 2007 ob 15:33 | Permalink
Well done KoMar. Keep on good work.
iller | 25. 07. 2007 ob 17:10 | Permalink
Doesnt seem to work in vista home premium. it could be due to an altered xml file though i guess but it was said to work as it was. seems i get a crash at the end of the checking of the sites.
Marko | 25. 07. 2007 ob 17:27 | Permalink
The program crashes if you close it before it is done checking. I’ll fix that ASAP.
Edit: Fixed.
jinzo | 25. 07. 2007 ob 19:32 | Permalink
Upam, da z uspehom ne pride pozaba na “korenine” ? ( ciljam predvsem na podporo slovenskemu jeziku.
Drugače pa, keep up the good work ;)
CA3mo conseguir entrar en trackers privados de BitTorrent | 25. 07. 2007 ob 20:01 | Permalink
[...] La parte buena es que muchos trackers tienen un limite de usuarios, por ejemplo 100,000, entonces cuando expulsan a gente por mal comportamiento, hacer trampas, spamear, o cualquiera que sea el motivo ese nAomero baja y permiten a gente nueva registrarse. Esta claro que fijarse todos los dAas por si los registros estA!n abiertos serAa un poco pesado, entonces para eso existe Tracker Checker 2. [...]
sverde1 | 25. 07. 2007 ob 20:03 | Permalink
How about if you would make central server for checking trackers and program would connect to it and retrive cached results… because now this program uses lots of bandwidh on trackers for checking.
Marko | 25. 07. 2007 ob 20:44 | Permalink
The bandwidth and server load is minimal as it is - there is no point in making a server-side application.
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mikko | 25. 07. 2007 ob 23:00 | Permalink
opa… digg, del.icio.us hotlist… kapo dol
Filipe | 25. 07. 2007 ob 23:58 | Permalink
How about a Linux version?
Marko | 26. 07. 2007 ob 00:02 | Permalink
Linux/Mac users: 1. Get http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads 2. Run Tracker Checker 2.exe with Mono
Cum te poti inscrie pe un tracker | 26. 07. 2007 ob 02:38 | Permalink
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Mike | 26. 07. 2007 ob 05:30 | Permalink
Cool, it totally works under linux! It is kind of unstable though.
Too bad this project isn’t open source.
Marko | 26. 07. 2007 ob 13:49 | Permalink
Please elaborate on “unstable”, so I can fix stuff ;-)
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rom110 | 27. 07. 2007 ob 19:23 | Permalink
Hi,
Great Software, Thanks for your hard work.
One thing: I think you should create a separate website for this project cuz it’s hard to navigate here to english-only people.It was really complicated to find where to comment so…
Again, Big thanx and have a good day.
worst_nightmare | 28. 07. 2007 ob 12:51 | Permalink
Trying to run it under Linux using the command:
mono ‘/home/worst/Desktop/Tracker Checker 2.exe’
I get this error:
** (/home/worst/Desktop/Tracker Checker 2.exe:19513): WARNING **: Missing method System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon::add_BalloonTipClicked(EventHandler) in assembly /usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll, referenced in assembly /home/worst/Desktop/Tracker Checker 2.exe
Unhandled Exception: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: ‘System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.add_BalloonTipClicked’.
at
at Tracker_Checker_2.Form1..ctor () [0x00000]
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) Tracker_Checker_2.Form1:.ctor ()
at Tracker_Checker_2.Program.Main () [0x00000]
Using Ubuntu Feisty.
P | 28. 07. 2007 ob 17:00 | Permalink
** (Tracker Checker 2.exe:22366): WARNING **: Missing method System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon::add_BalloonTipClicked(EventHandler) in assembly /usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll, referenced in assembly /home/user/Tracker Checker 2.exe
Unhandled Exception: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: ‘System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.add_BalloonTipClicked’.
at
at Tracker_Checker_2.Form1..ctor () [0x00000]
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) Tracker_Checker_2.Form1:.ctor ()
at Tracker_Checker_2.Program.Main () [0x00000]
mtance | 29. 07. 2007 ob 15:26 | Permalink
Perfect, keep on good work :)
crypt0 | 29. 07. 2007 ob 22:36 | Permalink
Be very careful when install mono all by yourself, because it can seriously f***d up your sistem.Read instructions carefully!
ps
good work :)
Marko | 29. 07. 2007 ob 23:11 | Permalink
worst_nightmare & P: Try installing the latest version - this error doesn’t occur when I run Mono 1.2.4 on openSUSE…
worst_nightmare | 30. 07. 2007 ob 15:32 | Permalink
OK, thanks Marko. It worked by upgrading Mono.
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KJ | 01. 08. 2007 ob 23:30 | Permalink
well thx. could use some upgrade but well done ~~
Prome | 02. 08. 2007 ob 13:01 | Permalink
Nice job, like allways ;)
Will | 03. 08. 2007 ob 04:34 | Permalink
Hi,
Thanks a lot for all your effort and time! Kicks ass!!!
Could you please have it remember its window size. Or at least make it bigger by default so all entries are on screen without any horizontal and vertical scroll bars. Would be nice if it just remembered though since not everyone would want that and of course with more entries added on the default size would be no good once again.
Also, noticed it always starts up minimized. Could you please make that optional.
And you could you please add a context menu to the system tray (notification area) icon. And have at least a few options such as:
Exit, Add, Settings, Check 60 (seconds of course - as in quickly changing the check frequency), Check 300, Check 900, and Check 3600. Or for the checks, just have one such as Check (Custom). And when user clicks on that option it asks for the frequency to check open registrations. Think that would be the best way to add the simple feature.
Could you please have it remember your view setting. And please add a check all and uncheck all buttons. Bit of a pain to do that manually. Perhaps Ctrl+a could do that as well. And would also be nice if could hold down the Ctrl key to select more than one at a time.
Might also, get rid of the stamcar.com on bottom of the screen and move it to an about window. Would be more professional if you ask me. ;)
Thanks a lot,
Will
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Will | 26. 08. 2007 ob 01:30 | Permalink
Thanks for the small update, thats better.
DM65 | 08. 09. 2007 ob 14:47 | Permalink
Hi Marko !
Thanks for taking the trouble to make such a useful application. However I have a basic doubt :
At the end of every refresh cycle,a small balloon pops up from the system tray with the message
” Tracker Checker
Open Tracker(s):Demonoid.com ”
And this happens every 60 seconds (as this is the refresh limit I have set).This doesnt make any sense as Demonoids’ registrations are currently closed.So what does this popup imply/signify ? How do I disable it ?
Would be really grateful if you could help me out with this query.
Thanks a ton !
Marko | 08. 09. 2007 ob 15:04 | Permalink
The settings for Demonoid aren’t correct, you’ll have to correct them yourself. The point of the program is that users can adjust the settings themselves and not to provide an accurate list of all private trackers :-)
DM65 | 08. 09. 2007 ob 15:32 | Permalink
Great ! Thanks a ton for clearing that up :)
willy | 02. 10. 2007 ob 01:43 | Permalink
Wish there was a log file that could keep track of when the tracker became available to let you know when they purge their user list
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willy | 25. 10. 2007 ob 02:07 | Permalink
Might also be nice if there was an audio alert when a tracker becomes available
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m@t | 26. 01. 2008 ob 15:12 | Permalink
Someone changed the name of your software and is seeling it on ebay :
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Marko | 26. 01. 2008 ob 15:32 | Permalink
W00t. Bastards! http://www.bt-master.com/
Sam | 27. 01. 2008 ob 03:03 | Permalink
This is great! It would be perfect if it could send an email notification when the selected tracker registration becomes available.
Mario | 14. 02. 2008 ob 22:39 | Permalink
Si dosegel, da so odstranili plagiat? :)
Marko | 14. 02. 2008 ob 23:15 | Permalink
Sem :-)
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Sam | 25. 06. 2008 ob 17:21 | Permalink
OK, so I finally got a hold of TC from Softonic. Now it says, every 60 seconds, “Open trackers: Demonoid.com” and when it takes me to the signup page, registrations are closed. What’s with that?
Marko | 25. 06. 2008 ob 17:39 | Permalink
The tracker database, bundled with Tracker Checker, is by no means complete nor accurate, so you’ll have to get your hands “dirty” and change the Demonoid database entry according to your needs.
John | 25. 06. 2008 ob 18:11 | Permalink
Great program. I have it listed on my website. I hope you can make a web application out of it soon. xD
tom | 26. 06. 2008 ob 04:39 | Permalink
Is there any way you could make a little sound play when a tracker is open?
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