Welcome to kidsbits.org!

Our goal is to be as different as possible compared to other Danish and Nordic trackers, we strive to have the best possible security for our users and especially uploaders.
Our staff team strives to be the best and will go far to help our users. This must not be misused and we won´t hesitate, to ban if our staff team, is ignored and or mistreated.

Before you go any further you should read the kidsbits.org user agreement.


Remember to follow the rules

Rules(link)

FAQ Contents
Site information
User information
Stats
Uploading
Downloading
Why can't I connect? Is the site blocking me?
What if I can't find the answer to my problem here?


Site information

What is this bittorrent all about anyway? How do I get the files?

Check out Brian's BitTorrent FAQ and Guide.


Where does the donated money go?

kidsbits.org is situated on a dedicated server in the Germany. For the moment we have monthly running costs of approximately € 42.


Where can I get a copy of the source code?

Snapshots are available on the FTP. Please note: We do not give any kind of support on the source code so please don't bug us about it. If it works, great, if not too bad. Use this software at your own risk!

Here is a nice tutorial on getting it all to work, written by one of our users: TBDEV.NET. Note: This tutorial is not supported by TBDev. Please direct all comments on the tutorial to the author, MrMister.



User information
I registered an account but did not receive the confirmation e-mail!

Wait 48 hours and the system will delete your unconfirmed account or contact us through livesupport.


I've lost my user name or password! Can you send it to me?

Please use this form to have the login details mailed back to you.


Can you rename my account?

Contact Staff about this


Can you delete my (confirmed) account?

Yes, we can, but you need to contact a member of staff and have a good reason to want to be deleted.


So, what's MY ratio?

Click on your profile, then on your user name (at the top).

It's important to distinguish between your overall ratio and the individual ratio on each torrent you may be seeding or leeching. The overall ratio takes into account the total uploaded and downloaded from your account since you joined the site. The individual ratio takes into account those values for each torrent.


Why is my IP displayed on my details page?

Only you and the site moderators can view your IP address and email. Regular users do not see that information.


Help! I cannot login!? (a.k.a. Login of Death)

This problem sometimes occurs with MSIE. Close all Internet Explorer windows and open Internet Options in the control panel. Click the Delete Cookies button. You should now be able to login.


My IP address is dynamic. How do I stay logged in?

You do not have to anymore. All you have to do is make sure you are logged in with your actual IP when starting a torrent session. After that, even if the IP changes mid-session, the seeding or leeching will continue and the statistics will update without any problem.


Why am I listed as not connectable? (And why should I care?)

The tracker has determined that you are firewalled or NATed and cannot accept incoming connections.

This means that other peers in the swarm will be unable to connect to you, only you to them. Even worse, if two peers are both in this state they will not be able to connect at all. This has obviously a detrimental effect on the overall speed.

The way to solve the problem involves opening the ports used for incoming connections (the same range you defined in your client) on the firewall and/or configuring your NAT server to use a basic form of NAT for that range instead of NAPT (the actual process differs widely between different router models. Check your router documentation and/or support forum. You will also find lots of information on the subject at PortForward).


What are the different user classes?

  User   The default class of new members.
  Power User   A user who has been member for at least 4 weeks, have a ratio over 1.2 and have uploaded a least 25GB.
  Star   Has donated money to kidsbits.org .
  Super Vip   Have done or are doing something special for the page may also be former staff members.
  FLS   Support member of kidsbits.org who supports here voluntary, so treat them properly.
  Moderator   Part of the staff may edit posts, comments and user accounts.
  Administrator   Part of the staff. Can do almost anything.
  SysOp   Upper part of the staff. Can everything and taking all major decisions in relation to the site.
  Coder   Upper part of the staff. Can everything and taking all major decisions in relation to the site.


How does this promotion thing work anyway?
  Power User   Must have been be a member for at least 4 weeks, have uploaded at least 25GB and have a ratio at or above 1.2.
The promotion is automatic when these conditions are met. Note that you will be automatically demoted from
this status if your ratio drops below 0.95 at any time.
  Star   Shows who has donated.
  Super Vip   Have done or are doing something special for the page may also be former staff members.
  FLS   Our friendly supporters. If you want to help us and our users, then fill out an application.
  Moderator   Needs to have been a FLS first!


Hey! I've seen Power Users with less than 25GB uploaded!

The PU limit used to be 10GB and we didn't demote anyone when we raised it to 25GB.


Why can't my friend become a member?

There is a 75.000 users limit. When that number is reached we stop accepting new members. Accounts inactive for more than 42 days are automatically deleted, so keep trying. (There is no reservation or queuing system, don't ask for that.)


How do I add an avatar to my profile?

First, find an image that you like, and that is within the rules. Then you will have to find a place to host it, such as our own BitBucket. (Other popular choices are Photobucket, Upload-It! or ImageShack). All that is left to do is copy the URL you were given when uploading it to the avatar field in your profile.

Please do not make a post just to test your avatar. If everything is allright you'll see it in your details page.


Stats

Most common reason for stats not updating

  • The user is cheating. (a.k.a. "Summary Ban")
  • The server is overloaded and unresponsive. Just try to keep the session open until the server responds again. (Flooding the server with consecutive manual updates is not recommended.)
  • You are using a faulty client. If you want to use an experimental or CVS version you do it at your own risk.

Best practices

  • If a torrent you are currently leeching/seeding is not listed on your profile, just wait or force a manual update.
  • Make sure you exit your client properly, so that the tracker receives "event=completed".
  • If the tracker is down, do not stop seeding. As long as the tracker is back up before you exit the client the stats should update properly.

May I use any bittorrent client?

No, there are several clients who are not made properly, and it hurts more than it benefits. We recommend that you avoid the following clients:

* BitTorrent++,
* Nova Torrent,
* TorrentStorm.

These clients do not report correctly to the tracker when canceling/finishing a torrent session. If you use them then a few MB may not be counted towards the stats near the end, and torrents may still be listed in your profile for some time after you have closed the client.

Also, clients in alpha or beta version should be avoided.


Why is a torrent I'm leeching/seeding listed several times in my profile?

If for some reason (e.g. pc crash, or frozen client) your client exits improperly and you restart it, it will have a new peer_id, so it will show as a new torrent. The old one will never receive a "event=completed" or "event=stopped" and will be listed until some tracker timeout. Just ignore it, it will eventually go away.



Uploading

Can i upload torrents?

Yes, anyone can upload torrents at kidsbits.org .


Can i upload what ever i want?

No, all children things such as cartoons, children's music and children's games must be uploaded to kidsbits.org

Can I upload your torrents to other trackers?

No. We are a closed, limited-membership community. Only registered users can use the TB tracker. Posting our torrents on other trackers is useless, since most people who attempt to download them will be unable to connect with us. This generates a lot of frustration and bad-will against us at kidsbits.org, and will therefore not be tolerated.

Complaints from other sites' administrative staff about our torrents being posted on their sites will result in the banning of the users responsible.

(However, the files you download from us are yours to do as you please. You can always create another torrent, pointing to some other tracker, and upload it to the site of your choice.)

Downloading

How do I use the files I've downloaded?

Check out this guide.


Downloaded a movie and don't know what CAM/TS/TC/SCR means?

Check out this guide.


Why did an active torrent suddenly disappear?

There may be three reasons for this:
(1) The torrent may have been out-of-sync with the site rules.
(2) The uploader may have deleted it because it was a bad release. A replacement will probably be uploaded to take its place.
(3) Torrents are automatically deleted after 28 days.


Do I need to seed?

Yes, even it's a freeleech tracker, then you still have to seed 1:1 or 48 hours after download are completed and 72 hours for boxset.
Check your profile under snatched torrents to how much you have seeded and for how long.
You just don't have to struggle to keep your overall ratio positive, which are a huge advantage.

Can I download what I want?

Yes, but there's a limit on how many torrents you can leech at once. These are called leechslot.
User Class = max. 2 torrents
PowerUser Class = 10 Torrents
VIP Class & Above = 20 Torrents.



Why can't I connect? Is the site blocking me?

Your failure to connect may be due to several reasons.


Maybe my address is blacklisted?

The site blocks addresses listed in the (former) PeerGuardian database, as well as addresses of banned users. This works at Apache/PHP level, it's just a script that blocks logins from those addresses. It should not stop you from reaching the site. In particular it does not block lower level protocols, you should be able to ping/traceroute the server even if your address is blacklisted. If you cannot then the reason for the problem lies elsewhere.

If somehow your address is indeed blocked in the PG database do not contact us about it, it is not our policy to open ad hoc exceptions. You should clear your IP with the database maintainers instead.


Your ISP blocks the site's address

(In first place, it's unlikely your ISP is doing so. DNS name resolution and/or network problems are the usual culprits.)
There's nothing we can do. You should contact your ISP (or get a new one). Note that you can still visit the site via a proxy, follow the instructions in the relevant section. In this case it doesn't matter if the proxy is anonymous or not, or which port it listens to.

Notice that you will always be listed as an "unconnectable" client because the tracker will be unable to check that you're capable of accepting incoming connections.


Alternate port (81)

Some of our torrents use ports other than the usual HTTP port 80. This may cause problems for some users, for instance those behind some firewall or proxy configurations. You can easily solve this by editing the .torrent file yourself with any torrent editor, e.g. MakeTorrent, and replacing the announce url http://www.kidsbits.org:81 with kidsbits.org:80 or just kidsbits.org.

Editing the .torrent with Notepad is not recommended. It may look like a text file, but it is in fact a bencoded file. If for some reason you must use a plain text editor, change the announce url to kidsbits.org:80, not kidsbits.org. (If you're thinking about changing the number before the announce url instead, you know too much to be reading this.)


What if I can't find the answer to my problem here?

Post in the Forums, by all means. You'll find they are usually a friendly and helpful place, provided you follow a few basic guidelines:
  • Make sure your problem is not really in this FAQ. There's no point in posting just to be sent back here.
  • Before posting read the sticky topics (the ones at the top). Many times new information that still hasn't been incorporated in the FAQ can be found there.
  • Help us in helping you. Do not just say 'it doesn't work!'. Provide details so that we don't have to guess or waste time asking. What client do you use? What's your OS? What's your network setup? What's the exact error message you get, if any? What are the torrents you are having problems with? The more you tell the easiest it will be for us, and the more probable your post will get a reply.
  • And needless to say: be polite. Demanding help rarely works, asking for it usually does the trick.