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First of all, please please please, make sure you have backups of your file. Burn a couple copies to DVD-Rs or something, or to other hard drives. Always a good idea.
Please realize, that in order to upload this torrent, you'll have to continuously seed this file for a couple days until some downloaders complete the file, and can take it from there. If you aren't willing to dedicate your upload bandwidth for a while, then you're stuck.
A decent tracker to use for your first time would be Demonoid. If you don't have an account there, go ahead and set up one.
(Go to demonoid.com and sign up). When you do that, come back here.
A lot of torrent clients (what you use to download files through bittorrent), have the built-in capability to create torrent files. "Torrent files" are not the actual files you upload/download through bittorrent. A torrent file is basically a small text file that contains the information as to what tracker you're downloading/uploading to, and what the filenames and sizes are of the files you're downloading/uploading. You click the link to that little file, you download it through your browser, and then your client opens it, and you go from there...
So, setting up a torrent.
First of all, create a folder to put your MPEG file in. Name it LOTR-TwoTowerEdit-LP, or whatever you like. Put your file in the folder. Secondly, demonoid requires you to include a small info file in your folder (it's just a little text file saying that the file was downloaded via Demonoid).
Click here to download that file: Download
Put that file in the folder. Now we're ready to create a torrent file.
For this example, I'm going to use Bitcomet--it's what I use on trackers that don't ban that particular client. But this will be pretty similar on any client that supports torrent file creation. (I know that utorrent creates torrent files as well.)
Bring up Bitcomet, hit FILE, then CREATE TORRENT...
This brings up a menu, at the top of which it says "Source File:". Look a little way below that, and you'll see three radio buttons for you to click on to choose different options. Click the button next to "Directory (Multi-files)". Then go above and hit "Browse". Navigate to where your folder is, click on it to highlight it, and click OK. Leave the "network type" bit alone--only worry about that if you ever upload to a private tracker where security is a real issue.
Go down, and below where it says "Tracker Server and DHT network node list:", go in the box, highlight what looks like a url there, and delete it. In it's place, paste the following:
http://inferno.demonoid.com:3389/announce
That's the link for the demonoid tracker server.
Now, almost done. Down below, below "Output", that shows where it's going to spit out the torrent file. Change the directory setting if you like, or even the filename if you want. Then hit OK at the bottom. You should now have a torrent file.
Go to Demonoid, and make sure you're logged in. Near the top should be a link saying "Upload a Torrent". Click that. Look at the short FAQ, then click "I've read this and I'm ready to upload".
Now, at the top it'll show the tracker address for Demonoid. We already know this. Whatever. Below that is a directory browse thing for the "Torrent File". Hit browse, find your torrent file, highlight it, click OK. Below that is "Torrent Name". This is what will show up on the Demonoid directory. Name it something like:
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: The Book Cut (A Fan Edit)
Or something like that. Something that will pop up if they do a search for Lord of the Rings. People should be able to find your file. Kinda helps, you know?
Below that is a description box. This description is what will show up on the page for your torrent. You really, really need a description. Explain what the purpose of the edit is, what the content is, etc etc. You should also include technical specifications. Make sure that people realize that this is not a DVD, nor is it a divx or xvid file. It's a big, raw MPEG file. You should probably mention the runtime of the file, and the frame size (720 x 480 or whatever).
Below that is a selection box that says "Type". I would select the designation "Movies".
Now, click "Upload .Torrent". Your torrent file is now uploaded. Now, the difficult part--you gotta seed it. Remember that little torrent file you created? Go find it where you saved it, and double-click it so that it opens up in your torrent client (Bitcomet, in this example). The window that pops up when you normally begin to download a file through bittorrent will pop up. MAKE SURE THE "SAVE LOCATION" IS POINTED AT THE FOLDER WITH THE MPEG AND THE DEMONOID INFO FILE IN IT. Then hit OK. BitComet will realize that you have files in that folder its downloading to, and will start to do a "hash check" of the files, which just means that it checks those files against the info in the torrent file, and it figures out how complete the files are. It should finish the hash check, realize that they're 100% complete, and start seeding.
I would advise going to Demonoid, looking at the main torrent page, and taking a look at the listing for your torrent. Go to the page for it, and make sure that it shows a seeder. Check back on your client a couple times, and if you downloaders show up and your client starts to upload data, then you're in the clear. Just check back occasionally to make sure that your internet didn't freeze up or disconnect or anything, and now all you have to do is play the waiting game until, a couple days later, the downloaders will start popping up as seeders, with complete files. If there are any issues, let me know.
