Torrent Will Not Play...Please Help

[Some Local Loser]

i downloaded a concert from bittorrent today and i can't figure out how to play the tracks...i've tried winamp and realplayer, and looked in various FAQ's but nothing seems to have the information i'm looking for...i'm a novice user to bittorrent, and not exceptionally gifted computerwise...i would appreciate it so much if someone could offer me help on how to get the tracks to play

thank you to anyone in advance

[Vladd44]

video or Audio?

Whats the file extension?

[Some Local Loser]

it is an audio file, i believe it said the file extension is .torrent, but i'll doublecheck when i get home from work

[Vladd44]

.torrent is not audio, that would be a torrent which would need a bittorrent client to open, and download the actual file(s)

http://www.vladd44.com/torrent/clients.php

[Some Local Loser]

i thought a client was the thing i downloaded off the official website? i went to http://www.bittorrent.com and downloaded the "windows client". is there an additional program i need?

[Some Local Loser]

i tried opening it with 'btdownloadgui'. i then got a message that said "BitTorrent Error. This is not a valid Torrent file (not a valid bencoded string).

[Some Local Loser]

when i look at the properties of the individual concert tracks, it says they are "SHN files", except for one track which is a "MD5 file". however when i look at the properties for the whole concert, which is in one folder, it says the concert is a "TORRENT file"

[Vladd44]

http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html

[Some Local Loser]

thank you

[Vladd44]

np