What BitTorrent Client is everyone using?

[Sockfulloflove]

i don't know, i was just wondering which one is the majority using. i use plain BT, i tried BT++ but it didn't work on my comp very well and the Shareaza seems unstable with start the torrent (but it's a beta).

[LUCIFER{OS}]

I use the regular BT client.

Tried the Experimental and Burst and BT++, but ended up coming back to the regular client. Its the one I like, small prog that doesn't use much resorces.

The other three use a bit more in resorces, IMO.

As for the Shareaza beta with BT support.....tried it, but I clicked the option off so it won't take BT links anymore.

[chipperrox]

I used the original a few hours ago
then i tried burst
too colorful
tryin to go back to the old one

[MegaMog]

i love the expermental ver bandwith control is a must. Since u can control upload u can force the dl to go faster. Plus live stats own to

http://ei.kefro.st/projects/btclient/

[ferrarimodena360]

i have tried regular bittorrent clien, i really cant find music , just keep going from 1 site to another.....BT is not really for music i guess, so i don blame it

[triniti]

I use BT++ now. Shareaza didn't do so hot.

[Theinfamousone]

Yeah, I haven't heard any success stories from Shareaza torrents. I use the regular, does what it needs to do. Great speeds.

[nasrules]

The Experimental one does it for me...

[Induna]

No problems with the original BT client so I'll keep using that.

[crackerjacker]

well i like burst *it seems to be the best one* for me.
the reason is simple. First I download the torrent file to hardrive. Then I open up the burst client. Then the burst client will allow me to choose the folder I want to save my torrent to.
After that I make sure to get the information from the tracker for the torrent file. I then see how many seeders are there or whether or not the torrent file is complete.
Once I know there are seeders I hit the go button and let it process the torrent file.
I usually hide the dos prompt window.
All in all I honestly like the burst client.
What I like about bittorent is you can also resume the file if you must reboot. Also say if your connection to the internet times out. It usually doesnt happen but it might. I usually see the amount of users you can download and upload too. *not there ip addresses*
I like burst.
One thing with the burst client you must upload at least 10kbs a second. I leave it unlimited for upload. The point its a nice program.

I have tried bt plus plus and I like it to. But I recommend burst because its a feature enrich program and gives more details then the bt ++ client.
*note* use whatever you want. I just like something that works good for me.
rtws

[Wings_of_Azrael]

I use the "experimental" BitTorrent client, although it does seem to have a memory leak. In addition to that, I use TorrentSpy for info on what I'm d/ling.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

I'm with BT++...Good enough for me =)

[Tremaine]

I used the official, bt++, shareaza, and burst
Bt++ is to unstable it froze a on my comp when i started dl files.
Burst is ok but it had errors finding trackers.
Shareaza is to laggy i've decided to get rid of it today it uses to much system resources there isnt anything great about it just features you don't need.
The official bittorrent client is simply the best does what it needs, not bugs, small, it a very godd and clean client.

[Sockfulloflove]

i'm probably going to give the burst client a try, regular BT seesm sort of slow for me.

[M3wThr33]

Shareaza's is trash right now. Horrible garbage unfit for proper use. Those who are using it are polluting the BT network. Test it in all goodness, but first use original or EBTC to see what it SHOULD be like.
I hate to say it, but it's going to be horrible with the new Shareaza people on TorrentSe, like there already are. Look at the Matrix Reloaded comments page. It's full of people asking what a Torrent file is, why it's so small, why it's taking too long to download. Before BT is enabled on Shareaza, people REALLY need to get an understanding of it. Maybe a simple multiple choice quiz...
BT++ is a good idea, but needs a lot of work.(Mainly the persistent uploading bug)
On DSL, my only choice is EBTC.

Nothing against Shareaza, but the public announcement of the beta isn't going to help the BT network.

[Muffin_Man]

Tried shareaza for a few torrents, but it was slow and liked to hang at 99.99% for a few hours before completing the downloads. using bt++ now and i have yet to have a problem with it.

[stealthspy]

I'm using shareaza. A few bugs don't matter as much as downloading my ED2K files, G2 files, and bittorrent all in one. I will try the other clients sometime.

[BloodStraw]

Just the regular BT client : )

[evilmegaman]

I love burst! for the same reason that crackerjacker said! :-D

[Sockfulloflove]

Originally posted by evilmegaman
I love burst! for the same reason that crackerjacker said! :-D

yes i use burst! now too and it's awesome.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by Sockfulloflove
yes i use burst! now too and it's awesome.

Is it? Hmm...

[.::BeatFactory::.]

I'm using BitTorrent++ and found the OST for 2Fast 2Furious on http://www.suprnova.org / which isn't due for release until May 25

[Mel_Smiley]

I f anyone has aquired any music from supernova, you might want to check out the home page. You may have a virus

[.::BeatFactory::.]

Originally posted by Mel_Smiley
I f anyone has aquired any music from supernova, you might want to check out the home page. You may have a virus

It was only the Album...
From the SuprNova Homepage:

23. May 2003:
Notes:
◊Sum 41 album has been delete since it contained a virus. If you have downloaded, then i suggest you get your self an Anti Virus program.

[jonny5]

I've only downloaded a couple of torrents (or whatever the proper name is).. 3 to be exact. I just use shareaza.. easy enough and it worked for me. So om ya that's what i use.

[Mel_Smiley]

please Beatfactory, no names of specific files anymore. Read the BT rules thread. http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10593

[Sockfulloflove]

who the hell would download a sum 41 album? lol

[Ken17625]

who the hell would download a sum 41 album? lol

Sick world out there sock, sick world.

:mellow

[Tremaine]

i use the bittorrent official client it work the best for me.

[CCSDUDE]

I've used BT/EBT/B++

BT sucked ass....too simple and it actually sucked up more memory then EBT or ++..

EBT was great....but it looked/felt kinda cheesy..

++ is my topper so far...had a bit of a seed problem but all you gotta do is rehash the torrent and look at the log window...few minutes it's uploading like crazy. You should also set the hashing to be full..not background as it seems some trackers ignore it's results and don't allow you to seed a file...donno why but it did fix it for me.

[Wheelz_Off]

Bt Exp. is what I use to download files and I seed files with burst because you can seed multiple files without all kinds of windows open.

All in all they download at the same speed, it's just a matter of which uses less of my cpu, and it so happens to be Bt Exp. at the moment.

[Kyle06]

i use the sharazaa thing

[suko87tr]

Hello everybody , i think it's my first post lol

so i'm using now the burst client but for several files , i use BT++

[CCSDUDE]

Originally posted by suko87tr
Hello everybody , i think it's my first post lol

so i'm using now the burst client but for several files , i use BT++

Welcome to ZP! Enjoy yer stay.....never mind all the "The French are weak and never win anything" jokes....they're all in good fun...

[fungivore]

I use PTC for my torrents.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by fungivore
I use PTC for my torrents.

Ya thats a pretty good developing bt client but I wont use it unless I hear that development is being continued on it...

[Wolfie]

So I far I used the regular BT, but I'll look into some of the others ones when I time play around with them. So far regular BT has been working pretty good though.

[stephen_sterritt]

i use burst and experimental.

my mate says he is using bt jerk what ever that is

[Roberooni]

I'm using BT++
I am happyish with it but would prefer higher download speeds.

I tried to install Burst, which was working just fine till I changed some of the settings. Adding a http_proxy worked fine. Then I tried changing the port settings, and I started getting loads of error messages, and could no longer download a thing.

I am currently scouring the web to try and find how to fix this, as it phucks me off, so any help there would be appreciated. I stupidly took of my system restore as I was doing some virus checking, and general pc maintenance. That'll teach me to be so clever

[Meat Puppet]

I 've been using BT experimental , but just recently been using BT Experimantal - Config 2a. It's just as good as the original
experimental version, except it can show advanced info on dl and ul stats.

[stecbine]

I use Shareaza it works perfect for me! I have also used BiTorrent & BT++ with no complaints but since I use Shareaza as my sole P2P application I figured I'll make it my sole .torrent client as well if worked good and it did so Raza is my all in one client! (:o)

[jayenell]

I'm using MLdonkey.

[ssj4_android]

I use Burst!, I really like it. Only problem with it is that it hijacked the mime type used for zip files, so whenever I click a link to a zip file it opens up in burst, which doesn't support zips, so I have to always save target as.

[DainBramaged]

I use the experimental client. Works the best for me, uses the least amount of resources, even when DL'ing multiple torrents. BT++ was nice though, I like how they implemented the directory options.

[aqlo]

shareaza works better than bt++ for me and about as good as bt, but I had to turn off the other networks (including g1) to get that comparable speed

[DIMA2001]

first to the people who are afraid of noobs:
bittorrent became very popular in the latest time and popularity leads to a 'flood of noobs'.

Examples?
Good old Napster - some users just asked what it is and where to get it. Forums were flooded by it.
Edonkey 2000 - the 'how to configure and connect'-question.
Counter-Strike - Rambo-style players.
etc etc.

You shouldnt be afraid of newbies. Think of yourself - when you joined someting, you were also a slick noob which asked questions which are too dumb for you today. But you asked them. Maybe not someone, but yourself, but you asked :)

The better way is to help the noob - every user (and a newbie user is also a user with less skill than someone else who believes that he is not a noob) is also upload and upload is your download.


I use Shareaza 1.8.9.0 - the BT support is bug-free and works great. The only thing i miss is that i can't 'let the window open for seeding' :( But since i download hyped files, there is no seed prob.

[Tremaine]

i use ptc now its works good.

[Induna]

Originally posted by ssj4_android
I use Burst!, I really like it. Only problem with it is that it hijacked the mime type used for zip files, so whenever I click a link to a zip file it opens up in burst, which doesn't support zips, so I have to always save target as.


Assuming you use 98 or ME, When you click on a zip file hold the shift key down and right click, a new option will appear, "Open with", select "Choose Program" then scroll down list for WinZip or WInRAR as the default program and check the "always use this program" box.

Whenever a program hijacks a file association do this.

Don't know if this works with XP..

[Induna]

Actually, forget all that. I misread what you wrote. You was talking about clicking on links.

[MoonMan]

PTC all the way. Best fucking bittorrent app out. I've tried the regular client and thought it didn't have enough, I've tried bt++ and it was too unstable (would just crash out of nowhere and lose the downloads completely), burst is crap, and I think we all know my opinion about Shareaza by now.

PTC is definitally my favorite bt app.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

I agree with you Moonman..

I use PTC client and that's the only one I use

I was very cautious about trying out shareaza's support for BT but when I tried it it wasn't half bad..so I have both but usually use PTC

[Meat Puppet]

BT has been my main p2p app for some time now. I started with the exp. version and liked it. Then I tried PTC. I stopped using it cause it was too buggy and did'nt show dl and ul stats. Now I use the exp. version 5.2. It's basically the same as the other exp. version but has a pause button. I also use TorrentSpy to get more advanced info on the download.

It's just not true that you can't find music using BT. Check out some of the more popular BT sites and you will see a section of music. It's true you can't search for a particular song or album, but the wealth of music available is great.

btw, if it's true what was said in one of the posts about not being able to keep your window open after dl (does'nt sound right), that is a very bad thing. That makes you a leach, which is a bigger problem than with
other P2P apps. If you're not seeding the file you just downloaded, that means someone else will not get the file. Check out digital-update.com to see how big the problem is with leachers on BT.

[Greylin]

I use PTC since it implements a bunch of handy features, uses no dos windows, and uses less memory than the new experimental client.

[M3wThr33]

I've been using Shad0w's EBTC.

[fnordprefect]

Shareaza 1.8.9.9 for me.

I've only used it for one file so far, a Knoppix 3.2 iso image but it worked great.

Trying to get it off edonkey was a waste of time. I was perpetually stuck in queues. Tried FTPing it from an official mirror, but DLexpert got shagged by the URL changing on me when i briefly paused it to load a webpage.

BitTorrent got it for me incredibly quickly.

[Theinfamousone]

Seems like Shareaza is sometimes slower than other clients, I use it sometimes though, my favorite is probably PTC.

For some reason Shareaza doesn't need to check and/or allocate the file which seems to take a lot of time when you get a bunch of torrents going, that's pretty nice, how come it doesn't have to but the other clients do?

[evilmegaman]

Originally posted by Theinfamousone
Seems like Shareaza is sometimes slower than other clients, I use it sometimes though, my favorite is probably PTC.

For some reason Shareaza doesn't need to check and/or allocate the file which seems to take a lot of time when you get a bunch of torrents going, that's pretty nice, how come it doesn't have to but the other clients do?

I am pretty sure shareaza has a different partial file sharing system than most bittorrent clients so it doesn't need to allocate the file. I am not 100% sure. but I believe that is the reason.

[latency2]

Azureus (http://www.gudy.org/azureus/) kicks ass. The new v2 2.0.0.8 is basically totally redone front-end from previous version. Multiple downloads, priorities, throttling, tabbed interface, FAST resume. Tis the shit. They just need the ability to throttle ups/downs per torrent. and "cache" the torrent file so I don't have all this .torrent shit laying around.

Yeah yeah it's java. I use Sun JRE 1.4.2 and created a shortcut that ran Azureus with -Xincgc arg so it wouldn't eat 100's of megs of memory (profiling shows MILLIONS of Integer classes. blah) which their .exe and straight java does (YMMV). Averages 24meg in-memory and 200meg virtual with 3% CPU usage. My setup is 512meg/2.5mhz P4.

It's still in development and I think they came a long way so far. Lotsa tweaking can still be done. I tried to native compile it with Excellsior JET but new version wouldn't run properly.

My shortcut code:
"C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2\bin\javaw.exe" -Xincgc -cp .\Azureus2.jar;.\swt.jar;.\systray4j.jar org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.Main

[Cleric]

I dont know if we are still on this, but I was a shareaza user through and through. I have found that shareaza is not all its suppose to or could be.
I have switched to Azerus.

So far its much better than shareaza and looks better too. Handles bit torrents much better. Burst is another good one, lets you know how many seeders which is important if you actually want to finish the file.

SO what if someone else mentioned I wanted to so I did.

[PowerMan57two]

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[Carcinogen]

I can't say that I recommend Shareaza for torrents. I went through the frustration of downloading a file to 96% and another to 87% when both suddenly stopped working, and froze until I closed them the next day, even though they had plenty of sources. I ended up attempting the re-downloading of one with Burst, but the last seeder left at 86%. It really pissed me off considering the file was something rare the guy had personally ripped and will most likely not appear online again.

[The Knife Thrower]

The best Client is definitely Azareus. It takes a while to close but its still the best.

[Ken17625]

I've been unsing Shadow's Experimental BT client.

It's just like regular BT, only with more features in the little GUI (bandwidth throttling, etc).

[REDO]

im goin with burst. I dont know why i like it the best, but i just do.

[The Crypt Keeper]

Just using the plain old experimental version for now

[szumowskij]

Shareaza has been sucking for a while now

[mp3MaStA88]

im down with bt++, because it has download resuming. It also searches for more users when you download. In a way, it reminds me of emule or edonkey.

[Ghost 23]

bt++ is what i use, i di dnot even know that shareaza can dl torrents, thats good to know.

[ATLien]

BitTorrent S-5.7.3 (Shadows Experimental)

This works great!

[stevenkao]

BT++ open source is always the way to go. I have already tried shareaza but it is in beta stages and doesn't seem to be really stable.

[Promo]

Which is the best bitorrent client and where can I get it?

[matstao]

Originally posted by Promo
Which is the best bitorrent client and where can I get it?

Have you even bothered to read the posts in this thread before posting yourself?

You should pick one that sounds good to you & search for it on google. I've been using and liking Shadows.

[Malicious Intent]

Firstly I used the orginal client, then BT++. I liked the auto resume of BT++, but switched back to the original client after formating my computer. I found BT++ to be slightly unstable, but not unstable enough to uninstall it. It was a difficult choice chosing which to install after formating my harddrive and I would not like to suggest one over the other. Perhaps if I rebooted my computer more regularly, I would have gone for BT++.
I look forward to the new BT that wont fragment my harddrive so bad.

[IshareManyFilez]

I use Shareazaa and don't see the big deal. I get amazing download rates, but my downloads and uploads are always equal.I tried BT++ but it just woulden't click with my firewall.

[Kilz]

The best client is Shadows Expermental hands down. If you seed at all it is a must because of the super seeder option that boosts distributed pieces in the swarm.

http://bt.degreez.net/

Shareaza is a blight on BT. It is almost impossible to seed with and it can be set to automaticly close on completion. A serious problem because BT relies on people keeping the torrent open to help others. This is one p2p program I wish Mike would have left out of Shareaza. Ya you get great download rates, I have a feeling the ratio of download to upload is way out of wack to give it an upper hand. Then people leech and run leaving the rest of the swarm uploading with little return.

[Malicious Intent]

I had nothing but problems with my short spout of using Sharaza as my BT client. Restarting files never seemed to work and other times the file would complete download and not appear on my computer. Since IShareManyFilez has not had a problem, perhaps I was doing something wrong. Shareaza is currently not even installed on my computer.

[dacaveman]

burst rc 5 uses little resources, i can run it DLing a 1 gig file and i can still play midnight club 2 without significant difference in performance.

i have 650mhz p3 with 384mb sdram

[Greylin]

I would recommend Azurues. It has the most features, is pretty much the most configurable, and nicest to look at client avaialable. It uses very few resources compared to other clients of which I have tried most.

[thamasta2k3]

I use BitSpirit (which you can get at http://www.lanspirit.com/bs.htm)

[Malicious Intent]

And now I'm back to BT++ again....

[Ghost 23]

bt++ is the best BitTorrent client that i found... I did nto like the last link posted above it was kinda slow.

[thamasta2k3]

Hmm? What do you mean by "slow"?

[matt merch]

i have tried bittorrent and gave ppl rave about the speeds they get but i found it maxxed out my u/l and the max d/l speed was 20kbs is that average or dl i tried with very popular hi seeded files so can ppl tel me what the avg speed of d/l is on bt ty

[RecalcitrantX]

matt, two things: 1) It is a bad idea to use 100% of your upspeed when using bit torrent because you also need some upspeed to "talk" with other peers and communicate as to which bits you need. If your upspeed is maxed out you won't be able to do this as well. 2) The average speed of a torrent is dependent on how many people are participating. In my experience if there are 5-20 seeds and 10-50 downloaders, my downspeed is maxed (150KB/s or so). And I see people going even higher into the 300KB/s range. So in other words if you're pariticipating in a torrent with more than 20 people you should be getting a lot more than 20KB/s down. Read my point 1) and make sure you toggle your upseed so you have 5-10k to use to talk to other peers.

~Recalcitrant

[Cydor]

i found out the great one....Nova Torrent is the shit, it looks like B++ version but it works even greater and faster. I have gotten the higher speeds of 280kb/s on it, and you can control the upload speed to

[Ghost 23]

Hmm? What do you mean by "slow"?

When I installled the client on my pc and i tried to dl .tor files it took forever to hash the file and I never got any good speeds but bt++ steady works great.

[origin]

I use the unofficial client..works pretty well!

l8

[Digimortal]

Azureus for me! Tried regular BT then went to Shad0ws experimental and have used that a lot. Have tried most other clients (burst, bt++, nova etc.) but currently use Azureus as it has the best support for multiple torrents I have seen so far and very good torrent info.

[Contester]

What you guys think about PTC? I used to like the old one. The new one gave me some problems.

[DainBramaged]

Shadow's Experimental is my tried and true BT client. Great DL speeds, uploads well, throttle if I feel I need to. Enough options to suit me.

As far as the Shareaza debate goes, it has it's ups and downs. Someone mentioned that Shareaza can close windows upon completion. That's only a problem if BT is the ONLY network you use. If you use ed2k or Gnutella, you can DL the file from those sources as well. That said, I still think they should remove that option.

[dragonpaulz]

PTC is a great client

[Star Guitar]

I prefer burst. One or two errors in months, and no damage done, even to the file, plus it has all the upload and folder options I regularly use.

[DainBramaged]

Someone would have to be very convincing to get me away from Shadow's Experimental.

[IshareManyFilez]

Yep Shadows Experimental all the way. I have tried every Bittorrent client, even the rare, and obscure ones not commonly heard of. But shadows does it all. Its a very small window, barely takes up system resources, and I find doesen't lag my computer like BT++

[Antaeogo]

TheSHAD0W's

[RecalcitrantX]

If you can handle the extra resources used, Azureus is better than Shadow's client. Azureus has a ton of cool features (eg, you can set it to automatically stop seeding a file after you've uploaded a certain percentage, you can make it monitor many torrents and have it start seeding a torrent that falls below a defined number of seeds, etc). But, it's Java...so it does take more resources than Shadows'. But as I said, if you can handle that you will probably prefer Azureus over Shadow's client.

[Sephiroth]

This thread is old and outdated. So please create new threads about any bittorrent cilents instead of bumping this obsolete one.