Bittorrent FAQ

[gudy]

you could also mention Azureus :

http://azureus.sourceforge.net

Gudy.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

All your suggestions have been added!

Enjoy :hole

[gnasher1001]

Just wanted to know what people thought to the new 3.3 version. I downloaded it, and although it now only needs to check the portion of the file you've downloaded, and shows the amount you've down/uploaded, it seems to never connect to the tracker, and when it does, it kills my connection after 20 minutes, so there is no point in me leaving it on, or share what I've got for very long. I have now gone back to 3.2.1. - what has every1 else experienced? Is it just me????

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Gnasher, I never tried the original bittorrent client

I started out with BC++ and later went on to use the shareaza implementation

[Malicious Intent]

Hey gnasher1001, I've got to agree with you to some extent. The message popping up with a loud error thud noise is really annoying and means that it stops updating the user on progress until you click OK. The red writting was much nicer. I havn't noticed an increase from the amount of red writing to the error pop-ups. The new one also doesn't say when hash checks have failed.
However I've stuck with the new one as my harddrive took a real beating from fragmentation. Also it helps the swarm.
However torrents have been slower for me since this upgrade. All torrents in my house have - even the person still on 3.2.1. The internet has continued at the same speed and so have downloads from other p2p apps. I don't know if the its coincidence or not. Looking at the speed the number of seeders build up, I think that it must be a problem my end....

[Malicious Intent]

I tried out two new (to me) BitTorrent clients today. The first was Flash!, but it was a messy interface and hasn't all been translated into English.
The second was ABC - Yet Another BitTorent Client. Its a fantastic program based on Shad0w. Very user friendly, has torrent spy built in and loads of other information and options. It's all laid out clearly. So far I havn't found any bugs. Outstrips BT++, orginal and Flash!. Worth a mention in the FAQ?
http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/
Next stop - Burst! client.

[loopylee]

Having installed the Bit Torrent Gui, I have d/l 4 films, but is there a version of Bit Torren that shows who is d/l from who - like emule or edonkey cos I have had a few take down notices and I was wondering if this prog is any safer than others ?

keep posting links to sites

great stuff

[phalkon30]

If anything, I think its less safe than edonkey.

[Malicious Intent]

Yet ABC tells you all the IP adresses you are sending to and recieving from. It also tells you everyones prograss and download speeds.
Other clients do the same, but, as stated in my signature, I am fanboying ABC.
As Phalkon says, BitTorrent isn't safe. I have yet to hear news of getting sued, but lots of people have had their internet connections threatened.

[Sephiroth]

Could someone compile all of thise 6 pages into one post so that info is easier to find. Post it here and PM me and ill switch them out.

Questions and etc ideally go into seperate threads and get added in later so that the help thread like this one doesnt get too big to the point that people arent going to read a ton of pages of posts.

[torrentman85]

azureus is just the best

[TorrentNews]

nice quide

[TheoC]

thanks. this was very usefull

[bymer]

Thanx helped a lot

[DesertSpider]

Good info here: http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/phpbbfo...de-t49898.html

I'm not a web guru, but someone that is could sift the info. from there and pull to here.

DS