I am using BitComet and its good but I wondered if there was better?

I don't know. I use Azureus, but many people say it's a resource hog.

Azureus

You are so naughty , buy shit!
Nah seriousy utorrent rocks!

I used to use Azureus, bit as has been said it's a resource hog.
More than just a resource hog. It's a fucking HUGE resource fucking HOG monster.
Throw it away.
Get uTorrent.
Also. Turn off DHT.

μTorrent is very good, as seems to be the consensus. It is much better than the "official" (?) bittorrent client.

Bit Tornado (http://www.bittornado.com/)

It's fast, it's flirty, it's fun.

Basically, you open it; you download whatever non-copyrighted, public domain data you want to download (eg fascinating eBooks and the like - not MP3s or anything, cough, cough); and then you close it.

None of these fancy 'queues' or 'multiple torrent support' nonsense. It just does exactly what it says on the tin, and does it quicker than any other client I've tried (and I think I've tried them all).

I can't think of anything illegal to download.

I can't think of anything illegal to download.
Are you sure you're Dutch?

I have extensive dealings with Bit Torrent clients. Among those I've used I found BitComet to be the most to my liking, however it seems there are some issues with it that have caused certain Torrent sites to prevent its use. Therefore in its absence I went to uTorrent.

After having used uTorrent for a good long while now I can say with certainty that it is the most effective, non-intrusive, likable program. I used Azureus for awhile but it was pointless. Way, way to many options, slow and clumsy, it basically stunk in my opinion. So here is my suggestion:

1. BitComet
2. uTorrent
3. Bit Tornado (I've found it was somewhat slow, but also it acted odd at times)
4. Bit Torrent (original client)

Yea yea, the original client isn't spiffy but it'll get the job done, besides that how can anyone even be certain it's not as fast as the others out there, anyone here tried :-P

In any event Azureus is a no, no.

Also don't download music, buy it using iTunes like I am. It's easier, you get songs that were all encoded using the same bitrate, and you are assured they'll be no skips.

So in effect iTunes is good for music, I own 250 songs now :-)

Torrents are good for testing out software you may wanna buy but which has no trial version available.

Also Torrents are good if you wanna download Anime from Japan that otherwise would never get here, fans subtitle it and then upload it. Although this is boring to me now because I hate to read!

Are you sure you're Dutch?


:) I was thinking that same thing.

I am using BitComet and its good but I wondered if there was better?


Your Mom.

Yeah, another vote for uTorrent.

- N

Everybody always complains, and says not to use Azureus, but honestly, I didn't have any problems with it. Maybe those people just didn't have beefy enough systems to run it "properly."

I use uTorrent on XP and qTorrent on linux although qTorrent hasn't been working lately I'm hoping an upgrade will sort it out...
Everybody always complains, and says not to use Azureus, but honestly, I didn't have any problems with it. Maybe those people just didn't have beefy enough systems to run it "properly."
You shouldn't need a beefy system to run a bittorrent client properly.

Who wants to devote 100 megs of Ram to a bittorrent client? That's ridiculous even if you have ram to spare. What's Azureus doing that is so special that it needs so much ram?

I forget if it actually ever bogged my system down. I think I did run into problems on occasion when I had a lot of applications open. But usually it did just fine. But, I don't want bittorrent eating up so much ram.

I have uTorrent running right now and it is using 8 megs of ram.
That's more like it.

Azureus isn't just acting as a Bittorrent client, it also uses Java. Java back in the day before better resources was known to be a hog, in fact it still is in some instances.
Azureus just contains alot of pluginability that the other standard clients don't have (and don't necessarily need)

It's also very "graphical" which involves calling Java to poll alot of times to keep the data accurate, you can increase resource by lowering the poll period.

i use bittoranado.
it's easy to use.


Are there better ones?Are there faster ones? :confused:

Speed is dependant on a few things:

1: The amount of resources allocated (The Less CPU time the slower information is going to cache to RAM then write to drive)

2: The type of hardware in use (Obviously a RAID array is going to be better than a normal harddrive considering the number of Read/Writes that occur durring a torrent)

3: The type of Operating System (Win XP SP2 limited the number of TCP connections to 30, there are hacks to readjust it back to the original 50, however I think Linux can handle far more connections)

4: The speed of your connection (It's not just the speed of your download, but the upload too)

5: How your torrent client deals with ratios, leaching etc. (Some start slow and speed up, others attempt to have a 1:1 ratio so no matter if you can download at 10Mbps, you'll still be regulated at how quickly you can upload that file)

Lastly, Network Latency, namely are you just running the Torrent while you are away from the computer or are you running other programs online with the Torrent in the background. If so performance will be lower.

Shareaza. At the moment, I have 4 downloads and it is using 7 meg of RAM. It also has edonkey, gnutella and gnutella2. And looks nice.
http://www.shareaza.com/

I'm using the standart BitTorrent client.
Azureus is too heavy to my taste.

Any good advices on other Linux BitTorrent clients?

Hey i've been using azureus so far and it works better than utorrent!
I don't why but it may be because i'm on a wireless network or something!

Define 'better'.

I have now swtiched to Utorrent.
I found a method for increasing spead about 12 fold.
Trying to figure out if there is a way to make go even faster.

For the longest it was taking me FOREVER to download stuff. I adjusted some settings, and now things come in 12 times faster. What once roughly 2 days, now takes about 4hrs.

I still don't understand how this works. I just started typing in thousands in preferences menu. I still don't understand what any of it means. I tried to do a search online.

Does anybody know what all this means, and how to mximize the speed of the downloads, and minimize or even cancel uploads? There has to be some way to cheat the client to cancel all uploads, and maximize downloads alot.

Ive just switch to BitSpirit and I really like it. I can see my download rates on an always on top bar. Its a complex client but I am getting by.

ctorrent for linux (you can use it with screen), and utorrent for windows. Nowadays I mostly use newsgroups though :D

How can I learn more about news groups?

So......is anyone downloading anything legal?

So......is anyone downloading anything legal?

I think I downloaded a trailer once but it was an accident.

Newsgroups can burn in hell, they all suck. In any event uTorrent seems to work the best for me, the problem is you really need a good router in order to torrent anything half descently. I had a cheap 60 dollar one that got me an average of like 40 kbs. When I went out an bought a netgear for 120 it went up to 300 kbs on a good seed, and like 90 on a bad LOL

I have a netgear, although I do not know how to configure utorrent for anything. I have been downloading stuff for a long time successfull even though utorrent symbol at the bottom shows firewall blocking. All the downloads are yellow and never green.

I'm having a problem as of now. It only maxes up to 350-400 kbps which is the best I can get it to. But the majority of the time, it stays at 70-100 kbps. Is there a reason for this? It only shoots up occasionally, but mostly stays in that low range. I would ideally like it to stay in the 350-400 range, and if possible move on beyond that indefinitely.

It depends on the torrent, seeds, peers, etc.. but.. you're not connectable.

You need to forward the port utorrent uses in your router.
www.portforward.com will tell you how.
Also, if you're using a software firewall, you'll need to forward the port in that too. You'll need to check microsoft's firewall is disabled/has the port opened (if you're hell bent on using it). Use a port somewhere between 30000 and 51000.

In utorrent - go to options -> preferences -> connection (i think, from memory) and choose your desired port number.

It might be worth trying encryption on and off (it's off as standard). Depending on your ISP, they may prioritise certain types of traffic. Encryption can get around this sometimes... Although if you're in the US, chances are it's not an issue.

I don't know. I use Azureus, but many people say it's a resource hog.

Sure is a resource hog. However, I like the program. It gets the job done.

You're mad, there are plenty of people that would kill to have a 300-400 kbs rate like us. You're silly :-P

100 kbs even!