Which BT client do you use?

Website · Post by **Damien** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:46 pm

Azeureus is a memory hog it seems also, thats one of the reasons why I dumped it.

Post by **psi29a** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:35 pm

That is due the fact it is written in java, which does indeed eat a lot of resources. The good news is that it runs on just about any OS, which is double plus for me since it pays to have OS agnostic software.

Post by **Deathbringer** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:38 pm

psi29a wrote:That is due the fact it is written in java, which does indeed eat a lot of resources. The good news is that it runs on just about any OS, which is double plus for me since it pays to have OS agnostic software.

Yeah, that´s the main problem of Azureus, i usually just let it on when i´m not using the comp, it´s not that big deal to me.

Post by **Tempest** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:39 pm

I use BitComet, Daedelus refered it to me and so far it's working pretty damn well.

Post by **psi29a** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:50 pm

Tempest wrote:I use BitComet, Daedelus refered it to me and so far it's working pretty damn well.

Again, I would recommend not to use BitComet, I may end up banning its use. Sorry.

Wikipedia wrote:During versions 0.59 to 0.60, BitComet was receiving bad publicity because of an incomplete implementation of the DHT feature. DHT is a protocol that can connect peers without the need of a tracker. BitComet's implementation did not respect the 'private' flag of a torrent, allowing other DHT users outside of a private site to access and download that site's files if 1) the tracker is down, 2) 'Add DHT Network as backup tracker' option is selected and 3) the torrent file has been shared out. This in turn allowed users that hadn't signed up to avoid download and upload ratio restrictions, which are common on private trackers. Many private trackers (including BitSpirit) have now banned all versions because of the flawed implementation of the DHT feature that is unfair to the peers on the private tracker. Although this problem of not respecting the private flag was solved in the 0.61 release, there are still many DHT leaks. Thus BitComet remains banned on many private trackers.

Two of the major DHT bugs were fixed with the release of BitComet 0.64. These were editing the .xml file of the active .torrent to allow not only DHT but PEX to run as well. The other bug is pasting "DHT Network" into the tracker list in the properties section of a .torrent.

BitComet's upload slot limit is known not to work. BitComet has also been accused of favoring other BitComet users on uploads, hammering trackers, dropping piece requests, and other similar "cheating" techniques.

also there is a great comparison of BT clients here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison ... t_software

Post by **Eldo** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:58 pm

Wikipedia wrote:During versions 0.59 to 0.60, BitComet was receiving bad publicity because of an incomplete implementation of the DHT feature. DHT is a protocol that can connect peers without the need of a tracker. BitComet's implementation did not respect the 'private' flag of a torrent, allowing other DHT users outside of a private site to access and download that site's files if 1) the tracker is down, 2) 'Add DHT Network as backup tracker' option is selected and 3) the torrent file has been shared out. This in turn allowed users that hadn't signed up to avoid download and upload ratio restrictions, which are common on private trackers. Many private trackers (including BitSpirit) have now banned all versions because of the flawed implementation of the DHT feature that is unfair to the peers on the private tracker. Although this problem of not respecting the private flag was solved in the 0.61 release, there are still many DHT leaks. Thus BitComet remains banned on many private trackers.

Two of the major DHT bugs were fixed with the release of BitComet 0.64. These were editing the .xml file of the active .torrent to allow not only DHT but PEX to run as well. The other bug is pasting "DHT Network" into the tracker list in the properties section of a .torrent.

BitComet's upload slot limit is known not to work. BitComet has also been accused of favoring other BitComet users on uploads, hammering trackers, dropping piece requests, and other similar "cheating" techniques.

Yes...uh...cheating is...so bad...

Azureus is broken for me because of the memory hog, and the fact my computer has tendencies to explode. Which is why the rest of my house has bomb shelters. Nah, my comp's just a piece of shit.

Post by **Deathbringer** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:04 pm

Azureus eats alot of information from either good computer and shitty computers, of course the owners of the shitty computers are the ones who are going to cry hard.

Post by **arke** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:33 pm

Now I feel strange for using the vanilla BT client.

Post by **Eldo** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:59 pm

arke wrote:Now I feel strange for using the vanilla BT client.

I always knew there was something strange about you...now I know why. *gaspshockhorror*

Post by **EvaXephon** » Fri May 12, 2006 2:57 am

BitLord

Although, all BitTorrent files download slowly for me, no matter what client I'm using. =(

Post by **panasonic** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:33 am

azureus doesnt seem like a memory hog to me, but i may be cos i have a decent amount of ram

Post by **psi29a** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:44 am

It uses 50Megs of ram, on average for me. Laptop and Work machine have around 768Megs, so... its trivial for me. Though I could imagine that those with 256 or 512 (typical default machines bought) that it can be hard to part with that 50Megs of ram which could be used for say Firefox or Thunderbird.

Post by **panasonic** » Fri May 12, 2006 7:43 pm

i got 760, and i have pagefile of 2gigs, so maybe thats y

Post by **Fatal_CobraX** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:04 pm

Omg..
I'm the only one who uses ABC?!
... Whats the real difference with azureus being so much better?

Website · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:18 pm

Fatal_CobraX wrote:Omg..
I'm the only one who uses ABC?!
... Whats the real difference with azureus being so much better?

Its just that you can add plugins and it has many features.

Post by **panasonic** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:49 pm

for me azureus just tends to connect to better seeders/peers, it may be just luck, but overall i get better performance

Post by **psi29a** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:21 pm

source

Basically this is about protecting yourself while using bit-torrent, specifically uTorrent in which you can use it's built in feature (disabled by default) to block known anti-p2p operations that floods everyone with bogus data, and tattles your IP to the RIAA/MPAA/etc. By flooding, what it does is send you junk, meaning that you have to re-download a piece several times before you get a valid piece. Thanks to their efforts, it could take you double (or more) the time download the files.

Now, this guide shows you how to do it but in Azueus, it comes standard in a plugin. Sure it will eat memory, however it:
a) blocks people who send junk data
b) blocks organizations that want to shut down bit-torrent
c) updates automatically with latest lists.

this improves the rate of download.

So, Azureus for the win!

Website · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:19 pm

Thanks for the tip psi, now a question in Utorrent should I have DHT enabled or not?

Post by **Quest** » Wed May 24, 2006 2:50 am

thanks for the info, psi!
=)

Post by **Arresty** » Fri May 26, 2006 2:45 am

Thanks psi, I will check this out.

Post by **Malvado** » Sat May 27, 2006 12:06 am

i use ABC and bittornado. Yeah, i like to live in the past.

I'll check out utorrent though.

Post by **3rdbloodage** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:58 pm

Right Now (BitComet)
But Looks like i will Try To use another Torrent client .. After i finishing the current projects

Someone told me about this client (BitSpirit) http://www.167bt.com/intl/

but i will return to use Azureus