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A new bt client on teh block

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I've been running this bad boy lately and it looks like teh goodz.

Lemme know what you guys think. Maybe we can finally ditch Azureus and ABC, neither of which I like all that much.

BitComet!!
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I haven't found a reason to switch to a different client - what are the benefits?
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that has some nice features...
especially the intelligent rate control, and NAT traversal.

I'll give it a workout later tonight, and I'll post back with conclusions.
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intelligent rate control? how does that work?
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from their copy:
Intelligent Rate Control, optimize the upload distribution in order to get the max download rate.
...so that you don't have all your throughput being eaten up by upload-heavy torrents.
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ah yeah...cool I should have to give it a try...
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I2icks0r- that avatar is frickin' fantabulous!
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Ack! I am getting this error when trying to hit the xbox-sky tracker. Stupid!
Error: Tracker Response Error:client not certified, please use BitTorrent. BitTornado. Azureus in Tracker: http://bt.xbox-sky.com:8080/announce.php
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Well i guess I wont be trying bitcommet. I didnt want to anyway, but I was going to try it. Now not so likely.
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Well it doesn't say anything about accepting ABC either? Any trouble from bt-sky?
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Well not directly, but... ABC is basically BitTornado.
ABC is based on BitTornado 0.2.0 which extended from from Original Bittorrent Core System , coded by Bram Cohen.
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I like it. It's fast and it has a clean interface. It still feels a bit beta though. Like I couldn't figure out how to remove links from the bittorrent sites folder on the lefthand side (some of the links went to bum/shutdown sites). Azureus still seems a bit more of a thorough client, but it always takes time to get used to an app, so I'll give it a go for the next week or so and see what good/bad surfaces.

One feature that it doesn't have that may kill it for me is the web interface. Both Azureus, and I think now even ABC, has a web interface that you can use to remotely queue torrents, which is an especially handy feature for bittorrent surfing from work.
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New Version ov Azureus finally!

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Az ... 71874289/1
1.1 Distributed Database
Azureus now has a distributed, decentralised database that can be used to track decentralised torrents. This permits both "trackerless" torrents and the maintenance of swarms where the tracker has become unavailable or where the torrent was removed from the tracker.
It uses the UDP protocol, if you have a firewall/router, you will need to open/forward the UDP port in the same way you did with TCP to download data.

* 1.1.1 Magnet Links
For torrents that are tracked decentrally, Azureus can export a "Magnet Link". This is of the form "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:..." and can be used to download the torrent from the distributed database via the "open->url" menu item.

1.2 Enhanced Protocol
Azureus now supports an enhanced inter-client messaging protocol, which is aimed at allowing plugins to use the connections created by Azureus to add functionality to the program. Other clients developers can see the specifications for this protocol at http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/index.p ... ngProtocol . Plugin developers can check the plugin javadocs to see how to use it.
For example, the JPC and Chat plugins make use of this messaging extension.

1.3 JPC
Joltid Peer Cache (JPC) is now integrated into Azureus. For users whose ISP support this, JPC should allow faster downloads, while helping the ISP reduce its bandwidth costs. The JPC Plugin is safe in the way that your ISP won't know what you are downloading, and can't use it to spy on you. The JPC plugin can be disabled through Tools > Options > Plugins > JPC.

1.4 Featured Plugins
The Distributed Database and the Enhanced Protocol allowed us to develop some new plugins. We won't auto install them for you, but we recommend all users who might be interested in them to install them using the Plugins > Installation Wizard menu.

* 1.4.1 Chat
This plugin will create a discussion channel for each torrent you are downloading. Each channel is independent, and you are free to discuss whatever you want inside the channel. This plugin makes use of the Enhanced Protocol. Developers of other clients willing to implement the chat functionality in their client are welcome to take a look at the very simple protocol used and described here : http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/index.php/ChatPlugin .
You can also create/join an arbitrary channel by typing in its name inside the plugin. This will have the effect of creating a "virtual" torrent, with no seeds, in order to allow users to create connections to chat. The "virtual" torrents make use of the Distributed Database as their tracker, so while you can use the Chat Plugin without the Distributed Database, you won't be able to use the virtual channel feature if you disable the Distributed Database.

* 1.4.2 Ratings & Comments
This plugin will allow you to see ratings & comments from other users, as well as rate and comment a torrent yourself (right click the torrent in "My Torrents" then choose "ratings & comments". This plugin uses the Distributed Database, so you need to have the Distributed Database enabled for it to work.
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Post by mistasparkle* »

yeah... running the new version now... so far looks like theyve been hard at work adding new features and implementing this new protocol. Very nice stuff. (the graphical swarm display is not really useful, but pretty cool to see a torrent in action)
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