paisley Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 from the BitTorrent site 2005-03-07: 4.0.0 is now available. Changes since the last stable release: All new queue-based user interface Many options are now modifiable from the interface, including upload rate Lots of other interface improvements Extra stats are visible, for those who like it Remembers what it was doing across restarts New .torrent maker "btmaketorrentgui" replaces "btcompletedir" Better performance, as always License has changed to the BitTorrent Open Source License Torrent fields are correctly created and interpreted as utf8 Too many little things to list A few technical notes, for those interested: Single port: launchmany can seed and client can download many files from a single port and thread Interface now uses GTK instead of wxWidgets BitTorrent packets are marked as bulk data to make traffic shaping easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Yeah we were talking about this yesterday,I hadn't heard of it until swifty mentioned he grabbed it yesterday after having problems with azerus. Looks alright,but I'll stay with a stable client right now.Theres always issues when a new client comes out and I've had enough problems the last month downloading as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I just took the leap, will let ya know what I think... I'm only a hobby downloader anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I'm only a hobby downloader anyways Me too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaggerLee Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 What's the deal with the adjustable upload rates? I'm seeding a bunch of stuff at the moment with the old version and the upload rates on some shows are pretty slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 What's the deal with the adjustable upload rates? I'm seeding a bunch of stuff at the moment with the old version and the upload rates on some shows are pretty slow. there's an easy to use bar on the new version that you can adjust what your Maximum Upload Rate is set at, default is set at 20 KB/s (DLS/cable 256 K up)[edit:] am finding this nice to usemore features to play around with, more info on the .torrent file available... looks good here and no glitches yet (thankful its not Microsoft software) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I'm very new to this but I am finding it verrrrry slow. Downloading at 3-5KB/s and uploading at a mere 1KB/s. Does it matter that its a dvd that I'm downloading? :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Well,depending on how many seeds are present can effect the download speed & also if any are firewalled(yourself included),uploading speeds should be higher then 1kb/s.Swifty,couple questions here for you...Do you have a router? If so,have you forwarded the required ports?Are you using a firewall (besides windows XP if you have it)?You also should have your port range on your BT client set to 6881 - 6889 (or 6881-6999 is what I use)All this can effect your download & upload rates.Excuse my questions if you already know this,I just read you say your new at BT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Yes I do have a router, but I don't know how to forward the required ports. I'm still trying to figure out how to set my port range on the BT client too. thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Well after spending 5 hours the last 2 days trying to figure this out I declare myself retarded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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