Which Torrent client do you use?

Which is your preferred or most used Bittorrent client?

I use utorrent and Vuze. I like both of them, Nearly all private trackers recommend utorrent. And its very lightweight with any system requirements and such.

I find Vuze (Azureus) very functional and gives lots of options with which you can fiddle around.

so tell us...which client do you prefer and why?

utorrent. I am using since beginning. One of my friends gave it to me when I didn't know what a torrent is. When I understood how it works, I started using utorrent. Luckily it happens to be the best one. Would like to experiment with a few others too.

I have always used µTorrent. Never tried anything else.

i use vuze, already tried utorrent but vuze is my fav

utorrent only. had tried someothers but forgot the name. utorrent is light on resources and portable too.

Deluge. It uses 20 mb memory in my configuration. I think it is best available client for Linux users.

utorrent(ofcourse) & limewire!

Limewire not for .torrent files but for downloading songs(mostly english) just check this feature!
nice one!

Torrent clients I have used

1. μtorrent
2. ABC (Yet Another Torrent Client)
3. Arctic Torrent
4. Azureus & Vuze
5. Bit Spirit
6. Bit Tornado
7. Bit Tyrant
8. Bitcomet
9. Bittorrent ++
10. Bittorrent old & new
11. Deluge
12. Fire Torrent (addon)
13. Flashget
14. Fox Torrent (addon)
15. G3 Torrent
16. Halite
17. Ktorrent
18. Miro
19. Opera
20. Rufus
21. Transmission

Some of them are really good. But none of them have as many important features as μtorrent.

^ Azureus has almost as many if not more features than utorrent.

Yeah, Azureus/Vuze has even more features than μtorrent (eg: torrent rating), but most of them are by the help of plugins and it's a little messy (advanced though). Most of the important or must have features needed for torrent client are already inbuilt in utorrent as a single small package.

The reason I don't like Azureus is because of it's multiple tab interface and Vuze because there is no option to disable downloading of multiple files at start up. And also hard to modify trackers for a torrent.

Originally Posted by Archer

The reason I don't like Azureus is because of it's multiple tab interface and Vuze because there is no option to disable downloading of multiple files at start up. And also hard to modify trackers for a torrent.

Are you using the classic ui or modern ui?

I have used classic UI (in Bit Tyrant) and modern UI in Vuze (didn't download anything).

Try the Classic UI in Vuze. You will need to go to options>interface>start>display vuze ui chooser. Select the classic UI from there.

You will not regret it!

Ok I will give it a try.

bit comet

oh and also utorrent

I tried it out. It’s definitely better than Vuze UI and Azureus old version. But it’s still a little hard to manage torrents in it. Probably because I am used to μtorrent’s simple interface. The application stopped working when I installed 3D View plugin after showing a wrong NVIDIA version error. And I had to uninstall it.

After that I tested LH- ABC, a modified version of ABC (Yet Another Bittorrent Client) which is based on Bittornado.

The modification includes RSS support, Search, Command scheduler etc. It’s got all the important features required for a good bittorrent client. And some features even μtorrent hasn’t.

The only problem I notice is, no file selection menu when adding a torrent and empty folders created when there are multiple folders in a torrent, even after disabling them in file selection menu.

Originally Posted by 18lama

Which is your preferred or most used Bittorrent client?

I use utorrent and Vuze. I like both of them, Nearly all private trackers recommend utorrent. And its very lightweight with any system requirements and such.

I find Vuze (Azureus) very functional and gives lots of options with which you can fiddle around.

so tell us...which client do you prefer and why?

I agree with you. Vuze has lots of video content. I use both vuze and utorrent

Originally Posted by Archer

I tried it out. It’s definitely better than Vuze UI and Azureus old version. But it’s still a little hard to manage torrents in it. Probably because I am used to μtorrent’s simple interface. The application stopped working when I installed 3D View plugin after showing a wrong NVIDIA version error. And I had to uninstall it.

After that I tested LH- ABC, a modified version of ABC (Yet Another Bittorrent Client) which is based on Bittornado.

Yeah the 3d plug-in does not work on my Vuze also. I don't use bittornado based client because it has been banned by most private trackers that I use.

Originally Posted by 18lama

Yeah the 3d plug-in does not work on my Vuze also. I don't use bittornado based client because it has been banned by most private trackers that I use.

I didn't know it was banned. I rarely use private torrent trackers. And Vuze HD contents are cool. I downloaded some new movie HD trailers with it.

Originally Posted by Archer

I didn't know it was banned. I rarely use private torrent trackers. And Vuze HD contents are cool. I downloaded some new movie HD trailers with it.

most high level trackers like what, waffles, ScL, Ptn etc have banned bittornado based clients.

The only private trackers I use are Demonoid and some other small open registration ones. It seems Azureus/Vuze and μtorrent are the only bittorrent clients all trackers support.

A list of banned clients on waffles:

• ABC
• Ares
• Azureus versions older than 3.0.5.2
• µTorrent 1.7.7 builds older than 8179
• µTorrent 1.8.0 builds older than 11813
• µTorrent 1.8.1 builds older than 12616
• µTorrent 1.8.2 builds older than 14458
• µTorrent 1.9.0b builds older than 14470
• BitRocket
• Bits on Wheels
• BitTornado
• CTorrent (and Enhanced CTorrent)
• KTorrent versions older than 2.2.4
• Limewire
• mldonkey
• Opera (only when used as a torrent client)
• Shareaza
• Transmission versions older than 0.96
• Transmission 1.x versions older than 1.11
• xtorrent (or any other Dave Watanabe program)

A list of approved clients on waffles:

• µTorrent 1.7.7 build 8179
• µTorrent 1.8.0 build 11813
• µTorrent 1.8.1 build 12616
• µTorrent 1.8.2 build 14458
• µTorrent 1.9.0b build 14470
• Azureus 3.0.5.2 and newer 3.x versions
• Transmission 1.11 and newer
• Transmission 0.96
• btpd
• Halite 0.2.9 and newer

is it possible to use two torrent clients at the same time ?

I had use 3 at the same time - ktorrent ,Transmission & Deluge.

Originally Posted by newprouser

is it possible to use two torrent clients at the same time ?

NPU...you are asking me this question again m8. The answer is yes!!.

check: http://www.indiabroadband.net/broadb...tml#post189337

post: #3

sorry missed it !!

I have used Flashget,Azureus
Now I am using utorrent.

Originally Posted by newprouser

sorry missed it !!

its ok...

one more question. suppose i'm downloading a torrent which has , say two file1 and file2. But due to lower number of seeds i'm getting low speeds, say 50 kBps

will it work if i download each file separately in a different client, then i may/will get 50 kBps speed for each file ?

Anybody tried FDM as torrent client.

Originally Posted by 18lama

A list of banned clients on waffles:

• ABC
• Ares
• Azureus versions older than 3.0.5.2
• µTorrent 1.7.7 builds older than 8179
• µTorrent 1.8.0 builds older than 11813
• µTorrent 1.8.1 builds older than 12616
• µTorrent 1.8.2 builds older than 14458
• µTorrent 1.9.0b builds older than 14470
• BitRocket
• Bits on Wheels
• BitTornado
• CTorrent (and Enhanced CTorrent)
• KTorrent versions older than 2.2.4
• Limewire
• mldonkey
• Opera (only when used as a torrent client)
• Shareaza
• Transmission versions older than 0.96
• Transmission 1.x versions older than 1.11
• xtorrent (or any other Dave Watanabe program)

Even µTorrent and Azureus is banned in private trackers.
Is it be because of a security flaw in that build or is there any other special reason for banning them ?

Originally Posted by newprouser

one more question. suppose i'm downloading a torrent which has , say two file1 and file2. But due to lower number of seeds i'm getting low speeds, say 50 kBps

will it work if i download each file separately in a different client, then i may/will get 50 kBps speed for each file ?

Speed is directly dependent on # of seeds you are connected to at the moment. In theory if you tried such a thing...it might work, I haven't tested it. Tell us what you achieve.

Using the same torrent file in two different clients simultaneously will earn you a ban on most private trackers. Public trackers don't mind this though.

However you can use 2 clients; one for seeding and one for downloading.

Infact you can even use 2 separate instances of utorrent. I have seen a tutorial somewhere...google it. If you can't find it let me know, I'll post it here.

Originally Posted by Archer

Even µTorrent and Azureus is banned in private trackers.
Is it be because of a security flaw in that build or is there any other special reason for banning them ?

Some specific builds do not report the stats correctly to the tracker, and can lead to incorrect reporting of ratios. Thus most private trackers don't allow these versions. They also don't allow any alpha or beta versions of well known clients, mainly due to this reason.

Create a shortcut and add the /RECOVER parameter

is what was mentioned !

thanks for the info. Rep pending.

Originally Posted by newprouser

one more question. suppose i'm downloading a torrent which has , say two file1 and file2. But due to lower number of seeds i'm getting low speeds, say 50 kBps

will it work if i download each file separately in a different client, then i may/will get 50 kBps speed for each file ?

Most advanced/popular torrent clients have disabled multiple connections from the same ip by default.

yes when you put your cursor over it...the tooltip says its for leecher protection.(In vuze)

damn, why are they so intelligent

What happens if you set bt.allow_same_ip=TRUE?

This command is not there in Unix based OS , can you give me its equivalent.



PS: Can some client seed you on basis of IP addresses also? Then there is no way you can get dual seeding.

Originally Posted by just4kix

What happens if you set bt.allow_same_ip=TRUE?

people running multiple clients with the same torrent can download it from you. If not enabled, only one can access at a time.

Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

PS: Can some client seed you on basis of IP addresses also? Then there is no way you can get dual seeding.

Well as a newbie i used vuze since it has all inbuilt functions.You don't need to go to any websites to search for torrents.

But since my experience grew i started using u-torrent and i am quite satisfied with it as it uses less system resourses.

I have tried bitcomet also, but found u-torrent and vuze much better.

Originally Posted by just4kix

What happens if you set bt.allow_same_ip=TRUE?

There is no doubt that uTorrent is the most popular client. Reason is that it is very light. A friend of mine was saying that when he was using Azureus (Vuze), the CPU fan noise could be heard.

Originally Posted by just4kix

There is no doubt that uTorrent is the most popular client. Reason is that it is very light. A friend of mine was saying that when he was using Azureus (Vuze), the CPU fan noise could be heard.

I dont about that, but vuze uses bit more resources than utorrent.

Started with Bitlord, Changed to Azureus and now finally happy with Utorrent!! Very light on the system........good speeds!!

Originally Posted by just4kix

There is no doubt that uTorrent is the most popular client. Reason is that it is very light. A friend of mine was saying that when he was using Azureus (Vuze), the CPU fan noise could be heard.

Possible...but only if your friend was using the modern UI. Switch over to classic UI and enjoy blazing fast speeds.

Azureus / Vuze.. i believe its is fav amongst all...

^ Yeah mine too...

BTW is any one suffering from a problem where Vuze takes too much time to load? I may have a solution for you...

Vuze was working fine while I was on Vista...when I updated my os to 7, Vuze took nearly 5 minutes to boot up.

I searched everywhere on google, Vuze forums...could not find the answer...than out of the blue I saw this article on Vuze wiki...and it worked wonders!

Now when I start Vuze it loads up in a fraction of a second!!

i use bittorrent.

Bitcomet is just the best one u all need to give it a try!

Utorrent is 1 of the older ones so people must be using it'

I always used utorrent but these days using bit-torrent for no reason

utorrent on windows and transmission on ubuntu.

I have been using Utorrent for years now. I am not sure why I choose it in the first place but I have no complaints so still using it.

Yeah, for downloading torrents even I chose uTorrent as my first client and glad that it was one of those rare "get it right first time" moments!