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Re: what is your favorite torrent client? - Doc - 10-21-2009
Black wrote:
Nobody else using Vuze (nee Azureus)?
I like it less and less with the recent changes but it gets the job done.
I use it, but it takes an hour of doctoring to get it to work right every time I update it and I would not recommend it to anyone who lacks the patience and expertise to do the same work.
(Manually install to prevent the toolbar from installing, block all communications with the mothership, block other servers to prevent wasting bandwidth on their streaming videos and ads, disable plugins, customize plugins, tweak the interface, re-do the blacklist, change the ports...)
Re: what is your favorite torrent client? - decay - 10-21-2009
this reminds me - i missed the Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror episide on Sunday... off to the torrentz!
Re: what is your favorite torrent client? - Mac1337 - 10-21-2009
I have never used torrent. What am I missing?
Vuze. - RAMd®d - 10-21-2009
I use the last version before 4.x.
I like the left side of the interface with the torrent stats. I never bother with the other stuff.
I've tried all of the clients mentioned so far, Transmission being the second favorite. It tends to slow everything down unless I tweak the settings, and Vuse (Still Azureus in the menubar) doesn't seem to be a problem.
There's a myriad of setting for Azureus and I have no idea what most of them mean. I just click a bunch of torrents, and they roll in.
Re: what is your favorite torrent client? - Buck - 10-21-2009
Dakota wrote:
I have never used torrent. What am I missing?
I think it's a halloween thing, or white water rafting?
Re: what is your favorite torrent client? - DewGuy - 10-22-2009
Grateful11 wrote:
60 torrents! I used Transmission the other night to get Cold Case,
because some stupid football game ran over an hour long and they ran
60 Minutes and something called Three Rivers then the local news and
then they talked for a half a frickin' hour about a football game that had
been decided who the hell won the darn thing 3 hours earlier. I emailed
the local CBS broadcaster and asked them if they were going to delay
broadcast Cold Case but I haven't heard a darn thing from them. If someone
wants to crucify me for doing that so be it.
Sorry but I like "Cold Case"!
On Monday, I went to cue up my tape from Sunday nights taping of "Cold Case" and I was dumbfounded to find that the football game ran w-a-y l-o-n-g and that at the end of "Three Rivers" my local affiliate went to local news and then their regular Sunday night outdoor show. I normally tape for 2 hours to account for football running long but in this case it wasn't enough. I was p*ssed. Ranted for a bit and then realized that I could probably use Transmission to download a torrent.
Up until now my ONLY use of Transmission had been to get the last few episodes of "Defying Gravity" since ABC won't say if or when they're going to air them. I didn't know if something like "Cold Case" would be available (since it's a mainstream show) so I did a search and there it was. Like you I'm a big fan of "Cold Case", as a matter of fact I think it's my favorite show.