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TMBisms

2007-10-31T00:28:44Z

DWSR: /* irv'ing (or to irv) */

==A jaybeee==
To do a "jaybeee" is to be the first to post on a new page in an existing thread without referencing any previous post; so anyone who reads it doesn't know what the hell you are on about [http://www.themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=5417&page=100]. A [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/User:Jaybeee jaybeee], often amusingly misspelled Jaybee [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=18715&page=2#139775], is also a type of TMB admin.

==irv'ing (or to irv)==
Synonymous to making something FUBAR (fucked up beyond all recognition) in the manner of the TMB admin by the same name. Also synonymous with "DWSR'ing" or "Clouseau'ing" as this entry was ironically screwed up the alphabetical order of the TMB'ism wiki by DWSR himself. Both synonyms coined by kbatman. However, it should be noted that DWSR screw up the entry on purpose, in order to give an example of what it is 'to irv'.

==Bid voyeurism==
To watch bids on e-bay with the intent to causing mental instability to the person selling the item being watched, bid voyeurs will try to encourage others to join in "the watch" and maybe even ask the seller random questions that are likely to incite "bay rage"[http://www.themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=43023]

==Drugs Are Bad, mmkay?==
Drugs are bad
[[Image:DSC00078.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Drugs Are Bad]]

==Fart in your mouth, slap some taint==
The greatest put-down in the history of the modern put-down. First recorded in tmb-irc circa 2006.

==Fucky you guy (aka ocoisa)==
fucky you...
I am a stupid motherfucker and my IP has been blocked.
I would love to stay and converse like a rational human being, but since I had a large penis inserted in my ear it has made it almost impossible for me to act in any other way than the plancton that I am

==Goosing==
An act of sexual aggression but with no harm intended. Practised by Rees and other no good student types!!!

==Jump the shark, to==
According to cipater72, "jumping the shark" is "a reference to when something has become convoluted and a parody of itself, it loses sight of its former goals and becomes silly and meaningless. It comes from the programme Happy Days and was seen as a season too far when Fonzie jumped over a shark whilst water skiing". And dont even try to call this definition in question, because cipater72 is a resident who allready donated to themixingbowl :)

==New Job==
Something apparently not only worth posting about on TMB in its own thread, but also worth telling people you know in real life after you've read somebody else got one. May also be accompanied by a news announcement on the main page. [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=42275&page=1 Example]
[[Image:2wenty6ix.jpg|thumb|none|200px|New job announcement]]

==NSFW==
Acronym for "Not Safe For Work" but potentially means "Not suitable for anybody anywhere." If you are easily offended, in the presence of minors or using a publicly viewable computer you should not enter a forum thread marked NSFW. Expect to be offended at some point but mostly expect to see lovely human females in various states of undress. Always check links before clicking, unless you really want to find out about Tub Girl and Meatspin.

==Pella==
Accapella collection, most notably uploaded by Plugg

==Owl flirting==
A euphemism for "having an erection", e.g. "Don't mind the dog; one can only expect such a welcome when he's flirting with the owl as he is." - luvtub[http://www.themixingbowl.org/userdetails.php?id=511]

[[Image:Alanowl0dq.jpg|thumb|left|200px|No Wai!]][[Image:Hootvz7.jpg|none|thumb|208px|Mag!]]

==Taint==
Anatomical reference, specifically female human, a.k.a. perineum, chinrest : derived from "T'aint pussy, t'aint ass."

==The Random Thread a.k.a "Ouch"[http://tmb.dj/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=9691&page=1]==

"So, you can see that it's green, and it's not even a new one!"

==Tit Monday==
That special day in the year when, for the first time, the temperature rises above that magical point which causes girls getting dressed in the morning to decide to show a bit of nork.

==Titso==
Phenomenally gifted [http://themixingbowl.org/browse.php?incldead=1&anor=or&search=essential&sort=added/ Trance] DJ with teh 1337 Fisher Price sk1llz. Nickname coined by Vital1c. [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=29041&page=1#228616]
[[Image:Tiesto_turntables.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Titso showing off M4d sk1llz]]
[[Image:ravers.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Titso fans!]]

=="I Wanna Upload" Muppet==
A person who wants to contribute to TMB by sharing stuff but clearly cannot read HUGE RED LETTERS. [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=158 Look Here]

==Whoopdy Fucking Do==
while not originating on TMB, it has, courtesy of Snykch[http://themixingbowl.org/userdetails.php?id=2738], become a standard cynical and withering reply to self-fellating threads, e.g. "My 10th Post", "I've uploaded a megabyte!", "I'm 1 Year Old!!!" etc. [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=6498&page=2#82361]

==#themixingbowl==

Habituated by the small number of TMB members who can figure out how to use IRC. Gay inuendo and wozz'es mum jokes are the order of the day. #themixingbowl is a sanctuary for TMB's most bitter and twisted individuals. There is nothing better than after a long hard day of wanking at work to jump into #themixingbowl and enjoy a spit-roasting. Beware of the lurkers, chances are its your mum and she wont be happy about the naughty words you have been saying.

The best banter to be had when everyone is fucked up on Stella.

BTW, Rad hates M$ and we thank Mook for the endless enjoyment he provides by entertaining his rants.

==The Daddy==

When you haven't uploaded enough he comes to your house and shits on your settee. It takes weeks to get rid of the smell, not to mention his entourage of Tong-crazed pilled-up lunatics.
[[Image:coptang.jpg|thumb|none|300px|I can see your settee from here.......]]

==Wiki==
A mythical place that exists only in legend. [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/]

==Widging (or to Widge)==
Losing ones job due to excessive use of the broadweb whilst at work, this includes 'Bowling, emailing and looking at too much (is there such a thing?) porn whilst you are supposed to be doing the job your frickin' paid to do!!!!

TMBisms

2007-10-31T00:14:40Z

DWSR: added irv'ing.

==A jaybeee==
To do a "jaybeee" is to be the first to post on a new page in an existing thread without referencing any previous post; so anyone who reads it doesn't know what the hell you are on about [http://www.themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=5417&page=100]. A [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/User:Jaybeee jaybeee], often amusingly misspelled Jaybee [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=18715&page=2#139775], is also a type of TMB admin.

==irv'ing (or to irv)==
Synonymous to making something FUBAR (fucked up beyond all recognition) in the manner of the TMB admin by the same name.

==Bid voyeurism==
To watch bids on e-bay with the intent to causing mental instability to the person selling the item being watched, bid voyeurs will try to encourage others to join in "the watch" and maybe even ask the seller random questions that are likely to incite "bay rage"[http://www.themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=43023]

==Drugs Are Bad, mmkay?==
Drugs are bad
[[Image:DSC00078.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Drugs Are Bad]]

==Fart in your mouth, slap some taint==
The greatest put-down in the history of the modern put-down. First recorded in tmb-irc circa 2006.

==Fucky you guy (aka ocoisa)==
fucky you...
I am a stupid motherfucker and my IP has been blocked.
I would love to stay and converse like a rational human being, but since I had a large penis inserted in my ear it has made it almost impossible for me to act in any other way than the plancton that I am

==Goosing==
An act of sexual aggression but with no harm intended. Practised by Rees and other no good student types!!!

==Jump the shark, to==
According to cipater72, "jumping the shark" is "a reference to when something has become convoluted and a parody of itself, it loses sight of its former goals and becomes silly and meaningless. It comes from the programme Happy Days and was seen as a season too far when Fonzie jumped over a shark whilst water skiing". And dont even try to call this definition in question, because cipater72 is a resident who allready donated to themixingbowl :)

==New Job==
Something apparently not only worth posting about on TMB in its own thread, but also worth telling people you know in real life after you've read somebody else got one. May also be accompanied by a news announcement on the main page. [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=42275&page=1 Example]
[[Image:2wenty6ix.jpg|thumb|none|200px|New job announcement]]

==NSFW==
Acronym for "Not Safe For Work" but potentially means "Not suitable for anybody anywhere." If you are easily offended, in the presence of minors or using a publicly viewable computer you should not enter a forum thread marked NSFW. Expect to be offended at some point but mostly expect to see lovely human females in various states of undress. Always check links before clicking, unless you really want to find out about Tub Girl and Meatspin.

==Pella==
Accapella collection, most notably uploaded by Plugg

==Owl flirting==
A euphemism for "having an erection", e.g. "Don't mind the dog; one can only expect such a welcome when he's flirting with the owl as he is." - luvtub[http://www.themixingbowl.org/userdetails.php?id=511]

[[Image:Alanowl0dq.jpg|thumb|left|200px|No Wai!]][[Image:Hootvz7.jpg|none|thumb|208px|Mag!]]

==Taint==
Anatomical reference, specifically female human, a.k.a. perineum, chinrest : derived from "T'aint pussy, t'aint ass."

==The Random Thread a.k.a "Ouch"[http://tmb.dj/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=9691&page=1]==

"So, you can see that it's green, and it's not even a new one!"

==Tit Monday==
That special day in the year when, for the first time, the temperature rises above that magical point which causes girls getting dressed in the morning to decide to show a bit of nork.

==Titso==
Phenomenally gifted [http://themixingbowl.org/browse.php?incldead=1&anor=or&search=essential&sort=added/ Trance] DJ with teh 1337 Fisher Price sk1llz. Nickname coined by Vital1c. [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=29041&page=1#228616]
[[Image:Tiesto_turntables.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Titso showing off M4d sk1llz]]
[[Image:ravers.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Titso fans!]]

=="I Wanna Upload" Muppet==
A person who wants to contribute to TMB by sharing stuff but clearly cannot read HUGE RED LETTERS. [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=158 Look Here]

==Whoopdy Fucking Do==
while not originating on TMB, it has, courtesy of Snykch[http://themixingbowl.org/userdetails.php?id=2738], become a standard cynical and withering reply to self-fellating threads, e.g. "My 10th Post", "I've uploaded a megabyte!", "I'm 1 Year Old!!!" etc. [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=6498&page=2#82361]

==#themixingbowl==

Habituated by the small number of TMB members who can figure out how to use IRC. Gay inuendo and wozz'es mum jokes are the order of the day. #themixingbowl is a sanctuary for TMB's most bitter and twisted individuals. There is nothing better than after a long hard day of wanking at work to jump into #themixingbowl and enjoy a spit-roasting. Beware of the lurkers, chances are its your mum and she wont be happy about the naughty words you have been saying.

The best banter to be had when everyone is fucked up on Stella.

BTW, Rad hates M$ and we thank Mook for the endless enjoyment he provides by entertaining his rants.

==The Daddy==

When you haven't uploaded enough he comes to your house and shits on your settee. It takes weeks to get rid of the smell, not to mention his entourage of Tong-crazed pilled-up lunatics.
[[Image:coptang.jpg|thumb|none|300px|I can see your settee from here.......]]

==Wiki==
A mythical place that exists only in legend. [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/]

==Widging (or to Widge)==
Losing ones job due to excessive use of the broadweb whilst at work, this includes 'Bowling, emailing and looking at too much (is there such a thing?) porn whilst you are supposed to be doing the job your frickin' paid to do!!!!

Ableton Live

2007-10-08T12:10:13Z

DWSR: /* EQ */

[[category:Audio Tools]]
==Introduction to Ableton==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ableton_Live Ableton Live] is a loop-based software music sequencer for Macintosh and Windows by Ableton. The latest major release of Live, Version 6, was released in September 2006. Unlike other software sequencers, Live is designed around the notion of being as much an instrument for live performances as a tool for composing and arranging.

Though if you're here, you already know that!

The idea of this wiki entry is to be a one-stop shop for everything ableton, references, links, how-to's etc. (though being the TMB, we'll see) both from a DJ'ing side, and a production side.

==DJ'ing With Live==
===The Basics===
1. READ THE MANUAL, ok, so they're long winded and pretty boring, but I guarentee, you'll find something in it that you didn't know before, and it'll probably be useful at somepoint.

2. Fine, don't read it. but you'll need to know how to warp your tracks. Warping, like beatmatching on normal decks is a skill, which you WILL need to learn, it's fairly easy with a 4/4 house beat, but not so easy with an orchestral piece, so don't worry if you don't get it spot on straight away...
here's some helpful video's that show you how to do it. 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OMXPz8Z-sY A good basic introduction, should get you started]

===Cueing===
If you have a nice multiple output soundcard, (this doesn't include Soundblaster Audigy Series, and similar surround sound cards.. it can be done but it's complicated.. maybe later!) it is possible to set it up so you can listen to stuff through your headphones before you play it through the master out.

===EQ===
The EQ3 is designed to replicate the standard 3-band EQ as found on nearly every DJ mixer in existence (Allen & Heath and budget models excluded) and is generally speaking the first effect/plug-in to put on the audio channel track.

For more advanced work, such as multiple layering of tracks, the EQ8 is a better option, the choice of lo/hi-shelf, bandpass, lo and hi-pass filter, variable resonance, gain, and frequency give improved flexibility and sound-sculpting options.

==MIDI Controllers==

UTorrent

2007-09-23T01:58:55Z

DWSR: /* Setting Up Filters */

{{lowercase|title=µTorrent}}

==Summary==

µTorrent is a very small and fast BitTorrent client. It needs very little memory and can run on almost any computer, fast or slow. Unlike Azureus, it does not rely on external software to run. It is recommended for users that want enough control over their torrents but also want to use their computer for other things simultaneously.

µTorrent (pronounced as 'micro-torrent') can be downloaded at [http://www.utorrent.com http://www.utorrent.com].

'''This Guide is based on µTorrent version 1.7.2. If you have an older version, please upgrade!'''

'''NB. atm this wiki is currently out of date as a new version has been released. i will sort it out as soon as possible ~Sir~'''

''I'm sorting it out right now. I'll remove the notice when I'm done. -DWSR''

'''Updated Sections:'''
* Summary
* How to Change your Port
* How To Setup Auto-Downloading via RSS

'''To Do'''
* How To Create a Torrent
* How To Setup a TMB Search Feed
* Can µTorrent Be Skinned?
* At A Glance...
* Changelog

==How to Change your port==

You will need to do this if you receive the following error message: "Rejected by tracker - Port xxxx is blacklisted" when trying to download.

Go to Options->Preferences (or hit Ctrl+P). This will open the Preferences window. Select ''Connection'' from the list on the left. You will see the following window:

[[Image:Connection.PNG]]

'''Port Used For Incoming Connections:''' This is what you need to change. it can be anything other than the ports from 6881 to 6889, and its up to you what you choose. However, it is recommended to choose something between 50000 and 60000. These ports are not commonly used for anything else. Refrain from using a number below 1024. These are known as service ports and are reserved for specific programs/tasks. You can use the Random Port button to automatically generate a random port number

'''Randomize port each time µTorrent starts:''' This option can be useful if your ISP monitors your Internet traffic or attempts to Throttle bandwidth used by P2P (Peer to Peer) applications (which BitTorrent is). '''Note:''' If you have this option selected and are doing manual port forwarding, you will need to change that forwarding every time you start µTorrent in order to make sure that you are [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/One_Stop_Ratio_Shop#Why_being_Clever_is_Good_For_Your_Ratio 'connectable'].

'''Enable UPnP port mapping:''' This should be ticked. This may save you having to do any manual port forwarding if you are behind a router and your router supports [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnP UPnP].

'''Enable NAT-PMP port mapping:''' This is essentially the same as the previous option and also should be ticked. NAT-PMP stands for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT-PMP Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol] and is simply a different method of achieving the same end result. Chances are that, between UPnP and NAT-PMP, µTorrent will be able to automatically forward the correct port to your computer.

'''Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall exceptions (Windows XP SP2 or later):''' This should be ticked. You don't want a firewall blocking your downloads!

You can ignore the other options for now. Once thats been done, click OK to exit the Preferences window. Next, we're going to test your connection to make sure your port is properly forwarded.

Go to Options -> Speed Guide (Ctrl+G) and click the 'Test if port is forwarded correctly' button. It will run a little test and tell you if it is. This will open a browser window to show you the results. If you receive an error, you may have to manually forward ports from your router to your computer. This can happen on school/university networks. You can also do a quick visual check to see if everything is working correctly by looking at the Network Status light at the bottom of the uTorrent window. Please note that this method is not 100% accurate, while the previous test method is.

'''Red:''' Something is wrong. Run the connection test. (Means you are not 'connectable') (Usually caused by unforwarded ports)

'''Yellow:''' At the moment there are no imcoming connections. (If this never turns green, run the connection test to check if it's OK.)

'''Green:''' You have successfully received an incoming connection, which means that your ports are forwarded and that everything is working like it should. (You are connectable). Hooray!

==How to Create a Torrent==

1. Put the file you want to torrent into a folder. Make sure you name all files and folders neatly and tidy up the file's tags with a program such as mp3tag --> [http://www.mp3tag.de/en]

2. Before attempting to create the torrent, search themixingbowl.org '''very thoroughly''' to check that the mix or show hasn't already been uploaded - use the search function, making sure to tick the 'including dead torrents' box. Duplicates are only allowed where every attempt has been made to find a seeder for a dead torrent but none have appeared after a reasonable amount of time.

3. IMPORTANT - You must make sure this folder includes the mixing bowl .nfo, found here --> [http://www.themixingbowl.org/www.themixingbowl.org.nfo] - Click File --> Save As then save the .nfo file in the folder that you are making into a torrent. Also try to include in the folder :-

- A tracklist, written in Notepad or Word.
- Any .cue files that the file may have.
- Any other relevant information. The more detail about the file's source you can
include, the better.

4. Open µTorrent

5. Click File --> Create New Torrent

6. Click 'Add Directory' --> find the folder you're torrenting and select it.

7. In 'Trackers', put this --> "http://tracker.themixingbowl.org/announce.php" (copy and paste link)

8. In 'Comments', put this --> "www.themixingbowl.org"

9. Check 'Private Torrent'

10. Click 'Create and Save As'

11. Once it's torrented, save the .torrent file to your hard drive

12. On themixingbowl.org, click 'Upload' in the 'Torrents' menu

13. Fill in all the details '''''very carefully'''''

14. Click 'Do it!'

15. Redownload the new .torrent file, opening it up in µTorrent - make sure you point it to save exactly where the folder '''''already is'''''

16. µTorrent should then check that the folder is there and complete, then after a few seconds, begin seeding.

17. Bingo!

==How to Setup auto-downloading via RSS==

===Install===

The first thing to note is you don't need to download any external program - µTorrent has RSS built in!

===Configuration===

Click on the RSS icon (2nd rightmost button) or go Options > RSS Downloader (Ctrl+R). A window that looks like the following will show up:

[[Image:RSS.PNG]]

This is the window where you add 'feeds'. A feed is simply something that will tell µTorrent where to find torrent files. The basic format for the TMB RSS feed is:

<nowiki>http://themixingbowl.org/rss.xml</nowiki>

If you'd like to name the feed (to keep it organized, for example), then simply add 'Name|' before the feed's URL, so that it looks something like this:

<nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://themixingbowl.org/rss.xml</nowiki>

'''Do not add spaces before or after the '|'.''' Next, there special commands that you can add in order to customize the feed to only display certain categories or genres. More about that can be found [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=45236 in this thread]. However, for right now, let's set up the feed to only give us Reader Mixes that are labeled as house:

<nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://themixingbowl.org/rss.php?cat=6&genre=4</nowiki>

The last step is to add authentication data, or to give µTorrent information that it needs in order to access the feed. There are 2 ways that you can do this:

# Simply add your username and password into the URL, like so:
#* <nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://username:password@themixingbowl.org/rss.xml?cat=6&genre=4</nowiki>
# For those people who don't like their login information out in the open, you can use the alternative format. This requires you to grab the UID and pass out of your internet browser's (IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie cookie].
#* IE users will find their cookies in %UserProfile%\Cookies
#* Firefox users will find their cookies in Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Cookies -> View Cookies
#* Opera users will find their cookies in Tools -> Advanced -> Cookies, but they must scroll down manually, find doesn't work
#* Users of other browsers will have to consult their browser's documentation

Once you have the UID and pass, you can add them to the the URL in the following way:

<nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://themixingbowl.org/rss.xml?cat=6&genre=4:COOKIE:uid=1234;pass=ds0a987hahd</nowiki>

'''Don't forget to replace the example UID and pass with your own.''' I prefer the second method because it doesn't directly reveal my password. You can change your UID and pass at any time by logging out and back into TMB. Once you do this, you will have to update your feed in µTorrent to reflect the new values.

===Setting Up Filters===

I feel that these filters are redundant, now that you can customize the feed to only a certain category/genre, however I have included them here as a reference.

In the same window as before, click the Favourites tab. This window will appear:

[[Image:RSSFavs.PNG]]

Then, name the filter whatever you like. After that, fill in the following values.

'''Filter:''' What you're looking for. Do not enter plain text here. You'll need to use the following wildcards to get a match:
* <nowiki>*</nowiki> means any number of characters.
* ? means any 1 character.

You can also use the '|' (pipe) character to represent 'or'. For example, say I want to search our example feed (from above) for Essential Mixes done by Deep Dish or Pendulum. I would enter the following into the Filter box:

<nowiki>*Deep?Dish*|*Pendulum*</nowiki>

'''Not:''' This is for entering values so that µTorrent will ignore a torrent. Probably more useful on other sites with proper scene release names, but I'll still mention it here. Works identically to the Filter box.

'''Save in:''' Designate the folder that you want the files in the torrent to download to. ''This box is required unless you use µTorrent's 'Put new downloads in:' option''

'''Feed:''' Whether or not to apply the filter you have created to all of the feeds you have µTorrent reading, or only a specific one. Select the feed you created earlier.

'''Everything else:''' You can ignore it. They are more useful on feeds that have a larger variety of content.

After you've finished everything, simply close the window. Changes are automatically saved.

PS The History tab shows you what µTorrent has downloaded in the past (subject to the filters you've created) and the Releases tab shows the entire feed.

PPS Also make sure that Options->Preferences->Downloads->Don't Start the Download Automatically is not ticked. If it is, the torrent will not automatically start.

==How to setup a TMB search feed==

This will allow you to search all of TMB's torrents from uTorrent's interface!

Options > preferences > apperance
(if using 1.6.1 its in = Options > preferences > Advanced > User Interface)

search 'strings' work the the following way : 'your name for search/site' | 'the search url'

paste this into the box to have a search named TMB:

<nowiki>TMB|http://www.themixingbowl.org/browse.php?search=</nowiki>

You should now see this: [[Image:Searchstring.jpg]]

now go click and select it in the top corner!

Like This:[[Image:SearchTMB.jpg]]

==Can uTorrent Be Skinned??==

Yes! download skins here:[[http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php]]. FAQ is also included!

==At a glance...==

The current version (1.5) contains:
* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Configurable bandwidth scheduler
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
* RSS Downloader
* Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

==Changelog (version 1.5)==

* 2006-03-08: Version 1.5 (build 437)
* Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
* Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it's off
* Fix: Tab icons now transparent

* 2006-03-07: Version 1.5 (build 436)
* Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
* Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
* Feature: Auto detect read cache size
* Feature: Language file can be auto updated
* Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
* Feature: New easter egg
* Feature: RSS Help button
* Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
* Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
* Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
* Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
* Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
* Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
* Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
* Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
* Feature: XML parser supports # tags
* Feature: Determine the values to show in the speed popup list automatically.
* Feature: Category list to filter main torrent list.
* Feature: Propagate encryption support through PEX
* Feature: Choose what happens on double click in torrent list
* Feature: Show a special message if utorrent crashes while NOD32 is active.
* Feature: Added scheduler mode to seed only (hold Shift button)
* Feature: Support min_interval key
* Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
* Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
* Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
* Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
* Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
* Feature: Protocol Encryption
* Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
* Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
* Feature: RSS toolbar button
* Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
* Feature: ESC minimizes
* Change: Rearranged settings dialog
* Change: Default to priorizing rarest pieces
* Change: Switch default theme
* Change: Skip hidden/system files when creating torrent.
* Change: Right align some columns.
* Change: Remove spaces from urls in RSS feeds
* Change: DHT binds UDP socket to net.bind_ip
* Change: Smarter block hashing, tries to avoid re-reading from the file if possible.
* Change: Tracker connections obey max_halfopen/max_connections
* Change: Switching folder in the Add window tries to detect if you point at an already downloaded folder.
* Change: Added support for " in XML parser
* Change: Optimized disk-io
* Change: coalesce_writes defaults to true
* Change: &Exit to E&xit
* Change: Show up/down arrows in listview headers
* Change: Rearranged some stuff in the settings dialog
* Change: Add FAQ to the help menu
* Change: Use UTF-8 instead of utf-8 in created torrents.
* Change: Min autodetected piecesize is now 64k.
* Change: Remember last active RSS page.
* Change: Don't increase counters while paused.
* Change: Auto detect if RSS feed uses latin1 or utf8.
* Change: Sort by scrape peers instead of connected peers
* Change: Relevance rounds up instead of down.
* Change: Rename langpack to utorrent.lng.
* Change: If langpack is in the exedir, it gets installed to APPDATA.
* Change: Remember if torrents have errored when you restart
* Change: Optimizations to piecepicker algorithm
* Change: Fast/Slow pieces
* Change: Simplified encryption settings
* Change: Support langpack.zip with translations.
* Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
* Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
* Change: Protect webui with a password
* Change: Include beta build # in http requests.
* Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
* Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
* Change: Read cache uses less CPU
* Change: Support paths >260 chars.
* Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
* Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
* Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
* Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
* Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
* Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
* Change: Improvements to RSS parser
* Change: Pause button toggles
* Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
* Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
* Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
* Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
* Change: Changed date format
* Fix: Work better when large fonts are used.
* Fix: Prevent windows from going above pixel 0.
* Fix: Ratio on generals tab wasn't computed exactly like the main list.
* Fix: Crash bug with columns
* Fix: Better support for adjusted computer clock.
* Fix: Don't behave incorrectly if 0-byte files are deleted by the user.
* Fix: If the torrent storage path hasn't been created, create it.
* Fix: Fix a crash related to language packs.
* Fix: Superseeding works better
* Fix: RSS feeds are utf8-decoded
* Fix: Deleting from RSS history forgot about sorting
* Fix: Disallow some more characters from filenames
* Fix: Crash when deleting multiple items from RSS history
* Fix: RSS parser parsed month bad for some timestamps.
* Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
* Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
* Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
* Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work
* Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
* Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
* Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.

==External links==
*[http://www.utorrent.com Official Site]
*[irc://irc.p2p-network.net/utorrent Official IRC Channel]

[[Category:Bittorrent Client Guide]]

UTorrent

2007-09-23T01:58:19Z

DWSR: /* Setting Up Filters */

UTorrent

2007-09-03T03:27:41Z

DWSR: /* Summary */

{{lowercase|title=µTorrent}}

==Summary==

µTorrent is a very small and fast BitTorrent client. It needs very little memory and can run on almost any computer, fast or slow. Unlike Azureus, it does not rely on external software to run. It is recommended for users that want enough control over their torrents but also want to use their computer for other things simultaneously.

µTorrent (pronounced as 'micro-torrent') can be downloaded at [http://www.utorrent.com http://www.utorrent.com].

'''This Guide is based on µTorrent version 1.7.2. If you have an older version, please upgrade!'''

'''NB. atm this wiki is currently out of date as a new version has been released. i will sort it out as soon as possible ~Sir~'''

''I'm sorting it out right now. I'll remove the notice when I'm done. -DWSR''

'''Updated Sections:'''
* Summary
* How to Change your Port
* How To Setup Auto-Downloading via RSS

'''To Do'''
* How To Create a Torrent
* How To Setup a TMB Search Feed
* Can µTorrent Be Skinned?
* At A Glance...
* Changelog

==How to Change your port==

You will need to do this if you receive the following error message: "Rejected by tracker - Port xxxx is blacklisted" when trying to download.

Go to Options->Preferences (or hit Ctrl+P). This will open the Preferences window. Select ''Connection'' from the list on the left. You will see the following window:

[[Image:Connection.PNG]]

'''Port Used For Incoming Connections:''' This is what you need to change. it can be anything other than the ports from 6881 to 6889, and its up to you what you choose. However, it is recommended to choose something between 50000 and 60000. These ports are not commonly used for anything else. Refrain from using a number below 1024. These are known as service ports and are reserved for specific programs/tasks. You can use the Random Port button to automatically generate a random port number

'''Randomize port each time µTorrent starts:''' This option can be useful if your ISP monitors your Internet traffic or attempts to Throttle bandwidth used by P2P (Peer to Peer) applications (which BitTorrent is). '''Note:''' If you have this option selected and are doing manual port forwarding, you will need to change that forwarding every time you start µTorrent in order to make sure that you are [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/One_Stop_Ratio_Shop#Why_being_Clever_is_Good_For_Your_Ratio 'connectable'].

'''Enable UPnP port mapping:''' This should be ticked. This may save you having to do any manual port forwarding if you are behind a router and your router supports [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnP UPnP].

'''Enable NAT-PMP port mapping:''' This is essentially the same as the previous option and also should be ticked. NAT-PMP stands for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT-PMP Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol] and is simply a different method of achieving the same end result. Chances are that, between UPnP and NAT-PMP, µTorrent will be able to automatically forward the correct port to your computer.

'''Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall exceptions (Windows XP SP2 or later):''' This should be ticked. You don't want a firewall blocking your downloads!

You can ignore the other options for now. Once thats been done, click OK to exit the Preferences window. Next, we're going to test your connection to make sure your port is properly forwarded.

Go to Options -> Speed Guide (Ctrl+G) and click the 'Test if port is forwarded correctly' button. It will run a little test and tell you if it is. This will open a browser window to show you the results. If you receive an error, you may have to manually forward ports from your router to your computer. This can happen on school/university networks. You can also do a quick visual check to see if everything is working correctly by looking at the Network Status light at the bottom of the uTorrent window. Please note that this method is not 100% accurate, while the previous test method is.

'''Red:''' Something is wrong. Run the connection test. (Means you are not 'connectable') (Usually caused by unforwarded ports)

'''Yellow:''' At the moment there are no imcoming connections. (If this never turns green, run the connection test to check if it's OK.)

'''Green:''' You have successfully received an incoming connection, which means that your ports are forwarded and that everything is working like it should. (You are connectable). Hooray!

==How to Create a Torrent==

1. Put the file you want to torrent into a folder. Make sure you name all files and folders neatly and tidy up the file's tags with a program such as mp3tag --> [http://www.mp3tag.de/en]

2. Before attempting to create the torrent, search themixingbowl.org '''very thoroughly''' to check that the mix or show hasn't already been uploaded - use the search function, making sure to tick the 'including dead torrents' box. Duplicates are only allowed where every attempt has been made to find a seeder for a dead torrent but none have appeared after a reasonable amount of time.

3. IMPORTANT - You must make sure this folder includes the mixing bowl .nfo, found here --> [http://www.themixingbowl.org/www.themixingbowl.org.nfo] - Click File --> Save As then save the .nfo file in the folder that you are making into a torrent. Also try to include in the folder :-

- A tracklist, written in Notepad or Word.
- Any .cue files that the file may have.
- Any other relevant information. The more detail about the file's source you can
include, the better.

4. Open µTorrent

5. Click File --> Create New Torrent

6. Click 'Add Directory' --> find the folder you're torrenting and select it.

7. In 'Trackers', put this --> "http://tracker.themixingbowl.org/announce.php" (copy and paste link)

8. In 'Comments', put this --> "www.themixingbowl.org"

9. Check 'Private Torrent'

10. Click 'Create and Save As'

11. Once it's torrented, save the .torrent file to your hard drive

12. On themixingbowl.org, click 'Upload' in the 'Torrents' menu

13. Fill in all the details '''''very carefully'''''

14. Click 'Do it!'

15. Redownload the new .torrent file, opening it up in µTorrent - make sure you point it to save exactly where the folder '''''already is'''''

16. µTorrent should then check that the folder is there and complete, then after a few seconds, begin seeding.

17. Bingo!

==How to Setup auto-downloading via RSS==

===Install===

The first thing to note is you don't need to download any external program - µTorrent has RSS built in!

===Configuration===

Click on the RSS icon (2nd rightmost button) or go Options > RSS Downloader (Ctrl+R). A window that looks like the following will show up:

[[Image:RSS.PNG]]

This is the window where you add 'feeds'. A feed is simply something that will tell µTorrent where to find torrent files. The basic format for the TMB RSS feed is:

<nowiki>http://themixingbowl.org/rss.xml</nowiki>

If you'd like to name the feed (to keep it organized, for example), then simply add 'Name|' before the feed's URL, so that it looks something like this:

<nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://themixingbowl.org/rss.xml</nowiki>

'''Do not add spaces before or after the '|'.''' Next, there special commands that you can add in order to customize the feed to only display certain categories or genres. More about that can be found [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=45236 in this thread]. However, for right now, let's set up the feed to only give us Reader Mixes that are labeled as house:

<nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://themixingbowl.org/rss.php?cat=6&genre=4</nowiki>

The last step is to add authentication data, or to give µTorrent information that it needs in order to access the feed. There are 2 ways that you can do this:

# Simply add your username and password into the URL, like so:
#* <nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://username:password@themixingbowl.org/rss.xml?cat=6&genre=4</nowiki>
# For those people who don't like their login information out in the open, you can use the alternative format. This requires you to grab the UID and pass out of your internet browser's (IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie cookie].
#* IE users will find their cookies in %UserProfile%\Cookies
#* Firefox users will find their cookies in Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Cookies -> View Cookies
#* Opera users will find their cookies in Tools -> Advanced -> Cookies, but they must scroll down manually, find doesn't work
#* Users of other browsers will have to consult their browser's documentation

Once you have the UID and pass, you can add them to the the URL in the following way:

<nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://themixingbowl.org/rss.xml?cat=6&genre=4:COOKIE:uid=1234;pass=ds0a987hahd</nowiki>

'''Don't forget to replace the example UID and pass with your own.''' I prefer the second method because it doesn't directly reveal my password. You can change your UID and pass at any time by logging out and back into TMB. Once you do this, you will have to update your feed in µTorrent to reflect the new values.

===Setting Up Filters===

I feel that these filters are redundant, now that you can customize the feed to only a certain category/genre, however I have included them here as a reference.

In the same window as before, click the Favourites tab. This window will appear:

[[Image:RSSFavs.PNG]]

Then, name the filter whatever you like. After that, fill in the following values.

'''Filter:''' What you're looking for. Do not enter plain text here. You'll need to use the following wildcards to get a match:
* <nowiki>*</nowiki> means any number of characters.
* ? means any 1 character.

You can also use the '|' (pipe) character to represent 'or'. For example, say I want to search our example feed (from above) for MP3 versions of Essential Mixes done by Deep Dish. I would enter the following into the Filter box:

<nowiki>*mp3*|*Deep?Dish*</nowiki>

'''Not:''' This is for entering values so that µTorrent will ignore a torrent. Probably more useful on other sites with proper scene release names, but I'll still mention it here. Works identically to the Filter box.

'''Save in:''' Designate the folder that you want the files in the torrent to download to. ''This box is required unless you use µTorrent's 'Put new downloads in:' option''

'''Feed:''' Whether or not to apply the filter you have created to all of the feeds you have µTorrent reading, or only a specific one. Select the feed you created earlier.

'''Everything else:''' You can ignore it. They are more useful on feeds that have a larger variety of content.

After you've finished everything, simply close the window. Changes are automatically saved.

PS The History tab shows you what µTorrent has downloaded in the past (subject to the filters you've created) and the Releases tab shows the entire feed.

PPS Also make sure that Options->Preferences->Downloads->Don't Start the Download Automatically is not ticked. If it is, the torrent will not automatically start.

==How to setup a TMB search feed==

This will allow you to search all of TMB's torrents from uTorrent's interface!

Options > preferences > apperance
(if using 1.6.1 its in = Options > preferences > Advanced > User Interface)

search 'strings' work the the following way : 'your name for search/site' | 'the search url'

paste this into the box to have a search named TMB:

<nowiki>TMB|http://www.themixingbowl.org/browse.php?search=</nowiki>

You should now see this: [[Image:Searchstring.jpg]]

now go click and select it in the top corner!

Like This:[[Image:SearchTMB.jpg]]

==Can uTorrent Be Skinned??==

Yes! download skins here:[[http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php]]. FAQ is also included!

==At a glance...==

The current version (1.5) contains:
* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Configurable bandwidth scheduler
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
* RSS Downloader
* Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

==Changelog (version 1.5)==

* 2006-03-08: Version 1.5 (build 437)
* Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
* Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it's off
* Fix: Tab icons now transparent

* 2006-03-07: Version 1.5 (build 436)
* Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
* Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
* Feature: Auto detect read cache size
* Feature: Language file can be auto updated
* Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
* Feature: New easter egg
* Feature: RSS Help button
* Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
* Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
* Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
* Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
* Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
* Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
* Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
* Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
* Feature: XML parser supports # tags
* Feature: Determine the values to show in the speed popup list automatically.
* Feature: Category list to filter main torrent list.
* Feature: Propagate encryption support through PEX
* Feature: Choose what happens on double click in torrent list
* Feature: Show a special message if utorrent crashes while NOD32 is active.
* Feature: Added scheduler mode to seed only (hold Shift button)
* Feature: Support min_interval key
* Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
* Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
* Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
* Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
* Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
* Feature: Protocol Encryption
* Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
* Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
* Feature: RSS toolbar button
* Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
* Feature: ESC minimizes
* Change: Rearranged settings dialog
* Change: Default to priorizing rarest pieces
* Change: Switch default theme
* Change: Skip hidden/system files when creating torrent.
* Change: Right align some columns.
* Change: Remove spaces from urls in RSS feeds
* Change: DHT binds UDP socket to net.bind_ip
* Change: Smarter block hashing, tries to avoid re-reading from the file if possible.
* Change: Tracker connections obey max_halfopen/max_connections
* Change: Switching folder in the Add window tries to detect if you point at an already downloaded folder.
* Change: Added support for " in XML parser
* Change: Optimized disk-io
* Change: coalesce_writes defaults to true
* Change: &Exit to E&xit
* Change: Show up/down arrows in listview headers
* Change: Rearranged some stuff in the settings dialog
* Change: Add FAQ to the help menu
* Change: Use UTF-8 instead of utf-8 in created torrents.
* Change: Min autodetected piecesize is now 64k.
* Change: Remember last active RSS page.
* Change: Don't increase counters while paused.
* Change: Auto detect if RSS feed uses latin1 or utf8.
* Change: Sort by scrape peers instead of connected peers
* Change: Relevance rounds up instead of down.
* Change: Rename langpack to utorrent.lng.
* Change: If langpack is in the exedir, it gets installed to APPDATA.
* Change: Remember if torrents have errored when you restart
* Change: Optimizations to piecepicker algorithm
* Change: Fast/Slow pieces
* Change: Simplified encryption settings
* Change: Support langpack.zip with translations.
* Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
* Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
* Change: Protect webui with a password
* Change: Include beta build # in http requests.
* Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
* Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
* Change: Read cache uses less CPU
* Change: Support paths >260 chars.
* Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
* Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
* Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
* Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
* Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
* Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
* Change: Improvements to RSS parser
* Change: Pause button toggles
* Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
* Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
* Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
* Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
* Change: Changed date format
* Fix: Work better when large fonts are used.
* Fix: Prevent windows from going above pixel 0.
* Fix: Ratio on generals tab wasn't computed exactly like the main list.
* Fix: Crash bug with columns
* Fix: Better support for adjusted computer clock.
* Fix: Don't behave incorrectly if 0-byte files are deleted by the user.
* Fix: If the torrent storage path hasn't been created, create it.
* Fix: Fix a crash related to language packs.
* Fix: Superseeding works better
* Fix: RSS feeds are utf8-decoded
* Fix: Deleting from RSS history forgot about sorting
* Fix: Disallow some more characters from filenames
* Fix: Crash when deleting multiple items from RSS history
* Fix: RSS parser parsed month bad for some timestamps.
* Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
* Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
* Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
* Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work
* Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
* Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
* Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.

==External links==
*[http://www.utorrent.com Official Site]
*[irc://irc.p2p-network.net/utorrent Official IRC Channel]

[[Category:Bittorrent Client Guide]]

UTorrent

2007-09-03T03:26:25Z

DWSR: /* How to Setup auto-downloading via RSS */

{{lowercase|title=µTorrent}}

==Summary==

µTorrent is a very small and fast BitTorrent client. It needs very little memory and can run on almost any computer, fast or slow. Unlike Azureus, it does not rely on external software to run. It is recommended for users that want enough control over their torrents but also want to use their computer for other things simultaneously.

µTorrent (pronounced as 'micro-torrent') can be downloaded at [http://www.utorrent.com http://www.utorrent.com].

'''This Guide is based on µTorrent version 1.7.2. If you have an older version, please upgrade!'''

'''NB. atm this wiki is currently out of date as a new version has been released. i will sort it out as soon as possible ~Sir~'''

''I'm sorting it out right now. I'll remove the notice when I'm done. -DWSR''

'''Updated Sections:'''
* Summary
* How to Change your Port

'''To Do'''
* How To Create a Torrent
* How To Setup Auto-Downloads via RSS
* How To Setup a TMB Search Feed
* Can µTorrent Be Skinned?
* At A Glance...
* Changelog

==How to Change your port==

You will need to do this if you receive the following error message: "Rejected by tracker - Port xxxx is blacklisted" when trying to download.

Go to Options->Preferences (or hit Ctrl+P). This will open the Preferences window. Select ''Connection'' from the list on the left. You will see the following window:

[[Image:Connection.PNG]]

'''Port Used For Incoming Connections:''' This is what you need to change. it can be anything other than the ports from 6881 to 6889, and its up to you what you choose. However, it is recommended to choose something between 50000 and 60000. These ports are not commonly used for anything else. Refrain from using a number below 1024. These are known as service ports and are reserved for specific programs/tasks. You can use the Random Port button to automatically generate a random port number

'''Randomize port each time µTorrent starts:''' This option can be useful if your ISP monitors your Internet traffic or attempts to Throttle bandwidth used by P2P (Peer to Peer) applications (which BitTorrent is). '''Note:''' If you have this option selected and are doing manual port forwarding, you will need to change that forwarding every time you start µTorrent in order to make sure that you are [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/One_Stop_Ratio_Shop#Why_being_Clever_is_Good_For_Your_Ratio 'connectable'].

'''Enable UPnP port mapping:''' This should be ticked. This may save you having to do any manual port forwarding if you are behind a router and your router supports [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnP UPnP].

'''Enable NAT-PMP port mapping:''' This is essentially the same as the previous option and also should be ticked. NAT-PMP stands for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT-PMP Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol] and is simply a different method of achieving the same end result. Chances are that, between UPnP and NAT-PMP, µTorrent will be able to automatically forward the correct port to your computer.

'''Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall exceptions (Windows XP SP2 or later):''' This should be ticked. You don't want a firewall blocking your downloads!

You can ignore the other options for now. Once thats been done, click OK to exit the Preferences window. Next, we're going to test your connection to make sure your port is properly forwarded.

Go to Options -> Speed Guide (Ctrl+G) and click the 'Test if port is forwarded correctly' button. It will run a little test and tell you if it is. This will open a browser window to show you the results. If you receive an error, you may have to manually forward ports from your router to your computer. This can happen on school/university networks. You can also do a quick visual check to see if everything is working correctly by looking at the Network Status light at the bottom of the uTorrent window. Please note that this method is not 100% accurate, while the previous test method is.

'''Red:''' Something is wrong. Run the connection test. (Means you are not 'connectable') (Usually caused by unforwarded ports)

'''Yellow:''' At the moment there are no imcoming connections. (If this never turns green, run the connection test to check if it's OK.)

'''Green:''' You have successfully received an incoming connection, which means that your ports are forwarded and that everything is working like it should. (You are connectable). Hooray!

==How to Create a Torrent==

1. Put the file you want to torrent into a folder. Make sure you name all files and folders neatly and tidy up the file's tags with a program such as mp3tag --> [http://www.mp3tag.de/en]

2. Before attempting to create the torrent, search themixingbowl.org '''very thoroughly''' to check that the mix or show hasn't already been uploaded - use the search function, making sure to tick the 'including dead torrents' box. Duplicates are only allowed where every attempt has been made to find a seeder for a dead torrent but none have appeared after a reasonable amount of time.

3. IMPORTANT - You must make sure this folder includes the mixing bowl .nfo, found here --> [http://www.themixingbowl.org/www.themixingbowl.org.nfo] - Click File --> Save As then save the .nfo file in the folder that you are making into a torrent. Also try to include in the folder :-

- A tracklist, written in Notepad or Word.
- Any .cue files that the file may have.
- Any other relevant information. The more detail about the file's source you can
include, the better.

4. Open µTorrent

5. Click File --> Create New Torrent

6. Click 'Add Directory' --> find the folder you're torrenting and select it.

7. In 'Trackers', put this --> "http://tracker.themixingbowl.org/announce.php" (copy and paste link)

8. In 'Comments', put this --> "www.themixingbowl.org"

9. Check 'Private Torrent'

10. Click 'Create and Save As'

11. Once it's torrented, save the .torrent file to your hard drive

12. On themixingbowl.org, click 'Upload' in the 'Torrents' menu

13. Fill in all the details '''''very carefully'''''

14. Click 'Do it!'

15. Redownload the new .torrent file, opening it up in µTorrent - make sure you point it to save exactly where the folder '''''already is'''''

16. µTorrent should then check that the folder is there and complete, then after a few seconds, begin seeding.

17. Bingo!

==How to Setup auto-downloading via RSS==

===Install===

The first thing to note is you don't need to download any external program - µTorrent has RSS built in!

===Configuration===

Click on the RSS icon (2nd rightmost button) or go Options > RSS Downloader (Ctrl+R). A window that looks like the following will show up:

[[Image:RSS.PNG]]

This is the window where you add 'feeds'. A feed is simply something that will tell µTorrent where to find torrent files. The basic format for the TMB RSS feed is:

<nowiki>http://themixingbowl.org/rss.xml</nowiki>

If you'd like to name the feed (to keep it organized, for example), then simply add 'Name|' before the feed's URL, so that it looks something like this:

<nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://themixingbowl.org/rss.xml</nowiki>

'''Do not add spaces before or after the '|'.''' Next, there special commands that you can add in order to customize the feed to only display certain categories or genres. More about that can be found [http://themixingbowl.org/topics.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=45236 in this thread]. However, for right now, let's set up the feed to only give us Reader Mixes that are labeled as house:

<nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://themixingbowl.org/rss.php?cat=6&genre=4</nowiki>

The last step is to add authentication data, or to give µTorrent information that it needs in order to access the feed. There are 2 ways that you can do this:

# Simply add your username and password into the URL, like so:
#* <nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://username:password@themixingbowl.org/rss.xml?cat=6&genre=4</nowiki>
# For those people who don't like their login information out in the open, you can use the alternative format. This requires you to grab the UID and pass out of your internet browser's (IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie cookie].
#* IE users will find their cookies in %UserProfile%\Cookies
#* Firefox users will find their cookies in Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Cookies -> View Cookies
#* Opera users will find their cookies in Tools -> Advanced -> Cookies, but they must scroll down manually, find doesn't work
#* Users of other browsers will have to consult their browser's documentation

Once you have the UID and pass, you can add them to the the URL in the following way:

<nowiki>TheMixingBowl|http://themixingbowl.org/rss.xml?cat=6&genre=4:COOKIE:uid=1234;pass=ds0a987hahd</nowiki>

'''Don't forget to replace the example UID and pass with your own.''' I prefer the second method because it doesn't directly reveal my password. You can change your UID and pass at any time by logging out and back into TMB. Once you do this, you will have to update your feed in µTorrent to reflect the new values.

===Setting Up Filters===

I feel that these filters are redundant, now that you can customize the feed to only a certain category/genre, however I have included them here as a reference.

In the same window as before, click the Favourites tab. This window will appear:

[[Image:RSSFavs.PNG]]

Then, name the filter whatever you like. After that, fill in the following values.

'''Filter:''' What you're looking for. Do not enter plain text here. You'll need to use the following wildcards to get a match:
* <nowiki>*</nowiki> means any number of characters.
* ? means any 1 character.

You can also use the '|' (pipe) character to represent 'or'. For example, say I want to search our example feed (from above) for MP3 versions of Essential Mixes done by Deep Dish. I would enter the following into the Filter box:

<nowiki>*mp3*|*Deep?Dish*</nowiki>

'''Not:''' This is for entering values so that µTorrent will ignore a torrent. Probably more useful on other sites with proper scene release names, but I'll still mention it here. Works identically to the Filter box.

'''Save in:''' Designate the folder that you want the files in the torrent to download to. ''This box is required unless you use µTorrent's 'Put new downloads in:' option''

'''Feed:''' Whether or not to apply the filter you have created to all of the feeds you have µTorrent reading, or only a specific one. Select the feed you created earlier.

'''Everything else:''' You can ignore it. They are more useful on feeds that have a larger variety of content.

After you've finished everything, simply close the window. Changes are automatically saved.

PS The History tab shows you what µTorrent has downloaded in the past (subject to the filters you've created) and the Releases tab shows the entire feed.

PPS Also make sure that Options->Preferences->Downloads->Don't Start the Download Automatically is not ticked. If it is, the torrent will not automatically start.

==How to setup a TMB search feed==

This will allow you to search all of TMB's torrents from uTorrent's interface!

Options > preferences > apperance
(if using 1.6.1 its in = Options > preferences > Advanced > User Interface)

search 'strings' work the the following way : 'your name for search/site' | 'the search url'

paste this into the box to have a search named TMB:

<nowiki>TMB|http://www.themixingbowl.org/browse.php?search=</nowiki>

You should now see this: [[Image:Searchstring.jpg]]

now go click and select it in the top corner!

Like This:[[Image:SearchTMB.jpg]]

==Can uTorrent Be Skinned??==

Yes! download skins here:[[http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php]]. FAQ is also included!

==At a glance...==

The current version (1.5) contains:
* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Configurable bandwidth scheduler
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
* RSS Downloader
* Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

==Changelog (version 1.5)==

* 2006-03-08: Version 1.5 (build 437)
* Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
* Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it's off
* Fix: Tab icons now transparent

* 2006-03-07: Version 1.5 (build 436)
* Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
* Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
* Feature: Auto detect read cache size
* Feature: Language file can be auto updated
* Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
* Feature: New easter egg
* Feature: RSS Help button
* Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
* Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
* Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
* Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
* Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
* Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
* Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
* Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
* Feature: XML parser supports # tags
* Feature: Determine the values to show in the speed popup list automatically.
* Feature: Category list to filter main torrent list.
* Feature: Propagate encryption support through PEX
* Feature: Choose what happens on double click in torrent list
* Feature: Show a special message if utorrent crashes while NOD32 is active.
* Feature: Added scheduler mode to seed only (hold Shift button)
* Feature: Support min_interval key
* Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
* Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
* Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
* Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
* Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
* Feature: Protocol Encryption
* Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
* Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
* Feature: RSS toolbar button
* Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
* Feature: ESC minimizes
* Change: Rearranged settings dialog
* Change: Default to priorizing rarest pieces
* Change: Switch default theme
* Change: Skip hidden/system files when creating torrent.
* Change: Right align some columns.
* Change: Remove spaces from urls in RSS feeds
* Change: DHT binds UDP socket to net.bind_ip
* Change: Smarter block hashing, tries to avoid re-reading from the file if possible.
* Change: Tracker connections obey max_halfopen/max_connections
* Change: Switching folder in the Add window tries to detect if you point at an already downloaded folder.
* Change: Added support for " in XML parser
* Change: Optimized disk-io
* Change: coalesce_writes defaults to true
* Change: &Exit to E&xit
* Change: Show up/down arrows in listview headers
* Change: Rearranged some stuff in the settings dialog
* Change: Add FAQ to the help menu
* Change: Use UTF-8 instead of utf-8 in created torrents.
* Change: Min autodetected piecesize is now 64k.
* Change: Remember last active RSS page.
* Change: Don't increase counters while paused.
* Change: Auto detect if RSS feed uses latin1 or utf8.
* Change: Sort by scrape peers instead of connected peers
* Change: Relevance rounds up instead of down.
* Change: Rename langpack to utorrent.lng.
* Change: If langpack is in the exedir, it gets installed to APPDATA.
* Change: Remember if torrents have errored when you restart
* Change: Optimizations to piecepicker algorithm
* Change: Fast/Slow pieces
* Change: Simplified encryption settings
* Change: Support langpack.zip with translations.
* Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
* Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
* Change: Protect webui with a password
* Change: Include beta build # in http requests.
* Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
* Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
* Change: Read cache uses less CPU
* Change: Support paths >260 chars.
* Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
* Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
* Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
* Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
* Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
* Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
* Change: Improvements to RSS parser
* Change: Pause button toggles
* Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
* Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
* Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
* Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
* Change: Changed date format
* Fix: Work better when large fonts are used.
* Fix: Prevent windows from going above pixel 0.
* Fix: Ratio on generals tab wasn't computed exactly like the main list.
* Fix: Crash bug with columns
* Fix: Better support for adjusted computer clock.
* Fix: Don't behave incorrectly if 0-byte files are deleted by the user.
* Fix: If the torrent storage path hasn't been created, create it.
* Fix: Fix a crash related to language packs.
* Fix: Superseeding works better
* Fix: RSS feeds are utf8-decoded
* Fix: Deleting from RSS history forgot about sorting
* Fix: Disallow some more characters from filenames
* Fix: Crash when deleting multiple items from RSS history
* Fix: RSS parser parsed month bad for some timestamps.
* Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
* Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
* Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
* Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work
* Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
* Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
* Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.

==External links==
*[http://www.utorrent.com Official Site]
*[irc://irc.p2p-network.net/utorrent Official IRC Channel]

[[Category:Bittorrent Client Guide]]

File:RSSFavs.PNG

2007-09-03T03:03:06Z

DWSR: RSS Favourites Screenshot.

RSS Favourites Screenshot.

File:RSS.PNG

2007-09-03T02:26:22Z

DWSR: Screenshot of RSS Downloader configuration in uTorrent

Screenshot of RSS Downloader configuration in uTorrent

UTorrent

2007-09-03T02:22:22Z

DWSR: /* How to Change your port */

{{lowercase|title=µTorrent}}

==Summary==

µTorrent is a very small and fast BitTorrent client. It needs very little memory and can run on almost any computer, fast or slow. Unlike Azureus, it does not rely on external software to run. It is recommended for users that want enough control over their torrents but also want to use their computer for other things simultaneously.

µTorrent (pronounced as 'micro-torrent') can be downloaded at [http://www.utorrent.com http://www.utorrent.com].

'''This Guide is based on µTorrent version 1.7.2. If you have an older version, please upgrade!'''

'''NB. atm this wiki is currently out of date as a new version has been released. i will sort it out as soon as possible ~Sir~'''

''I'm sorting it out right now. I'll remove the notice when I'm done. -DWSR''

'''Updated Sections:'''
* Summary
* How to Change your Port

'''To Do'''
* How To Create a Torrent
* How To Setup Auto-Downloads via RSS
* How To Setup a TMB Search Feed
* Can µTorrent Be Skinned?
* At A Glance...
* Changelog

==How to Change your port==

You will need to do this if you receive the following error message: "Rejected by tracker - Port xxxx is blacklisted" when trying to download.

Go to Options->Preferences (or hit Ctrl+P). This will open the Preferences window. Select ''Connection'' from the list on the left. You will see the following window:

[[Image:Connection.PNG]]

'''Port Used For Incoming Connections:''' This is what you need to change. it can be anything other than the ports from 6881 to 6889, and its up to you what you choose. However, it is recommended to choose something between 50000 and 60000. These ports are not commonly used for anything else. Refrain from using a number below 1024. These are known as service ports and are reserved for specific programs/tasks. You can use the Random Port button to automatically generate a random port number

'''Randomize port each time µTorrent starts:''' This option can be useful if your ISP monitors your Internet traffic or attempts to Throttle bandwidth used by P2P (Peer to Peer) applications (which BitTorrent is). '''Note:''' If you have this option selected and are doing manual port forwarding, you will need to change that forwarding every time you start µTorrent in order to make sure that you are [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/One_Stop_Ratio_Shop#Why_being_Clever_is_Good_For_Your_Ratio 'connectable'].

'''Enable UPnP port mapping:''' This should be ticked. This may save you having to do any manual port forwarding if you are behind a router and your router supports [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnP UPnP].

'''Enable NAT-PMP port mapping:''' This is essentially the same as the previous option and also should be ticked. NAT-PMP stands for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT-PMP Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol] and is simply a different method of achieving the same end result. Chances are that, between UPnP and NAT-PMP, µTorrent will be able to automatically forward the correct port to your computer.

'''Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall exceptions (Windows XP SP2 or later):''' This should be ticked. You don't want a firewall blocking your downloads!

You can ignore the other options for now. Once thats been done, click OK to exit the Preferences window. Next, we're going to test your connection to make sure your port is properly forwarded.

Go to Options -> Speed Guide (Ctrl+G) and click the 'Test if port is forwarded correctly' button. It will run a little test and tell you if it is. This will open a browser window to show you the results. If you receive an error, you may have to manually forward ports from your router to your computer. This can happen on school/university networks. You can also do a quick visual check to see if everything is working correctly by looking at the Network Status light at the bottom of the uTorrent window. Please note that this method is not 100% accurate, while the previous test method is.

'''Red:''' Something is wrong. Run the connection test. (Means you are not 'connectable') (Usually caused by unforwarded ports)

'''Yellow:''' At the moment there are no imcoming connections. (If this never turns green, run the connection test to check if it's OK.)

'''Green:''' You have successfully received an incoming connection, which means that your ports are forwarded and that everything is working like it should. (You are connectable). Hooray!

==How to Create a Torrent==

1. Put the file you want to torrent into a folder. Make sure you name all files and folders neatly and tidy up the file's tags with a program such as mp3tag --> [http://www.mp3tag.de/en]

2. Before attempting to create the torrent, search themixingbowl.org '''very thoroughly''' to check that the mix or show hasn't already been uploaded - use the search function, making sure to tick the 'including dead torrents' box. Duplicates are only allowed where every attempt has been made to find a seeder for a dead torrent but none have appeared after a reasonable amount of time.

3. IMPORTANT - You must make sure this folder includes the mixing bowl .nfo, found here --> [http://www.themixingbowl.org/www.themixingbowl.org.nfo] - Click File --> Save As then save the .nfo file in the folder that you are making into a torrent. Also try to include in the folder :-

- A tracklist, written in Notepad or Word.
- Any .cue files that the file may have.
- Any other relevant information. The more detail about the file's source you can
include, the better.

4. Open µTorrent

5. Click File --> Create New Torrent

6. Click 'Add Directory' --> find the folder you're torrenting and select it.

7. In 'Trackers', put this --> "http://tracker.themixingbowl.org/announce.php" (copy and paste link)

8. In 'Comments', put this --> "www.themixingbowl.org"

9. Check 'Private Torrent'

10. Click 'Create and Save As'

11. Once it's torrented, save the .torrent file to your hard drive

12. On themixingbowl.org, click 'Upload' in the 'Torrents' menu

13. Fill in all the details '''''very carefully'''''

14. Click 'Do it!'

15. Redownload the new .torrent file, opening it up in µTorrent - make sure you point it to save exactly where the folder '''''already is'''''

16. µTorrent should then check that the folder is there and complete, then after a few seconds, begin seeding.

17. Bingo!

==How to Setup auto-downloading via RSS==

===Install===

The first thing to note is you don't need to download any RSS program - µTorrent has one In built!

===Configuration===

1) Click on the RSS icon (1 in from the end on the right of the toolbar) or go Options > RSS. Shorcut key is Ctrl + R

2) You now add a feed. This tells it which site to check for new torrents. Click the 'Feeds' tab and then 'Add' in bottom right

3) Add this URL in the bar replacing 'username' and 'password' with your username and password: <nowiki>http://themixingbowl.org/rss.php?user=username&pass=password</nowiki> and click ok

N.B. Changes are automatically saved

===Setting Up Filters===

1) Click favourites tab > add (bottom left) and name the feed (for example EM or Breezeblock)

'''Filter:''' '' This does not understand normal text. use these wildcards: ?|* to set up the filter. E.G. *breeze* or *EM* This will then automatically download any new torrents added with EM or breeze in their name''

'''Not:''' ''This is for entering values so that the RSS will ignore a torrent. Probably more useful on other sites with proper scene release names, but if you dont want something in the AC3 codec, then enter *AC3* and any torrent with AC3 in the name will be ignored''

'''Save in:''' ''Designate the folder that you want the torrents to download to''

'''Feed:''' ''Click the drop down menu and select the feed you have just created''

'''Everything else:''' ''You can ignore them. I dont use them and it works fine''

The History tab show you what's been download via RSS in the past, and the releases tab seems to show every torrent as its added.

'''NB.''' You must tick the box's nex to the feed names and favorite's to enable them! no tick = disabled !

'''NB.#2:''' Make sure preferences > start "new torrents in stopped mode" isn't ticked. Otherwise it will download but not start the torrents!

And to make sure here's a screen shot of what it could look like:
[[Image:RSSdownloaderfavoritesscreen.jpg]]

==How to setup a TMB search feed==

This will allow you to search all of TMB's torrents from uTorrent's interface!

Options > preferences > apperance
(if using 1.6.1 its in = Options > preferences > Advanced > User Interface)

search 'strings' work the the following way : 'your name for search/site' | 'the search url'

paste this into the box to have a search named TMB:

<nowiki>TMB|http://www.themixingbowl.org/browse.php?search=</nowiki>

You should now see this: [[Image:Searchstring.jpg]]

now go click and select it in the top corner!

Like This:[[Image:SearchTMB.jpg]]

==Can uTorrent Be Skinned??==

Yes! download skins here:[[http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php]]. FAQ is also included!

==At a glance...==

The current version (1.5) contains:
* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Configurable bandwidth scheduler
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
* RSS Downloader
* Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

==Changelog (version 1.5)==

* 2006-03-08: Version 1.5 (build 437)
* Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
* Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it's off
* Fix: Tab icons now transparent

* 2006-03-07: Version 1.5 (build 436)
* Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
* Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
* Feature: Auto detect read cache size
* Feature: Language file can be auto updated
* Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
* Feature: New easter egg
* Feature: RSS Help button
* Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
* Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
* Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
* Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
* Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
* Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
* Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
* Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
* Feature: XML parser supports # tags
* Feature: Determine the values to show in the speed popup list automatically.
* Feature: Category list to filter main torrent list.
* Feature: Propagate encryption support through PEX
* Feature: Choose what happens on double click in torrent list
* Feature: Show a special message if utorrent crashes while NOD32 is active.
* Feature: Added scheduler mode to seed only (hold Shift button)
* Feature: Support min_interval key
* Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
* Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
* Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
* Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
* Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
* Feature: Protocol Encryption
* Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
* Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
* Feature: RSS toolbar button
* Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
* Feature: ESC minimizes
* Change: Rearranged settings dialog
* Change: Default to priorizing rarest pieces
* Change: Switch default theme
* Change: Skip hidden/system files when creating torrent.
* Change: Right align some columns.
* Change: Remove spaces from urls in RSS feeds
* Change: DHT binds UDP socket to net.bind_ip
* Change: Smarter block hashing, tries to avoid re-reading from the file if possible.
* Change: Tracker connections obey max_halfopen/max_connections
* Change: Switching folder in the Add window tries to detect if you point at an already downloaded folder.
* Change: Added support for " in XML parser
* Change: Optimized disk-io
* Change: coalesce_writes defaults to true
* Change: &Exit to E&xit
* Change: Show up/down arrows in listview headers
* Change: Rearranged some stuff in the settings dialog
* Change: Add FAQ to the help menu
* Change: Use UTF-8 instead of utf-8 in created torrents.
* Change: Min autodetected piecesize is now 64k.
* Change: Remember last active RSS page.
* Change: Don't increase counters while paused.
* Change: Auto detect if RSS feed uses latin1 or utf8.
* Change: Sort by scrape peers instead of connected peers
* Change: Relevance rounds up instead of down.
* Change: Rename langpack to utorrent.lng.
* Change: If langpack is in the exedir, it gets installed to APPDATA.
* Change: Remember if torrents have errored when you restart
* Change: Optimizations to piecepicker algorithm
* Change: Fast/Slow pieces
* Change: Simplified encryption settings
* Change: Support langpack.zip with translations.
* Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
* Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
* Change: Protect webui with a password
* Change: Include beta build # in http requests.
* Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
* Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
* Change: Read cache uses less CPU
* Change: Support paths >260 chars.
* Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
* Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
* Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
* Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
* Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
* Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
* Change: Improvements to RSS parser
* Change: Pause button toggles
* Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
* Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
* Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
* Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
* Change: Changed date format
* Fix: Work better when large fonts are used.
* Fix: Prevent windows from going above pixel 0.
* Fix: Ratio on generals tab wasn't computed exactly like the main list.
* Fix: Crash bug with columns
* Fix: Better support for adjusted computer clock.
* Fix: Don't behave incorrectly if 0-byte files are deleted by the user.
* Fix: If the torrent storage path hasn't been created, create it.
* Fix: Fix a crash related to language packs.
* Fix: Superseeding works better
* Fix: RSS feeds are utf8-decoded
* Fix: Deleting from RSS history forgot about sorting
* Fix: Disallow some more characters from filenames
* Fix: Crash when deleting multiple items from RSS history
* Fix: RSS parser parsed month bad for some timestamps.
* Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
* Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
* Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
* Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work
* Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
* Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
* Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.

==External links==
*[http://www.utorrent.com Official Site]
*[irc://irc.p2p-network.net/utorrent Official IRC Channel]

[[Category:Bittorrent Client Guide]]

UTorrent

2007-09-03T02:20:27Z

DWSR: /* Summary */

{{lowercase|title=µTorrent}}

==Summary==

µTorrent is a very small and fast BitTorrent client. It needs very little memory and can run on almost any computer, fast or slow. Unlike Azureus, it does not rely on external software to run. It is recommended for users that want enough control over their torrents but also want to use their computer for other things simultaneously.

µTorrent (pronounced as 'micro-torrent') can be downloaded at [http://www.utorrent.com http://www.utorrent.com].

'''This Guide is based on µTorrent version 1.7.2. If you have an older version, please upgrade!'''

'''NB. atm this wiki is currently out of date as a new version has been released. i will sort it out as soon as possible ~Sir~'''

''I'm sorting it out right now. I'll remove the notice when I'm done. -DWSR''

'''Updated Sections:'''
* Summary
* How to Change your Port

'''To Do'''
* How To Create a Torrent
* How To Setup Auto-Downloads via RSS
* How To Setup a TMB Search Feed
* Can µTorrent Be Skinned?
* At A Glance...
* Changelog

==How to Change your port==

You will need to do this if you receive the following error message: "Rejected by tracker - Port xxxx is blacklisted" when trying to download.

Go to Options->Preferences (or hit Ctrl+P). This will open the Preferences window. Select ''Connection'' from the list on the left. You will see the following window:

[[Image:Connection.PNG]]

'''Port Used For Incoming Connections:''' This is what you need to change. it can be anything other than the ports from 6881 to 6889, and its up to you what you choose. However, it is recommended to choose something between 50000 and 60000. These ports are not commonly used for anything else. Refrain from using a number below 1024. These are known as service ports and are reserved for specific programs/tasks. You can use the Random Port button to automatically generate a random port number

'''Randomize port each time µTorrent starts:''' This option can be useful if your ISP monitors your Internet traffic or attempts to Throttle bandwidth used by P2P (Peer to Peer) applications (which BitTorrent is). '''Note:''' If you have this option selected and are doing manual port forwarding, you will need to change that forwarding every time you start µTorrent in order to make sure that you are [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/One_Stop_Ratio_Shop#Why_being_Clever_is_Good_For_Your_Ratio 'connectable'].

'''Enable UPnP port mapping:''' This should be ticked. This may save you having to do any manual port forwarding if you are behind a router and your router supports [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnP UPnP].

'''Enable NAT-PMP port mapping:''' This is essentially the same as the previous option and also should be ticked. NAT-PMP stands for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT-PMP Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol] and is simply a different method of achieving the same end result. Chances are that, between UPnP and NAT-PMP, µTorrent will be able to automatically forward the correct port to your computer.

'''Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall exceptions (Windows XP SP2 or later):''' This should be ticked. You don't want a firewall blocking your downloads!

You can ignore the other options for now. Once thats been done, click OK to exit the Preferences window. Next, we're going to test your connection to make sure your port is properly forwarded.

Go to Options -> Speed Guide (Ctrl+G) and click the 'Test if port is forwarded correctly' button. It will run a little test and tell you if it is. This will open a browser window to show you the results. If you receive an error, you may have to manually forward ports from your router to your computer. This can happen on school/university networks. You can also do a quick visual check to see if everything is working correctly by looking at the Network Status light at the bottom of the uTorrent window. Please note that this method is not 100% accurate, while the previous test method is.

'''Red:''' Something is wrong. Run the connection test. (Means you are not 'connectable') (Usually caused by unforwarded ports)

'''Yellow:''' At the moment there are no imcoming connections. (If this never turns green, run the connection test to check if it's OK.)

'''Green:''' You have successfully receiving an incoming connection, which means that your ports are forwarded and that everything is working like it should. (You are connectable). Hooray!

==How to Create a Torrent==

1. Put the file you want to torrent into a folder. Make sure you name all files and folders neatly and tidy up the file's tags with a program such as mp3tag --> [http://www.mp3tag.de/en]

2. Before attempting to create the torrent, search themixingbowl.org '''very thoroughly''' to check that the mix or show hasn't already been uploaded - use the search function, making sure to tick the 'including dead torrents' box. Duplicates are only allowed where every attempt has been made to find a seeder for a dead torrent but none have appeared after a reasonable amount of time.

3. IMPORTANT - You must make sure this folder includes the mixing bowl .nfo, found here --> [http://www.themixingbowl.org/www.themixingbowl.org.nfo] - Click File --> Save As then save the .nfo file in the folder that you are making into a torrent. Also try to include in the folder :-

- A tracklist, written in Notepad or Word.
- Any .cue files that the file may have.
- Any other relevant information. The more detail about the file's source you can
include, the better.

4. Open µTorrent

5. Click File --> Create New Torrent

6. Click 'Add Directory' --> find the folder you're torrenting and select it.

7. In 'Trackers', put this --> "http://tracker.themixingbowl.org/announce.php" (copy and paste link)

8. In 'Comments', put this --> "www.themixingbowl.org"

9. Check 'Private Torrent'

10. Click 'Create and Save As'

11. Once it's torrented, save the .torrent file to your hard drive

12. On themixingbowl.org, click 'Upload' in the 'Torrents' menu

13. Fill in all the details '''''very carefully'''''

14. Click 'Do it!'

15. Redownload the new .torrent file, opening it up in µTorrent - make sure you point it to save exactly where the folder '''''already is'''''

16. µTorrent should then check that the folder is there and complete, then after a few seconds, begin seeding.

17. Bingo!

==How to Setup auto-downloading via RSS==

===Install===

The first thing to note is you don't need to download any RSS program - µTorrent has one In built!

===Configuration===

1) Click on the RSS icon (1 in from the end on the right of the toolbar) or go Options > RSS. Shorcut key is Ctrl + R

2) You now add a feed. This tells it which site to check for new torrents. Click the 'Feeds' tab and then 'Add' in bottom right

3) Add this URL in the bar replacing 'username' and 'password' with your username and password: <nowiki>http://themixingbowl.org/rss.php?user=username&pass=password</nowiki> and click ok

N.B. Changes are automatically saved

===Setting Up Filters===

1) Click favourites tab > add (bottom left) and name the feed (for example EM or Breezeblock)

'''Filter:''' '' This does not understand normal text. use these wildcards: ?|* to set up the filter. E.G. *breeze* or *EM* This will then automatically download any new torrents added with EM or breeze in their name''

'''Not:''' ''This is for entering values so that the RSS will ignore a torrent. Probably more useful on other sites with proper scene release names, but if you dont want something in the AC3 codec, then enter *AC3* and any torrent with AC3 in the name will be ignored''

'''Save in:''' ''Designate the folder that you want the torrents to download to''

'''Feed:''' ''Click the drop down menu and select the feed you have just created''

'''Everything else:''' ''You can ignore them. I dont use them and it works fine''

The History tab show you what's been download via RSS in the past, and the releases tab seems to show every torrent as its added.

'''NB.''' You must tick the box's nex to the feed names and favorite's to enable them! no tick = disabled !

'''NB.#2:''' Make sure preferences > start "new torrents in stopped mode" isn't ticked. Otherwise it will download but not start the torrents!

And to make sure here's a screen shot of what it could look like:
[[Image:RSSdownloaderfavoritesscreen.jpg]]

==How to setup a TMB search feed==

This will allow you to search all of TMB's torrents from uTorrent's interface!

Options > preferences > apperance
(if using 1.6.1 its in = Options > preferences > Advanced > User Interface)

search 'strings' work the the following way : 'your name for search/site' | 'the search url'

paste this into the box to have a search named TMB:

<nowiki>TMB|http://www.themixingbowl.org/browse.php?search=</nowiki>

You should now see this: [[Image:Searchstring.jpg]]

now go click and select it in the top corner!

Like This:[[Image:SearchTMB.jpg]]

==Can uTorrent Be Skinned??==

Yes! download skins here:[[http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php]]. FAQ is also included!

==At a glance...==

The current version (1.5) contains:
* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Configurable bandwidth scheduler
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
* RSS Downloader
* Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

==Changelog (version 1.5)==

* 2006-03-08: Version 1.5 (build 437)
* Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
* Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it's off
* Fix: Tab icons now transparent

* 2006-03-07: Version 1.5 (build 436)
* Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
* Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
* Feature: Auto detect read cache size
* Feature: Language file can be auto updated
* Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
* Feature: New easter egg
* Feature: RSS Help button
* Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
* Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
* Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
* Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
* Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
* Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
* Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
* Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
* Feature: XML parser supports # tags
* Feature: Determine the values to show in the speed popup list automatically.
* Feature: Category list to filter main torrent list.
* Feature: Propagate encryption support through PEX
* Feature: Choose what happens on double click in torrent list
* Feature: Show a special message if utorrent crashes while NOD32 is active.
* Feature: Added scheduler mode to seed only (hold Shift button)
* Feature: Support min_interval key
* Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
* Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
* Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
* Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
* Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
* Feature: Protocol Encryption
* Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
* Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
* Feature: RSS toolbar button
* Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
* Feature: ESC minimizes
* Change: Rearranged settings dialog
* Change: Default to priorizing rarest pieces
* Change: Switch default theme
* Change: Skip hidden/system files when creating torrent.
* Change: Right align some columns.
* Change: Remove spaces from urls in RSS feeds
* Change: DHT binds UDP socket to net.bind_ip
* Change: Smarter block hashing, tries to avoid re-reading from the file if possible.
* Change: Tracker connections obey max_halfopen/max_connections
* Change: Switching folder in the Add window tries to detect if you point at an already downloaded folder.
* Change: Added support for " in XML parser
* Change: Optimized disk-io
* Change: coalesce_writes defaults to true
* Change: &Exit to E&xit
* Change: Show up/down arrows in listview headers
* Change: Rearranged some stuff in the settings dialog
* Change: Add FAQ to the help menu
* Change: Use UTF-8 instead of utf-8 in created torrents.
* Change: Min autodetected piecesize is now 64k.
* Change: Remember last active RSS page.
* Change: Don't increase counters while paused.
* Change: Auto detect if RSS feed uses latin1 or utf8.
* Change: Sort by scrape peers instead of connected peers
* Change: Relevance rounds up instead of down.
* Change: Rename langpack to utorrent.lng.
* Change: If langpack is in the exedir, it gets installed to APPDATA.
* Change: Remember if torrents have errored when you restart
* Change: Optimizations to piecepicker algorithm
* Change: Fast/Slow pieces
* Change: Simplified encryption settings
* Change: Support langpack.zip with translations.
* Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
* Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
* Change: Protect webui with a password
* Change: Include beta build # in http requests.
* Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
* Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
* Change: Read cache uses less CPU
* Change: Support paths >260 chars.
* Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
* Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
* Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
* Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
* Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
* Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
* Change: Improvements to RSS parser
* Change: Pause button toggles
* Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
* Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
* Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
* Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
* Change: Changed date format
* Fix: Work better when large fonts are used.
* Fix: Prevent windows from going above pixel 0.
* Fix: Ratio on generals tab wasn't computed exactly like the main list.
* Fix: Crash bug with columns
* Fix: Better support for adjusted computer clock.
* Fix: Don't behave incorrectly if 0-byte files are deleted by the user.
* Fix: If the torrent storage path hasn't been created, create it.
* Fix: Fix a crash related to language packs.
* Fix: Superseeding works better
* Fix: RSS feeds are utf8-decoded
* Fix: Deleting from RSS history forgot about sorting
* Fix: Disallow some more characters from filenames
* Fix: Crash when deleting multiple items from RSS history
* Fix: RSS parser parsed month bad for some timestamps.
* Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
* Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
* Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
* Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work
* Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
* Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
* Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.

==External links==
*[http://www.utorrent.com Official Site]
*[irc://irc.p2p-network.net/utorrent Official IRC Channel]

[[Category:Bittorrent Client Guide]]

UTorrent

2007-09-02T23:18:03Z

DWSR: /* Summary */

{{lowercase|title=µTorrent}}

==Summary==

µTorrent is a very small and fast BitTorrent client. It needs very little memory and can run on almost any computer, fast or slow. Unlike Azureus, it does not rely on external software to run. It is recommended for users that want enough control over their torrents but also want to use their computer for other things simultaneously.

µTorrent (pronounced as 'micro-torrent') can be downloaded at [http://www.utorrent.com http://www.utorrent.com].

'''This Guide is based on µTorrent version 1.7.2. If you have an older version, please upgrade!'''

'''NB. atm this wiki is currently out of date as a new version has been released. i will sort it out as soon as possible ~Sir~'''

''I'm sorting it out right now. I'll remove the notice when I'm done. -DWSR''

'''Updated Sections:'''
Summary
How to Change your Port

'''To Do'''
How To Create a Torrent
How To Setup Auto-Downloads via RSS
How To Setup a TMB Search Feed
Can µTorrent Be Skinned?
At A Glance...
Changelog

==How to Change your port==

You will need to do this if you receive the following error message: "Rejected by tracker - Port xxxx is blacklisted" when trying to download.

Go to Options->Preferences (or hit Ctrl+P). This will open the Preferences window. Select ''Connection'' from the list on the left. You will see the following window:

[[Image:Connection.PNG]]

'''Port Used For Incoming Connections:''' This is what you need to change. it can be anything other than the ports from 6881 to 6889, and its up to you what you choose. However, it is recommended to choose something between 50000 and 60000. These ports are not commonly used for anything else. Refrain from using a number below 1024. These are known as service ports and are reserved for specific programs/tasks. You can use the Random Port button to automatically generate a random port number

'''Randomize port each time µTorrent starts:''' This option can be useful if your ISP monitors your Internet traffic or attempts to Throttle bandwidth used by P2P (Peer to Peer) applications (which BitTorrent is). '''Note:''' If you have this option selected and are doing manual port forwarding, you will need to change that forwarding every time you start µTorrent in order to make sure that you are [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/One_Stop_Ratio_Shop#Why_being_Clever_is_Good_For_Your_Ratio 'connectable'].

'''Enable UPnP port mapping:''' This should be ticked. This may save you having to do any manual port forwarding if you are behind a router and your router supports [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnP UPnP].

'''Enable NAT-PMP port mapping:''' This is essentially the same as the previous option and also should be ticked. NAT-PMP stands for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT-PMP Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol] and is simply a different method of achieving the same end result. Chances are that, between UPnP and NAT-PMP, µTorrent will be able to automatically forward the correct port to your computer.

'''Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall exceptions (Windows XP SP2 or later):''' This should be ticked. You don't want a firewall blocking your downloads!

You can ignore the other options for now. Once thats been done, click OK to exit the Preferences window. Next, we're going to test your connection to make sure your port is properly forwarded.

Go to Options -> Speed Guide (Ctrl+G) and click the 'Test if port is forwarded correctly' button. It will run a little test and tell you if it is. This will open a browser window to show you the results. If you receive an error, you may have to manually forward ports from your router to your computer. This can happen on school/university networks. You can also do a quick visual check to see if everything is working correctly by looking at the Network Status light at the bottom of the uTorrent window. Please note that this method is not 100% accurate, while the previous test method is.

'''Red:''' Something is wrong. Run the connection test. (Means you are not 'connectable') (Usually caused by unforwarded ports)

'''Yellow:''' At the moment there are no imcoming connections. (If this never turns green, run the connection test to check if it's OK.)

'''Green:''' You have successfully receiving an incoming connection, which means that your ports are forwarded and that everything is working like it should. (You are connectable). Hooray!

==How to Create a Torrent==

1. Put the file you want to torrent into a folder. Make sure you name all files and folders neatly and tidy up the file's tags with a program such as mp3tag --> [http://www.mp3tag.de/en]

2. Before attempting to create the torrent, search themixingbowl.org '''very thoroughly''' to check that the mix or show hasn't already been uploaded - use the search function, making sure to tick the 'including dead torrents' box. Duplicates are only allowed where every attempt has been made to find a seeder for a dead torrent but none have appeared after a reasonable amount of time.

3. IMPORTANT - You must make sure this folder includes the mixing bowl .nfo, found here --> [http://www.themixingbowl.org/www.themixingbowl.org.nfo] - Click File --> Save As then save the .nfo file in the folder that you are making into a torrent. Also try to include in the folder :-

- A tracklist, written in Notepad or Word.
- Any .cue files that the file may have.
- Any other relevant information. The more detail about the file's source you can
include, the better.

4. Open µTorrent

5. Click File --> Create New Torrent

6. Click 'Add Directory' --> find the folder you're torrenting and select it.

7. In 'Trackers', put this --> "http://tracker.themixingbowl.org/announce.php" (copy and paste link)

8. In 'Comments', put this --> "www.themixingbowl.org"

9. Check 'Private Torrent'

10. Click 'Create and Save As'

11. Once it's torrented, save the .torrent file to your hard drive

12. On themixingbowl.org, click 'Upload' in the 'Torrents' menu

13. Fill in all the details '''''very carefully'''''

14. Click 'Do it!'

15. Redownload the new .torrent file, opening it up in µTorrent - make sure you point it to save exactly where the folder '''''already is'''''

16. µTorrent should then check that the folder is there and complete, then after a few seconds, begin seeding.

17. Bingo!

==How to Setup auto-downloading via RSS==

===Install===

The first thing to note is you don't need to download any RSS program - µTorrent has one In built!

===Configuration===

1) Click on the RSS icon (1 in from the end on the right of the toolbar) or go Options > RSS. Shorcut key is Ctrl + R

2) You now add a feed. This tells it which site to check for new torrents. Click the 'Feeds' tab and then 'Add' in bottom right

3) Add this URL in the bar replacing 'username' and 'password' with your username and password: <nowiki>http://themixingbowl.org/rss.php?user=username&pass=password</nowiki> and click ok

N.B. Changes are automatically saved

===Setting Up Filters===

1) Click favourites tab > add (bottom left) and name the feed (for example EM or Breezeblock)

'''Filter:''' '' This does not understand normal text. use these wildcards: ?|* to set up the filter. E.G. *breeze* or *EM* This will then automatically download any new torrents added with EM or breeze in their name''

'''Not:''' ''This is for entering values so that the RSS will ignore a torrent. Probably more useful on other sites with proper scene release names, but if you dont want something in the AC3 codec, then enter *AC3* and any torrent with AC3 in the name will be ignored''

'''Save in:''' ''Designate the folder that you want the torrents to download to''

'''Feed:''' ''Click the drop down menu and select the feed you have just created''

'''Everything else:''' ''You can ignore them. I dont use them and it works fine''

The History tab show you what's been download via RSS in the past, and the releases tab seems to show every torrent as its added.

'''NB.''' You must tick the box's nex to the feed names and favorite's to enable them! no tick = disabled !

'''NB.#2:''' Make sure preferences > start "new torrents in stopped mode" isn't ticked. Otherwise it will download but not start the torrents!

And to make sure here's a screen shot of what it could look like:
[[Image:RSSdownloaderfavoritesscreen.jpg]]

==How to setup a TMB search feed==

This will allow you to search all of TMB's torrents from uTorrent's interface!

Options > preferences > apperance
(if using 1.6.1 its in = Options > preferences > Advanced > User Interface)

search 'strings' work the the following way : 'your name for search/site' | 'the search url'

paste this into the box to have a search named TMB:

<nowiki>TMB|http://www.themixingbowl.org/browse.php?search=</nowiki>

You should now see this: [[Image:Searchstring.jpg]]

now go click and select it in the top corner!

Like This:[[Image:SearchTMB.jpg]]

==Can uTorrent Be Skinned??==

Yes! download skins here:[[http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php]]. FAQ is also included!

==At a glance...==

The current version (1.5) contains:
* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Configurable bandwidth scheduler
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
* RSS Downloader
* Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

==Changelog (version 1.5)==

* 2006-03-08: Version 1.5 (build 437)
* Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
* Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it's off
* Fix: Tab icons now transparent

* 2006-03-07: Version 1.5 (build 436)
* Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
* Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
* Feature: Auto detect read cache size
* Feature: Language file can be auto updated
* Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
* Feature: New easter egg
* Feature: RSS Help button
* Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
* Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
* Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
* Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
* Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
* Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
* Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
* Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
* Feature: XML parser supports # tags
* Feature: Determine the values to show in the speed popup list automatically.
* Feature: Category list to filter main torrent list.
* Feature: Propagate encryption support through PEX
* Feature: Choose what happens on double click in torrent list
* Feature: Show a special message if utorrent crashes while NOD32 is active.
* Feature: Added scheduler mode to seed only (hold Shift button)
* Feature: Support min_interval key
* Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
* Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
* Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
* Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
* Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
* Feature: Protocol Encryption
* Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
* Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
* Feature: RSS toolbar button
* Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
* Feature: ESC minimizes
* Change: Rearranged settings dialog
* Change: Default to priorizing rarest pieces
* Change: Switch default theme
* Change: Skip hidden/system files when creating torrent.
* Change: Right align some columns.
* Change: Remove spaces from urls in RSS feeds
* Change: DHT binds UDP socket to net.bind_ip
* Change: Smarter block hashing, tries to avoid re-reading from the file if possible.
* Change: Tracker connections obey max_halfopen/max_connections
* Change: Switching folder in the Add window tries to detect if you point at an already downloaded folder.
* Change: Added support for " in XML parser
* Change: Optimized disk-io
* Change: coalesce_writes defaults to true
* Change: &Exit to E&xit
* Change: Show up/down arrows in listview headers
* Change: Rearranged some stuff in the settings dialog
* Change: Add FAQ to the help menu
* Change: Use UTF-8 instead of utf-8 in created torrents.
* Change: Min autodetected piecesize is now 64k.
* Change: Remember last active RSS page.
* Change: Don't increase counters while paused.
* Change: Auto detect if RSS feed uses latin1 or utf8.
* Change: Sort by scrape peers instead of connected peers
* Change: Relevance rounds up instead of down.
* Change: Rename langpack to utorrent.lng.
* Change: If langpack is in the exedir, it gets installed to APPDATA.
* Change: Remember if torrents have errored when you restart
* Change: Optimizations to piecepicker algorithm
* Change: Fast/Slow pieces
* Change: Simplified encryption settings
* Change: Support langpack.zip with translations.
* Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
* Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
* Change: Protect webui with a password
* Change: Include beta build # in http requests.
* Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
* Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
* Change: Read cache uses less CPU
* Change: Support paths >260 chars.
* Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
* Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
* Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
* Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
* Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
* Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
* Change: Improvements to RSS parser
* Change: Pause button toggles
* Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
* Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
* Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
* Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
* Change: Changed date format
* Fix: Work better when large fonts are used.
* Fix: Prevent windows from going above pixel 0.
* Fix: Ratio on generals tab wasn't computed exactly like the main list.
* Fix: Crash bug with columns
* Fix: Better support for adjusted computer clock.
* Fix: Don't behave incorrectly if 0-byte files are deleted by the user.
* Fix: If the torrent storage path hasn't been created, create it.
* Fix: Fix a crash related to language packs.
* Fix: Superseeding works better
* Fix: RSS feeds are utf8-decoded
* Fix: Deleting from RSS history forgot about sorting
* Fix: Disallow some more characters from filenames
* Fix: Crash when deleting multiple items from RSS history
* Fix: RSS parser parsed month bad for some timestamps.
* Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
* Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
* Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
* Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work
* Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
* Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
* Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.

==External links==
*[http://www.utorrent.com Official Site]
*[irc://irc.p2p-network.net/utorrent Official IRC Channel]

[[Category:Bittorrent Client Guide]]

UTorrent

2007-09-02T23:14:28Z

DWSR: /* How to Change your port */

{{lowercase|title=µTorrent}}

==Summary==

µTorrent is a very small and fast BitTorrent client. It needs very little memory and can run on almost any computer, fast or slow. Unlike Azureus, it does not rely on external software to run. It is recommended for users that want enough control over their torrents but also want to use their computer for other things simultaneously.

µTorrent (pronounced as 'micro-torrent') can be downloaded at [http://www.utorrent.com http://www.utorrent.com].

'''NB. atm this wiki is currently out of date as a new version has been released. i will sort it out as soon as possible ~Sir~'''
''I'm sorting it out right now. I'll remove the notice when I'm done. -DWSR''

==How to Change your port==

You will need to do this if you receive the following error message: "Rejected by tracker - Port xxxx is blacklisted" when trying to download.

Go to Options->Preferences (or hit Ctrl+P). This will open the Preferences window. Select ''Connection'' from the list on the left. You will see the following window:

[[Image:Connection.PNG]]

'''Port Used For Incoming Connections:''' This is what you need to change. it can be anything other than the ports from 6881 to 6889, and its up to you what you choose. However, it is recommended to choose something between 50000 and 60000. These ports are not commonly used for anything else. Refrain from using a number below 1024. These are known as service ports and are reserved for specific programs/tasks. You can use the Random Port button to automatically generate a random port number

'''Randomize port each time µTorrent starts:''' This option can be useful if your ISP monitors your Internet traffic or attempts to Throttle bandwidth used by P2P (Peer to Peer) applications (which BitTorrent is). '''Note:''' If you have this option selected and are doing manual port forwarding, you will need to change that forwarding every time you start µTorrent in order to make sure that you are [http://wiki.themixingbowl.org/One_Stop_Ratio_Shop#Why_being_Clever_is_Good_For_Your_Ratio 'connectable'].

'''Enable UPnP port mapping:''' This should be ticked. This may save you having to do any manual port forwarding if you are behind a router and your router supports [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnP UPnP].

'''Enable NAT-PMP port mapping:''' This is essentially the same as the previous option and also should be ticked. NAT-PMP stands for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT-PMP Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol] and is simply a different method of achieving the same end result. Chances are that, between UPnP and NAT-PMP, µTorrent will be able to automatically forward the correct port to your computer.

'''Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall exceptions (Windows XP SP2 or later):''' This should be ticked. You don't want a firewall blocking your downloads!

You can ignore the other options for now. Once thats been done, click OK to exit the Preferences window. Next, we're going to test your connection to make sure your port is properly forwarded.

Go to Options -> Speed Guide (Ctrl+G) and click the 'Test if port is forwarded correctly' button. It will run a little test and tell you if it is. This will open a browser window to show you the results. If you receive an error, you may have to manually forward ports from your router to your computer. This can happen on school/university networks. You can also do a quick visual check to see if everything is working correctly by looking at the Network Status light at the bottom of the uTorrent window. Please note that this method is not 100% accurate, while the previous test method is.

'''Red:''' Something is wrong. Run the connection test. (Means you are not 'connectable') (Usually caused by unforwarded ports)

'''Yellow:''' At the moment there are no imcoming connections. (If this never turns green, run the connection test to check if it's OK.)

'''Green:''' You have successfully receiving an incoming connection, which means that your ports are forwarded and that everything is working like it should. (You are connectable). Hooray!

==How to Create a Torrent==

1. Put the file you want to torrent into a folder. Make sure you name all files and folders neatly and tidy up the file's tags with a program such as mp3tag --> [http://www.mp3tag.de/en]

2. Before attempting to create the torrent, search themixingbowl.org '''very thoroughly''' to check that the mix or show hasn't already been uploaded - use the search function, making sure to tick the 'including dead torrents' box. Duplicates are only allowed where every attempt has been made to find a seeder for a dead torrent but none have appeared after a reasonable amount of time.

3. IMPORTANT - You must make sure this folder includes the mixing bowl .nfo, found here --> [http://www.themixingbowl.org/www.themixingbowl.org.nfo] - Click File --> Save As then save the .nfo file in the folder that you are making into a torrent. Also try to include in the folder :-

- A tracklist, written in Notepad or Word.
- Any .cue files that the file may have.
- Any other relevant information. The more detail about the file's source you can
include, the better.

4. Open µTorrent

5. Click File --> Create New Torrent

6. Click 'Add Directory' --> find the folder you're torrenting and select it.

7. In 'Trackers', put this --> "http://tracker.themixingbowl.org/announce.php" (copy and paste link)

8. In 'Comments', put this --> "www.themixingbowl.org"

9. Check 'Private Torrent'

10. Click 'Create and Save As'

11. Once it's torrented, save the .torrent file to your hard drive

12. On themixingbowl.org, click 'Upload' in the 'Torrents' menu

13. Fill in all the details '''''very carefully'''''

14. Click 'Do it!'

15. Redownload the new .torrent file, opening it up in µTorrent - make sure you point it to save exactly where the folder '''''already is'''''

16. µTorrent should then check that the folder is there and complete, then after a few seconds, begin seeding.

17. Bingo!

==How to Setup auto-downloading via RSS==

===Install===

The first thing to note is you don't need to download any RSS program - µTorrent has one In built!

===Configuration===

1) Click on the RSS icon (1 in from the end on the right of the toolbar) or go Options > RSS. Shorcut key is Ctrl + R

2) You now add a feed. This tells it which site to check for new torrents. Click the 'Feeds' tab and then 'Add' in bottom right

3) Add this URL in the bar replacing 'username' and 'password' with your username and password: <nowiki>http://themixingbowl.org/rss.php?user=username&pass=password</nowiki> and click ok

N.B. Changes are automatically saved

===Setting Up Filters===

1) Click favourites tab > add (bottom left) and name the feed (for example EM or Breezeblock)

'''Filter:''' '' This does not understand normal text. use these wildcards: ?|* to set up the filter. E.G. *breeze* or *EM* This will then automatically download any new torrents added with EM or breeze in their name''

'''Not:''' ''This is for entering values so that the RSS will ignore a torrent. Probably more useful on other sites with proper scene release names, but if you dont want something in the AC3 codec, then enter *AC3* and any torrent with AC3 in the name will be ignored''

'''Save in:''' ''Designate the folder that you want the torrents to download to''

'''Feed:''' ''Click the drop down menu and select the feed you have just created''

'''Everything else:''' ''You can ignore them. I dont use them and it works fine''

The History tab show you what's been download via RSS in the past, and the releases tab seems to show every torrent as its added.

'''NB.''' You must tick the box's nex to the feed names and favorite's to enable them! no tick = disabled !

'''NB.#2:''' Make sure preferences > start "new torrents in stopped mode" isn't ticked. Otherwise it will download but not start the torrents!

And to make sure here's a screen shot of what it could look like:
[[Image:RSSdownloaderfavoritesscreen.jpg]]

==How to setup a TMB search feed==

This will allow you to search all of TMB's torrents from uTorrent's interface!

Options > preferences > apperance
(if using 1.6.1 its in = Options > preferences > Advanced > User Interface)

search 'strings' work the the following way : 'your name for search/site' | 'the search url'

paste this into the box to have a search named TMB:

<nowiki>TMB|http://www.themixingbowl.org/browse.php?search=</nowiki>

You should now see this: [[Image:Searchstring.jpg]]

now go click and select it in the top corner!

Like This:[[Image:SearchTMB.jpg]]

==Can uTorrent Be Skinned??==

Yes! download skins here:[[http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php]]. FAQ is also included!

==At a glance...==

The current version (1.5) contains:
* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Configurable bandwidth scheduler
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
* RSS Downloader
* Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

==Changelog (version 1.5)==

* 2006-03-08: Version 1.5 (build 437)
* Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
* Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it's off
* Fix: Tab icons now transparent

* 2006-03-07: Version 1.5 (build 436)
* Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
* Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
* Feature: Auto detect read cache size
* Feature: Language file can be auto updated
* Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
* Feature: New easter egg
* Feature: RSS Help button
* Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
* Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
* Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
* Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
* Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
* Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
* Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
* Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
* Feature: XML parser supports # tags
* Feature: Determine the values to show in the speed popup list automatically.
* Feature: Category list to filter main torrent list.
* Feature: Propagate encryption support through PEX
* Feature: Choose what happens on double click in torrent list
* Feature: Show a special message if utorrent crashes while NOD32 is active.
* Feature: Added scheduler mode to seed only (hold Shift button)
* Feature: Support min_interval key
* Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
* Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
* Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
* Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
* Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
* Feature: Protocol Encryption
* Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
* Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
* Feature: RSS toolbar button
* Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
* Feature: ESC minimizes
* Change: Rearranged settings dialog
* Change: Default to priorizing rarest pieces
* Change: Switch default theme
* Change: Skip hidden/system files when creating torrent.
* Change: Right align some columns.
* Change: Remove spaces from urls in RSS feeds
* Change: DHT binds UDP socket to net.bind_ip
* Change: Smarter block hashing, tries to avoid re-reading from the file if possible.
* Change: Tracker connections obey max_halfopen/max_connections
* Change: Switching folder in the Add window tries to detect if you point at an already downloaded folder.
* Change: Added support for " in XML parser
* Change: Optimized disk-io
* Change: coalesce_writes defaults to true
* Change: &Exit to E&xit
* Change: Show up/down arrows in listview headers
* Change: Rearranged some stuff in the settings dialog
* Change: Add FAQ to the help menu
* Change: Use UTF-8 instead of utf-8 in created torrents.
* Change: Min autodetected piecesize is now 64k.
* Change: Remember last active RSS page.
* Change: Don't increase counters while paused.
* Change: Auto detect if RSS feed uses latin1 or utf8.
* Change: Sort by scrape peers instead of connected peers
* Change: Relevance rounds up instead of down.
* Change: Rename langpack to utorrent.lng.
* Change: If langpack is in the exedir, it gets installed to APPDATA.
* Change: Remember if torrents have errored when you restart
* Change: Optimizations to piecepicker algorithm
* Change: Fast/Slow pieces
* Change: Simplified encryption settings
* Change: Support langpack.zip with translations.
* Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
* Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
* Change: Protect webui with a password
* Change: Include beta build # in http requests.
* Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
* Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
* Change: Read cache uses less CPU
* Change: Support paths >260 chars.
* Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
* Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
* Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
* Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
* Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
* Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
* Change: Improvements to RSS parser
* Change: Pause button toggles
* Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
* Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
* Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
* Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
* Change: Changed date format
* Fix: Work better when large fonts are used.
* Fix: Prevent windows from going above pixel 0.
* Fix: Ratio on generals tab wasn't computed exactly like the main list.
* Fix: Crash bug with columns
* Fix: Better support for adjusted computer clock.
* Fix: Don't behave incorrectly if 0-byte files are deleted by the user.
* Fix: If the torrent storage path hasn't been created, create it.
* Fix: Fix a crash related to language packs.
* Fix: Superseeding works better
* Fix: RSS feeds are utf8-decoded
* Fix: Deleting from RSS history forgot about sorting
* Fix: Disallow some more characters from filenames
* Fix: Crash when deleting multiple items from RSS history
* Fix: RSS parser parsed month bad for some timestamps.
* Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
* Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
* Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
* Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work
* Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
* Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
* Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.

==External links==
*[http://www.utorrent.com Official Site]
*[irc://irc.p2p-network.net/utorrent Official IRC Channel]

[[Category:Bittorrent Client Guide]]

File:Connection.PNG

2007-09-02T22:47:08Z

DWSR: Screenshot of the Connection window in uTorrent.

Screenshot of the Connection window in uTorrent.

UTorrent

2007-09-02T22:43:01Z

DWSR: /* Summary */

{{lowercase|title=µTorrent}}

==Summary==

µTorrent is a very small and fast BitTorrent client. It needs very little memory and can run on almost any computer, fast or slow. Unlike Azureus, it does not rely on external software to run. It is recommended for users that want enough control over their torrents but also want to use their computer for other things simultaneously.

µTorrent (pronounced as 'micro-torrent') can be downloaded at [http://www.utorrent.com http://www.utorrent.com].

'''NB. atm this wiki is currently out of date as a new version has been released. i will sort it out as soon as possible ~Sir~'''
''I'm sorting it out right now. I'll remove the notice when I'm done. -DWSR''

==How to Change your port==

You will need to do this if you receive an error message: "rejected by tracker - Port xxxx is blacklisted" when trying to download.

go Preferences > Network and you will see a range of options.

'''Port Used For Incoming Connections''' This is what you need to change. it can be anything other than the ports 6881 - 6889, and its up to you what you choose.

'''Enable UPnP port mapping(Windows XP or later Only)''' This should be ticked. This may save you having to do any port forwarding if you're on a router

'''Add uTorrent to windows firewall exceptions''' This should be ticked. You don't want a firewall blocking your downloads!

Once thats been done, you can test your connection to see if it's workign properly.

go Options > Speed Guide and click the 'Test if port is forwarded correctly' button. It will run a little test and tell you if it is. You can do a quick visual check to see if everything is working correctly by looking at the Network Status light at the bottom of the uTorrent window.

'''Red''' Something's wrong. run the connection test

'''Yellow''' Means at the moment there are no imcoming connections. If this never turns green, run the connection test to check if it's ok

'''Green''' Everything is Good!

==How to Create a Torrent==

1. Put the file you want to torrent into a folder. Make sure you name all files and folders neatly and tidy up the file's tags with a program such as mp3tag --> [http://www.mp3tag.de/en]

2. Before attempting to create the torrent, search themixingbowl.org '''very thoroughly''' to check that the mix or show hasn't already been uploaded - use the search function, making sure to tick the 'including dead torrents' box. Duplicates are only allowed where every attempt has been made to find a seeder for a dead torrent but none have appeared after a reasonable amount of time.

3. IMPORTANT - You must make sure this folder includes the mixing bowl .nfo, found here --> [http://www.themixingbowl.org/www.themixingbowl.org.nfo] - Click File --> Save As then save the .nfo file in the folder that you are making into a torrent. Also try to include in the folder :-

- A tracklist, written in Notepad or Word.
- Any .cue files that the file may have.
- Any other relevant information. The more detail about the file's source you can
include, the better.

4. Open µTorrent

5. Click File --> Create New Torrent

6. Click 'Add Directory' --> find the folder you're torrenting and select it.

7. In 'Trackers', put this --> "http://tracker.themixingbowl.org/announce.php" (copy and paste link)

8. In 'Comments', put this --> "www.themixingbowl.org"

9. Check 'Private Torrent'

10. Click 'Create and Save As'

11. Once it's torrented, save the .torrent file to your hard drive

12. On themixingbowl.org, click 'Upload' in the 'Torrents' menu

13. Fill in all the details '''''very carefully'''''

14. Click 'Do it!'

15. Redownload the new .torrent file, opening it up in µTorrent - make sure you point it to save exactly where the folder '''''already is'''''

16. µTorrent should then check that the folder is there and complete, then after a few seconds, begin seeding.

17. Bingo!

==How to Setup auto-downloading via RSS==

===Install===

The first thing to note is you don't need to download any RSS program - µTorrent has one In built!

===Configuration===

1) Click on the RSS icon (1 in from the end on the right of the toolbar) or go Options > RSS. Shorcut key is Ctrl + R

2) You now add a feed. This tells it which site to check for new torrents. Click the 'Feeds' tab and then 'Add' in bottom right

3) Add this URL in the bar replacing 'username' and 'password' with your username and password: <nowiki>http://themixingbowl.org/rss.php?user=username&pass=password</nowiki> and click ok

N.B. Changes are automatically saved

===Setting Up Filters===

1) Click favourites tab > add (bottom left) and name the feed (for example EM or Breezeblock)

'''Filter:''' '' This does not understand normal text. use these wildcards: ?|* to set up the filter. E.G. *breeze* or *EM* This will then automatically download any new torrents added with EM or breeze in their name''

'''Not:''' ''This is for entering values so that the RSS will ignore a torrent. Probably more useful on other sites with proper scene release names, but if you dont want something in the AC3 codec, then enter *AC3* and any torrent with AC3 in the name will be ignored''

'''Save in:''' ''Designate the folder that you want the torrents to download to''

'''Feed:''' ''Click the drop down menu and select the feed you have just created''

'''Everything else:''' ''You can ignore them. I dont use them and it works fine''

The History tab show you what's been download via RSS in the past, and the releases tab seems to show every torrent as its added.

'''NB.''' You must tick the box's nex to the feed names and favorite's to enable them! no tick = disabled !

'''NB.#2:''' Make sure preferences > start "new torrents in stopped mode" isn't ticked. Otherwise it will download but not start the torrents!

And to make sure here's a screen shot of what it could look like:
[[Image:RSSdownloaderfavoritesscreen.jpg]]

==How to setup a TMB search feed==

This will allow you to search all of TMB's torrents from uTorrent's interface!

Options > preferences > apperance
(if using 1.6.1 its in = Options > preferences > Advanced > User Interface)

search 'strings' work the the following way : 'your name for search/site' | 'the search url'

paste this into the box to have a search named TMB:

<nowiki>TMB|http://www.themixingbowl.org/browse.php?search=</nowiki>

You should now see this: [[Image:Searchstring.jpg]]

now go click and select it in the top corner!

Like This:[[Image:SearchTMB.jpg]]

==Can uTorrent Be Skinned??==

Yes! download skins here:[[http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php]]. FAQ is also included!

==At a glance...==

The current version (1.5) contains:
* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Configurable bandwidth scheduler
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
* RSS Downloader
* Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

==Changelog (version 1.5)==

* 2006-03-08: Version 1.5 (build 437)
* Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
* Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it's off
* Fix: Tab icons now transparent

* 2006-03-07: Version 1.5 (build 436)
* Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
* Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
* Feature: Auto detect read cache size
* Feature: Language file can be auto updated
* Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
* Feature: New easter egg
* Feature: RSS Help button
* Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
* Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
* Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
* Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
* Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
* Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
* Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
* Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
* Feature: XML parser supports # tags
* Feature: Determine the values to show in the speed popup list automatically.
* Feature: Category list to filter main torrent list.
* Feature: Propagate encryption support through PEX
* Feature: Choose what happens on double click in torrent list
* Feature: Show a special message if utorrent crashes while NOD32 is active.
* Feature: Added scheduler mode to seed only (hold Shift button)
* Feature: Support min_interval key
* Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
* Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
* Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
* Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
* Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
* Feature: Protocol Encryption
* Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
* Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
* Feature: RSS toolbar button
* Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
* Feature: ESC minimizes
* Change: Rearranged settings dialog
* Change: Default to priorizing rarest pieces
* Change: Switch default theme
* Change: Skip hidden/system files when creating torrent.
* Change: Right align some columns.
* Change: Remove spaces from urls in RSS feeds
* Change: DHT binds UDP socket to net.bind_ip
* Change: Smarter block hashing, tries to avoid re-reading from the file if possible.
* Change: Tracker connections obey max_halfopen/max_connections
* Change: Switching folder in the Add window tries to detect if you point at an already downloaded folder.
* Change: Added support for " in XML parser
* Change: Optimized disk-io
* Change: coalesce_writes defaults to true
* Change: &Exit to E&xit
* Change: Show up/down arrows in listview headers
* Change: Rearranged some stuff in the settings dialog
* Change: Add FAQ to the help menu
* Change: Use UTF-8 instead of utf-8 in created torrents.
* Change: Min autodetected piecesize is now 64k.
* Change: Remember last active RSS page.
* Change: Don't increase counters while paused.
* Change: Auto detect if RSS feed uses latin1 or utf8.
* Change: Sort by scrape peers instead of connected peers
* Change: Relevance rounds up instead of down.
* Change: Rename langpack to utorrent.lng.
* Change: If langpack is in the exedir, it gets installed to APPDATA.
* Change: Remember if torrents have errored when you restart
* Change: Optimizations to piecepicker algorithm
* Change: Fast/Slow pieces
* Change: Simplified encryption settings
* Change: Support langpack.zip with translations.
* Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
* Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
* Change: Protect webui with a password
* Change: Include beta build # in http requests.
* Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
* Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
* Change: Read cache uses less CPU
* Change: Support paths >260 chars.
* Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
* Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
* Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
* Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
* Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
* Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
* Change: Improvements to RSS parser
* Change: Pause button toggles
* Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
* Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
* Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
* Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
* Change: Changed date format
* Fix: Work better when large fonts are used.
* Fix: Prevent windows from going above pixel 0.
* Fix: Ratio on generals tab wasn't computed exactly like the main list.
* Fix: Crash bug with columns
* Fix: Better support for adjusted computer clock.
* Fix: Don't behave incorrectly if 0-byte files are deleted by the user.
* Fix: If the torrent storage path hasn't been created, create it.
* Fix: Fix a crash related to language packs.
* Fix: Superseeding works better
* Fix: RSS feeds are utf8-decoded
* Fix: Deleting from RSS history forgot about sorting
* Fix: Disallow some more characters from filenames
* Fix: Crash when deleting multiple items from RSS history
* Fix: RSS parser parsed month bad for some timestamps.
* Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
* Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
* Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
* Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work
* Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
* Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
* Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.

==External links==
*[http://www.utorrent.com Official Site]
*[irc://irc.p2p-network.net/utorrent Official IRC Channel]

[[Category:Bittorrent Client Guide]]

Avoid traffic shaping

2007-06-04T14:53:58Z

DWSR: How to Avoid Traffic Shaping

#REDIRECT [[Protocol Encryption]]

Protocol Encryption

2007-06-04T14:52:51Z

DWSR: Protocol Exchange

__NOEDITSECTION__
Protocol Encryption (PE) is a joint specification between Azureus and µTorrent. It is designed to bypass throttling and/or blocking of BitTorrent traffic by an ISP. ''PE is not the same as PEX, which is Peer Exchange!''

The following clients support PE
<ul>
<li>uTorrent
<li>Azureus
<li>BitComet
<li>BitTornado
<li>rTorrent
<li>kTorrent
<li>Mainline ''(Incoming only)''
</ul>

Instructions on configuring these clients to utilize PE can be found below.

__TOC__

==uTorrent==
You can choose Protocol Encryption's mode of operation in BitTorrent. Here is an explanation of the various options you can choose from:
<ul>
<li>Disabled: Does not encrypt outgoing connections, but will accept encrypted incoming connections.
<li>Enabled: Attempts to encrypt outgoing connections, but will fall back to an unencrypted mode if the connection fails.
<li>Force: Attempts to encrypt outgoing connections, and will NOT fall back to an unencrypted mode if the connection fails.
<li>Allow legacy incoming connections enables or disables incoming legacy (non-encrypted) connections.
</ul>

All modes will accept incoming encrypted connections '''(and the encryption is 2-way)'''!

It is '''not''' recommended to turn off "Allow legacy incoming connections", unless you cannot have any non-encrypted connections (typically in conjunction with Forced).

==Azureus==
To enable the encryption you have to switch to intermediate user mode and go to ''Tools -> Options -> Connection -> Transport Encryption'' and enable the Require encrypted transport checkbox.

Enabling this feature instructs to establish connections with the crypto handshake, which will consume more CPU time due to the D-H key exchange. If it is disabled Azureus will only use the obfuscation header for peers that either require that via PEX/DHT or when a remote peer initiates a crypto connection.

Further details are controlled by the following settings:

<ul>
<li>'''Minimum encryption level'''
:This will specify the minimal encryption level you will choose when establish encrypted connections, currently available are
<ol>
<li>'''Plain:''' This only uses the obfuscation header and transmits the entire payload unencrypted. It's still easy to identify but might be enough to confuse simple traffic shapers
<li>'''RC4:''' This mode uses strong cryptography to obfuscate the traffic and is only attackable with very sophisticated and expensive attacks but it consumes more CPU time than the Plain method.
</ol>

<li>'''Allow non-encrypted outgoing connections if encrypted connection attempt fails:'''
:This option ensures compatibility with legacy clients that don't support the traffic obfuscation but makes it easier for the ISP to identify users that engage in BitTorrent activity.

<li>'''Allow non-encrypted incoming connections:'''
:Disabling this option will prevent any peer from connecting to you unless he uses the obfuscation header. Thus it even prevents peers from connecting to you when they support encryption but don't know that you require it. But as stated in the implementation specs, Azureus' PEX and Distributed tracker is obfuscation aware and thus tells other peers to use it even when they default encryption to off. Enabling this option may be necessary when the ISP limits ports instead of single connections.

Protocol Encryption

2007-06-04T14:25:45Z

DWSR: Protocol Exchange

Protocol Encryption (PE) is a joint specification between Azureus and µTorrent. It is designed to bypass throttling and/or blocking of BitTorrent traffic by an ISP. ''PE is not the same as PEX, which is Peer Exchange!''

The following clients support PE
<ul>
<li>uTorrent
<li>Azureus
<li>BitComet
</ul>

==uTorrent==
You can choose Protocol Encryption's mode of operation in BitTorrent. Here is an explanation of the various options you can choose from:
<ul>
<li>Disabled: Does not encrypt outgoing connections, but will accept encrypted incoming connections.
<li>Enabled: Attempts to encrypt outgoing connections, but will fall back to an unencrypted mode if the connection fails.
<li>Force: Attempts to encrypt outgoing connections, and will NOT fall back to an unencrypted mode if the connection fails.
<li>Allow legacy incoming connections enables or disables incoming legacy (non-encrypted) connections.
</ul>

All modes will accept incoming encrypted connections '''(and the encryption is 2-way)'''!

It is NOT recommended to turn off "Allow legacy incoming connections", unless you cannot have any non-encrypted connections (typically in conjunction with Forced), in which case turning off "Allow legacy incoming connections" is acceptable.

Mediafire

2007-05-29T00:48:24Z

DWSR: Mediafire file hosting service

A filehosting service located at [http://www.mediafire.com www.mediafire.com] that is far superior to [http://www.sendspace.com SendSpace] in the following ways:

<ul>
<li>Downloads never expire
<li>Folders of downloads are free
<li>Upload 10 files at a time (as opposed to 5)
<li>Unlimited download speed
<li>Download managers allowed
<li>Unlimited concurrent connections
</ul>

The only disadvantage to using Mediafire is that the file size limit is 100 megabytes as opposed to 300 megabytes on Sendspace.