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Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by lostlogin »

Shorel wrote: post #40
KennyBlanken wrote: post #8

This release is really important if only because it supports BitTorrent V2 spec. Transmission has a huge market share, particularly in open source circles. Lack of support for the V2 spec has stopped many open source projects from migrating their torrents to the V2 spec, because transmission clients won't work. Please support and use other open-source torrent clients, because Transmission's long-standing history of g…

Part of my Ubuntu post install script is removing Transmission and installing Deluge.

Deluge showing your public IP in the UI is a big plus for me.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by 411111111111111 »

hrbf wrote: post #32
netheril96 wrote: post #20

As a Chinese, I really need the anti leeching capabilities, as too many people here use Xunlei that only download but never upload. Sad to see that the maintainers skip this again.

It’s probably impossible to track that with any meaningful precision. Historically it’s the (central) tracker that implements the bookkeeping.

And as the reported stats originate from the torrent client... They're able to report whatever they want.

I remember using some obscure tool before 2010 to intercept these packages and update them. I was in my early teens back then and used it to overreport my upload statistics by something like x2 on some private trackers, so they wouldn't ban me.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by tenpies »

baal80spam wrote: post #59
Tajnymag wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would say Transmission has simpler UI. Outside of UI, it's also packaged differently, compared to Qbittorrent, Transmission can be installed completely headlessly without dependencies to QT/GTK+X. In terms of actual features, Transmission is more lightweight. It doesn't support super-seeding, broadcatching, native SOCKS support and doesn't have built-in search engine integration.

> I would say Transmission has simpler UI This is true but for me this is a disadvantage. qBitTorrent allows to fine-tune a lot of settings. Not as many as Tixati but still.

What settings would the average user find useful beyond adding a blocklist (which Transmission supports)? Genuinely curious as someone who used Transmission back in the day and appreciated the simplicity.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by squarefoot »

diegoholiveira wrote: post #5

After Netflix and others streaming services, I stop using Transmission. What’s the current usage of BitTorrent?

Some TV series aren't available everywhere. As an example, I'm currently watching "Dark", a wonderful 2017 German series (think about a grittier, darker, Stranger Things) that was dubbed in English but still doesn't seem to be available in other parts of Europe.

There are also other more legit usages of BitTorrent: I use it often to download Linux install images so that the network load is distributed among users and I do not tax excessively the servers.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by londons_explore »

zaik wrote: post #14
KennyBlanken wrote: post #8

This release is really important if only because it supports BitTorrent V2 spec. Transmission has a huge market share, particularly in open source circles. Lack of support for the V2 spec has stopped many open source projects from migrating their torrents to the V2 spec, because transmission clients won't work. Please support and use other open-source torrent clients, because Transmission's long-standing history of g…

I think Transmission works great. What's the v2 killer feature?

There are lots of changes that are nice-to-have efficiency improvements.

But there are no new killer features. I would guess that the extra user headaches from having outdated software not work with new torrents will exceed the benefits of slightly faster downloads and slightly better availability.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by happymellon »

mrtksn wrote: post #42
diegoholiveira wrote: post #5

After Netflix and others streaming services, I stop using Transmission. What’s the current usage of BitTorrent?

I massively reduced using torrent once I got proper high speed internet. As it turns out, streaming is much more convenient but the streaming world is not all candies and rainbows. See, I do have Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ etc. but they each have their own app and even their combined coverage is not complete. Do you know who has the (almost)complete movie&series coverage? Fmovies. That's where I watch most of my…

Not only that, but some services like Britbox purposefully gimp their system.

Supports AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku and Fire TV in the USA.

AppleTV, Android, Roku and FireTV in the UK.

Why have they decided to not support my Shield TV in the UK? Who knows but NowTV has the same limitation so sometimes you have to find alternatives.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by thom »

diegoholiveira wrote: post #5

After Netflix and others streaming services, I stop using Transmission. What’s the current usage of BitTorrent?

I pay for Netflix, Apple TV, Prime Video and Disney+ and go to the cinema every couple of months, but I still steal stuff. Sometimes I find out it was available on one of these services but it just happened that the search in QBittorrent was easier.

I am once again asking the entertainment industry to charge me literally any price they like per month to have all this in one place permanently.

Re: Transmission 4.0.0 beta 1

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Post by blacklion »

diegoholiveira wrote: post #5

After Netflix and others streaming services, I stop using Transmission. What’s the current usage of BitTorrent?

I can not speak about movies and shows, as I don't watch either, I can speak only about music.

For me, streaming services for music is no-go. It is not about money, it is about control.

I prefer to listen only albums (not playlists, tracks, sets, mixes, etc), and I prefer to choose masterings & presses. Yes, Spotify has whole King Crimson catalog, but which masterings/remasterings among many? I don't know, Spotify doesn't provide this information and can change material at any moment without notification. Also all streaming services has stupid regional limitations (and I'm in process of transitioning from sanctioned country to "normal" one, good luck to use streaming services in this situation), and could remove whole catalog on whim due to some problems with label.

If I can buy music in ownable format (which means mostly "if it is presented at bandcamp"), I buy it, no problem. If I cannot - I download it. Also, I'm still buy CDs on concerts. Again, it is not about money (I've spent on bandcamp much more than several years of Spotify subscription), it is about owning music I love in exactly form I want.

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