Guest Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Hi,I've been using bitcomet since day 1, but I'd like to try utorrent out. From the utorrent faq it seems like I need to disable the .!bc renaming that bitcomet does. I've done this by stopping all transfers on bitcomet, doing hash checking on all of them, then quitting bitcomet and running utorrent. However, utorrent is still unable to pick up anything, and has an empty list. What else should I be doing? I've already changed utorrent's download directory to bitcomet's one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisa01 Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 You must download the .torrent files again, open it in utorrent and save over the incomplete download from bitcomet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILZE Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 maybe u must edit the ending of the filenames...p.ex: movie.avi.bcbc stands for bitcomet...delete the .bc and it will work...u can disable the ending in the preferences of bitcomet too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 The file extension has already been changed to remove the .bc portion. This was done by unchecking the option in bitcomet and performing hash checking on all the transfers, as suggested in the FAQ. So I gotta download all the .torrent files huh? Will it resume my downloads or will it overwrite them? I don't wanna restart all my transfers since I have many of them in my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 I did the same, when i switched over from azureus the downloads were resumed from where i left off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonnilon Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Just been exploring this myself, it seems that uTorrent just overwrites all the torrent files from scratch (even if you correctly remember to remove the .bc! file extension).So my suggestion would be to finish any current torrent tasks in BitComet first before migrating over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 I've yet to see µTorrent overwrite existing files. You can always add the torrent in stopped mode, copy over the partial files and perform a hash check in µTorrent to make it recognize the progress.Always worked for me, Resumed torrents from BitComet and ABC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame89 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 hi sorry if this might be stupid question. i just recently switched to utorrent and im trying to transfer my incomplete downloads from bitcomet to start and finish with utorrent. i looked at the guide and it didnt help me at all. it said to remove the bc with whatever file extension. none of that works. i have the latest version of bitcomet if that helps. ive been looking for almost 2.5 hrs now and trying to figure out on how i can resume my downloads with utorrent. and saw all the forums posts on utorrent and i was unable to figure out my problem. the guide states:Open Notepad and write this line into it (replace "bc!" with which ever file extension you need to remove): @for /r %%i in (*.bc!) do @move "%%~fi" "%%~dpni" i did that but it says replace "bc!" with which ever file extension you need to remove. what file extension do i need to remove "bc!" with?? i dont understand. and one time i just posted exactly what it said and put the file with the incomplete torrents and than when i click to open it. ms dos flashes for an instance and says the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incompletePLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OR AN EASIER WAY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE MY INCOMPLETED DOWNLOADS WITH UTORRENT. THANKYOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 yelling doesn't help your case. The sample line is for a batch file. The batch file I guess recursively tells in a specified directory to remove the specific extension (in that case bc!) and makes it so you can add the torrent into uT and make it path to the same folder. From that point on, when you press start, uT will begin checking the integrity of the downloads and then continue downloading (if incomplete) or start seeding... What's not clear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame89 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 my apologies for the caps and thankyou for your response. but what i dont understand is the batch file. every time i try to do it nothing happens. i get the message i listed in the above post. how can i make the batch file work so that it tells all the files in the directory to take out the bc extension. can you please tell me steps. like first should i open bitcomt stop the download. and than right click on the torrent and go file save as??? pls let me know. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Following along with the guide (since I've never even opened bitcomet)... which # is getting you stuck. Did you save the line as a .BAT file? Did you move it to the wrong folder? Were you running it from the wrong folder (because you were in a different working directory?), as anyone who is used to a CLI can do on occasion?Even better would be a bit more about your computer, is it on XP (I know some options in batch files don't exist before then)... A step-by-step of what you did and where you got stuck may help more than going through the steps again, since you've tried multiple times already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame89 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 yes i saved the line as a .BAT but i think i might be moving it in the wrong folder but im not sure. im running windows vista. so i understand that i need to movee the notepad file where the incomplete torrent is. so when im in bitcomet i click on open directory and it opens the directory of where teh torrent is. it lists all the files that are in the torrent. and so when i made the notepad file i moved it in that folder where it listed all the other torrent files. and nothing happned. am i doing the notepad part correct??? like i type the line it tells me and i delete the BC! part and than save the file as a rename.bat . and than i move it in the folder and try opening it and nothing happens. so in bitcomet do i need to go file save torrent? cuz that just saves the .torrent file. and not the acutal files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I'm not sure why it wouldn't work on vista. Yes you did as it described to put the batch file with your incomplete downloads (bc! extension) and ran it there. It is possible the order of operations needed to be done on vista has changed, but I cannot confirm this. Can you choose a small torrent file to add in uT, and then manually remove the bitcomet extension from the file it refers to, and then right click -> advanced -> change download location in uT to point to said file (CLICK on it directly before saying OK) and then start it. It should start checking, and continue to download from where it left off before.If even this doesn't work it means something else is wrong apriori to the rename operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame89 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 hey thanks alot for your help in this matter. i was doing everything correct from the beginning but just wasnt getting it. until i just tried it again and it all worked. i saved and opened the torrents and they were started from where they were left off from in bitcomet. but i just have one more question. one torrent in bitcomet was complete around 40% and than when i opened it with utorrent it checked the torrent to determine what percent is complete but it was only able to pick up as musch as 35%. can i fix this some how. and i have another question sorry. i have never been able to get download speeds past 150kbps. im in canada and use telus adlc high speed internet. i have a wireless network setup and i use a trendnet 452 brp router encrypted with a wep. i download my torrents on my laptop via wireless connection. so right now im downloading around 4 files and they are all around 3gb and one is 6gb. and i have a static ip setup with the port forwarding and my signal in uttorent is green aswell. but the combined speed i get FOR ALL MY TORRENTS is around 150kbps and no more. so an average around 35kbps per torrent. is there a way i can get the download speeds some users get. like 600kbs. or whatever. should i switch routers???? oo and i upload aswell and use public torrents since i dont know any good private sites. i upload quite aot even for public trackers. on a 3.2gb file im current downloading. i have uploaded 2gb. so im pretty sure uploading shudnt be the problem.thanks alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 If you had incomplete pieces in BitComet on those files before you transferred them then YES it is expected for your % to go down some That is unfortunate, but what it does show is that you still have 7/8 of the download complete and verified which you did before. Hopefully that's not too much of a setback. As to your other questions: hoo boy (breath).1.5 Mbit down eh? Depends upon your registered speeds for a speed test. It is becoming more and more prevalent for ISPs to shape traffic, that is make it so you cannot experience the full download speed with your protocol of choice. If you get that speed with both your normal torrents and a testing torrent from the How-To (ooo or slackware) then yes, you are being shaped so it MAY be a better idea to run singular torrents during those highly shaped times, to decrease the total time to finish downloading EACH torrent. Sure it's not fun to only wait for one thing to finish overnight, but it's better for all, you don't split your connection and you connect to the swarm with better ratio and %.Ethernet vs wireless.. your choice .Regarding possibly being able to get around traffic shaping http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31704 points out some workarounds which are now found within the 1.8 pre-beta line which you can check out (preferrably in a self-contained status http://utorrent.com/faq.php#How_can_I_share_my_torrents_between_user_profiles.3F ) which you should definitely thank the developers for if they work for you. They don't get enough positive feedback IMNSHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame89 Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 i went on the traffic shaping forum you told me and i was curious why "wingo" was getting such high speeds with deluge and not utorrent. i downloaded deluge aswell and i must say im getting 5 times the speed i was getting with utorrent. a 700mb file that i wud download with deluge wud take around 3-5 hrs at around 40kbs with about 10-15kbs upload. and i use public trackers too. so with deluge i am getting speeds around 130-160kbs with upload speeds from 25-35kbs. and at this rate this 700mb file will be finished in around 1-1 1/2 hr. im very impressed and these are speed im hoping i can somehow get with utorrent cuz its a much better client. o and according to the bandwith / speed test my dlwd speed is around 1000-1100 kbps. so around 1mbit and upload speeds of around 300-400kbps. and i didt do any port forwarding or any of that stuff with deluge.im jus using the default settings it installed with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Then the part about 1.8 having workarounds for shaping may come to fruition for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame89 Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 oo so they are releasing another version. when can we expect that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 1.8 is out as an alpha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame89 Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 my mistake. um firon i was looking around the homepage and the website and i cudnt find where i cud download 1.8 .can you please tell me where i can go to download?? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Check the Announcements forum >< (I must say though generally ESPECIALLY for software which is prone to crashing -- uT is stable as a stable but ALPHA isn't even BETA quality and has suffered crash bugs 2/3 builds released -- if you can't find it on your own...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Some crash bugs that get fixed are old bugs that weren't caused by changes made to the alpha, so not every "fix: *crash*" necessarily means the alpha itself was crash-prone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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