Utorrent displays ETA-time seems unproperly

[duytrung]

I currently use:

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System Information

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Operating System : Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3, v.3180 (2600.xpsp.070718-2058)

Language : English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: INTEL

System Model : D945GNT

Processor : Intel® Pentium® D CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)

Memory : 512MB RAM

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System Information

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Utorrent version: 1.8 Beta Build 6838.

I found that utorrent displays ETA time seems unproperly:

[Firon]

I don't see the problem. You're downloading slowly, and the ETA is a sliding average (which means you were probably downloading even more slowly before).

[duytrung]

Oh, , I think ETA-time is the time that utorrent estimates torrents to finished downloading. I've post an image (link above).

[Ultima]

Rather, you were probably downloading faster before, and it slowed down dramatically as torrent jobs usually do near the end. That would cause the ETA to be lower than it really is. As Firon said, it's a sliding average, so it'll correct itself the longer µTorrent downloads slowly.