brunok Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Well, I couldn't find any topic with this request.Sometimes I want to download only some files inside a torrent, and I can't do that in uTorrent. BitComet has that function, and I think it's a pretty basic feature so when are we going to see this in uTorrent?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 There's no topic because it's been in the client for AGES.http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#Does_.C2.B5Torrent_allow_selective_file_downloading.3F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunok Posted December 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Sorry, i knew there was a "files" tab, but i didn't know about the right click...i just started using utorrent so i can't tell when it was added to the client.Maybe there could be an easier way to pick the files you want, like a checkbox instead of right-clicking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpmorpheus Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 I agree with brunok. You should do a similar step to download which is included in BitComet. Because, if i want to download one file, and I set pre-allocate, the client allocate disk for all files then download that one files. µTorrent shouldn't create "do not download"-ed files and shouldn't allocate their space on disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleer Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 µtorrent doesnt create those files if you start torrents in stopped mode and select "do not download" before you start torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 It does if you use pre-allocate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janek Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 I found that if I skip the file, sometimes it's downloaded (for smal files). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Maybe there could be an easier way to pick the files you want, like a checkbox instead of right-clicking...It's actually really easy to select which files you want or don't want to download. Just use the standard windows ctrl+click or shift+click to select all of the files you don't want, and then right-click and select to not download. Doing that, you don't have to right-click each individual file, and it's just as quick as having a check box for each file.I found that if I skip the file, sometimes it's downloaded (for smal files).If you don't have pre-allocation turned on, and you start the torrent in stopped mode to select what you don't want to download before starting the torrent, utorrent will do this. The reason is because the breaks between the individual chunks in a torrent rarely fall at the beginning and end of the files contained in the torrent. So if you download a chunk that is part of a file that you want, and part of that chunk is also part of a file that you didn't want, then it will still show the file that you didn't want... if that makes any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunok Posted December 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 It's actually really easy to select which files you want or don't want to download. Just use the standard windows ctrl+click or shift+click to select all of the files you don't want, and then right-click and select to not download. Doing that, you don't have to right-click each individual file, and it's just as quick as having a check box for each file.Hum, I didn't think about that, thanks Dennis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedwards Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 [files you want or don't want to download. Just use the standard windows ctrl+click or shift+click to select all of the files you don't want, and then right-click and select to not download. Doing that, you don't have to right-click each individual file, and it's just as quick as having a check box for each file.I actually did that, but it began dwonloading files that I had set for skipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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