Prioritise first 5% of movie files

[Zac_Haddock]

Hi all,

When downloading a movie file, it's often possible to preview it if the first bit of the file has been downloaded, but not otherwise. Since uTorrent downloads file pieces in a random order, it's quite possible to have downloaded most of the file before it's possible to preview it to make sure it's the one you wanted / good quality etc.

Is it possible to tell uTorrent to try to download the first 5% or so sooner rather than later?

Thanks

Zac

[lithopsian]

There's an option to prioritise the first and last pieces. Which version are you running?

[moogly]

Preferences > Advanced > bt.prio_first_last_piece = true

And you can use/test alpha 3.0, there is a feature about local streaming, better this simple option.

[Zac_Haddock]

Preferences > Advanced > bt.prio_first_last_piece = true

Amazing, my dream come true. Thanks.

[Switeck]

And that dream could be a disaster if very many people use it all the time.

Seeds could give out more than 4:1, because of quick arrival of new peers...yet when they're done, there's not a single virtual copy between all of them because each new peer demands the same pieces from the seed.