DeathStalker Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 I've noticed (regrettably), that 26616 seems to lock-up for no apparent reason. No other real issues, just these *extremely* annoying lock-ups. EXACT same settings I had for 3.0x both 32 & 64bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 I've noticed (regrettably), that 26616 seems to lock-up for no apparent reason. No other real issues, just these *extremely* annoying lock-ups. EXACT same settings I had for 3.0x both 32 & 64bit.What do you mean by "lockups" and under what conditions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathStalker Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 I mean as in "Not Responding" - "normal" usage conditions. As I said, no change in any settings between this and previous versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Did you try the settings over herer :http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=627138#p627138with general->pre-allocate files = true ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathStalker Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 If all the settings were fine with the previous versions, WHY would I need to pre-allocate the space now? That would seem to be a *significant* issue.Please explain why, if uTorrent already checks the disc space when I load a torrent, I would suddenly need to pre-allocate the space? And also, what would that have to do with the program locking up?Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Because they have changed things here (and I'm not saying it is w/o bugs...). The primary change was lowering the priority of the disk-handler (so to give other apps, like video player, better performance). I guess the load of space allocation effected the cache , and may require tuning of the settings. You might want to try to just revert back to normal priority (diskio.low_prio_disk = false + restart). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathStalker Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Ok, thank you for explaining things I'll give that a try and let you know how it works (I'll do both the pre-allocation an the low_prio false). For the moment, I've dropped back to the 64bit release (even though it have the *annoying* bug of not being able to set the File Priority).Also, when installing, is there a way to set a specific install directory? Rather annoying having to have it stuck in the one directory (I like to keep a separate directory for each version - and yes, I do know how to make them "portable" with the /recover option and the Apps files in the same folder, but that's not what I'm asking for).Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Also, when installing, is there a way to set a specific install directory? Sure. If it is a clean install just put the exe anywhere you like, with an empty settings.dat file ... Or: if you want to upgrade (and you had a previous install) just put it anywhere ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirceaForce Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Maybe you want to show also a 3.1 screenshot with (0) (zero) downloads that is still writing to disk?A 3.1 screenshot please would be nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 After you will stop this download - like you have it in 3.0 - it will be "only seeding" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirceaForce Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 After you will stop this download - like you have it in 3.0 - it will be "only seeding"http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8859/23677027.pngYour help it's most grateful, but this ut 3.1. 26616 has a serious problem when up/down the same time at high speeds it's a bug, your ideas do not solve the entire problem,with your cache settings it consumes a lot of resources vs utorrent 3.0 Hope the admin/mod will release a fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moriss Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 ok man but i use torrent 3.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirceaForce Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Are the devs in vacation ? (Not seen one of them since one week).Apparently' date=' yes My settings (including [b']general->preallocate = true) Tested at high speeds. See if this helps:http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2892/cacheoptimizedsettings.pnghttp://img6.imageshack.us/img6/337/54551952.pngdiskio.coalesce_write_size-4194304where did you get this setting ?????? it's official or you put some numbers to be there?????Ultima AdministratorWell, the less often you write data out to disk, the higher risk you run in potentially losing unwritten data to some kind of instability/crash.Setting the coalesced write size too high will probably result in this error. In fact, even a size of 4MB is already causing errors for many users (which is why it had to be lowered to 2MB default), so I wouldn't expect you to be able to set it too high anyhow.This settings http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2892/cacheoptimizedsettings.pngAr this settings tested when you create a new torrent, to improve speed ????........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 diskio.coalesce_write_size-4194304where did you get this setting ?????? it's official or you put some numbers to be there?????It is 4M, and I did not "get" it, I've set it and tested it myself with 50MBps downloads, and it was best for high speeds. No errors.Even if there are a few random hash errors (and there are), I think the average speed is better. Definitely better than the current 256K default But.. no one is forcing you to use it, use 256K... Ar this settings tested when you create a new torrent, to improve speed ????........It was tested with torrents downloaded from the Internet. Why being newly created torrent - should matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirceaForce Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 This is your settings for disk cache http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2892/cacheoptimizedsettings.pngIt's important that when you create a big torrent (ex:40GB) do have high disk speeds.....diskio.coalesce_write_size-4194304When you use this setting it consumes a lot of resources did you see that ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 No, I didn't try that with creating a new torrent. Seems to me that you need a good READ cache for that task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirceaForce Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 No, I didn't try that with creating a new torrent. Seems to me that you need a good READ cache for that task.ok this disk cache settings http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2892/cacheoptimizedsettings.pngwas before utorrent 3.1 of after 3.0 ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 This was never the default. It was in my recommendations/tips-guide forever... except for that last "Enable" for the Windows disk-write cache http://tinyurl.com/253k5ev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirceaForce Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 This was never the default. It was in my recommendations/tips-guide forever... except for that last "Enable" for the Windows disk-write cache http://tinyurl.com/253k5evI've done your settings.......is there enough 128MB override cache for 10MB down/11 MB upload both at the same time ??????? tell me if need to modify something here......by the way you have an email from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 tell me if need to modify something here...yes - disable - Windows cache for write - unchecked. (Cache size - is whatever your like.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirceaForce Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 (Cache size - is whatever your like.)Have you tested at 10MB down/11MB upload, with 128 MB override cache ???? or at this speeds you need more cache???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Have you tested at 10MB down/11MB upload, with 128 MB override cache ???? or at this speeds you need more cache????Not yet... But I intend to. I believe that if there are no bugs, the user defined cache is useful only for temporarily "smoothing" things and letting other apps work better. If you run uT alone (for testing), it should work well also with practically minimal cache (long term). It should not effect it's *average* speed. If not - it is buggy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathStalker Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Ok, Rafi! I've made those changes and will let you know hwo thinsg work out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 yeah, take some risks in your life ... good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike20021969 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Where did the send file icon option disappear to in 3.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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