Qbittorrent is now better than Utorrent
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QBittorrent is now up to version 4.3.4.1
Utorrent uses 3 times as much CPU and 5 times as much memory as Qbittorrent.I have been a loyal Utorrent user for 15 years, but it has too many problems - including crashes, freezes, and files that lose their association with their torrent. I have finally given up on Utorrent.
I tried every torrent client out there, and Qbittorrent's latest version is close to being perfect. It has a few very minor problems which are nothing compared to the massive problems of Utorrent.
It seems like Utorrent's developers have given up trying to fix their problems. People don't even bother to post in the Utorrent forums anymore.Also, there is a genuine 64 bit version of Qbittorrent - which is able to utilize far more memory.
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I still use uTorrent 2.2.1 as that was the last version that was made without the tons of bloat uTorrent is now well known for. I love the features it has and the layout, but it is extremely old and doesn't handle RAM and CPU very well.
I guess I'll give QBitTorrent another try.
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Does Qbittorrent have a guide that includes help with the newest features, or how to use it so that other Members can be more informed?
Using uTorrent 2.2.1 here also.
Ricky
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@raphjd said in Qbittorrent is now better than Utorrent:
I still use uTorrent 2.2.1 as that was the last version that was made without the tons of bloat uTorrent is now well known for. I love the features it has and the layout, but it is extremely old and doesn't handle RAM and CPU very well.
I guess I'll give QBitTorrent another try.
You won't like it - that's the client that I use!
All kidding aside, I prefer qBitTorrent because it runs on multiple platforms (Windows, MacOS, and Linux) in virtually identical ways on each. It also does everything I want it to - EXCEPT work with "Quick Torrent Maker" here ...
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@raphjd I can't wait to see your evaluation of Qbittorrent! I think you will be very happy with it.
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@bi4smooth It works fine with Quick Torrent Maker.
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@ricky There is a vast online forum for Qbittorrent, but honestly, the best way to learn it is to USE it. https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki
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@raphjd said in Qbittorrent is now better than Utorrent:
I still use uTorrent 2.2.1 as that was the last version that was made without the tons of bloat uTorrent is now well known for. I love the features it has and the layout, but it is extremely old and doesn't handle RAM and CPU very well.
I guess I'll give QBitTorrent another try.
I use uTorrent 3.4.8 under Windows 10, and it seems fine to me. I'd be curious to try QBitTorrent, although part of me is saying, "If it isn't broken, don't fix it."
On a similar note, I'm also curious about backing up to uTorrent 2.2.1. Is there a link to download that version (and if it should be obvious to me on a web search, I apologise for asking.)
Edit: I just found the link, at [http://www.oldversion.com/windows/utorrent-2-2-1-2](link url) .
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I've been using Qbittorrent now since my last post in this thread.
It seems pretty good and it uses RAM and CPU very well.
I'm not a fan of the use of words like "stallled" instead of "idle". It makes it sound like there is a problem.
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@raphjd That is true.. in Qbitttorrent "stalled" sounds like a problem.. like with a car.. or Joe Bidet's brain. "Stalled" is actually equivalent to "Finished" in Utorrent.. Finished sounds like a good thing!
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Glad to hear that the client is improving. What has always stopped me from using qBitorrent is the lack of the relocate feature that uTorrent has. I have moved and renamed the majority of most seeded torrents, and there isn't enough value in trying to workaround that when uT still works.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, this has been discussed on GitHub for 8+ years. Hopefully one day the feature gets picked up by someone
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@jeffl said in Qbittorrent is now better than Utorrent:
Glad to hear that the client is improving. What has always stopped me from using qBitorrent is the lack of the relocate feature that uTorrent has. I have moved and renamed the majority of most seeded torrents, and there isn't enough value in trying to workaround that when uT still works.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, this has been discussed on GitHub for 8+ years. Hopefully one day the feature gets picked up by someone
.qBitTorrent has the option to "set location" on any torrent... It can be a little "buggy" if you've changed the file locations "under the covers" - but if you let it do the work, I've even relocated torrents of 50+GB successfully!
- Highlight your torrent (e.g. select it), right-click, and choose "Set Location...."
There (sadly) isn't a consistent use of terms across clients... That makes helping people really hard sometimes!
Still, while the "stalled" label has a negative connotation that utorrent's "idle" does not have, the "stalled" status is for a file that's still downloading, but there are no seeders currently available... to me, that IS a negative condition LOL.However, when a file is "finished" in qBitTottent its status becomes either "Seeding" or "Completed" - and those make sense to me...
I will repeat: the biggest reason that I, personally, use qBitTorrent is because it's the same on Windows, MacOS, and Linux! For someone (like me) who works on all platforms, that's a really nice thing to have LOL!
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@bi4smooth Thanks for taking the time to make a response, unfortunately the "Set Location" in qBitorrent is not what relocate in uTorrent is. uT allows relocating and renaming the individual files, within a torrent, not moving the whole torrent.
To use Relocate in uT, one right-clicks on the individual files (you can do one file, or multiple), choose Relocate, and then you can move it to any drive, and rename it to whatever you want. After that's done, the local uT database maintains the new location of the file(s) as a layer of abstraction, and the torrent remains unchanged. So I can move and rename a file within a torrent to my own preferences, instead of the original torrent creator's, and still continue seeding. Which is why I still have torrents seeding that are 10+ years old, and when you've made extensive use of the feature, you kinda get stuck because unravelling it all would take hundreds of hours.
If you're interested in more details, the abovementioned GitHub issue explains it detail, as well as the various workarounds, and explains why the issue is still open after eight years. To the best of my knowledge, no other client at present has this capability.
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@jeffl said in Qbittorrent is now better than Utorrent:
@bi4smooth Thanks for taking the time to make a response, unfortunately the "Set Location" in qBitorrent is not what relocate in uTorrent is. uT allows relocating and renaming the individual files, within a torrent, not moving the whole torrent.
To use Relocate in uT, one right-clicks on the individual files (you can do one file, or multiple), choose Relocate, and then you can move it to any drive, and rename it to whatever you want. After that's done, the local uT database maintains the new location of the file(s) as a layer of abstraction, and the torrent remains unchanged. So I can move and rename a file within a torrent to my own preferences, instead of the original torrent creator's, and still continue seeding. Which is why I still have torrents seeding that are 10+ years old, and when you've made extensive use of the feature, you kinda get stuck because unravelling it all would take hundreds of hours.
If you're interested in more details, the abovementioned GitHub issue explains it detail, as well as the various workarounds, and explains why the issue is still open after eight years. To the best of my knowledge, no other client at present has this capability.
So, to be clear:
- In qBitTorrent you can rename the torrent as its listed in your client program without affecting the underlying files... (right click the torrent in the client, choose rename)... check
- In qBitTorrent, you can also rename the folders and files in a torrent (as well as relocating it)... (select the torrent, view the content tab, right click what you want to rename, and it'll re-name it on your HD, as well as in your client)... check
- In qBitTorrent, you cannot move the files in a torrent all over your hard drive, renaming each one and placing it in any folder you desire.
To be honest, in part 3 above, you're asking for the amount of metadata to be stored about each client to be increased by an order of magnitude...
I think you summed that up, albeit as an aside, in your response above:
- "the local uT database maintains the new location of the file(s) as a layer of abstraction"
There is no such database in qBitTorrent. The only "listing" in the client is the list of torrents, and the "pointer" to where it is on the filesystem. (Remember, when you rename a folder or file in qBitTorrent - you also modify the name on the storage location [filesystem]... and, quite honestly, that's the way I would want it).
But, to be honest, as a software developer myself: I don't think you'll see that (implementing a database to track each element of each torrent) in any other client... and if you want that much "power and control" over each element in each torrent, then quite honestly, you should PAY for the full uTorrent client IMHO!
Let's not forget we're asking for, and getting, FREE software!
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@raphjd Perhaps when you are confident that Qbittorrent is preferable to Utorrent.. you will recommend Qbittorrent to the users of GTRU.
Utorrent has become like "Humpty Dumpty" in that it's broken.. and there is no chance that they will ever fix it. I think the utorrent programmers are all in their 80's now, and working on 386 and 486 pc's with 16 megs of RAM and 256 mb hard drives.. with dial up modems.. and CRT screens.. running Windows 3.1 on dual floppy drives. -
I like how Qbittorent handles resources.
Other than having to relearn a torrent program, it does seem very good.
