BitComet 0.80

[Copernic Reporter]

BitComet is a p2p file-sharing freeware fully compatible with Bittorrent, which is one of the most popular p2p protocol designed for high-speed distribution of 100MB or GB sized files. BitComet is a powerful, clean, fast, and easy-to-use bittorrent client. It supports simultaneous downloads, download queue, selected downloads in torrent package, fast-resume, chatting, disk cache, speed limits, port mapping, proxy, ip-filter, etc.

Features

* Support preview of video file which is being downloaded.

* Support DHT Network, download trackerless torrent!

* Completely new core written in C++, stable and fast, very low CPU usage.

* Ability to limit the upload speed as well as download speed.

* Clean and free, without any adware or spyware.

* Multiple simultaneous downloads, ability to select download files in one torrent and set file priority.

* Intelligent Connection Optimize, Auto Optimization for different connections, runs well using all default settings.

* Intelligent Rate Control, optimize the upload distribution in order to get the max download rate.

* Intelligent Disk Cache, decrease the potential damage to the hard disk when high-speed downloading (>500KB/s) by decrease the read / write frequency, extra memory usage is the cost.

* Intelligent Disk Allocating, no long-time disk allocation, also decrease the disk fragment to almost zero.

* Intelligent Hash Scan, no time-consuming scanning when seeding / resume.

* Firewall and NAT Traversal, users behind differect NAT can now connect to each other

* Auto config ICF (Internet Connection Firewall) and ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) in Windows XP

* Auto config port mapping in router (UPnP support is required in router, Windows XP is required). (detail)

* Ability to block IP temporarily or permanently, compatiable with eMule ipfilter.dat.

* Ability to chat with other downloaders ( disabled by default )

* Compatiable with Windows XP SP2 TCP/IP restriction

* ZIP package is also provided, which runs withoust installation.

* Using only one TCP listening port.

* Support Multi-tracker, and utf-8 extension, UDP tracker Protocol v2.

* [Please Note]: It is reported that Zone Alarm 5.0 conflict with BitComet (and other p2p maybe).

* Support automatically power off with conditions.

Changelog:

GUI Improved: new designed HTTP properties dialog layout

GUI Improved: start preview video file while http downloaing from toolbar button or task context menu

GUI Improved: support display URL with non-English UTF-8 characters correctly in English version Windows

GUI Improved: display "Minimize to tray" in task-bar context menu of BitComet if enabled

GUI Improved: new setting of "Optimize download strategy for preview" in Task setting page of preferences dialog

GUI Improved: add move file to desktop and to My Document function in task context menu

GUI Improved: after downloaded torrent file using BitComet, the torrent task properties dialog is displayed immediately

GUI Improved: toolkit FlvPlayer support running under Windows 2003 now

GUI Improved: toolkit FlvPlayer is able to seek while playing for most flv files now

GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the description info in HTTP properties dialog not been saved after user modified

GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the number of selected urls in url selection dialog not refreshed after applied filter

GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that BitComet not able to launch FlvPlayer to play downloaded flv file in whose path has space character

Core Improved: HTTP download task support video file preview, etc. play video file during downloading

Core Improved: support to download URL with non-English UTF-8 characters in English version Windows

Core Improved: able to change HTTP connection number during task running

Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program will lose response when decrease max downloading task number while any task running

Starting with the version 0.79 BitComet has the function to download .flv (flash video) files from the following sites:

http://www.youtube.com

http://video.google.com

http://www.dailymotion.com

http://www.metacafe.com

http://www.ifilm.com

Download BitComet 0.80

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Edited December 15, 2006 by Copernic

[rado354]

Nice :)

>> Addon << for those who integrate it into their Windows installation CD (and our guide HowTo Do It ) :yes:

[wynaut]

May try this one out. Thanks!

[golfantastic]

Is it just me or every version after .62, bad? the download speed is very slow for the newer versions..

[apul]

How good is BitComet compared to ?Torrent?

Edited December 15, 2006 by apul

[rado354]

I prefer ?Torrent.

And to answer NYU_KID - v0.70 seems the best so far.