Elliot B. Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 When you opened a .torrent, uTorrent would pop up on my machine and display a list of files to choose to download before you began. This does not happen with magnet links - the file list is blank. I can click OK then manually un-choose files via. the Files tab in uTorrent but I preferred to choose before the torrent even began connecting. htcz 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 htcz Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 When you opened a .torrent, uTorrent would pop up on my machine and display a list of files to choose to download before you began. This does not happen with magnet links - the file list is blank. I can click OK then manually un-choose files via. the Files tab in uTorrent but I preferred to choose before the torrent even began connecting. I completely agree. Download location pops up after one second. Which isn't that bad at all, in my opinion (Y) It does? I waiting for a while and it did not pop up in the dialog box to start the torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Muhammad Farrukh Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Yes, it does. You just have to wait for about 1 second, and it will change into a window with options as if you are opening a .torrent file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 htcz Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Good news. They are working on it (as said on their forums) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Reacon Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I'm still using 2.0.4, and have no intention of updating. Unless someone can recommend a torrent client with the same functionality as utorrent, and can handle 700 simultaneous seeding torrents, I guess I'm just not using Piratebay. ...not that I've ever really cared about that site for more than what it stands for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lovell Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 As I said earlier uTorrent 1.8.5+ can use magnet links options - preferences- associate with magnet URLs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 44MLX Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Torrent files are way better :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Muhammad Farrukh Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Torrent files are way better :pinch: I thought the same, but for the past few days, I've been using Magnetic links and haven't faced a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 .Neo Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Switch to something else instead of uTorrent then or check its preferences... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Muhammad Farrukh Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 BitComet :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 c3ntury Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Yeah you get the same thing, but if there is a collection of things you are seeking and you already have two of them, which weighs over 2 GB, this would suck wouldn't it? As explained by the OP That's quite a niche scenario, I can understand why TPB did it, keeps the load down by a huge proportion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CPressland Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Just move to Usenet :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 satukoro Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It's nice to see that the piratebay actually loads now, also if anyone else out there is a bit peculiar about what version of uTorrent they use magnet links are added in uTorrent 1.8.5, personally I've been using 1.6 for 5 years I can't stand the horrible UI in uTorrent 2+, but 1.8 still has the old school UI. Edit: Satukoro if you stop the download you should be able to right click the files and click relocate? Thanks, I seem to have missed that option. I've taken to moving the files after they've downloaded to my Downloads directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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When you opened a .torrent, uTorrent would pop up on my machine and display a list of files to choose to download before you began.
This does not happen with magnet links - the file list is blank.
I can click OK then manually un-choose files via. the Files tab in uTorrent but I preferred to choose before the torrent even began connecting.
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