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You guys should try out Tixati for torrents.

24 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/you-guys-should-try-out-tixati-for-torrents.200027/

skeletor
skeletor Original post #1
Mar 21, 2017 at 2:36 AM
Perhaps the best for Windows IMO.
Nerevarine
Mar 21, 2017 at 10:40 AM
Many have been using it for a long time :p
TheSloth
Mar 21, 2017 at 11:27 AM
Yeah i am using for past 7 months now. But i am still using it as regular torrent client. Can someone post features whihc stands out from the rest of the similar apps and how to use them use them?
B
Mar 22, 2017 at 4:34 PM
How is it better than utorrent 2.2? And does it have any mobile app?
TheSloth
Mar 22, 2017 at 4:48 PM
Don't know how the 2.2 version is but i have used utorrents, and I hated it cause of the irritating ads. Often some Rummy game :pullhair:
Tixati and deluge has no ads. People on this forum suggested me these two.
ariftwister
Mar 22, 2017 at 6:59 PM
Was looking for new Torrent Clients. But dissapointed by Tixati's UI, settled for qBittorent!!
B
Mar 22, 2017 at 7:02 PM
Don't know how the 2.2 version is but i have used utorrents, and I hated it cause of the irritating ads. Often some Rummy game :pullhair:
Tixati and deluge has no ads. People on this forum suggested me these two.
Man 2.2 has no ads. It is the simplest torrent client that you can ask for. Will be Tixati a try.
Nanducob
Mar 22, 2017 at 7:35 PM
Vouch for Tixati.ONly problem is that it is banned in many private trackers.Now I am using Qbittorrent.
skeletor
Mar 23, 2017 at 12:15 AM
How is it better than utorrent 2.2? And does it have any mobile app?

Tixati and qBittorrent can do sequential downloads. I can start watching a movie the moment sufficient amount has been downloaded.

So, can uTorrent, but the option is hidden away. I don't know whether uTorrent 2.2 does it or not.
ZTR
ZTR #10
Mar 23, 2017 at 12:22 AM
Tixati and qBittorrent can do sequential downloads. I can start watching a movie the moment sufficient amount has been downloaded.

So, can uTorrent, but the option is hidden away. I don't know whether uTorrent 2.2 does it or not.

2.2 also does

Also not really hidden away
TheSloth
TheSloth #11
Mar 23, 2017 at 1:25 PM
Vouch for Tixati.ONly problem is that it is banned in many private trackers.Now I am using Qbittorrent.
Whyisitbanned?omgspacebarisnotworking!
TheSloth
TheSloth #13
Mar 23, 2017 at 4:31 PM
[STRIKE]If you can watch video in middle of the download in 2.2 utorrent then it means it is already a sequential download[/STRIKE]

*forum.digit.in/freeware/200027-you-guys-should-try-out-tixati-torrents-post2314273.html#post2314273
Nanducob
Nanducob #14
Mar 24, 2017 at 2:37 AM
Whyisitbanned?omgspacebarisnotworking!
Private trackers only allow a specific number of clients, most of them support mu,bit,q,deluge etc.Others are banned.
TheSloth
TheSloth #15
Mar 24, 2017 at 10:28 AM
Private trackers only allow a specific number of clients, most of them support mu,bit,q,deluge etc.Others are banned.
are these client paying private trackers to ban other client apps? Any other reason ?
B
Mar 24, 2017 at 7:43 PM
If you can watch video in middle of the download in 2.2 utorrent then it means it is already a sequential download
How to activate/enable sequential downloading in 2.2?
Nanducob
Nanducob #17
Mar 25, 2017 at 2:56 AM
are these client paying private trackers to ban other client apps? Any other reason ?

well, they say that the useres can hack and change their ratio (Dowload/Upload) if they are using banned clients.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #18
Mar 25, 2017 at 2:10 PM
Read this : Sequential downloading is bad - VuzeWik

How to activate/enable sequential downloading in 2.2?
It's not supported by default

Click with pressed [Shift]+[F2]: Options -> Preferences -> Advanced. change values bt.sequential_download and/or bt.sequential_files to true
B
Mar 25, 2017 at 2:20 PM
Read this : Sequential downloading is bad - VuzeWik


It's not supported by default

Click with pressed [Shift]+[F2]: Options -> Preferences -> Advanced. change values bt.sequential_download and/or bt.sequential_files to true


Will try that setting and get back to you. Regarding why is it bad, can you explain these points in a layman language?

It threatens to kill smaller swarms due to piece starvation
It severely limits the set of peers interested in each other, thus degrades swarm-wide and local performance
It gets the client into endgame-mode like conditions towards the end of each file, thus slowing down the download
skeletor
skeletor #20
Mar 25, 2017 at 4:22 PM
Will try that setting and get back to you. Regarding why is it bad, can you explain these points in a layman language?

It threatens to kill smaller swarms due to piece starvation
It severely limits the set of peers interested in each other, thus degrades swarm-wide and local performance
It gets the client into endgame-mode like conditions towards the end of each file, thus slowing down the download
Layman words: Bittorrent is supposed to work with random piece downloads. Not sequential. So, if everyone turns on sequential download for a particular torrent, especially when there are not enough seeds, it might result in really bad download speed performance.
B
Mar 26, 2017 at 10:42 PM
Read this : Sequential downloading is bad - VuzeWik


It's not supported by default

Click with pressed [Shift]+[F2]: Options -> Preferences -> Advanced. change values bt.sequential_download and/or bt.sequential_files to true

There are no such values in 2.2. Found one reddit post while searching for it, I guess this setting is for the newer versions.
skeletor
skeletor #22
Mar 27, 2017 at 11:18 AM
There are no such values in 2.2. Found one reddit post while searching for it, I guess this setting is for the newer versions.

Give Tixati a shot now.
kartikoli
kartikoli #23
Apr 2, 2017 at 6:08 PM
We can remove all adds from settings in utorrent and it works great

1- Setting/Advance - type sponsored and change " offers.sponsored_torrent_offer_enable " to False
2- Setting/Advance - type upsell and change " gui.show_plus_upsell " to False
3- Setting/Advance - type offer and change " offers.left_rail_offer_enabled " to False
thetechfreak
May 2, 2017 at 4:02 PM
qBittorrent is a legit client if you want to go the open source route