Prevent Computer from Going to Sleep

This has been on “the list” for a while, and user feedback on Vote for Vuze! affirmed that it should have been. For Windows users there’s now no need to worry about a torrent download not finishing because your computer goes to sleep. Simply set Vuze to prevent your computer from going to sleep while downloading torrents or seeding.

Requested Interface Changes

Quite a few interface requests came in through Vote for Vuze! Here’s what we implemented:

Displaying Torrent Download ETA in Absolute Time

Thanks to the eta in absolute form idea, download ETAs can be displayed as the time of day the download should finish vs. how much time is left before the torrent download finishes.

Add File Type as a Column in Library View

From idea Display or give the option to display the file name/extention. Pretty straightforward and now live.

Status icon/indicator for Vuze Remote connections

From idea Add status area icon to show Vuze Remote activity

DNS Tracker Changes

This wasn’t a user generated request, but Vuze is the first bittorrent client to support the requested bittorrent protocol DNS Tracker Changes in a current release. With this update we’re helping to eliminate unwanted network traffic directed at trackers due to invalid announce URLs configured in torrents.

Other Implemented User Ideas

There were also other Vote for Vuze! generated features that went live today. Here’s a list of the other changes that weren’t highlighted above:

• Controls to turn the tracker HTTP(S) protocol on and off. This existed for UDP previously. Both off now results in DHT only.  (from idea block all trackers as part of the vuse program its self in both the free version and the plus version, in order to protect privacy)
• Option added to randomize incoming TCP/UDP ports at launch (from idea Option to randomize incoming tcp/udp port from specified range on each restart)
• View a torrent file’s CRC and MD5 hash values (from idea Display CRC of each file)
• Use F2 to rename display name of a torrent or files within a torrent (from idea Use F2 to “Rename Displayed Name” of a torrent)
• Added new Pause and Resume  keyboard shortcuts (from idea ALT+P to pause transfers, ALT+R to resume transfers and  ‘Pause’ (cmd-dot in MacOS) only works ONCE per session. Much Better: TOGGLE Pause/Resume by cmd-dot.)
• Ability to configure the applications used to handle ‘launch’ commands for specific file extensions
• Asynchronous ‘move on complete’ functionality

Thanks again for all of the feedback and ideas! Please keep them rolling in!

Vuze Team