Software Update: BitComet 1.17

Version 1.17 of BitComet was released on Monday. This BitTorrent client has support for dht, downloading torrents without a tracker and being able to preview a part of a movie that is not yet fully downloaded. It is also possible to create and seed a torrent yourself. In addition, IP addresses can be banned and you can chat with other BitComet users. Below is what has changed in this release:

GUI Improved:

• Support download Magnet URI when click “Open Torrent from URL” from file menu
• Change “copy BC link” in context menu or task list, Torrent History and Torrent Exchange to “Copy Magnet URI”
• New auto-shutdown condition: shutdown at specified time
• Display information of every connection to the same server in connection tab of HTTP task
• Add context menu to BT task file list header, to select columns to display
• Display the preview buttons of files in BT task file list according to each file’s downloading progress
• Support mouse wheel in task summary
• Remove “Task Content” tab
• Highlight the row on which mouse hovers in file list, peer list and tracker list
• Rename “Super-Seeding” to “Initial-Seeding” in BT task properties dialog
• Display local-language name of every language in Tools menu, besides theirs English name
• Remove es_ar language due to the limit in launchpad.net, and add Uighur
• Rename Torrent Archive under Torrent Share to Torrent Share under Torrent Exchange, and add Torrent History in addition
• Display introduction page when click Torrent Exchange in left fav tree
• New option in BT task page of options dialog: add to Torrent History when open .torrent file
• New option in BT task page of options dialog: list of BitTorrent clients allowed connecting to
• New option in Integration page of options dialog: associate with Magnet URI
• Option to restart program immediately when send crash report
• When opening video file, use the player program configured in advanced option

GUI Bug Fix:

• Fix many spell mistakes in GUI (thanks to greywizard)
• Cannot input Web Seed address longer than one row of the input edit-box

Core Improve:

• Support BitTorrent Extension Protocol of metadata exchange, compatible with BitTorrent mainline
• Support BitTorrent Extension Protocol of report DHT port, compatible with BitTorrent mainline

Core Bug Fix:

• Display file failed to create in task log when start new BT task in certain situation
• Can not open torrent file containing multi-files, in which the name field ends with space