Software update: Vuze 5.4.0.0

Version 5.4.0.0 of Vuze has been released. This Java-written Bittorrent client, formerly known as Azureus, has among other things the ability to prioritize individual torrents or the individual files within a particular torrent. The program has a built-in tracker, so sharing your own files is possible. The functionality of Vuze can be increased by means of plug-ins, for example with the Country Locator. In addition to the standard version, there is now also a plus version, which offers a virus scanner for 25 euros, as well as the option to burn CDs and DVDs, and to play media even before the complete download has been completed. The changelog for this release looks like this:

New:

• UI: Added ‘force start’ and ‘super seeding’ options to the create-torrent wizard
• UI: File filter added to torrent-options dialog
• UI: Minimum/Target share ratio setters added to column menu and torrent options view
• UI: Added ‘SHA1’ column to files-view
• UI: Added a default save directory to apply when ‘best guess’ is enabled and nothing matches
• UI: File path names can now be entered into the search box to open the torrent
• UI: New column showing the date of completion of the most recent file
• UI: Added ‘initial tags’ to the create-torrent wizard
• UI: Enabled networks can now be specified in torrent-options dialog
• UI: Added an ‘apply to current’ function to tags with initial-save/move-on-complete set
• UI: Added ‘availability’ button to torrent-options to allow a torrent’s availability to be checked before addition
• UI: Tag buttons can now be enabled in Library view; Category buttons can be hidden
• UI: Added ‘pause for’ option for selected torrents in Library view via Advanced menu
• Plug: Friends plugin now supports tag-based sharing to mirror the existing category based sharing
• Plug: Improved I2P network integration (new ‘I2P Helper Plugin’ deprecates existing ‘I2P Network Plugin’) – see http://wiki.vuze.com/w/I2PHelper_HowTo
• Plug: The ‘Network Status’ plugin now tests connectivity to Vuze services (eg pairing service)
• Core: Added simple tag constraint language (eg to define a tag that contains downloads whose title matches a regex – see wiki)
• Core: BEP 40: Canonical Peer Priority
• Core: Added ‘copy-on-complete’ function to tags
• Core: HTTPS support for web seeds
• Core: Speed ​​limit handler can now start/stop downloads assigned to particular tags

Changed:

• UI: Brazilian Portuguese translation update
• UI: French translation update
• UI: Spanish translation update
• UI: Basque translation update
• UI: Network Status plugin results can now be copied to clipboard
• UI: Removed potential duplicate ‘media already added’ dialogs from inadvertent double-clicking
• UI: Windows: Azureus.exe binary description now set to play better with Firefox/Thunderbird URI launch dialog
• UI: All-peers and console views will now re-open on startup if open on close
• UI: Use consistent sash to separate the tabs area in library views
• UI: Sources view now displays scrape status for stopped downloads
• UI: Update download display name if user renames either single file in a single file torrent or top level folder in a multi-file one
• Plug: Internationalization plugin update
• Core: Paused downloads will now not be auto-started if a device attempts to access content
• Core: Reduce CPU usage used for calculating anti-spoof DHT tokens
• Core: Queue rules modified to prevent new seeds from being started if up-limit is reached

Fixed:

• UI: Transparency settings for mini-bars/transfer-bar not being persisted
• UI: Primary tracker details were not being updated in detailed sources view
• Core: Torrent creation was failing when linked folders used and files ignored
• Core: Paused torrent removal was not removing from tag
• Core: Torrent private status not being correctly initialised
• Core: Various fixes to network and unresolved address handling
• Core: Handle missing publish dates in RSS feeds
• Core: Handle some XML parsing errors better
• Core: Fix Vuze preventing Windows logoff/shotdown
• Core: Async listener thread not always started when needed
• Core: Handle malformed announce URLs better