Azureus FAQ

Wie stelle ich Azureus richtig ein? (Could I find German help here too?)

Azureus FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

• Links to different Support channels.
• Read How to report a bug if you think you have found one.

Newbie Questions

• What is a .torrent file? A .torrent file is a small text file that is used to start the download of the data files.
  • Where do I find torrent files? You can search for torrents by using the built-in search engine in Vuze, by searching the internet with your favorite search engine, or by using some torrent indexing web site.
• How do I speed up downloads? What are Good settings for speed limits and queue settings?
• I never see a green torrent health icon . How can I fix my NAT problem?
• I want to download only certain files within a torrent?
• I started a download with another client. How do I resume the download in Azureus?
• How do I seed an existing file that I have already downloaded?
• I want to move my data files to another drive/directory and continue downloading/seeding.
• Which torrents are good torrents, allowing fast download speeds?
• How can I increase my download speed?

BitTorrent

• What does Availability mean and what is important about it?
• What does Share ratio mean?
• What does this funny word mean? (BitTorrent terms like "seeding", "peer", "swarm" explained)
• What do all those Data units mean? Why does my download speed feel so slow?
• Why does Vuze download files in random order?
• Why am I Not connected to any seeds? i.e. seeds: 0 (2), peers: 1 (2)
• How do Magnet Links work?
• Why do I download much more data than expected file size?
• How does Anonymous file sharing using Azureus with Tor and I2P work and what is the downside?
• Why is Azureus snubbing peers?
• Want to learn more about BitTorrent in general? Visit Helpful links.
• Read about common misconceptions about BitTorrent.

Azureus features

• Is there any User Guide for Azureus?
• See the Tips and tricks section for some useful hints.
• How do I change what information is shown in the tables? Read Column setup.
• Where are my Vuze downloads located by default?
• Does Force Start help to download more torrents?
• How do I Delete torrent from Vuze?
• How do I change the language?
• How do I delete a category?
• What do the different colors mean in the progress bars?
• Why was one of my torrents 'automatically removed'? What are these Removal Rules?
• Why can't I hear the selected alert sound when downloading is over?
• What do all these Seeding Rules do? How should I set the Ignore Rules and what does First Priority mean?
• How do I stop those UPnP alerts from appearing?
• Why do peers keep contacting me, even when Azureus is not running?
• Why you should enable the Average Swarm Speed column and how it works
• How can I unban/unkick IP addresses?
• Which Keyboard shortcuts there are available?

Technically oriented stuff

• Where my Azureus settings are stored?
• How can I change my config and plugin path? See commandline options
• Why does Azureus allocate space on creation and instantly take up the full file size?
• What is the state of proxy support in Azureus?
• Why is Azureus contacting version.aelitis.com:27001?
• What is the Vivaldi View?
• How do you interpret the swarm details tab in torrent details? What does a gray circle on the "Giant Eye" Swarm chart mean?
• You want to enable multiple torrents accessing the same data file and sharing the data?
• How do I change Notification Area icon?
• What is the Override IP address option for?

IRC

• What are the Rules for IRC, what do I have to know to get live support?

Windows

• Wondering about support for 64bit Windows?
• I have a drive with FAT32 file system and I have trouble downloading files over 4 GB.
• Receiving error messages "Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Please check your internet connection is working & click retry to continue".

Linux

• How do I save my downloads to a FAT32 partition under Linux?
• Example startup script for Unix systems

Seeding

• What does Hosting files mean?
• What does Publishing files mean?
• What is the difference between Host and Publish?
• How do you host and share your torrents?
• How do I host a torrent on an external tracker using the Create Torrent Wizard?
• If I create a torrent, how large piece size should I select for it?

Troubleshooting

• I received a warning saying "Vuze did not shutdown tidily". What does that mean?
• What does the error message "Removal Action Vetoed" mean?
• Why do I get error messages saying "Existing data file length too large"? This happens especially for my MP3 music files.
• Why do I lose internet connectivity after a while when using Vuze? Using bittorrent stresses your network hardware. Check information about bad routers.
• What do I need to know about Java (to avoid 100% CPU usage etc.)?
• Why are my Speed settings changing constantly?
• How do I Copy Vuze to new computer‎?

• If you feel that you have a problem, see Troubleshooting section for help.

Plugins

• TOP 5 plugins for power users:

  CountryLocator: See home countries of seeds/peers

  SpeedScheduler: Adjust max. download/upload speeds by a defined time schedule. (Useful if your ISP has high-cost/low-cost periods)

  AZCVSUpdater: Easily update/switch between CVS beta versions of Vuze

  AZConfigBackup: Makes backup copies of your current Vuze settings

  Mainline DHT: Use also the Mainline version of DHT.

• How do I Install Plugins?

Web UI

• What does "default data save directory must be configured" mean, when using the WebUI plugin?

Azureus Ports

• Where can I find information on running Azureus under BSD?