Azureus FAQ

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

Azureus FAQ (Frequently Asked 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?

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.

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?

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?

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".

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?