Recommendations
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Contents
BitTorrent Clients
- BitTornado T0.3.7 and newer (Multiplatform)
- ABC 3.1 and newer (Multiplatform)
- Azureus 2.4.0.2 and newer (Multiplatform)
- rTorrent (Linux/BSD)
- µTorrent 1.4 and newer (Windows)
Please note that using a version other than the latest version of any of these clients is also unsupported by EAD.
Torrent Piece Sizes when making torrents
- Files up to 50MiB: 32KiB piece size
- Files 50MiB to 150MiB: 64KiB piece size
- Files 150MiB to 350MiB: 128KiB piece size
- Files 350MiB to 512MiB: 256KiB piece size
- Files 512MiB to 1.0GiB: 512KiB piece size
- Files 1.0GiB to 2.0GiB: 1024KiB piece size
- Files 2.0GiB and up: 2048KiB piece size
- Piece sizes above 2048KiB are not recommended.
Notes
- Torrent metafile size is not the only consideration when choosing a torrent piece size.
- Connection negotiation overhead also needs to be considered.
- Each piece size you go up in the above table cuts the bitfield's size in half (approximately) (Bitfield protocol description)
- Piece requests, piece responses and have messages grow with the increased number of pieces. Smaller piece sizes cause increased numbers of piece requests and responses. (Piece Request protocol description, Piece response protocol description, Have message protocol description)
- When a piece is discarded because of a hashfail, the piece size is the total size for a re-download (per piece that fails).
- When deciding on a piece size, considerations need to be taken when dealing with piece sizes to identify the proper balance between protocol overhead and re-download potential.
ED2K Clients
- eMule (Windows)
Multinetwork Clients
Notes
- Multinetwork clients operate on two or more p2p networks.
- Some multinetwork clients are capable of downloading from and sharing to all networks they support simultaneously (these will be flagged as "Bridging Confirmed").
Clients
- Shareaza 2.2.1.0 and newer (Windows, ED2K, G1, G2, BitTorrent,Bridging Confirmed)
- Please note that until the next release version after 2.2.1.0, Daily Builds are preferred.
- MLDonkey (Multiplatform, ED2K, G1, G2, BitTorrent)
Please note that using a version other than the latest version of any of these clients is also unsupported by EAD.
