Frequently Asked Questions
From BitComet Wiki
Understanding BitComet
- What is BitComet?
- Which platforms does BitComet support?
- Which port does BitComet use?
- I am new to BitComet and to BitTorrent generally. How do I use BitTorrent?
- Peers, seeds, torrent, tracker, DHT, Peer Exchange (PEX), Magnet Links; what are all these things?
- What do the icons next to the tasks mean?
- What's the meaning of the line "(+)-----bt_disconnected(n)" in the Peer tab --> IP column?
- What is "taskname.piece_part.bc!" among my downloaded files?
- How do I change my default directory?
- What is UPnP Auto Port Mapping?
- What is "Disk Cache", in BitComet?
- What is "NAT Traversal" in BitComet?
- What does the peer status "DUdu" or "IciC" mean?
- What is P2PCache (in Advanced Options)?
BitComet Client Issues and Possible Solutions
- What's this red cross that appears next to my torrent?
- I have a yellow status light and my download speeds are slow. What should I do?
- What is DHT? Why is BitComet telling me, "DHT not Connected", and what does that mean?
- My ISP is throttling P2P bandwidth. What can I do about that?
- How do I resume a previous download file from another client?
- All my other Internet applications either slow down or say they can't connect when I use BitComet. What's going on and how can I fix this?
- How many tasks can I run simultaneously at a time?
- How can I download embedded video from webpages, with BitComet?
- Tasks have disappeared/deleted tasks reappeared in my tasklist after a BitComet restart. How can I fix this?
- Why is the speed displayed in the Task List for my task(s), different from the ones BitComet shows in other areas?
Configuration and User Settings
- Up-to-Date BitComet Speed Guide
- BitDave's BitComet Settings Guide
- I use a router. How can I speed up BitComet?
- Why do my options/preferences reset by themselves whenever I re-start BitComet?
- How do I open my listen port in Windows Vista?
- How can I limit my download or upload speeds?
Known Client Issues and Incompatibilities
- Norton Antivirus constantly asks me to permit / decline things for BitComet. How do I stop this?
- I'm using an Nvidia software firewall, and BitComet uses A LOT of my resources. How do I stop this?
- PeerGuardian/Protowall Conflicts with BitComet
- What is the 4226 issue in Windows XP SP2?
- What are these "_____padding_file..." things in the filelist?
- My file download stops at 9x.x%. What can I do about that?
- Why do some BT tasks' progress revert to 99.9% from 100% when their download is finished?
Torrent Related
- I've just finished my torrent download. What is/are all these files in the download? (i.e. so many numbered files, .iso, etc)
- What is 'rubbish data" and why am I downloading so much of it?
- What are Private and Public Trackers?
- What can I do about tracker errors when I start a task?
- How do I create a .torrent file? How do I seed it?
- How do I configure a torrent for Multi-Trackers when I create one?
Still have questions?
http://www.cometforums.com (Official BitComet forum)
http://www.bitcomet.com/doc/contact.htm (Contact the developing team)
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