Download µTorrent 3.0 build 20228 alpha

The first alpha release of version 3.0 of µTorrent was released on Thursday. Version 3.0 is the merging of the 2.1 development branch with project Falcon, the web interface of µTorrent. New in version 2.1, and now version 3.0, is support for trackers and web seeds via magnet links, and for RSS feeds in the WebUI. The same WebUI now also uses encryption and would no longer require port forwarding. However, the intention is to add even more new functionality. Below you can find everything that has changed since version 2.1 build 19280:

Changes in version 3.0 (build 20228)

• Fix: fixed uTP crash on sockets being closed with uninitialized read buffers
• Fix: default download directory fix for multifile torrents
• Change: rate limit uTP by default
• Fix: Fixed fast-resend bug in selective ack handling in uTP. This could cause too aggressive resends on packet loss
• Change: fix crash when formatting a string with NULL
• Change: make uTP slightly less aggressive on loss
• Change: Mention uTP in settings and reorganize new bandwidth checkbox since they apply to both up and down limits
• Change: Render TCP rates in speed graph when uTP is not throttled
• Change: Moved net.calc_overhead to the Bandwidth settings pane
• Fix: RSS items show a different icon if disabled
• Change: Turn on uTP throttling when scheduler is in “limited” mode
• Fix: Fixed a delayed ack issue in uTP (lowers overhead)
• Fix: RSS items would show when torrent list was empty
• Fix: made magnet links in RSS feeds work
• Change: made uTP packet size increase based on low delay measurements
• Fix: made uTP packet size depend on total send rate, not just uTP send rate
• Change: new advanced settings net.disable_ipv6 that defaults to True on 64bit Windows
• Change: Don’t show add torrent dialog by default.
• Feature: Add checkbox to disable UDP trackers

Changes in version 2.1 (build 20082)

• Change: “falcon.utorrent.com” to “web.utorrent.com”

Changes in version 2.1 (build 19702)

• Change: “Remote Access” preference pane renamed to “Web”
• Feature: Major improvements to Falcon encryption

Changes in version 2.1 (build 19623)

• Fix: occasional connection crash
• Fix: 100% CPU with streaming header parsing on bad MKV files
• Fix: the header parsing occasionally returns success on improperly parsed files

Changes in version 2.1 (build 19424)

• Change: Sharper help graphic
• Fix: minor uTP fix where it would be too aggressive on LANs
• Change: streamline installer for bundled executables
• Feature: new share torrent dialog