Download Vuze 4.7.2.0

Version 4.7.2.0 of Vuze has been released. This Java-written Bittorrent client, formerly known as Azureus, includes the ability to prioritize individual torrents and even individual files within a particular torrent. In addition, the program has a built-in tracker, so that sharing your own files is possible. Furthermore, the functionality of Vuze can be increased by means of plug-ins, such as for example with the Country Locator. In addition to the standard version, there is now also a plus version, which offers a virus scanner for 25 euros, as well as the option of burning CDs and DVDs, and being able to play media even though the full download has not yet been completed. The changelog for this release looks like this:

New features:

• Blog: See for beta version blog posts
• Core: Option to randomize TCP/UDP listen ports on startup
• Core: Window’s user options to control computer sleep behavior while downloading/seeding
• Core: Ability to selectively disable tracker client protocols
• Core: DNS Tracker Preferences [http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0034.html] implemented
• Core: Added explicit application map to be used for launch operations
• UI: New column in Library views to show file extension
• UI: File view columns for CRC-32 and MD5 file hashes
• UI: Column-header right-click option on ETA/Progress columns to show absolute ETA
• UI: Torrent file index and torrent path columns added to File view
• UI: Keyboard accelerators added for Pause+Resume
• UI: Torrent creation wizard now allows arbitrary selection of files to be added to a torrent
• UI: If move-on-complete is enabled for downloads the progress of this is now shown in the Status column
• UI: Vuze remote connection status now shown in the status bar
• UI: Added custom date format for column display
• UI: Added option to disable ‘backup complete’ notification
• UI: Number of unread blog posts shown in beta side-bar entry
• UI: Option to specify table header height
• Srch: Search templates can now do variable substitution (no UI yet)
• Inst: Installer customize option now permits the clearing of config data
• Inst: Custom install now lets you choose Classic or Vuze UI
• Plug: DVD Burn plugin now has Library context menus to create new DVD and add content to existing

Changes:

• CORE: Added .mts and .m2ts to playable extensions
• UI: Added visual feedback for device problems such as lack of disk space
• UI: Vuze sidebar entry can now be rolled up
• UI: Don’t show ‘all’ and ‘uncategorized’ entries in sidebar when no categories defined
• UI: ‘Draw grid lines and fill blank areas’ no longer fills blank areas when unchecked

Bug fixes:

• Core: Prevent recursive backup hell if backup location selected in wrong location
• Core: Correctly handle invalid upload_only entries in handshakes
• UI: Table headers now use system colors; IP filter on status bar now obeys system colors
• UI: Table scrollbars now have better page-scroll behavior
• UI: Fixed ctrl+home/end not working in tables
• UI: Fixed inability to scroll completely right
• UI: Fix message texts not being resolved for sidebar entries on occasion
• UI: Allow dropping .torrent files onto blank area or sidebar
• Plug: DVD Burn: fix bug that was preventing warnings such as dual-layer, rw-disk blanking from showing

Vuze 4.0.0.0 screenshot. Click on the image for a larger version.