XSTREM Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Hallo there! :) Well, I just found this client "BitSpirit" and I liked the interface. But then someone told me that BitSpirit is actually a ripoff of BitComet. So is that true? Regards XSTREM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Shroud Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Yes, BitSpirit is a very old version of BitComet. I believe its 0.59. basically old crap with a semi-new GUI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XSTREM Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 Ah, allright. Thank you for reply then.. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kluelos Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 There is some confusion here, alas. It is BitLORD that is the old BitComet ripoff. BitSpirit is something else entirely. Which is not to say that it's a good entirely. The documentation is nearly as bad as the support, which is nonexistent. The programmer needs to put down his compiler for a couple of months and concentrate on nothing else except explaining, documenting, and supporting his incomprehensible product. If you like it, good luck with it, but you'll have a very hard time finding any help with it. It also does not, as far as I have been able to figure out, support encryption, DHT or PEX, which means it is lagging badly behind. It might, of course, support all three, but since it's undocumented.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prosk8r712 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Actually if you go to Bitlord and go to help-->about bitlord then you will see that the bitlord core is powered by bitcomet :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Shroud Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 BitLord is BitComet 0.58. BitSpirit is also using BitComet's core. And thats why those clinets have problems, besides the spyware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanie Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I used BitSpirit a little bit. It looks like BitComet, but it has a page that shows all the pieces of a file in different colors. That was cool :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kluelos Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 BitLord is BitComet 0.58. BitSpirit is also using BitComet's core. And thats why those clinets have problems, besides the spyware. Is it now? I'd seen that allegation, but nothing more than the assertion. On Wikipedia, IIRC. Is there anything more definite than that? It's really making me wonder about all these apparent copies of the BC source floating around. I see Bitspirit's been a little improved since last I looked, (though I still wonder what a "torrent market" might be when it's at home), but it's their forum that amuses most. Some poor guy asking for help with the same question, week after week, and being completely ignored. I recalled that the site used to say who wrote it, or claimed to anyway, but no longer. It says it now supports mainline-style DHT, but still no encryption. Is there somewhere with solid info on this thing? And does anyone know for sure how it identifies itself to peers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soraiya Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Though just remember that BitComet itself is not directly affiliated to Bitspirit, and all its program features. Also, beware - only download our releases off the official site i.e. official download mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Shroud Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Is it now? I'd seen that allegation, but nothing more than the assertion. On Wikipedia, IIRC. Is there anything more definite than that? It's really making me wonder about all these apparent copies of the BC source floating around. I see Bitspirit's been a little improved since last I looked, (though I still wonder what a "torrent market" might be when it's at home), but it's their forum that amuses most. Some poor guy asking for help with the same question, week after week, and being completely ignored. I recalled that the site used to say who wrote it, or claimed to anyway, but no longer. It says it now supports mainline-style DHT, but still no encryption. Is there somewhere with solid info on this thing? And does anyone know for sure how it identifies itself to peers? It's in the FAQ at www.p2pforums.com. That's how I found out about it back when those clients first came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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