Comments on: Azureus Autostop Plugin 2.0

By: Daryle

Daryle — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:11:00 +0000

Heh. A little poking around helps. I noticed the plugin link was broken but based on the other links I guessed:

http://www.offby1.net/plugins/

and lo and behold a directory listing of all plugin versions. However I’m still confused about two things.

First I would have thought that the beta3 was most recent. However it (and the other betas) are all 28 kB. However the one at sourceforge is 36 kB; although the betas are more recently dated.

Also there is still no sign of the plugin.properties file. I am no Azureus plugin expert but something seems missing since the only option on the plugin page are enable and detailed logging which seem sort of like defaults. Where is this file and don’t I need it?

By: Daryle

Daryle — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:40:07 +0000

So the download link is still broken and unfortunately the link:

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/plugin_details.php?plugin=autostop

is two version old and missing the plugin.properties file again. Is there any way to get the most recent beta with the proper properties file?

By: Bicycle Made For One

Bicycle Made For One — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:01:06 +0000

Actually, this isn’t working for me.

I’ve set the global ratio to 1.0, and individual ratios above that, but they are stopping at 1.0, with a Seeding Rank of “Share Ratio OK”.

If I raise the ratio under Queue>Seeding>Ignore Rules, torrents which do have a ratio limit of 1.0 start seeding, despite Autostop’s global ratio telling them they’ve reached their target.

I’m on Vuze 3.1.1.0 on Java 1.6 on Unbuntu 8.04; any help gratefully received.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:00:53 +0000

Outstanding plugin concept, well done Chris. Implementation needs some polish but generally I think you have most of what you need in place - keep it simple and focused = good plugin. Here’s my suggestions:

1) add some simple instructions to readme - ie. *tools->options to enable and change global ratio *right click individual torrent to do per torrent settings

2) allow more ratios for the global setting - currently only 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 5.0, whereas for individual you can enter a custom value.

3) seems that everyone that use this first goes to Tools->Plugins->Autostop which brings up a spreadsheet that absolutely nothing. Remove this from the user experience.

Otherwise well done.

By: Bicycle Made For One

Bicycle Made For One — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:27:59 +0000

Hi Chris

Thanks for this plugin, it’s solved one of Azureus’s few issues; how to seed different types of torrents to different ratios.

I would echo Ambrose and Hal to some extent. I’ve found the right-click per torrent settings, but I’m mystified by the “Autostop Criteria” tab. What does it do, and how can I interact with it? Clicking on the Plus button does nothing.

Other than that, I’m pleased and grateful!

By: Timken

Timken — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:27:45 +0000

Found another link http://azureus.sourceforge.net/plugin_details.php?plugin=autostop

By: Steinar

Steinar — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:34:43 +0000

http://www.offby1.net/?dl=autostop-2.0.beta.3.zip link is dead

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:58:37 +0000

That’s an outstanding request; I’ll look at it eventually, but it’s a ways off. Work is keeping me pretty slammed these days. Thank you for the interest, please be patient and I’ll get around to it, I promise!

By: Bretutle

Bretutle — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:18:29 +0000

How about the ability to set ratios by category?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:19:03 +0000

Yep, it needs to be enabled. There’s a preferences page for it in the options dialog, under plugins.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:30:35 +0000

I’m using Azureus 2.5.0.4 (Linux version) and I installed the plugin. But it’s not working. I’ve right clicked a torrent and selected a custom ratio (above 1.0), but when it reached this ratio, it didn’t stop. Do I have to “turn the plugin on” or something like that? Because I couldn’t find any settings or so to change. Thanks!

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:57:36 +0000

Tim, you’re best off using Vuze’s plugin installer/updater instead. I don’t know where that IS, off the top of my head, but check over the menus. It’ll set the plugin up the right way.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:23:03 +0000

I just downloaded the plugin as well as some other ones but they don’t seem to work. I extract the files but then its says ‘failed to load main class magnifest’

By: Psy

Psy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:23:54 +0000

A nice feature would be continue seeding when the force seeding is activated as it happens with utorrent

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:47:24 +0000

It’s a neat idea, although it’s not really in the design for autostop as it exists today. I’m not averse to it, though. I like automation solutions a lot, so I might fold that in to it next time I get around to tweaking it some.

Thanks for the input!