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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: August 29, 2009
- Total Downloads: 6,815,008
- Downloads last week: 251,130
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1812 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Formerly the feature-rich Azureus, Vuze takes Azureus' BitTorrent foundation and builds on top of it a network for video discovery and user-created video publishing tied together by social networking.
From XML torrent options to IP filters, firewall tests to UPnP plug-ins to baked-in social networking, Vuze isn't breaking new ground--the original BitTorrent client has gone this path, too--but it is doing it in an innovative and attractive way. When you install the program, you're faced with an interface that will be instantly familiar to iTunes users. In providing a general overview of their torrents and media playback controls, the new layout emphasizes user-initiated searches.
The Advanced tab has been replaced by My Library. The old Azureus is now completely gone, but because of the demands of users, Vuze 4.0 is much closer to the intent of its progenitor than Vuze 3.1 was. A simple, three-step guide that launches when you start Vuze helps you get acclimatized to the new Vuze. There's still work to be done: memory usage is up around 100MB, and although you can set up private trackers, you can't customize the search box. People new to torrenting or only interested in sharing media files might appreciate this visually active approach.
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Publisher's description
From Vuze :Vuze is the most powerful bittorrent software application to Find, Download, and Play HD video content on the Web. With the latest release, you can now play your HD videos on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, and Tivo. Our award-winning P2P bittorrent technology enables users to quickly and easily download HD video with a single click.
What's new in this version:
Device support for PSP and Tivo (adding to support for iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, Xbox 360, and PS3)
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1812 votes
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Version: Vuze 4.2.0.8
"Its okay but YOU MUST HAVE GOOD ANTI-VIRUS!!!!!"
Pros: Great range of downloads.
Cons: Viruses..and tons of em!
Summary: I had mcaffe total protection 2009 and this thing still gave me a MAJOR virus.
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Version: Vuze 4.2.0.8
Pros: easy to use
Cons: out of 20 downloads there were 2 viruses hidden in the downloads,scan before opening your downloads
Summary: see 3 and 4
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Vuze 4.2.0.8
"Generally a difficult experience for new to P2P"
Pros: Great look about it. Looks easy to use
Cons: Too many symbols eg smiley faces with no help to fix problems eg red smiley. No guidelines as to file extensions, eg zipped files or FLAC etc. Error messages unable to find a fix for.
Summary: As a beginner in the P2P world I tried to find out information from the support system, the forum and plain old Help - nothing was availabe - as a beginner with torrent files i found the lack of explanations to much to cope with. I downloaded it - ... read more >>
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Version: Vuze 4.2.0.8
"VUZE HAS NO UNINSTALLER ITS A JUNK FILE"
Pros: I HAVE TO SAY I FOUND NO PROS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT
Cons: TO UNINSTALL THIS SHAREWARE YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD A UNINSTALLER LIKE REVO UNINSTALLER
Summary: DO NOT INSTALL THIS JUNK FILE ITS NOT WORTH THE HEADACE
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Version: Vuze 4.2.0.8
Pros: searches out a choice of downloads
Cons: can be very slow. not always obvious what type of file is being downloaded.
Summary: works OK for free product. Should rate quality and download speed for each file and have a link to software (preferably free) programmes or add-ons to play each file format.
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