All bakabt torrents are red on utorrent

[rustypwns]

As the title says, all of the sudden all my bakabt torrents are offline and I cannot update tracker to simply fix this. I'm at a loss here because I'm not too good with torrent programs. I've been a member for a year and uploaded tons of anime here so I want to maintain my status

If someone suggests to force recheck the anime I have it will take forever... I don't think that will be a reasonable fix.

[Motoko11]

What version of uTorrent are you using? Not all of them are on our whitelist. If you're using a version which is not on our whitelist, simply downgrade to a version which is.

[rustypwns]

Thanks for the fast reply.

I think that explains what happened. Suddenly my utorrent had ads on them. I guess it upgraded to a nonwhitelisted version of utorrent? Why are some programs not whitelisted and what does that even mean o.O

[Motoko11]

Yea, your client auto-updated, just downgrade it and turn auto-updating off. Newer versions aren't whitelisted straight away as we wait a while until the newer version prove to be completely stable. What it means in real terms for you is, just wait a little while before updating next time, ;P

Also, just an extra, I think there's an option in uTorrent you can use to turn the ads off.

[zherok]

Go to:
Options>Advanced>gui.show_plus_upsel l and set false
Options>Advanced>offers.left_rail_of fer_enabled and set false
Options>Advanced>offers.sponsored_to rrent_offer_enabled and set false

Can also just click it off in the Options drop menu or hit F8 to turn off sponsored torrents. Think there also used to be something about apps but I believe they removed that entirely.

[Krudda]

As Motoko11 explained why clients are whitelisted, I notice no explanation of what whitelist is. A whitelist is basically the opposite of a blacklist.
A blacklist is a list of things NOT allowed for something, example a list of people not allowed in America, they will be refused access at airports.

In the case of BakaBT and whitelisted torrent clients, because there are FAR too many clients and more cropping up everyday, it is simpler to create a list of "allowed" clients, rather than disallowing each and every single new one that appears.

In other words, a whitelist, is a list of what can be used/is allowed. Anything not on that list, is ignored/denied permission to do it's purpose.

[Bozobub]

More specifically, the blacklisted clients will never, ever be allowed.  Clients that are merely not whitelisted potentially will be, in the future.

[rustypwns]

Thanks everyone that helped a lot I'm just going to wait until the new version of utorrent gets whitelisted, assuming it will lol

[Freedom Kira]

Thanks everyone that helped a lot I'm just going to wait until the new version of utorrent gets whitelisted, assuming it will lol

That's generally not recommended, given the many issues that even the whitelisted versions of the newest uTorrent have with BakaBT's tracker. It'll eventually get whitelisted, yes, but your client will just auto-update again when the next one comes out, which will put you in the dark for a few weeks yet again.

Just downgrade and don't touch it again. 1.8.5 and 2.2.1 are the top most recommended versions here. BitTorrent started screwing with the program way too much starting in 3.x, so you see all kinds of problems that shouldn't even be issues to begin with. 1.8.5 generally sees better performance than 2.2.1 but this depends largely on your connection and hardware.

More specifically, the blacklisted clients will never, ever be allowed.  Clients that are merely not whitelisted potentially will be, in the future.

That's correct, but only on BakaBT. AFAIK, it's as Krudda said for most other applications.

[Za m4niac]

I got the same problem as the guy that send the first post but I dont know how to downgrade Utorrent. Is it only by downloading a older version? I seriously have no clue when looking in the options. Can someone guide me on what to do to downgrade it?

[megido-rev.M]

Just download the old version, and install it...