Public Build 6: Threaded file transfer, stored size settings

Submitted by Nir on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 04:36

The big change this time around, in response to the many problems the client had uploading files on Mac and Linux, is a complete shift of the file-transfer system from relying on Qt's single-threaded event model for handling socket communication to a multi-threaded, one-thread-per-transfer model. This went a long way toward simplifying things, and had the unexpected effect of greatly improving download and upload speeds on all platforms when the bandwidth capacity is there. As usual, and although my own tests yielded very good results, where old problems go away due to a complete redesign, new problems may pop up.

Secondly, several of you have been asking for the client to memorize size settings. This is a necessity especially on Mac and Linux, where the default Qt font is bigger, and the contents of UI containers such as splitters and list columns may have to be resized every session anew. Public Build 6 remembers the size and position of the main window, and all splitter positions and list column sizes (barring any ones I may have overlooked.)

Builds are available on the download page for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Cheers, Nir

Tags: 
SoulseekQt
Mac port
Linux port

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Submitted by betterman on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 19:38.

Guys! With this build I start to see that kind of message http://d.pr/81b8 and nothing more at all.

How to solve that?

Submitted by Nir on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 01:22.

Does this happen as soon as you start the client? If not, this is likely due to the changes to the file transfer system, I suggest you try the new nightly build I just posted to the download page. If that doesn't work, you can either just revert to the last version that worked for you (probably nightly build 7/10/2011) and wait for a fix, or try to create a crash report yourself by following the instructions in this discussion, although I'll be honest, I've seen that type of error message before, and they don't usually generate a crash report.

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Submitted by betterman on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 01:39.

Yap! I've re-download SoulseekQT nightly build 7/6/2011 for Windows and replace Public Build 6 files and still the same message - this is first time with me = i've setup all previous versions and everything vas perfect but not now.

Maybe is something wrong with my windows 7? But everything was fine before Build 6. Any ideas how to fix that?

Submitted by Nir on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 02:12.

You can try deleting c:\soulseek-client.dat (or moving it somewhere safe), this will wipe out your client configuration in case there's a setting that's messing with your client somehow. Other than that, like I said, you can either try to generate a crash report, or use an older version until a possible fix arrives.

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Submitted by betterman on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 22:56.

Yeah - deleting data is work for me! Thanks!
Now = any ideas how to extract my dowload list from that data?

Submitted by Nir on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 03:30.

I'm glad to hear it works, thank you for letting me know.

There's no easy way to extract your download information and make sure it's still compatible with the latest version. The client is under heavy development right now and things change all the time, sorry.

Submitted by audiophilepj on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 21:56.

Amazing! Keep up the hard work.

Submitted by Nir on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 01:29.

Thanks Phil!

Submitted by audiophilepj on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 07:47.

I just noticed that my completed downloads don't move to the 'complete' folder.

Submitted by Nir on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 14:16.

See last night's build on the download page. Unless you're using last night's build, in which case we have a problem :)

Submitted by audiophilepj on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 20:35.

Cool, I'll grab the latest.