Some further observations and comments....
First of all, 3.1 is still unstable.
It tends to crash on my W2K after running some 8-16 hours, not due to leaking of resources but some other bug. So there will likely be a patched version coming sometime soon. The good news is that 3.1 seems to remember incomplete downloads well even in crash situations which should make life easier especially for movie downloaders.
I am still pleased with how the multisourced downloads work. The implementation seems to be as good as that of FastTrack's and makes 3.1 an attractive software for both music and movie sharing. Some tips:
If you have several alternatives for a download, pick a rip with a good number of available copies to have better chances for multisourcing.
When a transfer has started, right-click it in the Transfers window and apply Auto-Complete. This will add also the queuable sources to your source pool; some of them will start later on and speed up your download.
From the same right-click popup menu you find the excellent Retry/Find Sources function. Apply it as often as you bother. The situation in the network keeps changing all the time and with a bit of luck you may catch a fresh, unqueued fast source to boost your download speed.
It's a pity there is no option to search for new sources automatically e.g. every half an hour - that together with the auto-complete feature would make movie downloads very easy.
- tg
