irish

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  1. Posted

    well one client that has been reported having problems with SDC is rmDC++ (by users, none of these problems have been confirmed by BM though, and you can guess why) but none should use rmDC as it's: old and has bugs and is discontiuned, and it's also breaking GPL licesence.

    and also it probably has problems with 0.3xx versions of DC++, but i haven't actually tested this

    (but none should use those anymore either)

    and making old DC++ versions combatible won't be happening as we are talking old technology here...

    Thanks again.

    M

  2. Posted

    1. Would it be possible to have a facility saying which clients it would not be compatible with.

    So if i saw someobody not being able to connect to me, i could see it's because that person is using version 3.06 or whatever.

    Actually is it possible to make the client compatible with all clients.

    I'd expect not. but thought I'd ask anyhow.

    M

  3. Posted

    Obviously there will need to be an option to clear the search list.

    Hi, I'm glad this will be looked into.

    Thank you Lee, for suggesting it.

    The only way it can be done at the moment is if you remember to add to favourites whoever you are downloading from.

    M

  4. Posted

    File preview (alredy is there)

    automatically search users with free slots (alredy is there)

    tabs at side (as in sababa) (i'll look in to making this an option)

    refine search results (search filter serves same purpose)

    web window (as in sababa) (this will never happen)

    automatically grant slot to whoever you download from (perhaps, would be an option obiviously)

    get mp3 info, or even better when searching for a file, and get multiple hits, the ability to see the encoding.

    (it was there in pwdc, but BM removed it from SDC (in version that is currently under development) because lack of use, if you can convince me this feature would be used, i might re-add it later)

    added my opinions in bold

    Hi. I'm at a loss as to when you or whoever would know when i would be looking at the encoding of a file.

    Maybe I didn't explain my request well enough.

    Let's say I look for a file.

    in results you get such things as "type" slot" "size" etc etc. I'm looking for an addional result called something like "encoding"

    Would it be used. I think so. I know that there are people who wouild prefer to download the same song at

    320 kbs than at 128 kbs. No, I'm not one of them. I'd go for the lower one.

    M

  6. Posted

    Hi,

    For a long time I was wary of trying any kind of filesharing program.

    Then someone mentioned Bearshare to me. Well i thought if they are happy use a p2p program, I'll give it a

    go.

    I used it for a short while, but got fed up with the ads.

    In the meantime and or afterwards, I tried other clients including Limewire.

    But the first one I stuck with for a long time was either soulseek, or Filetopia.

    I loved Soulseek because it had lots of music, i wanted to get.

    What I didn't like about it was some of the ignorant messages, people had.

    But eventually I had to give it up, because it kept freezing on me.

    Around the same time ( i think) I tried Filetopia.

    I guess it was the phrase "public key encryption" that attracted me to it.

    I am a fan of oldtime radio, and other kinds of radio such as bbc plays.

    I found a lot of oldtime radio on Filetopia, but not much bbc stuff.

    One day, I mentioned this to a guy (think it was a guy :) on Soulseek, and he told me about Direct connect.

    Actually I had tried Direct connect before, but couldn't figure out how to set it up.

    Anyway this person helped me set up, and also told me of at least one private hub where bbc plays could be got.

    Later i brought some people from Ft over to Dc.

    We decided the difference was that Ft was better for chatting, but Dc was better for downloading.

    But that was before I discovered, that it really depends what room you are in on Ft, and what hub you are in on Dc.

    I still connect to ft, now and again. But I've found that the chats in thr rooms I have in favourites are few and far between.

    I stick to private hubs on Dc , and have around 30 in my list. But, no i don't have them all open all the time. it's usually a maxium of six.

    sometimes i can't find a file, in private hubs, so i'll try public, or i'll try another client.

    my biggest gripe about Dc is that all clients are not compatible with each other.

    Overall though, i think it's the best.

    M

  8. Posted

    when you connect to the hubs, what does it say in the main frame status bar...

    it should say something like:

    H: 0/X/X

    the last two numbers can be anything, but when connecting to priv hubs the first number should always be 0, that is if the hubs dissallow public hubs (and in your case they seem to)

    Hi

    Well i tried peerweb again. This time i watched the status bar.

    What happens is that 1 will appear in the (how do i explain this)

    for a split second I can see

    1/4/1 or something like that

    but then it will change to 0/4/1

    but what happens is that some of the hubs connect before the 1 changes to a 0.

    so it sees the 1 instead of the 0

    now when i use ldc,

    before entering the hubs, it refreshes my file list. so the hubs don't open as quickly.

    All the hubs see each other as private.

    M

  9. Posted

    you can change the winamp string....

    so you use private hubs? if so don't connect to public hubs at all (when you connect to private hubs) as some times hubcounts take some time before they update (untill next $MyINFO is sent out to the other hubs)

    Hello again.

    I connect to about six private hubs automatically on startup.

    It's very rarely, I visit public hubs

    One or two hubs sees another hub or hubs as public, even though they are all private hubs.

    Now i guess this problem first started around strongdc 9. It also happenned in 10.

    I have tried different versions of 9 and 10. So i can't remember which versions of 9 and 10. Well I do know that i had the problem with the final version of 10.

    I have tried different things., such as having less hubs open automatically on startup, and don't have any hubs open at startup at all. But eventually I get the same message. It's always from the same hubs.

    Actually if i recall correctly, one time i had only one hub open, and it was seeing itself as public. :) But it was only showing as public in my tag.

    Have I had this problem with other clients?

    Yes, in DCpro, and perhaps others too

    Right now I'm veering between sababa and LDc and I have had no problems with either.

    Well except for people not being able to connect to me, or me to them, because of incompatible clients. ie,

    usually too old a version of dc++. This happenens with Strong too.

    But I still look forward to trying out the first version of ApexDc :)

    M

  10. Posted

    File preview (alredy is there)

    automatically search users with free slots (alredy is there)

    tabs at side (as in sababa) (i'll look in to making this an option)

    refine search results (search filter serves same purpose)

    web window (as in sababa) (this will never happen)

    automatically grant slot to whoever you download from (perhaps, would be an option obiviously)

    get mp3 info, or even better when searching for a file, and get multiple hits, the ability to see the encoding.

    (it was there in pwdc, but BM removed it from SDC (in version that is currently under development) because lack of use, if you can convince me this feature would be used, i might re-add it later)

    added my opinions in bold

    Thanks for responding.

    M

  11. Posted

    Well actually i had done that after the first attempt. it made no difference.

    oh, and another thing i didn't like was when using now playing in winamp option, it advertised the fact that you were using peerweb.

    Anyway i've just given it a second chance. It gives me the same problem as I had with strongdc.

    I get messages from some hubs telling me that I am in public when I'm not

    I'm hoping this will be ironed out in apex

    M

  13. Posted

    File preview

    automatically search users with free slots

    tabs at side (as in sababa)

    refine search results

    web window (as in sababa)

    automatically grant slot to whoever you download from

    get mp3 info, or even better when searching for a file, and get multiple hits, the ability to see the encoding.

    M