support for ed2k in apexdc++

[memy 0]

Hi all,

I remember revconnect, another mod-ion of dc++, worked like a charm - click on ed2k link an app pops up. Now this doesn't work with apex. ed2k links are associated with apex in firefox, and it does pops up, but nothing happening. Help!

[Mek 13]

That's because ed2k links are for a completely different P2P network. You have to use a different client like eMule to handle them.

[Crise 26]

ApexDC does not associate itself with ed2k links, per se...

The subtle difference is that ApexDC associates itself with Magnet links (a generic URI, typically containing file hashes). ApexDC accepts any Magnet URI containing a hash it can use, currently this includes Magnets with Tiger Tree hash (or a bitprint, which is a combination of a tiger tree and sha1 hash, typically used and generated by programs for the Gnutella or Gnutella 2 P2P networks).

An application with support for ed2k network can generate Magnet links, but they don't typically contain a TTH, so are thus useless for ApexDC. The more traditional link type for ed2k is using the pseudo protocol identifier ed2k:// which ApexDC obviously does not even attempt to handle.