Second Greatest Filesharing Program

[technotaz]

itz gotta be BitTorrent~
well...tried emule b4...but after fiddling with the settings n all...
found it to be extremely slow...
so...there u go...

[toddiscool]

Originally posted by JPaul+21 June 2003 - 12:43--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JPaul @ 21 June 2003 - 12:43)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-toddiscool@21 June 2003 - 07:12
I do nt understand why direct connect does not get more love around here, I mean no queing, spen some time and you can easily have 3 100 kb/s transfers running. I understand it is not for average or low shareres, but or those of use with that second 80 gig hardrive it is the best filesharing around (maybee tied with k-lite) completly diffrent strengths and weaknesses.

Totally agree [/b][/quote]
Thanks Paul I thin you are the first person on the forum to really agree with me on that, given they hate us on direct connect alot to. Can&#39;t convince them that K-lite does not have the crap that Kazaa does.

[RealitY]

KaZaa - Movies with Verifieds, some Music.
Shareaza - Software with ShareReactor.
News Groups - New Releases, Full Albums.
Bittorent - TV Episodes.
ES5 - Waiting for growth.

[XStacy]

Currently Using Right Now:

Kazaa Lite - This is like my main P2P program. I download everything off K-Lite.

DCPlusPlus - I like it. It&#39;s simple, and easy to use. The problem i have is getting into hubs that have a certin amount of Gigs your supposed to share. If your tired of leeches, try DC++.

Used Before:

Shareaza - I like this one alot. I currently don&#39;t have it downloaded on my hard drive because i&#39;m waiting for a final release of their new version.

SoulSeek - For some reason I don&#39;t like it a lot. I&#39;m currently downloading it right now to give it another try.

There&#39;s more. But SS just finished and i&#39;m going to try it out.

[NotoriousBIC]

Originally posted by toddiscool+25 June 2003 - 06:11--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (toddiscool &#064; 25 June 2003 - 06:11)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by JPaul@21 June 2003 - 12:43
<!--QuoteBegin-toddiscool

@21 June 2003 - 07:12
I do nt understand why direct connect does not get more love around here, I mean no queing, spen some time and you can easily have 3 100 kb/s transfers running. I understand it is not for average or low shareres, but or those of use with that second 80 gig hardrive it is the best filesharing around (maybee tied with k-lite) completly diffrent strengths and weaknesses.

Totally agree

Thanks Paul I thin you are the first person on the forum to really agree with me on that, given they hate us on direct connect alot to. Can&#39;t convince them that K-lite does not have the crap that Kazaa does. [/b][/quote]
I use DC++ alot and I don&#39;t agree fully.

No queues: Nope, but you still have to find someone with a good connection WITH SLOTS FREE. Basically the same thing.
Fast transfers: As stated above you&#39;ll have to find them and DC does not support multi-source d/ling, making high-speed connections a trial-and-error affair.

Don&#39;t get me wrong, I love DC, but don&#39;t give it credits for features you can get better on other P2P&#39;s.

[toddiscool]

Originally posted by NotoriousBIC+25 June 2003 - 13:11--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NotoriousBIC @ 25 June 2003 - 13:11)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by toddiscool@25 June 2003 - 06:11

Originally posted by JPaul@21 June 2003 - 12:43
<!--QuoteBegin-toddiscool

@21 June 2003 - 07:12
I do nt understand why direct connect does not get more love around here, I mean no queing, spen some time and you can easily have 3 100 kb/s transfers running. I understand it is not for average or low shareres, but or those of use with that second 80 gig hardrive it is the best filesharing around (maybee tied with k-lite) completly diffrent strengths and weaknesses.

Totally agree

Thanks Paul I thin you are the first person on the forum to really agree with me on that, given they hate us on direct connect alot to. Can&#39;t convince them that K-lite does not have the crap that Kazaa does.

I use DC++ alot and I don&#39;t agree fully.

No queues: Nope, but you still have to find someone with a good connection WITH SLOTS FREE. Basically the same thing.
Fast transfers: As stated above you&#39;ll have to find them and DC does not support multi-source d/ling, making high-speed connections a trial-and-error affair.

Don&#39;t get me wrong, I love DC, but don&#39;t give it credits for features you can get better on other P2P&#39;s. [/b][/quote]
By no queing what I mean is that once you do find someone with an open slot, you do not qued for it. If you are able to get on to good hubs thatn that becomes quite east. Multisourcing cause transfer errors - criticl when downloading bins and iso&#39;s. by looking at how many slots a person has you can tell whether they have a good connection or not, or if you find someone with the flower, or fireaball whatever it is supposed to be. But all that together with the fact that eachj hub has more shared then the entire kazaa community, and I do not think that I am giving it credit for something it does not have, as soon as you find a sile not like others (like donkey, mule ar shareaza) where you find a 100 or more sources and still no speed.

[NotoriousBIC]

One-word answer:

Bittorrent

[chrisrog]

It&#39;s definitely Bittorrent for me.

[awfullwaffle919]

Here&#39;s the real deal for broadband users (not in order of how good they are):

1) KaZaA Lite ++ - Its the fastest way to get some music. Want to get a poplular album that was released in stores anywhere from the late 90&#39;s up until a month ago, and want it in 192 quality? Use KL++ .... And KL++ is best for a quick porn fix. (Dowloading a few porn pics/vids to "you know what" to, and delete afterwards.)

2) mIRC - Don&#39;t fear this program&#33; Yes, there are a lot of options but its much simpilar than you think, just relax your brain and learn what to do to get into a popular room, and to find files. mIRC is great for getting advanced release and brand new released albums, getting individual rare songs, and getting songs unavailable to the common public (example: songs from Linkin Park FAN CLUB MEMBERS only CDs)

3) WinMX - Its crap. Yeah, lots of MP3s. But you&#39;ll ALWAYS average at around 9Kbps. All the other P2Ps are faster.

4) Limewire/Bearshare/IMESH - All similar to Napster, are really only good for MP3s, and KaZaA is so much faster.

5) Edonkey - Avoid it and go with Mule&#33;

6) Emule - Good for people with patience, find rare movies with it. Can be slow as a turtle one day, and quick as a bunny another. Be patient and youll get some good movies.

Now those were all the P2P&#39;s Ive tried. As for the ones I havent tried:

1) Bittorent (Regular and ++) - Supposently good way to get "in theatre" movies. I heard it can be fast. Sounds somewhat complicated though.

2) Shareaza w/ torrent cpabilities - Heard of it, and will be trying it tonight, hopefully it does handle bittorent files so I dont need B++ or anything. Sounds like it might be KaZaA features mixed with BT features.

3) SoulSeek - Sounds nice, I&#39;ll check it out sometime. Has individual user to user downloads&#33;

4) Direct Connect (and DC++) - I have no idea what they&#39;re about and what seperates them from other programs. Someone please tell me&#33;



EDIT::::

Ive tried Shareaza, and I must say, this along with KaZaA Lite are all you need. Its awesome, you can download from Gnuetella2, download Emule files from Sharereactor and ShareLive, and download bittorrent files. Its great.

[RealitY]

Originally posted by awfullwaffle919@28 June 2003 - 22:06
Ive tried Shareaza, and I must say, this along with KaZaA Lite are all you need. Its awesome, you can download from Gnuetella2, download Emule files from Sharereactor and ShareLive, and download bittorrent files. Its great.

Yes, very true. Though you should add your mIRC for new releases, or my preference, NewsGroups, fastest of all for me.