Downloading The Fast Way

[VB]

Sig2Dat

It is better to search for files, rather than using Sig2Dat hashes/quicklinks. If you do a search, you can see if the file is widely available or not. Also you start with sources to download from.

Sig2Dat hashes/quicklinks are still very usefull. You can compare the sizes in the search results with the size of the Sig2Dat. Then it is easy to pick the correct file. Tip: click on the filesize column in the search results to sort on the results on filesize.

Searching

Start a search. A single search (no AutoSearchMore) is enough if the file is popular. For more rare files do a couple of manual 'search more'. Stop searching when you have 10 or more sources. The reason why you shouldn't search until you get a lot of results will follow shortly.

Now start the download.

After that continue searching for the same file. This time you can enable AutoSearchMore if you want. Search for another minute or less. Two minutes for rare files. Searching longer doesn't help much, trust me.

You will notice that the download speeds are much higher now.

But why didn't we initially search until we had hundreds of results? Well, only a maximum of 30 sources is stored in the .dat file when you start a download. But once the download is started, an additional 120 sources can be added (150 total). That's why we continued searching after starting the download.

Finding more sources for active downloads

If you have a couple of big downloads that are downloading at snail pace, then it can help to find additional sources. Tools like Speed Up are good for that purpose. But sometimes it can also help to use the powers of ASM to give your downloads a boost.

Go to the seach panel and search for the same file as the one that you want to try to give a boost. Turn AutoSearchMore on. Search for a minute or less.

[swarnel]

yeah good tip
searching for the files manualy do make a difference in speed

[Janetyjanet]

Just tried it & whaddya know - instantly speeded up download - hurrah (thanks for sharing!) :P

[silly_sarabear]

[COLOR=orange][FONT=Courier][SIZE=1] hey thanks for those tips helped alot ;)

[Bebi]

What I do is when I see a file I want I enter its specific details so it will only search for that file meaning it wont pull up files I dont want and focus on getting more sources for that file alone, so I slap on autosearch and download it and set it to search for more resources every 5 seconds so its pulling up new people to download from and the auto source finder adds them to the download so it does all the work for me :)

[Oni]

:o :o :o just 2x the download speed, the file was at 28kbs now at 57kbs
wow great tip .... :D

Thanks

Oni :ph34r:

[RedRival]

No offence but I always thought that manual searching was known to everyone that is, clicking search for more everytime your sources run low. What I thought was the main issue was trying to overcome this "kazaa barrier" where downloads only hit a certain download rate and will not climb any higher. Or the fact that some people are lazy to search for more and want a mod that attempts to do so, but never did it occur to me that some of the long time users are not aware of the fact that searching for more users increase more sources and thus increase your download speed. But then again, Paul your guide was Fabulous. :lol:

[Sam Pah]

Sorry, i'm new here. I followed Paul's advice and the search gives 74 users. Cool. But when i download the file, only 2 users upload to me. Why is that?

[VB]

Originally posted by Sam Pah@26 April 2003 - 12:03
Sorry, i'm new here. I followed Paul's advice and the search gives 74 users. Cool. But when i download the file, only 2 users upload to me. Why is that?
- Read the FAQ

[{I}{K}{E}]

it's a newcomer lol

:rtfaq:

[Sam Pah]

May be our problem here but doa2.host.sk is down.

Paul, u said we can store kazaa's users in the download file up to 150 users. But i viewed my downloads with datview and it only shows 60 users stored. Can u explain it to me? Thx.

[Sam Pah]

Sorry all, my bad. The numbers of users stored still keep increasing, not stopped at 60 users.

[Neuromancer]

@Paul: You wrote mother of all tips. It really sounds nice, but I always thought having 120 sources stored is better that 30 - 40. By my experience that is what you get (on average) after 5 minutes searching. Shouldn't I keep searching lets say for another couple of minutes to fill my usable sources to arround 120?

Edit: typos.

[VB]

Originally posted by Neuromancer@4 May 2003 - 12:30
@Paul: You wrote mother of all tips. It really sounds nice, but I always thought having 120 sources stored is better that 30 - 40. By my experience that is what you get (on average) after 5 minutes searching. Shouldn't I keep searching lets say for another couple of minutes to fill my usable sources to arround 120?

Edit: typos.
Read my tip again.

I think you skipped a part...

[Neuromancer]

I read it thouroughly. I just wrote my question less splendid. <_<

You write: "Stop searching when you have 10 or more sources." and then "Search for another minute or less. Two minutes for rare files. Searching longer doesn&#39;t help much, trust me."

I tried to ask wouldn&#39;t it be better to to finish the first part of searching "when you have 10 to 30 sources" and then search again until "one can (via K-Dat for example) confirm one has arround 150 sources"? Wouldn&#39;t be that even more efficient? Perhaps an added plus would be if you could easily replace lower bandwidth sources with broadband one?

[maxpower]

well said Neuromancer :ph34r:

[iNDODuBz]

nice tip :D 2 thumbs up

[Xx_Vash_xX]

Your tip was awesome&#33; I am hitting speeds between 95 and 103 kb/s&#33; :)

[killallhippies]

I agree, excellent tip, I&#39;ve been using Kazaa for ages and that tip has just rocketed my dl&#33; Those of you who are confused by it.........read it again slooooooooooooooowly. :P

[International]

Originally posted by Paul@21 April 2003 - 10:46
Sig2Dat


Searching

Start a search. A single search (no AutoSearchMore) is enough if the file is popular. For more rare files do a couple of manual &#39;search more&#39;. Stop searching when you have 10 or more sources. The reason why you shouldn&#39;t search until you get a lot of results will follow shortly.

Now start the download.

After that continue searching for the same file. This time you can enable AutoSearchMore if you want. Search for another minute or less. Two minutes for rare files. Searching longer doesn&#39;t help much, trust me.

You will notice that the download speeds are much higher now.

But why didn&#39;t we initially search until we had hundreds of results? Well, only a maximum of 30 sources is stored in the .dat file when you start a download. But once the download is started, an additional 120 sources can be added (150 total). That&#39;s why we continued searching after starting the download.

Finding more sources for active downloads

If you have a couple of big downloads that are downloading at snail pace, then it can help to find additional sources. Tools like Speed Up are good for that purpose. But sometimes it can also help to use the powers of ASM to give your downloads a boost.

Go to the seach panel and search for the same file as the one that you want to try to give a boost. Turn AutoSearchMore on. Search for a minute or less.
sounds great, but I cannot find any such feature of autosearchmore to turn on or off. Where can I find it?

[killallhippies]

you need to get the latest version of k-lite, build3 i think. ;)

[International]

I am using Build 1 of ver. 2.0.2 . I will look for the newer build..

[International]

I cannot find anything newer on the kazaalite.com than the version I am running.. from where can I download build 3?

[killallhippies]

Go to this page (http://www.k-lite.tk) , then to downloads on the left, scroll down then follow the instructions. ;)

[adamuk]

ok am i missing somthing here, i do search get more results but when i click them they just add a new file starting at 0k to my download list.

[Waynebfc]

wow, tryed it and it worked&#33;

Thanks

[tommy1987]

great tip, keep em coming. :D

[Alex-]

hmm
And I always thought that search screen and traffic screen werent corelated talking about new sorces. Meaning when you find new sources in search they dont add in traffic. Gues I was wrong.
from 5kb/s to 90kb/s.

[dann_uk1988]

When people do large searches it slows down the network that is why KaZaA put a 200 max on searches

[bestoutof2]

nice tip i am going to finish reading it and the other post

[t_le_fou]

related question:

Do you need to leave the search results in the search window if you want your dl speeds to stay high or are all sources (even the ones that don&#39;t work at that moment) stored in this .dat file?

[DarkBlizzard]

I dont think leaving the search results would affect the speed of the file downloading. It couldn&#39;t hurt to try though. Try changing the Incoming port number on Kazaa Lite Opitions. Just make up some number...like 1423 or 1524 for example...Good Luck

[carkeen]

does this mean when i start my download, i click the search for more button and then more sources will automatically added in my traffic? that&#39;s it?

[clik a saurus]

great trick but i only have 8 users max is it ok to increase the max users in options from 8 to what ever ?????????????????

[VB]

Originally posted by clik a saurus@19 June 2003 - 15:27
great trick but i only have 8 users max is it ok to increase the max users in options from 8 to what ever ?????????????????
You can increase the value.

I recommend to not use a value above 20. Because the higher the value, the more internal memory will be consumed by Kazaa Lite.

I have it on 12 myself.

[clik a saurus]

thanks paul i will set it to 12.......top man.

[thafuture]

OMG, the ASM lit a fire up under all of my downloads&#33;&#33; From 5k/b to 66k/b&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
Paul, you are the best man&#33;&#33;&#33;

This is how my life should be&#33;
:D

[Arkanus]

Hey guys, maybe this is already posted somewhere else, or maybe it only worked for me, but this is how i boosted my speeds. First off was to read Paul&#39;s tip (nice). The second thing was to increase my upload bandwidth to unlimited. My max speeds hit roof. I was able to maintain an average of 50-60 kb/s with pauls trick, but after sharing unlimited i bump 300 kb/s plus. Thx for the tips and sharing everyone.

[sonicbum]

just to get this straight, your saying that if i have a file downloading and i want more sources for that download, i can go to the search field and search for the same file im already downloading, and it will affect the # of sources for the download i already have in progress??? I had no idea that searching in the search field had anything to do with the sources im using to download from. i thought the only time the search field was useful was when you first started downloading/looking for a file.

[nyk32820]

It seem that it work for many people. Well this work with dail-up?

[X-MenEvo17]

It boosts up my speed a little. :D

[sonicbum]

HOLYSH&#33;T this is the tip of the century&#33;&#33;&#33; this werks like a charm everytime. this improves downloading speed by 1000X

[camille]

Doesn&#39;t work for me? Please give me specific and neat trick how to boost my d/loads

[[B][O][T]]

If all this dosnt work for You then You should change Your ISP.

BOT

[camille]

Originally posted by [B][O][T]@6 July 2003 - 21:02
If all this dosnt work for You then You should change Your ISP.

BOT
I already did, and besides I got PLENTY OF ISP

[tralalala]

yup, yet another great tip from Paul the great. :)
thanks Paul&#33;&#33;&#33;
keep up the good work&#33;&#33;&#33; :)

[willymac]

BEST TIP EVER PAUL&#33;&#33; Thanks

Anyone know how u can automate this tip with a bot? Speed up ect. Maybe it&#39;s just me, but a few hours later, the speeds go back down to normal, and you have to repeat the manual searches..

[zohebakhtar007]

:D :D yeah il try that see if it works

[ricky123]

:ph34r: hi paul
help me please
ur all saying u get sources upto 150 but i never get more then 4 user for one download
do u know whats the problem?
pl.help

[DarkBlizzard]

Originally posted by ricky123@10 July 2003 - 23:40
:ph34r: hi paul
help me please
ur all saying u get sources upto 150 but i never get more then 4 user for one download
do u know whats the problem?
pl.help
Maybe you have it set to max 4 sources.....go to Kazaa lite opitons then search around on those tabs and see what it says for Max sources per file. Also get the new Kazaa lite 2.4.0

[LuckyB]

Tip works a treat :D
Has given my downloads a kick up the backside :o
Thankyou Paul

[calvinyeoh]

What do I need to put for the MAX SOURCES PER FILE ?

Thank you.

[SiRius128]

DAM PAUL WHEN I TRYED YOUR TIP TO SEARCH AND D/L THEN SEARCH AGAIN MY D/L WENT FROM 20KBS TO 90KBS............HOT SHIT&#33;&#33;&#33; THANKS ALOT

[camille]

Is your trick can boost 56k modem/dial up system?

[nukemdomis]

When searching multiple times with the auto-search enabled, I have been able to find files that would have never found with a short one minute search.

[nukemdomis]

Originally posted by Sam Pah@26 April 2003 - 19:19
Sorry all, my bad. The numbers of users stored still keep increasing, not stopped at 60 users.
"I&#39;ve seen files where the number of users is over 1000. Many times.

[Un^Real]

thanks for this very useful tip :D

[sickmonkey]

Good tip thanks.I shall give you a banana for your advise.OOHH AHHH AHHH OHH :P

[WorriedGuy]

umm ok but is it just me or does n e one else seems like the speed is actually dropping. maybe i am doing somethin wrong but i dont think so. and what do u guys think aout the record companies trying to sue people who download songs from kazaa. i mean is it illegal or is it safe to download it

[Ciaran187]

Smashin Stuff. Good tips. I&#39;m only on a 64K dial up hi-speed line, so the fastest I can get is about 12kbps. Most times I only get 6 or 8kbps

[sonicbum]

here is also a KILLER way to speed up your downloads if you have KAZUPERNODES. If the trick that Paul suggested still doesnt boost your speed enough, then try this. go into KAZUPERNODES and select &#39;extract supernode list from .DAT file&#39;. Choose the .DAT file that is the file that is downloading slowly. Check the response time and status of the list and connect to the supernode that has the lowest number for the response time. Your downloading speed for this file should drastically increase because now you are finding better sources to download from. TRY IT, IT WERKS GREAT&#33;&#33;&#33;

[geothermal78]

Here are a few tips :

1: Move your computer closer to your phone box.

2: If you can, have your phone company remove the digital splitter from the side of your house. It&#39;s possible that the previous owner of the house or the landlord or a previous renter had two phone lines. Sometimes when a phone customer changes from two phone lines back to two, they just leave the digital splitter attached to the house. Get friendly with the phone tech like I did and he took the box off because I complained that my 56k speeds were below what they should be. Ask the phone repair guy/gal to "go back to straight copper". They should know what that means. Your country may vary.

3: Use new phone cords. If your phone cord is super long or cracked with age or otherwise looking beat up, then swap it out. Experiment with the phone cords you have plugged into your modem. Keep track of your net speeds with date and times listed in a text file to compare.

4: Change ISP&#39;s if you can. Ask your neighbors what they get for speed.

5: Max your RAM out. (Said before).

6: Hit yourself in the head with a hammer. Brain damage will slow you down so your surfing and downloading will appear faster &#33; *smile

geothermal

[DarkBlizzard]

Originally posted by geothermal78@27 July 2003 - 19:34
4: Change ISP&#39;s if you can. Ask your neighbors what they get for speed.


Getting your neigbors ISP isnt a good because the more people that have the same ISP makes your connection slower....its better to get a small company ISP that not many people have. And DSL is horrible. Cable is the best connection.

[geothermal78]

>>> Getting your neigbors ISP isnt a good because the more people that have the same ISP makes your connection slower....its better to get a small company ISP that not many people have.>>>

I was implying that if you try a few other ISP&#39;s then you can figure better if the one you currently have is faster. And small companies can be just as congested as big companies. It depends on your city and how far you are from the phone company and it depends on if your cable internet provides good speed for the dollar. And if you ask your neighbor, who has a similar system as yours, what their modem speed is compared to yours, it still might be worth it to use the one they have, if it is much faster than yours for the same price.

>>>And DSL is horrible. Cable is the best connection.>>>

Please explain your theory.

geothermal

[oggy_uk]

Paul, thanks for the post and all, but the main thing I wanted to say to you is that your Avatar is the dog&#39;s balls mate&#33;

[elnomad]

Just to add a little - for those wondering about speed boost differences between dial-up (56k,etc) and broadband (dsl, cable, etc).

The (potential) speed boost can so easily be explained thru the "milkshake-thru-a-straw" theory.

The bigger your original straw, the (better) the potential boost when more data streams in.

This should help explain why some people get 50kb+ boost compared to (much) less for dial-up.

Just my 2c.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by elnomad@31 July 2003 - 08:16
The (potential) speed boost can so easily be explained thru the "milkshake-thru-a-straw" theory.
so...where do i get the milkshake from and what flavour is it?

:blink:

[Xelemental]

I have a question. Lets say im trying to download some anime called azumanga. Now does your advise work for only one specific file or a lot at once? for example, lets say i wanna get episdoe one of azumanga. DO i type in azumanga or azumanga - 1. And then download and then do the autosearch for azumanga - 1 or can it just be azumanga and get other episdoes as well? u know what im saying? like is it specifc files? or can i download a whole series using ur techinque? thanks

[juniorDlite]

;) I have a couple of tips that might help someone out.

1st
I notice when I first installed k-lite++ it would ask what type of network connection do you have? phone, cable & t1. I would always choose fast cable-which is the one that I have. It would always tell me I had 28Kb to share for my uploads but I never reach that amount (apx 24 KB). That&#39;s right&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; The other day I chose t1. Not only did it give me 28 Kb for uploads but at sometimes it would stay constant at 32Kb. It also increase my downloads a little.

2nd
You can play around and tweek your file page, swap file etc. If you have not done this before there is a program called MEM TURBO II IT WILL DO THIS AUTOMATIC FOR YOU. You should have at least
256 MB RAM


I TRIED THE SEARCH FOR MORE SOURCES AND IT WORKS :D FOR BETTER DOWNLOADS. I ALSO TRIED THE ZUPERNODE AND THAT WORKS ALSO B)

[saro]

<_< OK, if you hotshots can hold back from blasting me for asking a dumb newcomer question... Paul, when you say "Now start the download," do you mean to download all 10 sources (or however many you find)? Also, regarding rare files, does it do any good to keep searching for them if you don&#39;t get ANY hits? Thanks.

[DusterBuster]

:DHello All:D
I&#39;ve noticed that you all speak some wierd language that I don&#39;t understand (joke, joke) and am asking anybody to help me on this.
:DGoodbye All:D

[dsa16]

WHATS A GOOD NUMBER TO SET YOUR MAX SOURCE PER FILE AT? RIGHT NOW I HAVE MY AT 25

[geothermal78]

>>>Also, regarding rare files, does it do any good to keep searching for them if you don&#39;t get ANY hits? Thanks.>>>

One trick I do is to mispell the song or artist name on purpose. That way the search might turn up some rare song that was also mispelled. For example :

If you searched for "The Tick Theme Song", and found nothing, then try Tiick or Ttick or Tikc or Tcik.

Even short names might be mispelled. Eve could be eeve or evee.

geothermal

[geothermal78]

>>> WHATS A GOOD NUMBER TO SET YOUR MAX SOURCE PER FILE AT? RIGHT NOW I HAVE MY AT 25>>>

How much RAM do you have ? What speed net connection ? What OS ?

geothermal

[Permission]

i tried it but i didnt get any faster downloads..
maybe i did something wrong.. :(

[Permission]

now i got it to give me more sources but all of the sources have like 0.3 kbs speed.. can i do anything about that?

[martyd]

I&#39;ve been using Kazaa like this for months, share loads but get really slow downloads. People with a PL of 0 download off me at 20k, yet me with a PL of 2500 downloads at 0.5k Am I just unlucky?

[sabman]

okie a question on kazupernodes .....one of u suggested that u should connect to the sn which has the least response node bit i tried i didnt get much diff...on th other hand i tried the client with least response time and it worked &#33;&#33; wats the diff brtween client n sn ....which is better .....and aslo is k - dat of any help ....n when ppl say "i added more sources " wat they mean is that the no of users has increased for the file they r downloading rght ??????

[internet.news]

yes, you can search whole the time for new sources "unlimited" :)
it is amazing that I&#39;ve found far away from my area probably some new sources:
I&#39;ve got for some songs more than 100 sources and for one, I think
it was "My heart will go on" by Celine Dion more than 1000 Sources :) I do not know if all sources were online all the time it just amazed me :)

thanks anyway, david.

When downloading I make AutoSearchMore-Unlimited,means wwhole the time without interruption and SpeedUp (Search for more sources Now) :)

thanky anyway, david :)

[twisterX]

this is a great tip

[AtmosOC]

[FONT=Optima]Why is it that I can find 20 sources using this method but no matter how much i search more i can&#39;t break 10 users? :ph34r:

[goldfire]

Originally posted by Paul@21 April 2003 - 10:46
Well, only a maximum of 30 sources is stored in the .dat file when you start a download. But once the download is started, an additional 120 sources can be added (150 total). That&#39;s why we continued searching after starting the download.


this isnt true...i started a download after searching for about a minute, and k-dat showed the file containing 226 sources, at first download time. the only problem i have with unlimited searching is that it tends to slow my computer, but it has had no negative effects on my download speed :D

-goldfire

[goldfire]

Originally posted by AtmosOC@7 September 2003 - 21:49
[FONT=Optima]Why is it that I can find 20 sources using this method but no matter how much i search more i can&#39;t break 10 users? :ph34r:
check what your max sources are set at (options>kazaa lite k++ options>k++ advanced options)
if it&#39;s only set to 10, there&#39;s your problem, change it to something else
i keep mine at 100, but it will never reach that high...the most i&#39;ve ever gotten was 25

- goldfire

[Messican]

Oh, ok...

[mogadishu]

omg&#33; my files are going so slow.. before the new kazaa downloads were routinely at about 1700KB/s.. no not 170KB/s, 1700KB/s.. now all i can get is 1.2MB.. this blows.

[dsa16]

wtf? 1700kb/s what is your connetion? I have SBC DSL and i cant get a kazza dl above 100kb/s. I cant even get a regular dl off the net above 60kb/s. How does a 1.2MB dowload blow?

[CoLdFiNgEr]

Originally posted by adamuk@25 May 2003 - 10:20
ok am i missing somthing here, i do search get more results but when i click them they just add a new file starting at 0k to my download list.
Same&#33; <_<

[minchjp]

WHOHH. I am now on 5.2 kb/s :)

I wish i had ADSL

[vader]

unbelievable the number of people that do not read the faq. I been downloading with that trick since day one and as long as there were sources I always get my movies at speeds of 100 + and in 20 to 40 min I have both files...never had an issue that was not related to anything but lack of sources....manual search is always best..........(-o-)............... ;)

[vader]

and when your d/l slows it&#39;s easy to fix. pause d/l close k-lite. go to program files find k-lite, go in and find k-dat ,open, click on your slowing file choose delete, it will open a delete window, choose- delete not stored only- close and restart k-lite. There you go faster every time.....so easy it&#39;s sad :D

[poopauline]

huh????? woz going on man??? duz any1 actuali have the best/complete FAQ cos i dont getit

[nikita69]

Originally posted by poopauline@13 September 2003 - 23:13
huh????? woz going on man??? duz any1 actuali have the best/complete FAQ cos i dont getit
that depends on ur definition of "best/complete". this forum has answered just about any question anyone can think of relating KL++. I have a special, read 1 tip, u get another free - go to my sig.

[melsy]

Excellent Tips. Movie down to 4 hours from 256 hours. Thanks.

[MetalHammer]

What about downloads you already started? Tried your search tip but it doesn&#39;t help much......I&#39;m downloading the last part of a movie file which did ok in the beginning, but it&#39;s a disaster now. My pc is on 24/7 for 4 weeks now (4 weeks&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;) to get this one to complete. I have constantly 5 or more sources but it doesn&#39;t connect most of the time and when it does speeds are below 1 kb/sec.....one time it suddenly jumped to 31kb/sec but that lasted a whole 20 seconds.....at this pace I&#39;m in for another couple of weeks to get it to complete, it&#39;s on 688.243kb of 795.904kb total. I have tried everything, jumping nodes like crazy, find more sources.....my settings are ok, followed the tips on this forum....besides, this is the ONLY file I&#39;m having this problem with, other downloads no prob......It&#39;s part 3 of Pirates of the Caribbean, vcd.......anyone else having probs with this one?

[MetalHammer]

Oops, just saw NOT to post questions here...my bad....someone better move it... :rolleyes:

[fredie]

I have read through the tips and replies for the past three hours and I would like some clarification, and if possible, the clarification added to the actual FAQ and Tip so that it is clear to everyone.

To speed up the downloads, I understand the "search, click to download", and I understand the "search for more resources", but what I am not clear about is the specifics. Can I get the faster downloads from the Traffic window and clicking on the file to "search for more resources" or from the Search window and by clicking "Search for same file name" and then when the window switches to the search window, rely upon autosearch to keep hunting for the same file every ~2 minutes until there are "enough" resources?

The problem I run into is, for instance, when I&#39;m searching for television shows and people label the same show as 2x01, 02x01, 201, s02ep01, and s2ep1, and so on. It is the same program but I have more than one choice as I search. Searching for specifically the same file name skips other resources, though, when I search for more resources, I will often find the title will change as the file name is basically the same, so it is confusing. Ideas? Help?

Thanks, and I do hope being more clear about how to initiate the autosearch and such will help more people.

MOVING POST TO QUESTIONS FORUM

[nikita69]

TO EVERYONE WHO HAS A QUESTION/PROBLEM, PLEASE POST THEM IN QUESTIONS/PROBLEMS THREADS.

[zohebakhtar007]

ive tried it and i have seen an improvment 4.00kb/s to 5.00kb/s

[MUSLEMAN]

Originally posted by zohebakhtar007@5 October 2003 - 10:49
ive tried it and i have seen an improvment 4.00kb/s to 5.00kb/s
did you try deleting your no ip sources with k-dat?? nice reality http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/r/sgrin.gif

[othmanni]

WOW...guys am new in here and i would like to ask a few question ..
first of all :where do i find ((search more )) battern i only found ((search for)) battern
second: if i wanted to get copyrighted video how can i get it and how can i fasten the download ( :huh: i hope there is no RIAA members in here )
please halla back at me :blink:

[fullofjoy]

Originally posted by Paul@21 April 2003 - 10:46
Sig2Dat

It is better to search for files, rather than using Sig2Dat hashes/quicklinks. If you do a search, you can see if the file is widely available or not. Also you start with sources to download from.

Sig2Dat hashes/quicklinks are still very usefull. You can compare the sizes in the search results with the size of the Sig2Dat. Then it is easy to pick the correct file. Tip: click on the filesize column in the search results to sort on the results on filesize.

Searching

Start a search. A single search (no AutoSearchMore) is enough if the file is popular. For more rare files do a couple of manual &#39;search more&#39;. Stop searching when you have 10 or more sources. The reason why you shouldn&#39;t search until you get a lot of results will follow shortly.

Now start the download.

After that continue searching for the same file. This time you can enable AutoSearchMore if you want. Search for another minute or less. Two minutes for rare files. Searching longer doesn&#39;t help much, trust me.

You will notice that the download speeds are much higher now.

But why didn&#39;t we initially search until we had hundreds of results? Well, only a maximum of 30 sources is stored in the .dat file when you start a download. But once the download is started, an additional 120 sources can be added (150 total). That&#39;s why we continued searching after starting the download.

Finding more sources for active downloads

If you have a couple of big downloads that are downloading at snail pace, then it can help to find additional sources. Tools like Speed Up are good for that purpose. But sometimes it can also help to use the powers of ASM to give your downloads a boost.

Go to the seach panel and search for the same file as the one that you want to try to give a boost. Turn AutoSearchMore on. Search for a minute or less.
i&#39;m new here and just wanted to say that certainly is a nice ass <_<

[buggymattus]

Originally posted by othmanni@8 October 2003 - 14:34
WOW...guys am new in here and i would like to ask a few question ..
first of all :where do i find ((search more )) battern i only found ((search for)) battern
second: if i wanted to get copyrighted video how can i get it and how can i fasten the download ( :huh: i hope there is no RIAA members in here )
please halla back at me :blink:
Man you SOUND lke an RIAA member&#33;&#33; LOL&#33;&#33;&#33; Watch it buddy&#33;

[buggymattus]

Originally posted by othmanni@8 October 2003 - 14:34
WOW...guys am new in here and i would like to ask a few question ..
first of all :where do i find&nbsp; ((search more )) battern i only found ((search for)) battern
second: if i wanted to get copyrighted video how can i get it and how can i fasten the download ( :huh:&nbsp; i hope there is no RIAA&nbsp; members in here )
please halla back at me :blink:
Man you SOUND like an RIAA member&#33;&#33; LOL&#33;&#33;&#33; Watch it buddy&#33;

[Princessgirls]

it wont work for me
:(

[gator]

Originally posted by Princessgirls@3 November 2003 - 17:43
it wont work for me
:(
Download TCP Optimizer at this link:
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
It can make your download speed 4x or 5x faster. Another way I get faster downloads is to set the time cycle on KazaaLite accelerator to a smaller interval (240-300 sec.)

[cosmic doobie]

I Prefer DrTCP :D

[sublime42o]

I&#39;ve tried all this stuff that people have been suggesting..... I&#39;m downloading some video files and when I search they come up with LOTS of sources, but they almost NEVER have more than one download source at a time when downloading. I tried searching more after the downloads started, that didn&#39;t do anything. I tried clicking find more sources, that didn&#39;t do anything. Any suggestions?

[jeff369]

I also tried the suggested search method and my downloads are still not getting above 5kbs. Are there any other settings that might be effecting the download speed?

[Nitrox]

:o gr8 tip had a instant effect

[Zionic]

i tried the k-dat thing i have cable internet. yea it connects great but i can&#39;t keep up my download speed why?

[bobcat6602]

:o WHAT IS SPEED UP???

[pourleplaisir]

:D Great Tip, Thanks

[papaya]

Originally posted by jeff369@13 November 2003 - 17:00
I also tried the suggested search method and my downloads are still not getting above 5kbs. Are there any other settings that might be effecting the download speed?
I have had the same experience.

I&#39;ve also tried using Supernodes, locating the nearest one, etc.

Nothing fast or even improved happening here...in fact the file I&#39;m downloading now is coming in at 0.39 kb/s&#33;

Any tips would be appreciated...could it have to do with something else, Zone Alarm, lack of hard drive space, anything?

Changed my port, to 2464, no improvement.

[diabl020]

TIp I figured out a while ago...

After you impement the first tip mentioned by Paul, and started the dwnload...
try this..
Set you Autosearch for a really high time... 45 min..(currently experimenting with 300 min.,. for kicks)
:lol:
works.. Why?
cause if you keep searching for too long.. then you get kicked off a supernode, and log into another one.
so.. instead of looking for new superodes, just let kazaa kick you from one to another.
You can still dwnload from a guy on a node you&#39;ve been kicked off(I think... someone please verify)

P.S: I haven&#39;t read beyond the first page in this topic,.. and I don&#39;t know if anyone has mentioned this one... but. what i can say.. That as far as I recall, I figured this out myself a while ago, (ask Musleman, 3months ago,,approx) So, when I die I will list this as one of my great discoveries for the free world.

P.S.S: I havben&#39;t been in this forum for 3 months.. so.. I missed a lot. :(
P.S.S.S: if someone figured it out before me,, don&#39;t tell me, let me die happy)

[diabl020]

My ISP won&#39;t let me connect to Kazaa...
Yet my file is downloading..
And that too at pretty good speeds(for me)
(Using Diet K firewall Booster,.. Kazaa is&#39;t connected.. but It dwnloads)

[mike2]

Hmmm...I tried paul&#39;s trick and its not working well...I get "More sources needed" or "Remotely queded" :angry:
Whats going wrong...?

[flinch67]

Hey, thanks for the advice. It really does work if you follow the steps properly. One thing that causes a problem, however, is people using extremely long file names, as the search window can only cope with a certain number of characters.

Thanks though&#33; :01:

[tralalala]

thats another thing i was wondering - why is there a limit to search characters in the search box...?? :01:


tralalala

[ZeroTolerance]

just leave auto serach on

[gill11]

Why when I&#39;m downloading an AVI file that consists of two parts FROM THE SAME USER that the download rates are different. Sometimes quite a bit different.

[geothermal78]

Are you downloading one part right after the other or downloading both files at the same time ?

geothermal

[L33T]

hmmm ok i shall try this .. sounds interesting .. thanx fer the nfo m8 :D

[Unikum]

That actually helps :D

[sorogof]

Well, the topic is to be able to download the fastest way. Ummm, I&#39;m finding that there are three types of music downloads. Of course there is the music that is listed for download, and when it&#39;s selected, you get a finished complete download of the music you wanted. Then there are those people jamming up the search list with music that when played after the download, will play for 40 or 50 seconds and then you get a screeching sound which of course means the music file is useless, but you don&#39;t realize it till the download is finished. Then the third group that you have to contend with are the ones who make available a list of songs by an artist, and even though the size of the files are different, you find that all you&#39;ve gotten is only one of the songs by that artist, but all the rest of the files are the same song even though they are named as different songs from the artist. Now I wonder why some people are doing this. First off, they have to have a really large selection of music files in their Share Folder, and second, they open themselves up to scrutiny by those who are looking for people who have a really large list of music on their computers using the &#39;Find more from the same user&#39; Isn&#39;t that one of the ways people are getting caught. Yes, I&#39;s surly want to be able to have a large selection of music to download, but the wasted time of selecting and then gettting downloads from the two bad types above is a real waste. I&#39;m seeing that other people who have gotten the bad downloades are perpetuating the problem by leaving the bad file in their Shared Folder. I&#39;m trying to help eliminate this problem by adding the word (BAD) to the beginning of the file name and if you check the file size, and file name you&#39;ll realize it a bad file so don&#39;t try to get it. This might save you some time searching.

[Salazar]

People are online sharing the movie you want but you need to search for more users all the time, each day. It also helps like it was said before to autosearch more, Before you start your file download then you will start with plenty of available users.

Does this mean you are guaranteed a download right away?
NO - you may have to wait in line for other users in front of you.
Does this mean the download&#39;s speed (if available) will be fast?-
NO - If your proposed download user shares for example 5 files @ 24kbs (uploadspeed) the speed will be very low to all 5 of you downloaders - which means your downloading file speed will be very low @.55kbs for example.

Does this make you mad?
Yes - It should, the best thing we can do to increase speeds is to share (verified) files at the highest upload speeds available. At the very least if you only share to one person share your file @ a reasonable speed of 128kbs 0r above. These are not true KBS rates so you 56k ppl need not worry.

I share at maximum upload rates to 5 or less ppl usually 3 ppl for the best upload speeds and YES I can still hit a good source while uploading and hit download speeds of 150-250 on average. However If I share to one Person at top upload speed they only hit 30kbs if someone can tell me how they get those upload speeds of 150kbs+ I would be more than gratefull. my cable hits 350kb-1.3mb but like I said, topped out this baby only hits 30kbs 32kbs upload speed on my end...?

Yes some of you say "there is always someone else who can share, why do I need to?" just remember that next time you can&#39;t find any sources or complete a simple file download in less than a week or two.

If you don&#39;t share we all LOSE.

Also when you look at your downloads rt click one and hit "find more from the same.." then choose "file name" now u are searching for that filename. If it is a video check the video search box then choose the size, manually insert the size of the file i.e your downloading [tmd]secret.window.(verity).ts.(1of2) 68,584kbs. When you choose the size type in the numbers 68,584 then make a space followed by kbs. (i.e "68,584 kbs") the space in-between is important. You can choose to find files larger than or approximately the same size as well. Also after your search do a little tidying up... sort your search files by name or look at the users if a guy has 50 movies all with tha same name all diffrent sizes NONE of them are real no matter how good they look. When you sort them by name you will see the two real files together This will help you to weed out the fakes a little better but it will take an experienced eye to see the real ones plus a little dat viewing with VLC helps too&#33; I love that Klite allows you to add other programs like VLC to the AVI preview area, Kudoos to that man&#33; I think i have been able to see 5 out of 100 movies with "avi preview", "VLC" opens the dat everytime&#33; If its a real file if it doesn&#39;t open it you can almost guarantee its a FAKE.

If you don&#39;t share we all LOSE. ~~~~~www.againsttcpa.com~~~~~

[MUSLEMAN]

jump supernodes, locolize your supernodes, delete the sources that have no sn ip out of the dat files and be patient.

do not pause your downlaods for games and apps as they might get corrupt :lol: :lol:

[Razzorbott]

OK so far i know how to delete unuseable sources and use the search tool to help boost the speed of my download.

So only three questions i have left to ask: What is the MAX DL/R i can expect to have from my 56k cable modem?

im currently using Kazaa Lite Resurrection 2.4.8 am i at a disadvantage from the ++ users? and /or is their anything specific to this version i can do too once again speed things up? :gunsmile:

[MUSLEMAN]

your max is probably around 8.

as for the rest its all good don&#39;t worry about it. be patient some thing new might be out ;) :lol: :lol:

[Entity101]

56k -> max is between 5 and 6 kb/s

[Razzorbott]

as for the rest its all good don&#39;t worry about it. be patient some thing new might be out&nbsp;

U mean a new Kazaa lite?

I remember downloading a file at 10kbs once, is their any reason for this or just lucky? Normaly its about 4kbs sometimes 5-6 so im at my max :(

[MUSLEMAN]

with 56k yes you are around your max

[h1]

Originally posted by Razzorbott@11 April 2004 - 09:49
I remember downloading a file at 10kbs once, is their any reason for this or just lucky? Normaly its about 4kbs sometimes 5-6 so im at my max :(
It was probably because your modem support V.92, meaning it will compress files that can be, to make them smaller. This will falsely report your speed though.

For example, download this bigass bitmap file (http://www.s93622254.onlinehome.us/misc/loser.bmp), even though it&#39;s over 1500KB, it&#39;ll download fast because of V.92. Just forget about what&#39;s in the image, just download it. :D

:lol: It could be GZip also but you don&#39;t need to worry about that. ;)

[4th gen]

Originally posted by haxor41789+12 April 2004 - 03:38--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (haxor41789 @ 12 April 2004 - 03:38)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Razzorbott@11 April 2004 - 09:49
I remember downloading a file at 10kbs once, is their any reason for this or just lucky?&nbsp; Normaly its about 4kbs sometimes 5-6 so im at my max :(
It was probably because your modem support V.92, meaning it will compress files that can be, to make them smaller. This will falsely report your speed though.

For example, download this bigass bitmap file (http://www.s93622254.onlinehome.us/misc/loser.bmp), even though it&#39;s over 1500KB, it&#39;ll download fast because of V.92. Just forget about what&#39;s in the image, just download it. :D

:lol: It could be GZip also but you don&#39;t need to worry about that. ;) [/b][/quote]
It&#39;s worth noting that on adsl you won&#39;t see any increased speed though (or is it?)

[monnita]

As a new KL user I share all my programs but seem to be on "More Sources needed" or "remotly quede" all the time whilsts my uploads are continually being utilised without a break. Can someone be kind enough to help with suggestions on how I can actually get a connection and download something without being on hold continually. many thanks :) :)

[virusgenerator]

i tried it and it made no difference&#33;&#33;&#33; still going about 20kbs...any other ways of speeding it up?

[MUSLEMAN]

people remember:



your download speed depends on the # of sources for it and their upload speed, anddon&#39;t be fooled by whatyou see in the search window they are not an indication of who is available for connection so change supernodes to see if you get lucky, also use localized supernodes, also try changing ports, and lower your upload bandwidth,remove the no ip sources from your dat files and see if it helps , and if you have a router you need to getkanat (http://www.fasttrackhelp.com/development/ftfakes/)


now other then finding more sources for your file there realy is no way to speed up your download.

also make sure you are not downloading too many files at once and make sure your download/upload is the configed correctly :lol:

[piccihume]

I have a problem with downloading high speed files, I have high speed cable with a router. when I download anything above 700-800 bandwidth the files corrupt, I get a couple notes of a song and then it sounds like a high screeching noise.
Any causes or fixes for this??

Thanx.

[MUSLEMAN]

those are facke files download klt k++ it has the new mp3shield that can help you with corrupt mp3s.

just hit my sig :lol:

[piccihume]

Thanx Muscleman, I got the new KLT it&#39;s got so many improvements&#33; Just one question, the MP3 blocker only looks at already downloaded files? I&#39;m still wondering if I can download higher speed files?

Piccihume, a dog and his boy :lol:

[MUSLEMAN]

well first remember that as far as download speeds go:

your download speed depends on the # of sources for it and their upload speed, anddon&#39;t be fooled by whatyou see in the search window they are not an indication of who is available for connection so change supernodes to see if you get lucky, also use localized supernodes, also try changing ports, and lower your upload bandwidth,remove the no ip sources from your dat files and see if it helps , and if you have a router you need to get kanat.

the mp3shied from what i understand is going to scan your already downloaded files and the ones being download, but don&#39;t hold me to that i could be wrong.

for more info on that just go to the web of klt k++ and hit the link for mp3shield on that page, it will take you to thier site and you can find out more about it :lol:

[thewizeard]

Originally posted by MUSLEMAN@22 April 2004 - 08:50


for more info on that just go to the web of klt k++ and hit the link for mp3shield on that page, it will take you to thier site and you can find out more about it :lol:
I went there but I could not find the link. Do I have to register to see it?

[MUSLEMAN]

no you just open klt k++ and go to web and look for mp3shield link there :lol:

[jetje]

or do it the easy way, just search theis forum, you will find posts like this one... with a link for mp3shield (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=109033) :)

[thewizeard]

Originally posted by jetje@24 April 2004 - 01:59
or do it the easy way, just search theis forum, you will find posts like this one... with a link for mp3shield (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=109033) :)
Found it, thanks a lot&#33; :)

[Baab1]

Where can I download Kazaa Lite 2.60 RC2??????

Please send reply to [email protected]
Thanks.

[MUSLEMAN]

pm sent