Need help from the audio/video download pros...

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Hey guys - I just got a CD burner for my PC (I know, I'm a few years behind the times).

I want to download some music and make some CD's - What's the best place to go to? I looked at the Kazaa free service, but apparently it's a PITA to use... Is this true? Is there a better place to look?

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

http://www.winmx.com/

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Tell me more...

(I just downloaded it, not sure how to DL stuff from it though)

Post by **nametakennow** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

I heard Kazaa's P2P service had been shut down anyway... Kazaa Lite was awesome, but I haven't used it in a while and I'm not sure it was still up. I've never tried Winmx, so I dunno there, good luck!

Post by **SeVa-S13** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Kazaa has to be payed for.Kazaa Lite++ is the way to go. Hard to find because of legal action though.

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

You go to 'search'

then you type in what you want to look for, click search,m when its donw searching look for one that is at least 128k bitrate, green for speed, and green for status Tjrm double click on the chosen song.

sorry for the typos ist ****ing dark in here

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

hahaha this downloading **** is great, whyd I think it was so bad again.... oh ya , much easier then ripping 2000 songs from cds I have onto my Ipod///

,,,Ive been out of this loop for probaly 6months now...

Post by **I30T** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Kazaa will fug your PC up.

You want WinMX, combined with the awesome power of NapMX. (go to http://www.download.com and search NapMX)

Once you've added more servers, you can go to the OpenNap Networks tab, right-click and select all, then hit connect. You'll instantly have about 50x more options.

Post by **[Zero-S]** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

That or you could go to http://www.shareaza.com and have the power of gnutella, edonkey2000, and gnutella2 at your disposal. Combine it with WinMX, and I'll be damned if you can't find what you're looking for.

Post by **nametakennow** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Watch out on those though, a lot of times those programs are loaded with spyware/ad-ware... don't get iMesh for sure, that screwed my computer up real nice... I was referring to Kazaa Lite in my initial post too. That's what I used to use, worked great, and I could find most of what I looked for (and I looked up some obscure crap).

Post by **Cold_Zero** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

I have been playing around with iTunes. I prefer it over Napster and Rhapsody, which you have to pay for monthly subscriptions. Napster adn Rhapsody have more of a selection than iTunes, but I like buying something tangable that I can keep on my computer.

I still use Kazaa on occasion, but it keeps wanting me to upgrade to version 2.6. I am currently running 2.0.2. Should I upgrade or not?

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

WinMX says they have no adware/spyware, and it looks like it'll have MORE than enough stuff for me - I just wanna make some good driving CD's, and some stuff for the kids to listen to as well.

Post by **Cold_Zero** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

I have found some drawbacks to using gnutella software are:

1. Songs are mis-labeled2. Songs are ripped with poor quality3. Songs stop halfway through

Post by **I30T** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

WinMX is ad-aware free.

Post by **JustinStrife** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

I've been using winmx for about 2 years now. i've found so much stuff on there it's not even funny.

kazaa screws up my comp. even lite.

i was one of the original napster people so winmx was the most likely swap for me

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

UPDATE - I FINALLY started doing some downloading... Using WinMX, hope I'm doing it right.

First song I burned? "Intergalactic" by the Beasties.

Still testing the waters, might have some more questions for the "pros" here pretty soon.

Post by **VmaN!** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

hey AZ if WinMX isn't working out for you theres this program called ARES. It works pretty well..easy to use. I tried WinMX and wasn't liking it too much. If you want to try ARES heres the link => http://download.com.com/3000-2...t-0-1

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Seems like I can't find an available source for an album I'm looking for... Each time I re-do the search, I get VERY different results. This is all VERY new to me.

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

VMaN - I looked at it, but the comments on adware and other "port-opening" components scares me. New PC, and if it goes down, so does my income.

Post by **Rockenreno** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

I had no luck with Ares personally... don't fret it AZ. WinMX should do you fine.

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Is it normal for an entire CD dl to take 10 hours? I'm on DSL...

Post by **JustinStrife** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

I use a primary connection on winmx because i have cable internet, and I get mp3's on average at 40-150k a second.

I've downloaded probably close to 250gb worth of stuff on winmx over the past 2 years(currently only have about half of that still I think

)

Post by **DAEDALUS** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

AZhitman wrote:Is it normal for an entire CD dl to take 10 hours? I'm on DSL...

For a 700MB CD, that's like 19kB per second. Pretty slow. Your connect speed is only half the equation. The server/network speed from where you're downloading can slow things down. I know some businesses offer free downloads at slow speed, and faster service if you're willing to pay for it.

Post by **The Mic** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

kazza lite owns

Post by **90Q45blue** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

DAEDALUS wrote:For a 700MB CD, that's like 19kB per second. Pretty slow. Your connect speed is only half the equation. The server/network speed from where you're downloading can slow things down. I know some businesses offer free downloads at slow speed, and faster service if you're willing to pay for it.

Robert,

By my math, that's actually 1.94 kB/sec. Since he'd be downloading MP3's, it would be about 70MB worth of stuff. If that takes 10 hours then:

60x60x10=36,000 seconds70/36000=.00194 or 1.94 kB/sec

At any rate, yes, that's super slow.

Nick

Post by **90Q45blue** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Greg,

Get Soulseek: http://www.slsk.org

You can download whole albums from there pretty fast. I think all they do is music though, so p0rn has to come from kazaa or winmx.

Nick

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Well, I got up this morning and it was loaded, so my first whole CD is done... YAY!

I'll check out slsk, I'll be doing some more rippnig later today.

Post by **SHIFT_Z** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

I use Kazaa for video / programsAnd WinMX for audio.

Kazaa isn't as harsh to me as people make it sound... My computer runs fine with it, and I often get over 200 k/sec because of my share rating... So I like it pretty wellUsually if I can't find a song on WinMX, Kazaa will have it / vise versa.There is a free version of the original Kazaa from the website (routes you to a download.com link)

Post by **elwesso** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

I like ares... I will try winMX though.....

Kazaa is stil better for anything thats not audio...... Dont upgrade because of all the new spyware...

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:14 pm

I think my slow DL was due to my share rating- I don't have anything to share and I didn't allow access to my drives.

I'm a taker, not a giver.

Need help from the audio/video download pros...

Need help from the audio/video download pros...

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