Posted by kim on 12/24/07 17:24

Jyeshta wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:48:22 -0000, "kim" <ntscuser@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Greg Farr wrote:
>>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:58:23 -0800 (PST), nycram
>>> <gvellenzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Dec 23, 10:11 am, Greg Farr <gregf...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:43:51 +0000, anthonyberet
>>>>> <nos...@me.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Greg Farr wrote:
>>>>>>> I just cleaned up my 98SE with a defrag and more and when I
>>>>>>> started Winmx tonite, the text in the box up top on the left was
>>>>>>> blank, where it did have info on the latest patch and some other
>>>>>>> words referring to that, now it white, blank. Any one know how
>>>>>>> to get it back?
>>>>>
>>>>>> That message comes from the cache server that you are connecting
>>>>>> to. Is it connecting ok? If so, it jsut means the config of that
>>>>>> cache server has been changed.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's running ok, except I did get some of those runaway movie
>>>>> files, where the number of up loaders keeps increasing in an
>>>>> unrealistic way, and it's best to deleted them. Otherwise, it's
>>>>> fine with good numbers. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Greghttp://gregsplace.50megs.comhttp://www.picturetrail.com/fugitive1
>>>>
>>>> Why not go to the horse's mouth---do the mxpie connection test:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mxpie.info/tools/mxpie_test.html
>>>
>>>
>>> I wanted to, but since my window was blank, it wouldn't let me, so I
>>> just d/l the newest one and installed. 3.6, I think. Thanks
>>> PS, Does anyone know what is with the d/l of films that have
>>> multiplying users, why out of proportion to normal, like 80, and
>>> they accelerate real fast, and are useless files too. For a while,
>>> this kind was gone, but now their back.
>>
>> Companies like Media Defender and Media Sentry have a bot which
>> responds to search requests for certain titles then floods the
>> network with fake files of same.
>>
>> BTW I'm curently using v3.54 beta 4 which I think is the latest
>> version?
>
> That's the one I've been using since September, about. Still
> works fine. Haven't seen any fake file problem whatsoever, so
> I'm not sure what other people are seeing.

As I told Greg before, WinMX is not a place I would go looking for movie
files. Even if I found one one the chances of it playing back _smoothly_
with decent picture and sound quality are remote.

(kim)

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