1. The client at the other end needs to both support bit rate reporting and to understand the particular format of the MP3 in order for you to see the bit rate (Variable bit rate encoding can confuse some systems). Persaude everyone to use LimeWire and I'm sure that the number of bit rate reports will go up :^)

2. I think that Green means that an upload slot was available at the time of the search. Black means that no upload slots were available. This state can change pretty fast so it is only a guide - not something to be relied upon.

Mark