There are some decent tips here http://www.gnutellaforums.com/limewi...ind-music.html (applies to video also) :)

For previewing of video files, I recommend VLC. If VLC cannot play any video or audio file then the file is probably fake. VLC will not allow any file to send you to a website. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Thanks a million -great tips.

brgds

Taffstuart

No Ultrapeers
 

In Limewire Pirate Edition under Advanced Tools I see peers can no longer be promoted to ultrapeers as of this morning. What is going on?

I keep getting promoted either directly after starting up or an hour or so later. I guess it was just one of those times you were not promoted for some odd reason. Perhaps lots of ultrapeers already in your region. I started up several times over past 24 hours, due to crashes lol. Stupid java memory keeps running out. (But all times started up as a UP over past 24 hrs at least.)

The longer you are connected, the better your chances of promotion to ultrapeer. After an hour or two, drop the longest connected one or two ultrapeers from your connection, this may be the catalyst for you becoming one yourself. Though often LW does it by itself (a little haphazardly on odd occasioins I notice.)

Just check to be sure in the advanced window it does not say you are firewalled. I find after a very long session or sometimes after starting up, it says I'm firewalled. I restart & all is fine. In some cases, I suspect this is a java overload of communications that disrupts the communications with the router's UPnP. LW 5 has lots more behind the scene java talk happening than earlier versions of LW. I did mention that as an issue in a previous post of this thread that I updated a few times (post #174, p18.)

Oh maybe I misunderstood your meaning. If running as an ultrapeer, the Ultrapeers figure will be zero. All other ultrapeers you are connected with are represented as Peers (equals). The GiF image below shows me connecting, eventually with 33 Peers, though that usually stabilises down to 32 for me at least, on my bandwidth.

Attachment 6685

If anybody is recently having connection problems with LPE, I recommend you see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...onnecting.html :) Francais: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/fran-a...t-windows.html

I also recently (5-6 days ago) had connection problems with LPE in different accounts on Mac OSX and Windows. LPE connects fine now after I replaced the connection file.

New User Security Question
 

Hi, have installed LPE - Thankyou.
Am completely new to this and therefore a bit ignorant as to the amount my ISP can find out about what I'm up to ..If anyone could fill me in with some details on that and any other info so that I remain "anonymous" and safe very much appreciated.
TIA :)

It isn't easy to be completely anonymous online, not to mention very expensive. It is however somewhat possible to use servers set up as VPN (virtual private network) as well as encrypting all your traffic between home and said servers. Just know that everything is just anonymous within limits i.e. no matter what precautions you take, if what you are doing ****** off powerful enough people, then you better be some extremely paranoid everything hidden hacker type person.

As for Limewire it doesn't in any way or form fall under anonymous filesharing, so if you live in Corporate controlled countries like e.g. the USA, then you would be wise to at least use some precautions if planning to use Limewire for e.g. downloading new popular music.

i have my limewire pirate edition being run through vpn, is this safe or can the mpaa still record my ip?

Depends on how well you trust your VPN provider. Some providers buckle under the pressure, others do not. E.g these PRQ - Colocation, Dedicated Servers, Web hosting, VPN Tunnels, Privacy services. would probably never do so, but they have low bandwidth limit.. or at least I heard that it's only like 175KB/s with them. Others have a lot higher bandwidth, but can you trust them to keep you safe?

I used LW 'back in the day' and have just returned to it, I don't receive any hits on the searches I'm doing ... does anyone use P2P anymore? I'm running into the same issues on Pirate Bay, zero hits on searches! Am I doing something wrong or does everyone want movies and not share music anymore?

Which version of LW are you using? I'm assuming LW 5. If not then please post back with the relevant info.

Is your LW properly connected to the network (all green/blue connection bars in the bottom left corner)?

Providing LW is properly connected...

1.Try changing ultrapeers (hosts that you connect to in order to search).
In LW tools > advanced tools. In the Host column, you'll see UPs that you're connected to. Check in the Time column & see which ultrapeer has been connected for the longest time.
Right click on that host > Remove. That ultrapeer will be replaced by another. Now start a new search for your file.
If you don't see any improvement in results, remove the next ultrapeer. And so on...

2. Try the fixes mentioned in this post: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...tml#post343508

3.You can also check out this thread for info: How to find music/videos

If your LW isn't connected properly then there are fixes to try in the link below.

If LW 5 Will Not Connect

:)

I'm using Pirate 5.6.2;
yes, fully connected (have been able to download one song now!!);
I'll try the fixes you've linked to/suggested.

Thanks for replying, Birdy, :Smilywais: I'm glad I'm not totally losing my marbles yet!!

There has been odd occasions I had search difficulties, limited results. If the above process did not work, I restarted LPE. I do recall one or two occasions rebooting the router (leaving it off for a minute) and the computer to get a fresh ip and refresh ram. These all worked.

Also, if you see any version of LW 5.0 or 5.1 in your connection list, get them off. 5.1.2 in particular.

Strange Peers
 

This happened early December 2010. But kept forgetting about it.

I had forgotten about the ban list after I started using LPE full-time and had deleted my preferences folder.

I was inundated with guess who? lol :D

Media Defender was one of the culprits, and probably responsible for the others. I was running in ultrapeer mode at the time. Left LPE to fend on its own as I was busy with other things.

Top of the connection window:
Attachment 6687
Lower down on connection window: (I mistakenly dated this one, it was 2010)
Attachment 6689
Media Defender: (top shows the LW 5.1.2 host listings direct from Media Defender.)
Attachment 6691

LW 5.1.2 ultrapeers and 4.18.8 leafs. At least two of the 5.1.2 versions directly linked to Media Defender. They also use servers in Germany and elsewhere.
You may notice some were giving very high dropped messages, up to 76%.

* Note: due to privacy reasons, ip addresses are not normally allowed to be posted on this forum. However, this is an exception so people are aware of and can block these spammer addresses.

The USA tries to set the example to the rest of the world like, look at us, we are the perfect society. Yet, companies such as Media Defender, sponsored by the RIAA and MPIA, etc. are allowed to break not only international law but also USA law on spreading of malicious virus across the internet. The USA Government and policing organisations turn a blind eye because ... of special 'donations' to them by the RIAA and MPIA, etc. Makes it look like the Mafia is in total control of the USA. Even worse, since spreading of malicious virus is equivalent to terrorism. Many people's businesses have been affected both in the USA and worldwide, resulting in loss of business and jobs. It is a plot to help the USA with international trade. :D

I just download limewire pirate edition, got it connect but when i find a song and download it, iinstead of being my song it's an audio message telling me to go to gatemp3.com or it comes up as marked as spam, is there something i am doing wrong, do i have to set something right?

Some extensions such as .wma, .mov, .au, .zip, .exe, .rar often contain spam or are infected.

Check out this thread for help (info for video as well): How to find music
There's a section there about using the keyword filter, with lots of info about which words & file extensions to filter for best results (ie weed out the fakes, spam & porn);)

You can find the file extension filter within tools > options > search > filter file extensions.
And keyword filter within tools > options > search > keyword filter. After adding words/extensions to the filter(s), click ok on the filter page & then ok again on the main options page.

And if you still keep seeing crap, try changing ultrapeers (hosts that you connect to in order to search).
In LW tools > advanced tools. In the Host column, you'll see UPs that you're connected to. Check in the Time column & see which ultrapeer has been connected for the longest time.
Right click on that host > Remove. That ultrapeer will be replaced by another. Now start a new search for your file.
If you don't see any improvement in results, remove the next ultrapeer. And so on...

See whether that helps at all :)

LPE doesn't connect for me

Have you tried a Connection fix? Or checking other solutions? http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...t-connect.html

If you have not used LW for 30 or more days, you will have major problems connecting. Unfortunately this is how LW 5 was designed, to delete the connection file upon opening if the connection file is a month or more old. Back then, LW had bootstrap servers which helped with connections, but they were turned off around October 2010.

Those who have the OSX connection fix installer from February onward can keep hold of it for many months I suspect in case of connection problems. The installer changes the connection file date upon installing. I was unable to do this with the Windows connection installer. One option is to use File_Girl71's Windows Fix found as an attachment at bottom of this post here.

For any Mac users out there, I have added a LPE OSX Portable version. You can run this version from any drive including flash or external drives. Then if desired, carry the folder around with you to another mac computer with OSX 10.5 or later (work, home, friend's computer, school, hotel, jail, etc. lol). Do not panic about the different icons, this is just to show it is the portable and not the standard version.

If you already have LW installed on your system, running the portable will not affect it in any way because the portable's settings and shared files are kept within the portable folder. However, you cannot run two LW's at same time. I've also finished a LW 5.4.6 OSX portable if interested. A portable OSX 4.18.8 (compatible with OSX 10.4 or later) is on its way as soon as I refine the settings for LW 4. (Sorry, it seems no version earlier than 4.18 will run as a portable with portable settings.)

Does anybody want a portable Windows LPE? I already created one whilst doing the mac version. I will not post it unless there is any demand for it. Anybody for a Linux version?

I have created a fix for MacOSX users of LimeWire 5 or Pirate Edition. The script application is called LimeStart. This program will change the connection file's date and then launch LimeWire. LimeStart should be used to open LW instead of opening LW directly. LimeStart is only 140 KB in size, compared to LW at 75 MB so it's only a small script and closes by itself as LW opens (LimeStart closes within less than a second.) LimeStart is a Universal 32 + 64 bit compatible app. for both intel and non-intel macs. Just as in same way LW 5/LPE is.

For any Mac OSX users out there interested, I will post links to LimeStart as soon as I do a french translated version of the LimeStart installer with vosgpat translating.

Edit: you can find a copy of LimeStart at the MacOSX or LW Pirate Edition links at the iFileIt site on page 1, or attached here.
Alternatively find a copy at 3rd party hosting site MediaFire here.

LimeStart will act as an insurance against the above behaviour of LW should you not use LW for a month or two (or longer.)

All the MacOSX LW 5 and LPE versions I have packaged with LimeStart for optional use. I think I've done my deeds for the gnutella comunity. Hope you enjoy and appreciate them.

I did not create a LimeStart for the OSX portables, I doubt anybody will use the portables anyway, though thought it was about time there was Mac portable equivalent just in case of interest.

There, the LimeStart app actually puts Mac users ahead of Windows users lol :D :p

hell yea thanks file_girl71! iv basically stopped downloading since limewire went down then got limewire pirated edition and i always had to restart my computer for the files to actually start downloading. i just took off LPE soon after this was well over a year ago and recently started using uTorrent which isnt bad but cant always find what your looking for.

Having a hard time transferring limewire songs on to my itunes library. Always worked before???
Any ideas?

What usually works is to disable the option on both LW and iTunes, then re-enable the settings on both. For iTunes that means Preferences -> Advanced -> Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to Library. However the problem is usually LW related.
LW's menu bar, Tools > Options > My Files > iTunes (Configure).
You may need to restart both iTunes and LW for the refreshing of the settings to work between the two programs.
iTunes sometimes stops importing files from LW when LW has been running a long time. Java related at a guess. If that's the case, simply restarting LW and iTunes may fix the issue.

Java 7
 

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/window...tml#post348148

It seems no LimeWire version 5 including Pirate Edition will launch directly under Java 7 (1.7). This was obviously some kind of oversight error by the LW 5 developers. Which was also not realised when LPE was created. An oversight. Funnily, LW 4 versions are unaffected by this and will run happily under Java 7.

A workaround fix for this issue was posted by pongo1 "here".

At this point I do not know if this affects Linux users. Nor do I know if it will affect MacOSX users since OSX is still using Java 6 at this present time.

Nu
 

Hey, I'm having problems with sharing and don't wish 2b a parasite! Am running FileGirl's version with Pongo's shortcut on a Windows XP Pro sp3v6223, am on a wireless connection (Belkin 600-N Dual Band WPA2-PSK) and I did try FileGirl's WindowsFix but couldn't run it as admin due to need of a password ? I do not know how to deal with this I'm as green as the grass but can follow clear directions if someone would please be so kind ? Oh yeh, I almost forgot, I'm running Java 7 and used the downloader link (also from File Girl) That is why I made the shortcut! I am able to download files even though I am getting a message of " you are offline please check your internet connection" and am getting five blue bars!

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/attach...on-message.gif ie: ignore that message you see first time you run LPE. The weblink the LW main-window used to connect to is no longer active, thus with the link now dead gives that eronomous message.

I'm not sure about File_Girl71's fix, hopefully she can respond to that. I should imagine it's only asking for an admin. password to allow it. Her fix helps prevent LW deleting the connection file if LW has not been used in a month or longer.

Can you give more details about your problem with sharing?
Unless your files are music in which case id3 tags should be sufficient, giving your files a description can help your files show up in other peoples' search results. Unfortunately the LPE description tool does not work for video. And LPE's description tool is not as advanced as the LW 4 description tool was.

Go to your menu bar, Tools -> Advanced Tools ... does it say anything about being firewalled?

Attachment 6693 (This is a message you would see if you had firewall issues. Ideally it would say you are not behind a firewall.)

I have only music files. The message I get in Advanced Tools is the same as you have it above, showing that I'm behind a firewall but support firewall transfers, yet I haven't seen any upload activity going on and I have over 60 files so far to share, more when I can figure out how to get music from my iPod out into the Limebrary!

Which software firewall do you use? You will need to make an exception for LW in your firewall. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...-firewall.html

If the issue is not due to your software firewall, it might be your router's NAT, which acts like a firewall in a way. LW has UPnP abilites to open ports in routers that support UPnP, but not all routers have good UPnP implementation and some do not have any.

Once you see the firewall message disappear from LW's advanced window, this should improve both your files being found in search results of others, your uploads should improve, and your search results should arguably improve also.

As for iPod, there are free utilities you can obtain to help copy music back to the computer. A discussion about iPod earlier in the year http://www.gnutellaforums.com/open-d...rive-help.html. Some of those links or utilities might be what you are looking for or at least helpful.
Years ago I used a similar utility to copy music from iPod back to a Mac computer.

I made the exception in the firewall and checked the utilities I'm running, the only thing I haven't yet tried is disabling the extensions I have for Firefox to block adds & tracking cookies. I will try that today, and am going to burn a CD of my iPod tunes so I can load them to my Limebrary. Thank you for your help, I will work this out somehow! Hey, I disabled all my utilities, my browser extensions, and even disabled the firewall (Microsoft Windows) and nothing made the Advanced Tools firewall message go away, so I'm thinking it must be the router!? Any more suggestions?

Burn an mp3 or standard disk of them, not a standard Audio CD of them. Otherwise you will need to reconvert (down-convert) the music back to mp3/m4a, which is something that should never be done. That would mean a loss of music quality. mp3's should never be reconverted to mp3's.
If the problem is not your software firewall and not due to any security utility you are running. The problem could be your router/modem then. It may require port forwarding if you are willing.
What brand and model of connection devices are you using?

My IBM ThinkPad T42p has a Intel pro/wireless 2200BG net connect and the router is a Belkin 600-N Dualband WPA2-PSK.

You may have a double NAT effect.
The issue probably lays either at the wireless 2200BG settings end or the Belkin router. Most Belkins these days do have UPnP support but yours either may not be set to do so in its settings or has unreliable UPnP or simply does not possess the UPnP ability.

This does not look like the model version number, more like a descriptive name of that version.

Belkin usually hide the model number on the bottom of the router. It will be something like F1PI242E or F5D5230-4v2 or F7D2401v1 or F9K1105v1 or something similar to that. It will most likely be listed below the model name on the bottom of the router. :)

Do you know how to log into your Belkin router using your browser? One thing you can check is to see if UPnP is enabled. The initial Status window may list UPnP under the Features listing. This will at least show if it is enabled or not. Where the UPnP on and off switch is varies between models.

Log in address will vary between Belkin models. It might be either:
192.168.2.1
10.1.1.1
which you would copy into your browser's address bar. No need for any www or similar before the number. Just the number alone. Or at most, for example Password is often either admin or leave blank.

The Intel pro/wireless 2200BG settings
Is there a control panel that has these settings? If yes, check that UPnP is enabled.

UPnP is a system that allows a software program to communicate with a router to temporarily open one of the router's ports for incoming messages whilst the program remains open. Otherwise the ports remain blocked via the router's NAT settings.
If there is no easy answer to getting UPnP to work or UPnP does not exist in the router's firmware, then port forwarding would be the best step.

Ok, I enabled UPnP on the Intel wireless settings, and it was already there on the router. It did not help so I went ahead and did the port forward for GNUtella, sad to say there is still no joy! The song remains the same. Could it possibly have something to do with the shortcut I used to get around Java7??!

Highly unlikely.

Did you set up a static port before the port forwarding? Did you restart each device including computer?

Do you only have one software firewall or two? Windows firewall, any others?
Sometimes some security utility packages have their own firewall.

In LW, go Tools > Options > Advanced > Listening port & make sure that LW's Gnutella port & port in the 'manual port forward' box are the same number. If they're not, change both ports to the port number that you forwarded within your router & then click 'ok' at the bottom of the page.

And as LOTR said, you'd need to first have a static IP set up for your computer in order for port forwarding to work. In case you missed this step, the instructions are here: Setting a Static IP Address in Windows XP - PortForward.com

If neither of those suggestions help then maybe we need your system details in order to have a better look: System details - help us to help you -> Provide these details when you post!!!

Check underneath your router & see if there's a model number listed, apart from the one that you posted earlier.

:)

Only one firewall. The port number is correct. I went to web page for static address and got stumped. It did not specify which address to use in Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties. The router gave me LAN IP,SM,DG,DNS that matched what was in Windows IP Configuration. However the router also gave internet WAN IP,DG,DNS that were different, only the SM was the same. The router model # F9K1102V1

Go Start > Run > type in cmd > OK. Now type ipconfig/all & hit enter. You'll see an IP address in amongst the info. It will look similar to your default gateway, but the last digit(s) will be different.

For instance, my default gateway shows as 192.168.1.1 and my IP address shows as 192.168.1.10.
So 192.168.1.10 is the one that I've used within TCP/IP properties to set up my static IP.

In case you need to check your port forwarding, the guide for your router is here: http://portforward.com/english/route...1/Limewire.htm
Unfortunately, that guide's using screenshots from an older version of LW. You'll need to go to Tools > Options > Advanced > Listening port within your LW to set your port number etc.

Hope that all makes sense! :)

I hate to admit it but I'm in over my head! Apparently this old dog can't learn new tricks, my head is swimming with numbers and questions and I am just overwhelmed ! I'm sorry I let you down after all your help, thanks anyway!

Did you find the IP address that I was referring to? And were you able to set up a static IP at all (even if you weren't able to go through the whole port forwarding process)?

I know that it can be daunting. The first time I set up port forwarding, I was having head spins over the info & where to put it!

The key is to write down all of the info that you need to use for setting up the static IP & port forwarding. And just go through things slowly & carefully. I printed out every page of the static IP setup instructions & port forwarding instructions.

After having a closer look at your router's port forwarding instructions, it seems like they're not exactly easy to understand. So... don't feel bad if you fell to bits at that point!!

If you want to try again at some stage, we'll help you as much as we can :)

Every download stalls!!! Please help!!!
 

I have been using the limeware pirate edition just for about 4 days now and until yesterday, everything seemed be to be running OK. Not great because some downloads got stalled and others were very slow. But at least most of them worked in the end.

But then i don't know what happened, but all of a sudden ALL my downloads started to stall! I can't download any file anymore because they always stall. Please, i need help...What can i do to fix it?

I dont think my firewall blocks it so thats not the problem, but I do have a router? Maybe need to open a port?

Im not handy with the computer at all! So please help me, i do not know what to do...
Thanks in advance...

Go to LimeWire's menu bar and choose Tools > Advanced Tools. Top left of the window that opens will tell you your status. It will say if you are behind a firewall or not.

Sometimes re-searching the same topic you originally searched will help to get downloads working again. Do not do the identical searches too frequently though, otherwise ultrapeers around you will begin to stop providing results for the searches as they may consider your constant search and result pings as spam. You can vary your search terms if possible.

Keep in mind the network his highly dynamic. People come and go all the time. This includes ultrapeers. So searches can vary after a time. Also persons you were downloading from may have gone offline, or their upload slots have become busy. Unfortunately when people leave the network, their shares are still live in searches for up to about 15-25+ minutes after they have left the network. So sometimes you get search results where some of the persons are no longer available.

If you are concerned about dodgy search results due to being surrounded by bad hosts, open that advanced tools window and remove the first connected ultrapeer (the one that has been connected the longest.) After several minutes try searching again.

It says 'You are behind a firewall and support firewall transfers'
I have unblocked Limeware from my firewall so that cant be the problem can it?

Offcourse persons that i need to download from can be offline. But with me its really that EVERY file I try to download gets stalled and most of them at 0%. None of them is downloading right now. Sometimes the status shows that it's connecting but after a while is goes back to 'stalled'.

Is there really nothing i can do?

You can right-click any of your downloads and choose Try again, or use the Try again hyperlink to the far right.

But searching for fresh results has always been the best way to find more sources for the downloads that have stopped. The hope is that someone else also has the identical file. If not you need to be patient and the file may download at a later time or day.

There are what's known as fake files out on the network. Some of the anti-file-sharing companies spam these into search results. Some are bad files, some are files that can never be downloaded I guess because their upload slots are closed.

Was LimeWire blocked from the firewall before you started having this problem? Firewall issues usually only affect uploads but strong firewall set-ups might also affect connecting and maintaining connection with some hosts.

Yes Limeware was always blocked. You know I tried to download the files which I downloaded earlier(when i didnt have this problem) and even these are stalled now! I have really no idea whats going wrong. Could my router be the problem?

OK finally i've been able to download a few files which didn't stall!! The downloads are very slow and they tend to freeze up then continue again.....but it's better then nothing!

Btw i noticed that i cannot connect to more then 5 ultrapeers. At least till now it has never exceded the number of 5. Is this a normal thing to have or should i be able to connect to more?

Glad to hear your downloads have started again, or some. :) I don't know what might cause the freezing. Sounds like either a memory or cpu issue. If you are using Vista or Windows 7, Java should be set to Run as Administrator. This seems to help LW to behave better and connect more easily.

Inconsistent speeds is not necessarily unusual. Particularly if the uploader is also busy uploading to others. But it should not be too jagged in speed.

Try not to download too many files from the one person at one time. The uploader will probably only have a certain number of upload slots set to be available and some might be busy. If you try to download too many files from one person at once, some of your downloads will probably fail as they wait in queue then are unable to get a slot within a period of time. How to know if they are from same person? Right-click each of the files in the search results and check their ip or nickname and see if they are identical. Downloading 1-3 files at once from same person is usually a good and polite approach.
5 Ultrapeers is standard for being in Leaf mode. The original LW Basic only connected to 3 U.P.'s and Pro to 5. Only if you are running as an ultrapeer will you connect to more U.P.'s ... standard when running in U.P. mode is 32 U.P.'s and perhaps 40 Leafs. But you will never obtain that status if your LW says you are behind a firewall.

Chances are your router needs port forwarding. If UPnP is not working, ie: LW communicates with the router and requests a port to be opened temporarily whilst LW is running. Your router may not have UPnP or not very good UPnP, or else, you have not enabled UPnP in your router settings. Some routers/modems have UPnP enabled by default, some you need to manually turn on. If you wanted to solve that side of it, then log into your router and see if there is a UPnP option. It will probably be under the Firewall heading. Otherwise, port forwarding is the alternative.

Can you tell me how do you exactly run Java as adminstrator?

Ok I have a Thomson router and i've found the UPnP option (it wasn't under firewall heading but under advanced). The UPnP wasn't enabled so i have done that. But shouldn't my status change now, because LW still says that im in leaf mode and behind a firewall? And it doesn't look like im getting more U.P.'s. Also my Leaves connections are always at zero! Only the one which is called 'connecting' is often in large numbers. At the moment it's 2 ultrapeers and 9 connecting ones.

Yess i've got into the utrapeer mode! No more behind firewall. I just forgot to restart limeware after i enabled UPnp :p
The connections are boosting. Thanks for that!

It's only frustrating that my downloads remain so slow, freezing and many still stalling. :(
Im now doing almost 5 days to download a file of 1 GB!
Was hoping it would get better with the ultrapeer mode...