LimeWire 4.9.3 Beta
 

The LimeWire 4.9.3 beta has been released. You can download the free version from the LimeWire download page. PRO users can download the beta from their personal download page.

Detailed changelog will be available soon, but in brief, this is mainly a bugfix release. The main bugs addressed are:

* Downloads stuck at 100 percent. This bug should happen much more rarely if ever. If it does happen, upon restart those downloads will definitely not appear as corrupted and will continue to download properly. (Note: this version will not fix any "stuck" downloads started with previous betas)

* Various bugs causing stacktraces reported by various members should occur much less often if ever.

* Overall, LimeWire will use much less memory, and will behave better when there are other applications using the hard disk extensively.

* LAN downloads have been fixed and will be a little faster. (they were broken in the previous betas)


This beta series is a work in progress, and we are appreciating everyone's efforts and contributions. Without you, the beta testers, LimeWire would not be the product it has grown to be. Thank you very much!

Can't Read About Box with black theme
 

As the subject says...

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xstaindx it might be a skin related issue. See if the same happens when you change the skin.

The issue is regressional related, I never had this problem with any released until 4.9.3

Black is a supported theme, since it does come with Limewire...Every other theme I can see the text fine.

Bugs I still have
 

Bugs I still have as of 4.9.4 on SuSE 9.3 Pro using both RPM and alternative install methods:

1. Window size is not rembered properly. I run at 1280x1024 and when I start Limewire, it always starts with the width fine, but the length is just a little too short and ends about half an inch abover the task bar.

2. When using the tray icon, Limewire stays present on the task bar 99% of the time. If it's in the tray, it shouldn't be on the task bar.

Thanks,

DrSuSE

LimeWire 4.9.3 Beta
 

*For all errors I sorry, but I poorly speak english. :) *
Ok, LimeWire still can't download with Magnet links. I only see "Need More Sources" and not see file icon.
Second that small shortcomings in skins: Windows Classic, Windows Theme and Metal. In Metal, when I click on option "View", first frames are transparent (?). When I click "Search" in that skins, LimeWire's logo is rugged.

LimeWire 4.9.3 Beta
 

... and when I change skin, on example with Black Theme on Metal/Windows Classic/Windows Theme, frames "Search", "All Types" etc. is black (?). :)

Re: LimeWire 4.9.3 Beta
 

Can you try some of the magnets available on http://www.magnetmix.com and let us know if those work?

No magnet link ability for 4.9.4 either. Has it been deliberately disabled for the betas? Just tried from there.

What happens if you click on Find More sources or manually start a query for the file in the magnet?

(check your PMs pls)

THis is the error message i get when trying a link from the following site: http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml

There were some problems with the magnets hosted on magnetmix, we'll address those shortly.

Is the above error message from Safari or Firefox?

Yep all works well in Safari. It was Netscape that was the problem (I killed history & cache but no diff.) Magnet links wouldn't work in it at all. But the links from both Fabion & the above site work with Safari. It also works with Internet Explorer. Any chance of making it compatible with netscape again. lol It's just my prefered browser.

We'll give it a try. Its Netscape proper, not Mozilla or Firefox? Also, please let us know which version of Netscape it is, and which is the last LimeWire version that it worked with.

The links definitely worked fine in 4.8.1 but I don't think I attempted to use them with the earlier betas (can't remember.) My version of Netscape is Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2

I use links with http://www.peerweb.org/

"magnet" not being a registered protocol is purely a problem with the browser. Did you try using magnet links on the same version of Netscape with earlier versions? If Netscape can't recognize that magnet is a valid protocol, and that LimeWire has told OSX it's a handler for them, there's really not much we can do about it.

From memory i was able to use it with other versions except for the betas. Unless I'm mistaken. I've only been using magnets for about 3-4 mths.

1. I have noticed that if the file completes 100% before a user has a chance to click NO on the corruption dialog, the file is already saved into saving directory and the NO is ignored by limewire. This poses a problem if the download directory is being shared. Then other users will download this corrupt file.
2. LimeWire icons in search results are still not changing to the correct icons.
3. The License warning dialog will re-display itself if i go into the options searching > basic, and then just click OK without ticking the box. Now download something, you will see the license box reappear.
4. Downloading multiple files (around 8 files, and 3-4MB in size each) still rasies the cpu usage signifigantly and disk access is heavy.
5. And tons of bugs that i posted in other threads are still lingering around.

This is actually not a problem because LimeWire remembers to share only the verified parts of the file.

Does this happen always, no matter how fast or slow the downloads are going?

We've been trying to address the most serious bugs first.. if you could be kind enough to put together a short list of the most annoying issue (or just links to the posts where you originally posted them) it would be easier for us to look them up and start ticking them off ;-)

Thanks for the input!

but it still shouldnt be saved to my shared folder. If i click no on the box, then i expect limewire to remove it from my shared dir. if limewire is going to share out verified parts of the file, thats fine, but put them in the incompletes directory or something.. just _not_ in my shared folder. i dont like listening to corrupt [CC] music ;)

well my best speed with limewire sofar has beenr around 320KB/s, but normal transfers when downloading around 8-10 files are around 20KB/s each. and i normal pick the files that have the best bitrate and mosts hosts.

well my list wasnt short.. lmao. im not rushing you guys, i just want those things fixed before you put out 5.0.. cause the beta process is slow, but the versions are closing in on 5.0 which i think limewire should start taking there time with releases.. or extend the version numbers to have letters at the end: 4.9.5a, 4.9.5b etc..

thats why im here.. not somewhere else. i appreciate the thanks though, but its not needed. just doing my job as an end-user.. ;)

actually... did you verify that the file was corrupt? What happens is that LimeWire decides a file is corrupt after certain % of it fails verification. But if before you have the chance to click "No" LimeWire manages to successfully download the rest of the file from other source(s), it will get saved and will be just fine.

There's always 4.9.10, 4.9.11... ;-)

so then what happens if limewire doesnt manage to successfully download the full file? will it still save it to my shared directory?

No, they stay in the Incomplete folder, prefixed with CORRUPT-....