I fully agree with you that this needs to be done immediately!!

There should be several options instituted:

In the preference of the program there should be an option to eliminate from the search outcome files that meet a certain size requirements.

2nd: One should have the ability to highlight several files at once and with one right click of the mouse block all the hosts that have those files.

3rd: If one result shows up but with 36 people that have it, at present we are only able to block one. We need the ability to block all.

I hope LIMEWIRE is reading this!!!

Lets put the class back into this program and give the users what they need.

This should be top priority next to security.

Everyone please voice your opinion and other features that you feel merit Limewire to change

Re: Is it Possible
 

wouldnt it be nice
 

SNIPPED ..... Look I thought your post was OK first time I read it but multiple postings only p^%$ people off .... Did me anyway. I realised you had posted to a pile of threads I subscribe to. E-mails were overflowing out of my mailbox and I delelet the lot. Sorry to anyone I have not replied to.

Shutdown after transfer
 

It could be nice with a function, that says:^shutdown the computer after current transfer(downlaod/upload)

then i dont have to stay up, all night to wait till the transfer end.

Hope u one day can make it

^sorry about my english ;) hope you understand it :P

yes yes yes plz filter them so my girlfriend quit infecting my pc

I dont think this is the right spot, and my hands are freezing so its hard to type but here i go...

has anyone else ever notice how when you start up limewire and it resumes your downloads it often says needs more sources, but if you do a manual search for that very same file then it will usually find a bunch of sources. there must be a problem with the automatic search or whatever. similarly, if you start downloading and leave your computer and come back later sometimse the download has stopped and its status is "needs more sources" or whatever, but when you do a manual search, once again, it finds a bunch of sources again.

that's about the only thing that really bothers me about the current limewire.

force resume - plz bring it back
 

LW 4.8.x had a force resume option. if a file was awaiting sources, the force resume option would start a search for sources. now, with it gone, the only thing you can do about files awaiting sources is to cancel them and then restart them. becomes kinda troublesome, switiching back n forth with ur incomplete folder in the library and the download tab.
i would love to have the force resume option back for good!

Add Rockabilly to the Audio Genre List
 

Add Rockabilly to the Audio Genre List

Sort Audio by Bitrate...
 

1. If we could automatically sort each search by one of the columns (set in the prefs.)
2. If we could set bitrate filters so that we do not see any audio below a certain bitrate level in the search list.

Thanks.

Ed

Add Opera Metal to the audio genre list

Re: force resume - plz bring it back
 

In the search tab, the 5 buttons on the bottom of the window are "Cancel", "Find Sources", "Pause", "Preview", and "Clear Inactive". (Sometimes the "Find Sources" button is labeled "Resume", but it does basically the same thing, despite the different label.) Highlight the downloads that need more sources and click the "Find Sources" button. (This is for LW 4.10.0, and I believe true for all of the 4.9 versions.) The feature is still there... just renamed.

Re: force resume - plz bring it back
 

I just periodicaly mark all inactive downloads, press pause and then press resume. Works fine for me.

I think LimeWire is the best p2p program on the net, but it could do with a bit of rethinking.

1. Wouldn't it be great if you had a schedule where you tell the program when to be active like Shareaza. I have free internet from 0-6 o'clock every day and it's a drag to have to set my alarm to go of at 6 when I don't have to be up till 7.30. Im sure alot of users would appreciate it.

2. Your preferencing filter really needs a never allow freeloaders not rarely as it is now. Even Freeloading Leeches hate Freeloading Leeches. + Being able to ban specific IP's from downloading from me. People that share preteen incest etc. files should be banned completely from all networks and deserve jailsentences and not great movies and songs

3. Being able to connect to the G2 network as well would be very nice too. It's growing rapidly. Especially when downloading large files it would do alot of good.

4. An extra search option giving you the option to filter out files smaller than or larger than some presets like 1MB, 5MB 10 50 100 and so on.

5. Also I think alot of people are getting very annoyed, when using LimeWire basic, of being reminded every single time they start the program that they should go PRO. Isnt it enough that if the search window is empty there is a notice there plus a banner at the bottom of the screen. A good way to turn people of from LimeWire I think.

6. being able to filter out specific file sizes like 851.7 KB would greatly improve search options. The filter is almost perfect beside from that.

Enough with the negative.
The LimeWire crew is doing an exelent job in improving the program. I know programming takes A LONG TIME

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK :)

1. Sounds like a good idea!!! :)

2. From what I've read, it's far too difficult to determine who is & who isn't a freeloader. It uses up a lot of resources. Nice concept all the same. For me, the filter does at least seem to work, even if the slider doesn't work.

3. Sharing other networks is a argumentative point. Once people or programs start utilising other networks then one or both of the networks suffer. ie: the bandwidth must be shared between both. Shareaza is a typical example of how it doesn't work very well. So many Gnut 1 users complain Raza users are unreliable to upload from ... very slow speeds & unreliable to connect to. That's because they connect to multiple networks. At least one of which requires they can only downld as fast as they upload. Get my point! Always one of the networks gets sacrificed. What I'd like to see, & also for Raza is that only one network can be connected to/accessed at one time. That would solve this big issue.

4. A size filter ... yep I've asked for it. The next best thing is the spam filter. See answer in point #6.

5. I also don't like nag messages. Even using Pro you get nag messages about updates. The previous setting was to have a popup "only" at LW startup. I believe LW should revert back to this setting for both updates & upgrades to pro. I do recognise the concept that updates should be made well aware of so the gnutella network keeps up to date without having people on much older versions which are damaging to the network without realising it. But ... a little more user friendly technique perhaps. Nobody likes being nagged. hehehe :D

6. Have you tried using the spam filter yet. It's a dynamic learning filter so it will learn bit by bit by what you decide is spam. Autogenerated spam results are the easiest for the spam filter to chop out.

BTW the force resume hasn't disappeared. It's now in a keyboard shortcut. For win users, right-click the file (such as from the library window/incomplete folder.) For mac of course that's option-click. For files in the main downld window .. Resume is approx. the same thing. Well similar.

search
 

the search name needs to be longer value capable some things have big file names and it sucks when u cant fit it all into the search bar.....

How about when you pause a dl and then shut down LM that when you restart your paused dl STAYS paused.

Also, I'd like to be able to browse a host when a dl from them is not actually active - in the que but not active OR (even better) be able to browse a host by IP.

being able to use ] and [ in searchterms and "exact phrase" would be nice

i think there should be an option to not display the limewire icon in the system tray when its not visible on the screen

?? huh ? why

I think it's essential this it's there. Don't know how many times I almost turned the computer off with Limewire running, and saw it at the last moment. If Limewire is closed suddently some of your incomplete downloads may stop working, and you'll have to download from scratch instead of maybe 93%. Not fun when tryin to get a 700 MB file ;)

lets say someone keeps stopping limewire cause the net is going slow. that way they wouldnt be able to know that limewire is running

It's very easy to see what programs are running, even if they aren't shown in the systemtray. there is something called a taskmanager. (Ctrl+Alt+Del)

And if you are running on a schoolnet or something like that, I can asure you that they can see what programs are using up all of their quota

Password
 

I would be eternly grateful if LimeWire got a password protection.

I want a password to be needed to not only open LimeWire, but also when it's minimized. In the bottem right corner.


If this could be done, let me know!

Would it be possible to make the search function like google's where you can eliminate words in your search, like if you wanted a song and it has cover out and it is so popular you cant find the original, you could remove the newer artist from the search results.

Re: search
 

See Search is too Specific (click on link) If the search length was increased, then it would result in more gnutella net traffic thus slowing it down, searches would time out with less results, searches would take longer but come back with probably less results, etc.

Alan18's suggestion is actually a popular idea. Suggested many times. Pity it hasn't arrived sooner.

Mune's idea sounds very interesting. From an initial on-face perspective it sounds like a great idea. I don't know how easy it would be to implement technically. I'd give that one a thumbs up IMHO. ;)

Password protection
 

Windows 2k/XP, OS X, Linux, etc. already provide reasonably enforced password mechanisms and access controls.

Lost passwords would be a customer support nightmare. With millions of users online at any given time, I'd guess that a few hundred per day would forget their passwords.

Without role-based security mechanisms provided by the OS (such as SELinux, TrustedBSD, or Trusted Solaris), LimeWire's passwords would be pathetic. Any passwords that can be set by the user can be reset or deleted by the user.

In short, passwords would be a pain for us, wouldn't provide any real protection for you, and your OS already gives you better password protection than we can provide. If you're running Windows XP, you can even log out from one account and log into another while leaving programs running in the first account.

We could have some crazy system where you'd create a password file as one user, and make it readable but not writeable by the user that runs LimeWire. However, this would be a pain, and if we're going to require multiple user accounts and proper ACLs, we might as well just have our users use the OS's password and access control mechanisms to limit who can use LimeWire.

Rae'z comments
 

1. Allowing of Nicknames in place of displaying no.s so that files from a common user can be easily pesonally identified.C'mon we all wanna be identified as unique??Don't we.Also this might not be as hard speaking technically.

2.An option that diplays the users logged in to Limewire belonging to the same city [on city basis, or local area] would be nice idea.Though i know this would be a tough one. But would also be quiet interesting if implemented.
Everyone I suppose, is curious enough to know whether the file one is sharing with is his neighbourer or not.What Say??Give it a try People.
Peace.

Re: Password protection
 

Almost as much of a pain as creating some program that would allow millions to share file from russia to canada?

Not everyone is in it for total security.
And some of us, for some reasons, can't creat another user account.

But again, Just a suggestion. that mnay have made...;)

Trivial compared to "protecting the protection". It should be relatively easy to add a password protection but it would be equally easy to disable it. With easy I mean deleting the LimeWire settings directory (I hope kids don't read this thread). Even dumb kids know how to delete files and the smart ones will move the settings aside and move 'em back when you come home.

Maybe it's just for younger kids who don't have enough knowledge to do any of that. Just some light password to keep youngsters out!

OK i think that limewire should have an auto shutdown and an auto resorse finder becouse i leave my pc on and it download files and some of them keep on saying can't find the resourse i can't spell it but we need those things becouse i leave my pc on and i can't keep on saying find resource for the files so just make limewire shutdown the computer after it finishes and it will auto find the resource and for sure we need more speed for faster download

type filter for downloads
 

We may specify what files we may share, but the value we place there is not used to filter downloads at all. Because of the problem of embedded links in wma and similar formats, I want to eliminate those from my search results ... automatically.

I also would like to have a "string match", where a de-limitter (such as the double quote ") means match this exactly.

It would also be nice if there were a word match, so that "hall" would not return a 'match' of "shall".

The search dialogue boxes have "Title", "Artist", "Album", "Genre" and "License" ... but if there is an Artist with a name that is a word in a Title (string), it comes back as a 'match'. When I use the extended re-search option for Artist, a keyword is appended as part of the search string, so the dialogue boxes apparently actually have value. I suppose the problem is that some people store files as "Artist - Title" while others use "Title - Artist" ... and others simply do not care. :rolleyes:

filter extensions
 

You can filter extensions by using the keyword filter

add .wma and you will filter all wma files

same applies to all other file extensions ;)

Re: filter extensions
 

That sounds more like selection than filtering, but I will see what I can find about that.

Quote:

same applies to all other file extensions ;)

Speaking of filtering, I have tried NOT to achieve something along the lines of "hall NOT shall", but that didn't work. There may be many features in LimeWire, but without some sort of manual or meaningful 'help' file, few people will ever discover what the software really can do to make searches easier, faster and worthwhile to the searcher.

Practice makes perfect

All I want to do is eliminate .wma and similar files, just as it is possible to eliminate "adult content" for results of my searches. Soon after I first learned of LimeWire, I downloaded an audio file of a rather obscure song (purportedly) that turned out to contain an embedded link to a porn site. That set off a chain of links to about a dozen related sites before I was able to close everything down. So I am paranoid about those file types, and don't want to even have them presented to me. It seems that most of the titles in which I have a special interest have been returned as available ... in .wma form ... and in my excitement at finding the rarity, I have clicked on the download for them. Then I really looked at the file being downloaded, and realized that I wanted no part of it ... ad cancelled the download.

With the varied ways in which people store their files, it would take 2*n-1 different search arguments to specify only the .mp3 forms of a song title. (Since any of the n words in the search argument could be found next to the file type.) Just how difficult could it be to apply the same filter we can specify in "files to be shared" to "files to be searched"?

Perhaps you are implying that ¬ may work? At least, that is the mathematical symbol for NOT, and would make sense ... or !shall?

open the options tab then filters then keyword and add it there. I am sorry for not pointing that out before. I understand how my answer could be misinterpreted :o

I have no idea how to help you with the "hall" coming up as "shall" problem

But I asure you that adding file extensions to the keyword filter works. I use that option myself to filter out .wma .wmv .asf .mov and sometimes other filetypes depending what I am lookin for.

remember to put the "." before the name of the fileextension to make it more effective and don't write *.wma only .wma

this will make your searches alot more effective, also if you want an avi but not a mpeg or similar you just add it before your search and remove it after you found what you were looking for

Also not all wma files are corrupt. Sometimes you will only find a song in wma format. Don't lose faith in the program only because you had one runin with some malware.

Use Bitzi to look the searchresult. You will often get helpful info there. And ALWAYS scan the file before opening them the first time.

I just followed your excellent 'cook book' instructions, and re-did a search that has turned up dozens of unwanted .wma's and similar in the past. No .WMAs! Thank you!!!

P.S. That same search just returned the very obscure result I was looking for. http://gooroosgruntz.neronhosting.com/emoticons/hug.gif uni-sex http://gooroosgruntz.neronhosting.co...icons/kiss.gif if you're female. http://gooroosgruntz.neronhosting.co...ns/BigWink.gif

Hahaha sorry I couldn't help but have a laugh.

File Definition & separation within LW

Ok the reason i'm posting is a difficult one which is probably an impossibility. As it may well depend on OS classifications of extensions, definitions, etc.

What I'd like to see is a clarification of video formats. Be that filtering results or just some way of separating them. What am I talking about .. here: mpg/mpeg can mean anything from mpeg 1, 2 or 4 for filesharing. Mpeg 4 can mean a large range of variations & parts. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG4 to see what I mean. They all may require separate codecs to open. Being able to identify an mpeg before downlding would be very handy!!!

AVI is the same. AVI is such a vague term ... a little like quicktime ... which can be any format. AVI can even be mpeg 4. It can also be quite a no. of other things.

So if you're getting a rough understanding of what I'm meaning now, some way of separating the definition of these files found in searches would be very beneficial. eg: H.264 format. or files compatible with iPod import. Or files that are known to be compatible with your particular version of burner. eg: DivX 3 or 5 ... etc.

So is this purely an OS definition thingy or can LW do better?

Whilst we're on the topic, a separation between mp3 & mp3pro would also be good! Since mp3pro is only good for very low bit rates & iTunes can't play mp3pro which is not a major loss but a nuisance. And people simply don't know why some of their low bit rate files won't play in iTunes. !!! Edit: That's if they were encoded at low bit rates. mp3pro could be used at any bit rate depending on the player.

Can't really say that different codecs cause me many problems

Go to http://www.afreecodec.com/

and download afreeCodecVT. It's a window that you drag your moviefile to and it identifies the exact coded being used both video and audio. The same page also has many other helpful downloads.

Also at http://www.digital-digest.com

you will find alot of helpfull stuff

+ Nero is always trying to include more and more codecs for their software, so even if your current version won't support it, just go and see if they don't have a update ready for you ;)

That of course implies that you bought and paid for your Nero
It is one of the few programs out there that is actually worth the money they (undercharge) for it

You're missing the point. If a person want's to download specifically a H.264 format video, they have not a clue whether what they're downlding is one or not. That also includes mpeg4. Both of which are the only formats iPod are able to import.

If a person is downlding an avi file, they too have not a clue what type of file it really is unless there's a clue within the filename itself.

Some people would prefer to downld specifically what they're seeking rather than having to convert them to yet another (lossy) format when they're after a specific format for a particular purpose. It's a little like converting mp3 to mp3 or mp3 to m4a. If you downld what you're specifically after then there may not be any need to convert at all. This includes not only iPod but also DVD. Since nowadays many dvd players can also play DivX format, or whatever. So why downld a file in another format & have to convert it to divx when it's not what you were expecting. At present there's no way of telling what you're downlding! An avi file could be anything. An mpeg could be any type of mpeg. Ask a mac user how many formats a QuickTime video file can be in. Basically almost anything under the sun. It could be a high definition video or it could be a crappy less than vcd quality video file. That's b/c numerous codecs can be used to convert it or be saved into. Same for avi.

BTW I use a mac. My Roxio handles most files very well as far as burning goes. For computer playback, VLC also does the job.

My reference to DivX earlier or later versions or Indeo versions 3, 4 or 5 is because not everybody has the latest burners. And even VLC cannot play indeo 4 or 5. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

I see your point
 

I think it would be great if it was possible to choose what formats to look for. But only for advanced users. Since applying choices like that would probably alienate newbies to P2P sharing.

but an advanced tab in the searchcatagory would be nice, not only for Mac-users but also for for example people that are tired of the albumwrap, and would like zip and rar files to show up while searching for music.

As for defining specific codecs used, I am affraid that the gnutella people would have to rewrite the way the files are hashed. I may be wrong here, as I do not have the insight of how hashes work really, but I am pretty sure I am on the right path.

Also I think that it's a terrible idea that people should encode files in a way that isn't the optimum codec (performance and size) just so they can play in iPods. I have tried recoding mp3 of good quality (192 kbps and above) into mp3Pro and do not notice any loss of quality at all. I do have good audio equipment to play it back, I would notice loss in quality. As for lower bitrates I'm not sure, since I don't bother to download anything that isn't worth listening to. Anything under 128 kbps doesn't deserve to be on the network. iTunes should instead make a plug-in for mp3Pro playback.

I much better idea I think regarding video formats is, if all people (newbies and experts alike, this includes programme manufacturers) would get into their thick skulls that DivX is the way to go. Even the Ahead people (Nero) are trying this Nero Digital format, which is the only real dissapointment in their new program, instead of buying the rights to include a DivX converter and developing it even further. By this I mean like the ImTOO ripper and the WinAVI video converter which are lossless with the right settings. They (Nero) at least got the mp3Pro converter, even though it is an add-on that they charge extra for :(. Don't think those programs support Mac-platform

Since Macs and iPods are so popular I am pretty sure that if software isn't allready out there that is able to do lossless conversion, it will be soon.

Windows users can do this, so why shouldn't Mac/iPod-users be able to as well.

If not. Then there is a unused opportunity to make lots and lots of $ for some programmer. hint hint !!! :D Should maybe get into programming instead of waisting my time in business school :)

All mpeg formats are "lossy" formats. DivX (patented), uses lossy MPEG-4 Part 2 compression, XviD (open source & uses elements of H.263), 3ivx are examples of some makers of MPeg4 formats.

H.264 (ITU-T H.264 standard) is mpeg4 part 10 & from what I've read is one of the very best mpeg4 formats now being commonly used. According to that link HD-DVD format of the DVD Forum & The Blu-ray Disc are considering using H.264 instead of the present mpeg2 format which is used for DVD's. ie: the higher the mpeg version, the more efficient it is at converting with size & quality the factors. H.264 is better than DivX.

Yes mac has lossless formats for video. QuickTime has a no. of options for lossless. It's own & the animation format being ones I'm aware of.

I'm not sure why someone would want to convert an mp3 to mp3pro. Mp3Pro's abilities are aimed at files between 50-100 kbps, so anything larger is not as efficient as other converters. Even iTunes mp3 codec surpasses it at bitrates higher than about 140. And Lame of course is the best of them all at anything larger than 128 kbps (I'll leave m4a out of this discussion.) For iTunes, there are 3rd party plug-ins for both Lame & Ogg Vorbis. In the very earlier days of mp3, there were no converters around for anything above 128 kbps but times have changed. And of course, mp2 was originally used in file sharing but that's totally gone by the wayside now.

Your reference to "Newbies" which generally means windows users who have what comes with their systems. Which is wmp & its formats; What you should know about WMA/WMV Files Not the greatest of audio or video formats to say the least. Forgive them ! for they know not what they do. lol :rolleyes: :D These people are also often attracted by realplayer & its very highly patented formats. Don't we just love trying to convert or use rp files. :rolleyes: I don't believe it's safe to downld zipped or rar files at present. Since the equivalent of Overpeer loves to pollute the network with such files. Oh & newbies also generally use the default settings for conversion which are generally around the 128 kbps for audio, etc. Audiophile people look with disgust. lol :D
Time to stop my rambling & back to the point. A better definition of multimedia files, particularly video files would be beneficial for "most" people. So they know exactly what it is they have found in their search results. Not a vague description like avi or mpeg or mov.

disagree
 

I use ImTOO ripper personaly and a 5 GB DVDfile will come out perfect at 800 - 1000 MB the DivX files you download on Gnutella almost all have been ripped or repacked to fit a CD-ROM or are earlier versions of DivX

With a DivX rip that has been allowed infinite filesize, you will have trouble distinguishing between the DVD and the DivX. With DivX I mean 5.2.1 and above not 3ivX or those earlier formats and X-vid needs to much space for a good rip. I am not familiar with the h. 263 and h. 264 formats. But if they are better then everyone should use them. We need to standardize in some way or this formatproblem will go on forever.

The only reason I recoded an mp3 to mp3Pro was that WMP couldn't play the original. and there was no loss of quality

If you know of any better mediaplayer for windows please let me know. It has to many limitations. I have tried both iTunes and WinAmp, but I prefer WMP to them.
I have tried looking for one but can't find any with as good a medialibrary as WMP which could have even more options if it was up to me

Option to change priority based on current sort
 

Add an option to re-prioritize entries in queue based on the current sort order, ie you sort the queue by size, name, status, etc, then choose a menu option or button, and all the priority numbers are automatically resequenced to match the current order.

The option to choose which program opens when I preview or launch a file. ie: that it doesn't necessarily have to be the default program as it is now. An option in LW prefs options of 1st & 2nd options/prefs to open a program to do the job. I had a request about something similar today. And it's been on my mind for over a year also. Setting options to choose which program opens what would be beneficial to a lot of people (with the default being the system default.) Obviously this won't apply to a lot of people who don't know much about what when it comes to multimedia files, but for those who do, it makes a big difference.

- Prevention of multiple identical error messages at one time.

When I leave limewire and my ISP has shut off it's connection, I come back to a buildup of 'Not Responding' error messages that sap all the memory out of my computer.

Bittorrent side feature

I would really like to see something napster like, and what I mean is the user has to create a username and not just use one's IP address. I download a lot of hard to find, rare files, and I've had incomplete files in my incomplete folder for like two months and it ticks me off that I can only find this certain user like once every 5 months. If you create a hotlist option it would make it easy for users to connect to friends or people who have the same tastes in music.

Also have an open nap feature where once you connect to the network you have to automtically share files since I get alot of leechers who download off me. This is why napster was so successful was because you can get millions of files anytime you wanted and all these new P2P apps allow you to share or not share which is stupid because the more you share the better the network is.

These are some features I'd like to see

1. Hotlist option
2. Terminate IP browsing and create a mandatory username (again relates to option 1)
3. Chatroom - for discussion purposes and more convienent support. Wuith the message you have to create a username, get an email and activate account, it takes quite a bit of time and a chatroom will solve the time issue for support
4. No more behind firewall crap to prevent downloads.
5. Open Nap meaning once you connect you have to share prevents leechers

I'll think of some new things as it comes.

View or window menu
 

Add a window selection to the View menu or have a window menu. I mean this in regards to chat. If you have chat window open (or several), sometimes it gets hidden behind the LW interface. That issue has bothered me since I 1st used LW (v2). Also, on odd occasions error messages can get hidden behind LW (this might be a M$ Windows issue I can't remember.)

Playlist: It would be nice to have the option to have more than one playlist open. And you can swap between the playlists. At present, you can only have one open. If you create a new one but then open a saved one, then the new playlist is lost unless it's been saved. Also, it has come to my attention that playlists can only be "Saved As ..." & cannot be saved using the same name as the older saved playlist. If it is, the playlist becomes corrupted & a blank playlist results. eg: I have a saved playlist called "A". I then open A & add more songs to it. I then save as "A". I open playlist B. Then I reopen A & all the playlist is blank; corrupted! Reference to this finding HERE (click on link)

Is there any such thing as an m4a playlist? Or a combined playlist that has more than one audio format? I noticed m4a files cannot be added to a playlist within LW. I presume they can be in some other audio programs. :confused:

Ability to disable splash windows
 

limewire.props option to start in background, i.e. not disable my computer (and blank my screen) with useless splash windows

Been suggested by me and others