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Getting Started Why don't the links on ShareReactor work? What is eDonkey2000/eMule? How do I get started? How do I update my serverlist? Why can't I connect? Why do my downloads just say "Waiting..."? How can I speed up eMule? eDonkey2000/eMule Problems & Questions Where can I find my ID? What does my ID mean? Which port does eDonkey2000/eMule use? What's the best server to download from? Why is size transferred bigger than the size of the file? Using and Burning Files What are .BIN/.CUE files and how do I use them? What are .ISO files and how do I use them? How do I use Daemon-Tools? How do I use a .RAR, .ACE or .001 file? Why won't my movie play? Why doesn't my movie have any sound? What are .NFO files and how do I use them? Where can I find a crack or cd-key? What does X mean? If your question isn't answered here try looking here, here or here. |
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| Q: | Why don't the links on ShareReactor work? What is eDonkey2000/eMule? How do I get started? |
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| A: | eDonkey2000 and eMule are file-sharing clients like, for example, KaZaA. They both use the eDonkey2000 network. The links on ShareReactor are pointers to files shared on the eDonkey2000 network. When you click on a link, it is intercepted and interpreted by the eDonkey2000 client, and the file is added to your download list. Obviously, the first thing you need is a client. Originally the only client available was the official client, which can still be found at www.edonkey2000.com. Now, though, we suggest you use the new open-source client called eMule, which introduces a few new features and is easier to use. Download the "eMulex.xx_Installer.exe" version. Because eMule is easier to use and support than eDonkey2000, we've decided to shift the focus of this FAQ to it. If you'd like the old FAQ handling eDonkey2000, click here. On the "General" tab, click the "ED2K Links" button. Under "Connection", clickthe Wizard button (lower-right) and select your connetion, 6-15 concurrent downloads and click OK. Switch on "Autoconnect on startup", "Reconnect on loss" and "Reconnect on LowID". Click OK. Now click on Servers, and in the "Update server.met from URL" box, paste "http://ocbmaurice.dyndns.org/pl/slist.pl/server.met?download/server-max.met" and click "Update". This should update your serverlist, after which you should restart eMule. eMule should now start trying to connect to the servers in your list. You can see its progress in the status box at the bottom of the Servers section. |
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| Q: | How do I update my serverlist? | ^ |
| A: | Go to the Servers section of eMule. In the "Update server.met from URL" box at the bottom-right, paste "http://ocbmaurice.dyndns.org/pl/slist.pl/server.met?download/server-max.met" and click "Update". Strictly speaking, eMule works in such a way that you'll practically never need to update again after the first time. It gets to know about new servers through clients that connect to you as well as through servers that you connect to, so your list should always have almost all the servers in existence. |
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| Q: | Why can't I connect? | ^ |
| A: | Update your serverlist and keep trying! Also, switch on "Autoconnect on startup" and "Reconnect on loss" on the Connection tab in Preferences. |
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| Q: | Why do my downloads just say "Waiting..."? How can I speed up eMule? | ^ |
| A: | Here are some tips that might help. Firstly, you should consider how popular the file you're downloading is. If you got the file off the main pages of a popular site like Sharereactor or Filenexus, then it should be pretty well spread. You can check how many sources you have by double-clicking on the download. If this has no effect, then you have no sources for that file. If you do have lots of sources but they're all On Queue (yellow icons on the left), it means you are on that person's download queue and will start getting data from them as soon as your turn comes. In this case all you can do is wait. Otherwise, read on. To start off, Update your serverlist. Now click on Preferences. Under General, switch on "Autoconnect on startup" and "Reconnect on loss". Under Server, switch on Auto-update serverlist at startup. Now click OK, and if you're not already connected, click Connect at the top left. If you weren't connected before, eMule should now try to connect to a server. You can see its progress in the box at the bottom of the Servers tab, and the status bar at the bottom of the program should show you when it's connected with a green or yellow icon and the name of a server on the right. Once you're connected to a server, eMule will restart your downloads. It might not immediately find many sources, depending on the server you're on, but after about an hour you should have them all. If you still can't find any sources, your file is probably non-existent or prohibitively rare, and you should be prepared for a very long wait, or simply cancel it. | |
| Q: | What is LOWID? What does my ID mean? Which ports does eDonkey2000/eMule use? |
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Very basically, if you have a low ID, it means that computers can't connect directly to you from the internet, and that your machine needs to initiate all connections outward. This is caused by either a firewall, a router that doesn't know what to do with incoming connections, or a bad server, and means that the server you are connected to needs to tell you when someone wants you, and you have to then connect to them, rather than having them connect directly to you. This can limit the number of sources you find (two users with low IDs cannot connect to each other) and make the client less efficient, but shouldn't matter much with very popular files. You can find whether you have a low ID by looking at the icon at the right of the statusbar (at the bottom of the program). If the icon is green, you have a high ID, and if it's yellow you have a low ID. eDonkey2000 and eMule both listen for connections on tcp port 4662 by default. If you have a bit of technical savvy, you can get a high ID by opening that port on your firewall, or by making your router forward port 4662 to your computer. eMule now also uses a UDP port, default 4672 to communicate with other clients. If possible, open this port on your router/firewall as well. It is not as critical as the tcp port though. If you don't think you have a router or a firewall, but are still getting a low ID, try connecting to another server. If you have Windows XP, look under your internet connection's properties and make sure the built-in firewall is switched off. If you want to run an eDonkey2000 server, you need to open/forward TCP port 4661 and UDP port 4665 as above. Note: Please don't ask us how to set up your router/firewall. We don't know. Look in the eDonkey2000 forums. Chances are someone has already done it with your model/program and written down what you need to know. |
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| Q: | What's the best server to connect to? | ^ |
| A: | Because eMule sends searches to every server on your list, it does not matter which server you are connected to, but that you keep your serverlist up to date. You can find more info on the workings of the network here. |
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| Q: | Why is size transferred bigger than the size of the file? | ^ |
| A: | This happens when corruption was found earlier in the file and eMule had to redownload the corrupted part. It's nothing to worry about and the file should finish in time. Watch the Remaining column for the correct details. |
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| Q: | What are .BIN/.CUE files and how do I use them? What are .ISO files and how do I use them? How do I use Daemon-Tools? |
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| A: | A .BIN/.CUE is a CD image, where the .CUE file is the "recipe" and the .BIN is the "ingredients." There are two ways to handle it. The first way is to burn it directly to a CD with Nero, which you can find here. After installing it, start it up and close any dialogs that pop up. Then click on "File," then "Burn image..." (If you're using Nero Express, click on "Disc image or saved project") and open the .CUE file (not the .BIN). Then just make sure "Write" and "Finalize" are selected, and that "Write Method" is set to "Disc-At-Once." Finally, click "Write". .ISO files work exactly the same as .BIN/.CUE files, except that you load the .ISO instead of the .CUE. The second way is to use Daemon-Tools, which you can find here. Daemon-Tools creates a virtual CDROM drive on your computer, which the computer regards as a perfectly normal CDROM drive. You can then "insert" images into the drive as if they were regular CDs. After installing Daemon-Tools, click on its icon next to the system tray and click "Device 0..." In the dialog that comes up, select the .CUE or .ISO file and click Open. Daemon-Tools will now have inserted the image into the drive and it should be usable as a normal CDROM drive (from, for example, Windows Explorer). If it's a movie, it's probably a VCD which you'll need PowerDVD to play. |
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| Q: | How do I use a .RAR, .ACE, .R01 or .001 file? | ^ |
| A: | These are compressed archives similiar to .ZIP files. RAR files are opened with WinRAR and ACE files with WinACE. .R01 and .001 (and .R02 and .002 and so on) files are volumes (parts) in a multipart archive. To extract them, open the first file in WinRAR and extract it. WinRAR will then automatically extract all the other parts. If .xxx then .001 will most likely be the first. If .Rxx, then .RAR will likely be the first. |
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| Q: | Why won't my movie play? Why doesn't my movie have any sound? |
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| A: | If your AVI movie refuses to load or play, it's possible that it needs a codec you don't have. You can find almost all the codecs you'll ever need in the Nimo package, available here. Additionally you might want to install DivX 5 and XviD. If the file loads but has no sound, chances are you need the AC3 codec, which is here. To install the AC3 codec in Windows XP, open ac3-filters.zip and extract it to c:\windows\system32. Then click on Start > Run and type in "c:\windows\system32\registerfilters-win2000.cmd". To install the AC3 codec in Windows 95/98/ME, open ac3-filters.zip and extract it to c:\windows\system. Then click on Start > Run and type in "c:\windows\system\registerfilters-98.bat". To install the AC3 codec in Windows 2000, open ac3-filters.zip and extract it to c:\winnt\system32. then click on Start > Run and type in "c:\winnt\system32\registerfilters-win2000.cmd". |
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| Q: | What are .NFO files and how do I use them? | ^ |
| A: | Most releases come with an .NFO file. An .NFO typically contains information about the game/program and how to install it. If a serial is needed you'll most likely find it in the .NFO. To read an .NFO, open it with Notepad. Be sure to read the .NFO if you have any problems installing or running a game or program. If there are any special instructions that need to be carried out in order to make your game/program work, you'll find them in the .NFO. |
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| Q: | Where can I find a crack or cd-key? |
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| A: | Game cracks can be found here and here. Application cracks can be found here. Note that most games on eDonkey have cracks and cd-keys included. Read the .NFO files with notepad and employ a bit of common sense. |
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| Q: | What does X mean? | ^ |
| A: | No Needed Parts: This source doesn't have any parts of the file that you don't already. If all the sources for a particular download says this, then either the file isn't complete on the network at all, in which case you should ask in the ShareReactor or FileNexus forums for someone to share it again - or you're just not getting enough sources for the file, in which case you should refer to the first question. |
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