Magnet-URI
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Magnet-URI
I'd really like the Magnet-Link feature. You know, like I click a link in my favorite browser and dc++ starts looking for the right sources by itself.
look here for more info : http://magnet-uri.sourceforge.net/
And people have one less reason to complain about hashing.
look here for more info : http://magnet-uri.sourceforge.net/
And people have one less reason to complain about hashing.
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Re: Magnet-URI
Search the forum for magnet, you'll find they were mentioned before.määp wrote:look here for more info : http://magnet-uri.sourceforge.net/
I'm not aware of any site that has magnets with bitprints (sha1.tth) or tiger:tree hashes in them, so support is of limited use right now.
I'm trying to think of a nice way to tell the user that the magnet doesn't have any hashes usable on the DC network - many users may not know that magnet links can have such varied contents. A fair number of people never seem to notice the status bar's log messages...
Well, there is the Rev connect magnet site, but i don't know how well that works, if at all. But, i know there are magnetlink sites with tth's in planning..
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Re: Magnet-URI
well, actually i live in a dorm, with dc being our main filesharing network. when somebody releases somting it's usually announced in a forum, and in would be great if we could just link the file(s) directly. i think it would be hard to persuade 1000 people to use another client, when dc++ works fineI'm not aware of any site that has magnets with bitprints (sha1.tth) or tiger:tree hashes in them, so support is of limited use right now.
oh, and sites like bitzi do have magnets with bitprints, i think
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Re: Magnet-URI
Like I said, they don't have bitprints or tree:tiger hash links in them. Witness the glory - SHA1 and kzhash only.määp wrote:oh, and sites like bitzi do have magnets with bitprints, i think
My most important question was ignored by all of you:
How do you tell the user that the magnet link they've passed to DC++ is worthless and has no tth root hash in it?
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Re: Magnet-URI
pop-up:"The link you've passed is worthless!"GargoyleMT wrote: My most important question was ignored by all of you:
How do you tell the user that the magnet link they've passed to DC++ is worthless and has no tth root hash in it?
Well sorry, i thought that wasn't such a big problem, as other applicatons like Shareaza can handle a bunch of different hash-types.
As I tried to say, the lack of tth-magent sites doesn't bother me. But maybe with dc++ supporting magnets, some tth magnet sites will pop up...
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Absolutely not, I'm rewriting it properly.PseudonympH wrote:Maybe we should chase after liny and ask him to submit a magnet support patch.
I was thinking about spawning a new dialog:
if good:
" hash, filename details
( ) Search for magnet link
( ) Download magnet link
OK | Cancel"
or some failure message. Magnet has a lot of complexity to it, I don't think I'll implement everything in it.
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If you'd like to comment, now's the time.
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Re: Magnet-URI
Oh, and Project Gutenberg has them - for example: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6557GargoyleMT wrote:I'm not aware of any site that has magnets with bitprints (sha1.tth) or tiger:tree hashes in them, so support is of limited use right now.
Sandos, I understand, maintains a local project gutenberg archive.