F.A.Q.

Edonkey F.A.Q. Divx F.A.Q.
VCD F.A.Q.

 

Edonkey F.A.Q.

Edonkey Guide #1 - How to tell if a file is fake before you download it!

Edonkey Guide #2 - How to search for the files you want

Edonkey Guide #3 - How to use the autoupdate

 

Q: Why can't I connect?

A: There could be a number of reasons why you wouldn't be able to connect to a donkey server. The things you should check are:

  1. Is there a server listed under the 'servers' tab? If not enter some from the servers page. servers page.
  2. Do you have the latest version of the donkey. Check the downloads page and make sure the version number matches the one of your client. You can tell your version number by clicking the '?' on the toolbar.
  3. Do you use a proxy server to connect to the internet? Then you need to enter the correct settings under the options tab.
  4. If you are using NT, try connecting as Administrator.
  5. It is possible the server you are trying to reach is full. If you get the message "placed on connection queue" and then "Can't connect" it means the server is full. Good news is that you will be able to connect to some server.
  6. Make sure you are not blocking the port required to reach the donkey server. Usually this is 4661. This could be blocked on your machine, your router or firewall, or by your ISP. One thing to try would be running a donkey server somewhere else on different ports and see if you can connect to it.
  7. Make sure HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable is set to 0. (I think this can be changed by disabling proxy in IE)

 

Q: Why is everything Remotely Queued?

A: This means that the people that have the file you want are already uploading to other people. The download will start once those people have a free upload slot. This happens a lot on the donkey since most of the files are large people take up an upload slot for a longer amount of time.

 

Q: How come bytes transferred is larger then the file size?

A: When you download a file from more then one source the donkey asks each source for a separate piece of the file. If one source doesn't send the piece you asked for then, when that is the last piece left, the donkey will ask another source to send it. This can cause some bytes to be sent twice. Causing 'Transferred' to be larger then 'Size'. The problem is worse on slower connections and with popular files.

 

Q: What does it mean when a download says "insufficient disk space"?

A: Since downloads don't necessarily come from start to finish there needs to be enough space available for the donkey to write to any part of the file. So the donkey checks each active download to make sure you have enough space to grow the file to its final size. You must have enough space free on both the partion of the temp directory and the partion of the incoming directory. If an active download changes to inactive (Paused, or Insufficient disk space) its ungrown disk space is no longer reserved and other downloads that were previously in the "Insufficient disk space" state can now possibly start.

If you want a particular file to download that is in the "Insufficient disk space" state you can either free up some disk space (It might take the donkey a minute to realize you've done this) or set the file you want to "High" priority and Pause another active download.

 

Q: What does it mean when a download says "Hashing"?

A: The donkey must insure that the partial file is the same as when you last used the donkey. The download will stay in this state when you first start and eventually switch to "Looking". Hashing is the process of giving a file a unique ID. It looks at every byte of the file so can take a while if the file is large.

 

Q: What does it mean when it says "Corruption found in filename at part X"?

A: That 9MB part of the file didn't have the same bytes when you got it as when it was sent. This is ok. That part of the download will be removed and the download will continue. It will redownload that part. Once the download is complete the file should be fine.

 

Q: Why is my ID number low?

A: You get a low ID number (below 1million) if the server, and therefore other clients, can't connect to your machine. This could be because you are behind a firewall that blocks the port your client listens on, because you are using IP masquerading, or many other things.

It also means that you won't be able to transfer files with someone else with a low ID number. They can't get files from you and you can't get files from them. So if at all possible you want to allow connections on port 4662 to the machine you are running the donkey on.

 

Q: Why does it take so long to share my files?

A: This should only happen the first time you share the files. The donkey must examine the file to give it a unique ID. After it has done this they should load quite quickly.

 

Q: What ports does the donkey use?

A: It can run over any port. The defaults it uses are:
TCP port 4661 to connect to the server.
TCP port 4662 to connect to other clients.
UDP port 4665 to send messages to servers other then the one you are connected to.

  

Q: Can I open/watch/use the patial files?

A: It isn't a good idea. But if you don't intend to finish the download you can just rename the .part file to the appropriate thing. Keep in mind that some formats require either the end or the beginning of the file which might not have been downloaded yet. For DivX files use divfix located at www.divx-digest.com or our own downloads section to strip and rebuild the index first before attempting to open it.

 

Q: What do the colors on the progress bar mean?

A:
Black: The parts you have already downloaded
Red: Parts that can't be found on the donkey network.
Gray: Parts that you are currently asking for.
Shades of Blue: The darker blue the more common that part of the file.

 

Q: All those little files? (known.met, shared.dat ...)

A:
known.met- this file caches the file IDs that you have hashed so far. It keeps the donkey from having to rehash your shared directories every time.

pref.met- this stores the preferences you have set for the donkey, username, max Upload speed, etc.

shared.dat- This is a list of the directories you have marked for sharing. If you delete this file you will only share the incoming directory.

server.met- List of known servers.

friends.met- List of users you have marked as friends.

layout.dat- The sizes of the windows and the column headers.

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VCD F.A.Q.

VCD Guide #1 How to convert Divx movies to VCD format (mpg)

VCD Guide #2 How to cut an mpg file into multiple parts

VCD Guide #3 How to burn a VCD using Nero

http://www.vcdhelp.com/faq.htm - That answers basically every VCD question you could ever have!

Q. What's a CAM, Workprint, Telesync, Telecine, Screener,DVDRip, Subbed?

A. CAM - This type of VCD was recorded by someone in a cinema with a camcorder and the audience can be heard! The picture quality is usually OK but the sound is mostly very bad and hard to make out speech.

Telesync - These are also recorded in a cinema but usually on an expensive camera and they should have a seperate audio source (so the audience cannot be heard), these are generally very good quality and highly watchable.

Telecine - Done a number of ways, all from taking directly from the reel. Ripped in either widescreen (letterbox) or in full-screen (pan and scan) with excellent audio and video. The most common way is to get a device that you attach to the reel that generates a VHS tape of the reel. (called a telecine machine, but there are other machines that generate a digital output of both audio and video that are then put into a laptop or VCR and made into a VCD).

Screener - A Screener is usually recorded form a promotional video tape which is sent to censors and film critics etc.. The quality is usually as good as a commercial VCD, some times a copyright message appears on the screen.

Work-Print - Each fram of the film is copied from celluloid (or another source), these are sometimes incomplete movies. The sound is usually perfect and the visual quality can vary.

LD/DVDRip - VCDs with this on the cover are ripped from DVD or Laserdisc versions of the film and the quality is as good as genuine VCDs.

Other bootleg info

Subbed - They have sub-titles. Sometimes only 1, that are real small. But others are real big and some movies have 2 or 3 subtitles on them taking up large portions of the screen.

Watermarks - The little BD, A, or Z (among others) symbols on the movie. They are put there buy the people in Asia who rip the movie.

 

 

Divx F.A.Q.

Divx Guide #1: How to use DivFix to view incomplete divx movies.

Divx Guide #2: How to play Divx movies.

Divx Guide #3: How to download off FTP Sites.

Q. What is Divx?

A. Go here to find out all about divx!

 

Q. Why do my divx movies freeze?

A. Sometimes there are frames in a divx movie that will cause it to freeze. This can be fixed by downloading and installing a small program called Divx Anti Freeze.

 

Q. What version of Divx should I use?

A. The newest version of the divx codec is 4.0 Beta. Before this release I used 3.11 alpha which was the best at the time but now that I have used 4.0 Beta I don't think that I'll ever go back! If you experience problems with 4.0 Beta, I recommend uninstalling it and using 3.11 alpha!

 

More coming soon!