Author Topic: patch for menu key? (Read 3302 times)

m1t0s1s · « **on:** June 29, 2006, 12:15:38 pm »

A patch to use the menu key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key would be nice in making winmx operable by keyboard only,
especially when scrolling through a long list of search results. You could just hit "menu key" then hit "d" and the download starts, and voila! No more finicky "did i double click that file or not? it didn't change color, plus the cursor focus changed or the program froze" consternation.

A less important featured I've always wanted was I wish I could search for mp3 files that are only vbr, ie not 128,224,320.

Also, is anyone going to clone winmx or try to reverse engineer a new client. I think a distributed hash table would help for rare files.

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #1 on:** June 29, 2006, 01:00:24 pm »

Quote from: m1t0s1s on June 29, 2006, 12:15:38 pm

Also, is anyone going to clone winmx or try to reverse engineer a new client.

Frontcode technologies never released the source code for winmx. So you can't do anything to change it. You can't reverse engineer it or do anything of that kind to it.

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #2 on:** June 29, 2006, 01:02:04 pm »

Forgot to add sorry. There are hash sites avaiable where you can browse for files. I don't know any names But I am sure there are some.

p2p rules · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2006, 02:43:21 pm »

Here's a link to a winmxworld tutorial on how to use the P2P revolution site.

KM · « **Reply #4 on:** June 29, 2006, 03:28:39 pm »

lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table

m1t0s1s · « **Reply #5 on:** June 29, 2006, 03:56:53 pm »

I wanted someone to patch the winmx program to filter and show only search results that aren't 32,64,80,96,112,128,160,192,224,256,320. Variable bit rate files.

Not a link site.

See the image below. I want to only see those results, is that possible.

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #6 on:** June 29, 2006, 07:00:20 pm »

Well, you can set winmx to search for bitrates which are atleast equal to, say 128. That can reduce the number of results you get...

Bearded Blunder · « **Reply #7 on:** June 29, 2006, 07:06:28 pm »

I think you'll probably find the best workaround for the time being (and forseeable future) is the one you're using in that screenshot.. sort results by bitrate, that way at least VBR tracks are grouped together.

GhostShip · « **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2006, 07:49:48 pm »

The protocol does support variable bitrate information but as you have guessed the winmx client is the block to progress.

Perhaps a new client could incorporate the features you wish but, that will depend on someone doing the development work, to date we have not seen anyone willing to take on this task, but if a group could be raised I,m sure progress would fly along as there are enough beta testers and knowledgable users to locate any flaw in a matter of hours