LimeWire

The Search Tab

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The Search Tab offers more options in order to narrow search results. In this instance, the user has chosen the Audio option. For example, "Texas Wildfire" is the name of the song, and "John Sterling" is the artist. If you're searching for audio, you can also narrow the search term by using the drop down menu for GENRE type.
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Search Types: Each search type (audio, video, document, image, programs) offers different search options depending on preferred file type.
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Select the desired file type. If you don't know what type of file you're looking for--or don't have a preference--leave "Any Type" as your selection.
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Press the Search Button to start searching. Press the Stop Button button to stop your search. The moving graphic equalizer means your search is in progress.


The Search Tab - Results Window

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Your search term (after a search has been initiated by clicking on the "search" button) should appear in a tab directly above the "Quality" column header. Once a search has yielded results, the number in parentheses to the right of the terms indicates the number of results received for that particular request.
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To close a search and all of its results, click on the "x," located on the left of the relevant tab, next to the search terms.
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Clicking on one of the column header bars will sort the results accordingly. (PC Users) Right clicking allows you to add a column or remove a column.
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There are eight default column categories:

Quality
  
4 Stars indicates no queues
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Number of identical files found for that one result
Name
  
Name of file found
Type
  
Type of file found
Size
  
Size of file in kilobytes
Speed
   Speed of Internet connection to host server. Speeds in green are likely to be more accurate measurement of bandwidth speed.
Chat
   Presence of Smiley Face indicates host's ability to chat
Bitrate
   Rate at which the audio file was ripped

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The Search Tab offers more options in order to narrow search results. In this instance, the user has chosen the Audio option. For example, "Texas Wildfire" is the name of the song, and "John Sterling" is the artist. If you're searching for audio, you can also narrow the search term by using the drop down menu for GENRE type.
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Search Types: Each search type (audio, video, document, image, programs) offers different search options depending on preferred file type.
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Select the desired file type. If you don't know what type of file you're looking for--or don't have a preference--leave "Any Type" as your selection.
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Press the Search Button to start searching. Press the Stop Button button to stop your search. The moving graphic equalizer means your search is in progress.
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   If you highlight a selection of files and click on "Download" the system will begin to download each of these files in parallel, meaning that it will start downloading as many files as allowed by your "Options" settings for Maximum Downloads, and the rest will be queued. Regardless of whether you've clicked on "Download All," the download will stop after any of these identical files has been successfully downloaded. Additionally, if you've previously attempted to download a file but it didn't work, when you attempt to download the same file again it will either resume from where you left off or overwrite your existing fragment of a file. However, if you've already successfully downloaded a file, it will first ask if you want to override the existing file before doing so.
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   Right-click on file name - Browse Host allows you to view all of another user’s shared files. To use this feature, highlight one of the search results, and if the Browse Host button becomes active, click on it and another search result window will appear with all the files in that user’s Shared directory.
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   The Grouped feature is a Smart Downloader component of EasyMP3. The "Grouped" feature can be activated by checking this box. This feature functions by clustering together search results with similar file names and sizes. When your search results appear, they'll be clustered together with similar titles symbolized by the presence of an arrow next to the file name.
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   The small arrow pointing up will maximize the bottom half of the EasyMP3 screen and will hide all the search results, allowing you to view only the downloads in progress. The small arrow pointing down will maximize the upper half of the EasyMP3 screen and will hide all the downloads in progress. You can also hold your mouse down and drag the bar up or down.



Once you Downloads are completed

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Information about your downloads will appear in the "Download" window at the bottom of the application Your files will be downloaded directly into your Shared directory, as determined by your configuration settings.
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Here you can see the downloads in progress. The "Status" header lets you know what stage of the download process a particular file is in, including the following possibilities:
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Connecting: the file is about to start being downloaded Downloading: indicates that a file is currently in the process of being downloaded Queued: The "Queued for __ busy" message occurs when the server refuses your download because it is too overloaded. EasyMP3 will continue to retry the download as long as it gets the busy signal. Download Interrupted: the network tried to make a connection over the Internet, but failed to do so in the amount of time allotted. Complete: the file was successfully downloaded.
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The "Progress" column indicates what percentage of the file has been downloaded. The "Speed" column indicates the rate at which the file is being downloaded (in Kilobytes/second).
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   Stop Download stops the download in progress.
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   Force Resume enables you to continue downloading an aborted file at a later point as long as it hasn't been cleared from the download window.
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   The Play button will launch the default program to execute the file item you have selected in the download window. If it is a streaming media file, such as an MP3, EasyMP3 will play the music file even as it is downloading, and will continue as it downloads. If it is an image, your default imaging program will be launched.
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   Clear Inactive clears the download window of those downloads which were either completed or aborted.




Library Tab



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The Shared Directory in the Library contains all the files you have downloaded. Anything you download will be placed here by default. If you wish to add items from this folder, you must do so manually. To do this, please find the actual installed EasyMP3 folder in your Program Files directory. All the files in your Shared Directory will appear in the window by default. Deleting from the Shared Directory will PERMANENTLY delete the file from your computer. **You must remove the file from the Playlist in order for you to delete it.
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The Incomplete Directory contains all the files which were only partially downloaded. It is your choice whether or not to delete these files.
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Launch will execute the file you've highlighted. For example, if it is an MP3, the EasyMP3 player will play the sound file.
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Clicking To Playlist will add the highlighted file in your shared directory to the Playlist below.
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   The Annotate button will open a window with input fields. Here you can add information to the file you've highlighted.
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   Refresh button updates your view of all the files in your Library.
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   Clicking on one of the column headers will sort your Playlist accordingly. There are 3 header categories, which appear at the top: Name, Length, and Bitrate.




Library Tab - The Playlist

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The playlist allows you to play songs in your library continuously. You can add a file by highlighting a song above in the Shared Directory window, then press "To Playlist".
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Double click a file in your playlist and EasyMPs's Audio Player will launch it. You may also highlight a song and press the Play button on the player. The song subsequently turns green when it is being played by EasyMP3. If you want to disable this feature, go to the Options/Player and deselect "Use EasyMP3 Audio player".
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Clicking on "Open" allows you to browse your computer for playlists you may have saved.
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Clicking on "Remove" allows you to remove a song from the current playlist.
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   Play Options is one more feature added to the Playlist. You can choose whether you want the songs in your playlist to play one after the other, one at a time, or randomly.