Winmx

[vampireuk]

Is it just me or when there is a new version of winmx released you cant connect to the servers until you have that new version? Its slightly annoying to say the least:mad:

[Kruno]

Yes! That always happens. You must always use the latest version otherwise you won't be able to connect :/

[vampireuk]

meh that kinda sucks, I have only really just got use to the new look a month after I installed it. It has alot of cool new features but they could have perhaps us old senile ones into it a bit easier:D

[[Corporal Dan]]

Blah

IRC never gives me problems.

[vampireuk]

Theres where I get most of my umm stuff;) now. Im pretty much glued to efnet:cool:

[[Corporal Dan]]

Efnet?

I've always used DALnet...

[Starscream]

Personally I'm a fan of newnet.

Winmx is excellent for mp3's though. The majority of what I want encoded at 320kbps and if there's no really high bitrate version there's always a semi decent one in the 192+ range.

[[Corporal Dan]]

but most are joint-stereo, which is GHEY

[prydah]

real time chatting and a great place for information...

of all sorts ;)

if i never got into irc, i probably would never have found out about 3dgpu.com which had a link to nvnews.net. and ive been here ever since... :)

in fact ever since i clicked on nvnews.net link from 3dgpu.com and read a few lines (the title bar which said something like ...a great place for nVidia news...), i made it my homepage back in november/december 2000. i didnt join the forums until early jan 2001 because i was still hooked on irc.

now i just real time chat every once in a while but i will definitely not forget irc :cool:


u can learn a lot of things at irc... ;)


if not for irc, i would have never gotten into linux or unix based systems.

if not for irc, i would never have bought the music cd's i have in my collection now

if not for irc, i would never have bought the pc games that i am glad to own.

if not for irc, i would never have found out so much about 3d and digital video: it's industries, it's hardware, it's softwares, and especially it's awesome online community filled to overflowing with creativity and imagination and innovation

if not for irc, i would have had a hard time repairing, updating, and configuring my pc on my own instead of having to depend on others or worse yet pay others for resolving simple and not-so-simple or some complex pc problems.

and i could go on and on...


well if not for irc, i probably would have eventually found out about nvnews.net and everything else i mentioned above and then some but im sure i wouldnt have since i know my interests would have changed by then

[vampireuk]

Think ill wander onto Dalnet sometime and track you down;) :D

I'm always on efnet mainly cause most of my friends are on there and they also have a kickass mp3 channel:cool:

[Starscream]

Originally posted by [Corporal Dan]
but most are joint-stereo, which is GHEY

Which ones the mp3's at 320? (I don't have a single mp3 encoded at 320kbps that's joint stereo) or the lower bitrate ones?

I do agree that joint stereo is crap.

[[Corporal Dan]]

mostly anything BELOW 320

but some songs are hard to find in 320

[netviper13]

WinMX always crashed on me when I attempted to download more than 10 songs at a time (I have a 1.5mbps cable line so saturation was not an issue), have they fixed that bug yet?

[vampireuk]

I'm not sure, I guess the only way would be to try it hehe the most current version is 3.22

[[Corporal Dan]]

What about the beta versions?

[vampireuk]

no idea about those, the only time I know there is a update is when it bugs me to download it and wont let me connect:rolleyes:

[[Corporal Dan]]

LOL

i know... so irritting

[VeritechK7]

I hate joint stereo too...most of the time nowadays i do my own mp3 encodes only because i know that it will use 320kbps STEREO ..

[[Corporal Dan]]

Real, honest to god stereo

I love it

a well encoded song can be amazing

lol id rather have a 128k, STEREO mp3 than a 320k, JOINT STEREO one

[Kruno]

I have a Sophie Ellis Bextor album :p
Just search through yahoo. Awesome quality as well :p 192kbps 44khz

[netviper13]

I recently bought Metallica's S&M CD, and at first when I ripped it to my HD I encoded it at 128. But then as I was listening to it, I realized that sounded like crap.

So I re-ripped it at 320, and wow the difference in quality is amazing.

[vampireuk]

Originally posted by K.I.L.E.R
I have a Sophie Ellis Bextor album :p
Just search through yahoo. Awesome quality as well :p 192kbps 44khz

you have a Sophie Ellis Bextor album.....the long necked wonder that can outreach a giraffe:eek:

[VeritechK7]

I second you netviper ..i too bought the s&M album..man the sounds are much richer :D

[styles-T]

I dont like IRC for mp3's either...I can never get mp3's above 192kbps and im in que forever..Winmx is great for mp3's - esp. cuase you can dl a song from 20 different users and it will take 2 seconds on a cable modem.. :)

[VeritechK7]

well yeah IrC is mainly for those that are just looking along the way I THINK...not really looking for anything in specific