
- #Soulseek ns and qt same users download#
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#Soulseek ns and qt same users torrent#
In contrast to the Bit Torrent protocol, Soulseek has no hash values for files.
#Soulseek ns and qt same users download#
From a technical point of view, however, it is possible to download a file from multiple sources.
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In contrast to resuming transfers that have already started with another user with the same file, downloads by several users at the same time with the original Windows client program are not possible and, according to Nir Arbel, are not explicitly planned because it is feared that the community idea of the network will be lost goes. A TCP connection to the offering user is established directly. If a file is found through a search, the server is no longer required for further downloading. The participants in the network are therefore not pure clients in the classic sense (as in the case of FTP, for example ), but take on server tasks. The clients that receive search queries answer them and send the hits directly to the searching clients via TCP. These are high-bandwidth clients whose job is to route the search queries (which they receive from the server) to multiple child nodes. As the server was no longer able to handle the large number of users over the course of time, so-called parent nodes were introduced. Instead, they are forwarded to the clients. The server does not index the shared files of the clients and is therefore not able to answer search queries directly.

Basically, all communication between the clients is initiated via the server. However, it is not possible to connect several servers to each other (as is the case with OpenNap, for example). The Soulseek network has a star topology based on the client-server principle, similar to OpenNap. Wikipedia: WikiProject events / past / missing Network topology Please help to research and insert the missing information. Parts seem NS for Split / Qt is out of date to be. Users who pay money via PayPal are granted temporary privileges (depending on the amount), which consist in preferential treatment within the network.

According to Arbel, Soulseek had around 10,000 active users in mid-2002, of whom around 1,500 to 2,000 were mostly online at the same time.įrom the beginning there were quite a few music producers among the users. His author Nir Arbel was employed by Napster until mid-2001 and initially developed Soulseek on the side, with a focus on community features that he missed at Napster and appreciated about Audiogalaxy. The program was first presented in spring 2001 on an IDM mailing list.
