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Kazaa Lite Question

 
 
Spaniel
08:59 / 05.02.05
Okay, so does anyone know where I can download Kazaa Lite for free? I've never had to pay before, but it seems things are changing in the magical world of peer to peer.

Help me!
 
 
Bear
09:09 / 05.02.05
Gah why!

I think you might be on the wrong site, I don't use Kazaa or Kazaa light myself but aren't there lots of fake sites claiming to be the real deal asking for money...

You might want to switch your program to one of the following which I believe are all spyware free...

Emule
Edonkey
Ares (the one I use for picking up old TV shows and music, fast speeds and a nice star rating system for file availability)

Or of course there are always torrents, I do like my torrents.
 
 
Spaniel
09:28 / 05.02.05
Thanks, Bear. I'm not sure I have been to the real Kazaa Lite site, but I'm not sure I can be bothered to dig it out.

Thanks for the suggestions, however. Ares is looking good; I'm primarily after TV shows.
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
11:03 / 05.02.05
LimeWire all the way man.

KaZaa is just so yesterday
 
 
Spaniel
13:22 / 05.02.05
Is it good for telly?
 
 
Spaniel
13:35 / 05.02.05
Also, what do you lot do when you've downloaded a video file and it won't play properly - sound but no visuals for example?
I've tried all my media players, I've upgraded all my media players, I've fiddled with their settings, nothing seems to work.

To make matters more interesting I don't know exactly what kind of file I'm dealing with - no extension is visible even when I look under properties.
 
 
Bamba
13:54 / 05.02.05
Sharman Networks, the makers of Kazza, finally got around to levelling their legal guns at the producers of Kazza Lite and most of the links to download it disappeared about a year ago or so. Apparently they also changed the FastTrack network itself so that those running Kazza Lite could only ever connect to other Kazza Lite users and not to any of the rest of the community which makes it a bit shit really. So, if some site's trying to charge you for Kazza Lite then it's definitely one of the many scam sites operating, why would you pay money for Kazza Lite when you could simply buy the fully supported and adware free version of the official Kazza client? Diet K is the spiritual succesor to Kazza Lite so you could give that a shot but I found it an utter pain in the arse to get up and running so I ditched the entire thing in favour of Ares Lite. To be honest though none of this is really any replacement for BitTorrent which, even after the fall of Suprnova, remains the top shit when used in conjunction with IsoHunt.

As for video playback problems, if you're getting sound but no visuals (or vice versa) then you don't have the required codec installed. Run the file through Gspot which will tell you what codecs are required then you can download the relevant ones here.
 
 
Smoothly
15:24 / 05.02.05
Anyone tried eXeem yet?
 
 
Axolotl
15:26 / 05.02.05
I'm using Ares lite at the moment and I'm finding it very easy to use.
 
 
Spaniel
16:19 / 05.02.05
Thanks, Bamba. I was wondering if a utility like G Spot existed.

Am liking Ares muchly.
 
 
Bamba
19:25 / 05.02.05
Anyone tried eXeem yet?

I've got it installed but I haven't really given it a shot as yet, Bittorrent's still providing me with all I need. The official version of eXeem's got some kind of spyware spyware bundled with it though so I'd recommend the eXeem Lite client instead. eXeem Lite will ask for a serial key as it's based on the version that was in closed Beta testing but just close that window down and you're good to go, you don't actually need to enter the serial key at all.
 
 
Bamba
19:29 / 05.02.05
Oops, sorry, that link just takes you to the main forum page, download link for the actual client itself here.
 
 
Bamba
19:35 / 05.02.05
And aparently you need to install a registry fix downloadable from here which I've just checked and does indeed allow you to connect to the network. Apologies for the shoddy information folks.
 
 
w1rebaby
19:55 / 05.02.05
All that I've read about eXeem indicates that it is very dubious and I won't be touching it with a bargepole.

Soulseek's what you want for music anyway, and BT is still the best for TV and video, assuming you can find the torrents.
 
 
Bamba
19:59 / 05.02.05
All that I've read about eXeem indicates that it is very dubious and I won't be touching it with a bargepole.

Got any links about this? The only potentially dodgy stuff I'd heard about was the Cydoor adware which the Lite client takes care of. Like I say, I haven't actually used it yet but forewarned is forearmed.
 
 
w1rebaby
23:22 / 05.02.05
yeah, from one of the big P2P sites, give us a bit though
 
 
lekvar
17:51 / 07.02.05
Slashdot is reporting that Kazaa has been keeping logs of user downloads. Not being a super-geek, I can't tell you the exact repercussions of this, but as a super-paranoiac I wouldn't trust Kazaa, lite or otherwise, any further than I could comfortably spit a rat.
 
  
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