Morpheus 5.0 Preview

[Vampmon]

Morpheus 5.0 is here now and offers many new features such as:

- Our new search and files Media Browser
- Better Downloads (See for yourself)
- Intuitive GUI (or "Graphical User Interface")
- More Search Results
- and much more!

Since this is a Beta release, please expect an occasional bug. We will have these fixed soon as well as adding a few other new features to be sure the new Morpheus 5.0 is user friendly, well-organized, and functioning properly.

High level changes:

- New GUI – Sleek and intuitive new user interface and design.
- Search and Library Browser – makes sifting and locating files quicker and easier by giving users the ability to intuitively search by keyword, file type, format, size, genre, artist, title or other metadata.
- Narrow Search – get immediate narrowing of search results by keywords.
- Improved resources – optimizes computer’s performance by lowering CPU usage.
- Faster Transfers – enhanced and more reliable downloads using UDP probing.
- Faster Connections - UDP host support improved for Gnutella and Neonet Network.
- Multi-user support for wXP – recognizes more than one user for personalization of settings
- Playlist support – create and modify playlists.
- Search Optimization – one-click functionality.
- Parental Control – provides three layers of protection for parents to control usage of the application.
- Multiple Skin support – can switch between skins. Alternative skins and better skin support pending.
- More file information – Rich HTML Tooltips and extensive file details and availability information.

Updated Features:
- BitTorrent support – let Morpheus be your default program to find and download BitTorrent files.
- Creative Commons – Morpheus search recognizes files tagged with Creative Commons.
- Tiger-tree hashing – verifies files by chunks while it downloads, improving file integrity and accuracy.
- Proxy support - Users can now a use web proxy to route downloads to protect their identity.
- Bitzi look-ups – Community digital catalog tool that helps eliminate spoofed file and helps verify metadata for added file accuracy.
- Search Multiple Files – begin and manage multiple searches.
- Multiple-Network Compatibility – Neonet Network, Gnutella, BitTorrent, and G2

Good, or bad feedback is welcome, tell us about what problems you encounter using it, what you like and dislike about the program, or just general feedback.

System requirements (Minimum)

To take advantage of all of the features of Morpheus 5.0 Beta, your computer should meet the following minimum system requirements:

* Windows XP (service pack 1 or later) or Windows 2000 (service pack 4 or later)
* Processor and memory: 500 MHz Processor or equivalent; 128 MB RAM or more.
* Internet Explorer 5.5, IE 6.0 recommended.
* Windows Media Player 7 or higher. Windows Media 10 recommended.
* Hard disk space: 15 MB free disk space space for typical installation.
* Display settings: 800 x 600, 16-bit color graphics card. 1024 x 768 or higher strongly recommended, 24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended.

General Morpheus 5.0 Beta known issues
Morpheus 5.0 Beta has many known bugs and features pending; these are some high level known issues:

* My Files – files reload on certain events, such as sharing files and various other features still pending.
* Media Player – play lists various feature improvements and ability to undock the player.
* Transfers view – cannot sort transfers list by status, some functionality still pending.
* Parental Controls – parental controls are partially working, some functionality still pending.
* Chat – chat has random crashes and some functionality still pending
* Memory usage – high memory usage in a few states, optimizations will be made by final.
* Various usability and behavior improvements – i.e. close a search, should go to previous open search.
* Search related – stop search and more results don’t quite work properly.
* Skins – only one default skin included in beta and skins are difficult to customize, optimizations will be made in subsequent releases.
* Windows 98 and Windows ME not supported – compatibility to be added in subsequent releases.
* A few random crashes and minor bugs overall – help us find them and report them.
* Having several searches open simultaneously may cause high memory and CPU consumption on some computers.

Remember, this version contains NO bundled Adware or Spyware.

Download: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Morpheus_P2P/993538881/1

DONT FORGET to register your nickname on the Morpheus Forum before it gets registered by someone else! http://www.morpheusforum.com

Download: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Morpheus_P2P/993538881/1
Download Ultra: http://www.morpheusultra.com

[napho]

Here it is with the sidebar open. Spybot says no spyware.

http://img146.echo.cx/img146/7166/mps3uc.jpg

[Vampmon]

Here it is with the sidebar open. Spybot says no spyware.

http://img146.echo.cx/img146/7166/mps3uc.jpg

uh huh, no spyware. Simular to what you see on Google or even here on Zeropaid.

[Christoph]

GREAT!Best morpheus ever!even better than the ones with good old fasttrack!
My question is morpheus verifing files while download (like shareaza,piolet and many more)

[DrainBamaged]

"Morpheus 5: When you absolutely, positively, want to choke your Hard-drive and drown your Windows Registry to death, overnight."


Next...

[TheMadPenguin]

Downloaded it and haven't gotten any adware from the installation that I can find. They do like to make that ad as big as possible though...

[TFoS_Fan]

Have people noticed that there seems to be no support for eDonkey anymore?

[Vampmon]

Have people noticed that there seems to be no support for eDonkey anymore?

No need for it anymore. Neo Network has become so good, that Morpheus performs well enough with just Gnutella, NEO and G2.
FastTrack support has also been dropped.

If you really want eDonkey or FastTrack, just download KaZaa and eDonkey2000

[TFoS_Fan]

No need for it anymore. Neo Network has become so good, that Morpheus performs well enough with just Gnutella, NEO and G2.
FastTrack support has also been dropped.

If you really want eDonkey or FastTrack, just download KaZaa and eDonkey2000

Your right NeoNet has become very good, I seem to get more files from it than Gnutella (btw why is G2 not connected to by default? Should I add it?) However, it would be nice to have Edonkey and KaZaA results listed with other networks too. Especially Edonkey.

Other than that, like new interface pretty much, will have to play more to see if any improvements are needed, however definately better and more stable than version 4 (used v4 alot though I hated the interface). My downloads also seem to be going bit faster, this could just be a blip with more users downloading the new version, though for now I am fairly impressed. With advert for game hadnt been added to sidebar, though I suppose they need to make money. The interface is by far the best p2p interface I have seen. The only challenger is Shareaza (which was best before this) and Bittorrent because its just so nice and simple, like the [good?] old days.

[peace]

[Christoph]

@Vampmon:
1.:is there a file verifying based on hases like shareaza and limewire do?this is a great feature against fake files
2.:Wich ports do I have to open for Neo and Gnet?I want to have the ports for the netoiwrks open. :icon_boun

[Sparky9]

@Vampmon:is there a file verifying based on hases like shareaza and limewire do?this is a great feature against fake files
can't you read?

Updated Features:
- Tiger-tree hashing – verifies files by chunks while it downloads, improving file integrity and accuracy.

and as far as i can tell morpheus seems to be listening for incoming TCP on port 113
maybe morpheus is using "Authentication Service / Identification Protocol (http://grc.com/port_113.htm)" ?!?!?
the protocol ports are configurable in the options and i think neonet is using one of those ports

[Vampmon]

@Vampmon:
2.:Wich ports do I have to open for Neo and Gnet?I want to have the ports for the netoiwrks open. :icon_boun

That's #1 answered, and #2 i've just answered to you :icon_sunn

(Just dont want people to think i ignore questions) :icon_rr:

[Christoph]

and as far as i can tell morpheus seems to be listening for incoming TCP on port 113
maybe morpheus is using "Authentication Service / Identification Protocol (http://grc.com/port_113.htm)" ?!?!?t
Moron!This is not the incoming port

[Sparky9]

moron huh? you can do better then that. (i know i can)
i didn't say it was the neonet protocols incoming port, i was just wondering why morpheus was listening on port 113. i assume it's for the IRC server. and i assumed neonet is using the gnutella port for incoming.

i guess when i "assumed" i made an ass out of U, but not me :p

[Risky2]

1.:is there a file verifying based on hases like shareaza and limewire do?this is a great feature against fake files
Morpheus uses GnucDNA for transfers, and supports tiger-tree hashing. Basically, every time Morpheus downloads a 'chunk', it throws it out and bans the sender if the hashes don't match.


2.:Wich ports do I have to open for Neo and Gnet?I want to have the ports for the netoiwrks open.
Morpheus picks a random port when it is installed. You can either just check what port it chose in Properties->Internet Connection or set the ports to be what you like. Morpheus uses a separate port for Gnutella (transfers) and NEOnet, and the NEOnet port is always one port above the Gnutella port. The hope is to get it all back down to one port eventually, though I can't say when that will be.

[boogiedan]

Top postin peeps
ive stayed away in da past cause of spy/ad/malware sh.t
But i might try it out
if its totally clean

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Its good but it's the "Preview of the Beta"

So that's like Alpha style...I'd rather wait til late betas show up or the final comes out.

[Christoph]

Morpheus uses GnucDNA for transfers, and supports tiger-tree hashing. Basically, every time Morpheus downloads a 'chunk', it throws it out and bans the sender if the hashes don't match.


Morpheus picks a random port when it is installed. You can either just check what port it chose in Properties->Internet Connection or set the ports to be what you like. Morpheus uses a separate port for Gnutella (transfers) and NEOnet, and the NEOnet port is always one port above the Gnutella port. The hope is to get it all back down to one port eventually, though I can't say when that will be.
Thank you! The NeoNet incomming port is 7043 and the Gnutella one is 7042

[Christoph]

Top postin peeps
ive stayed away in da past cause of spy/ad/malware sh.t
But i might try it out
if its totally clean
It is,at least..the beta is

[goldcomet]

Fast Track is a waste of time. Becides I understand that Sharman Networks did something to the new Kazaa 2.7 that does not allow K-KLite clients to work. Forget that crappy Fast Track time to let it die already. I am surprised anyone uses it. I'd rather use LimeWire 4.8.1 Pro than Kazaa. Nuff said about that. Just hope the new morpheus will take less CPU resorces than that of the V4. Plus I wunder of us Morpheus Ultra customers get an ad free version for paying for the M4? I have paid for M4, but didn't like the CPU hog. Please tell me if I get the extra priv as I do with V4.

[danneh906]

Everyone is saying that morpheus 5.0 Beta isn't full of adware and spyware, i believe that it isn't full of spyware, but the adware, like hell that is a friggin lie. When i installed Morpheus 5.0.0.579, i did a scan and there were a bunch of adware programs installed. The ad's in morpheus 5.0 take your bandwidth away and its really annoying, why can't someone make a clean or lite copy of morpheus 5.0 when it comes out officially, for now, i would advice anyone having a bandwidth limit to avoid morpheus and wait till the official copy comes out when ever.

[crackerjacker]

Everyone is saying that morpheus 5.0 Beta isn't full of adware and spyware, i believe that it isn't full of spyware, but the adware, like hell that is a friggin lie. When i installed Morpheus 5.0.0.579, i did a scan and there were a bunch of adware programs installed. The ad's in morpheus 5.0 take your bandwidth away and its really annoying, why can't someone make a clean or lite copy of morpheus 5.0 when it comes out officially, for now, i would advice anyone having a bandwidth limit to avoid morpheus and wait till the official copy comes out when ever.
use limewire its free of ads and spyware

[Vampmon]

Be ashore, Morpheus 5.0 comes bundled with no Adware or Spyware. Yes, you'll see banner ads on parts of the interface, but this covers bills that need paying.

LimeWire isn't free of ads; it advertises LimeWire PRO within the interface.

[Sparky9]

a simple text message isn't quite the same as the full html page morpheus loads in the ad box though.
but hats off for removing the spyware that infested the other versions

[Antimatter]

Morpheus isn't good

[Vampmon]

We're coming very close to the final release, just them few more bugs need to be sorted before the final version gets released, you can help by downloading the latest Beta (5.0.0.754) and reporting your findings on the Morpheus forum: http://www.MorpheusForum.com
Remember, no Spyware or bundles before anyone starts saying anything.

- Safe

[Vampmon]

Btw, thanks for giving me the neg rep, but still i need your help, we wanna make this perfect before it gets released as final, and if you use like norton antivirus all HTML ads get blocked off. :)

DONKEY! :P

[Sparky9]

well i didn't want to pee on your attempt to get betatesters by pointing out that the ad box loads iframes, redirects and javascripts. - unsafe
I wouldn't use morpheus even if you gave me the paid for version for free, and calling me a jackass sure won't get you any positive rep points, or get me to test your buggy ad-riddled software.