Emule! Yes or No

**zacu86** · January 5th, 2004, 02:11 PM

What do you guys think about emule? I think its pretty good. There are lots of files and like how you can download full albums. The only problem is you have to wait for a while for sources to become avaliable. Are there any better alternatives?

**Jelsoft** · January 5th, 2004, 02:21 PM

I vote yes.

eMule is freeware and there's constant development on it.

The majority of eDonkey network users run eMule.

eMule v0.30e Statistics
Client Software
eMule: 578 (91.6%)
eD Hybrid: 20 (3.2%)
eDonkey: 1 (0.2%)
xMule: 0 (0.0%)
MLdonkey: 12 (1.9%)
cDonkey: 0 (0.0%)
Shareaza: 20 (3.2%)
Unknown: 0

I heard that Overnet and Shareza are suppose to be faster at downloading.

**hawkburn** · January 5th, 2004, 02:59 PM

Shareaza is faster because it can also connect to G1 and G2, but ed2k is ed2k... the OverNet network, for me anyway... seems to be much faster, at both starting the downloads and the actual speeds.

See this thread for some Overnet discussion: http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=17289

John W. Lindh · January 5th, 2004, 03:25 PM

eMule is king of the hill, as far as large files are concerned. I don't mind waiting for a download slot, because I'm doing a lot of parallel downloads which allow me to be constantly downloading high speeds. Plus, it's open-source!
There is only one problem with eMule (as there is with ed2k and overnet in general), it generates a lot of unnecessary overhead. In case of eMule, which hasn't got the best bandwidth management, your connection can become saturated fairly fast causing your downloads to stall or become very slow.
I heard rumors about overnet being quite fast, - unfortunately I cannot confirm them. In addition, there seem to be a number of movies that are not available on the Overnet network, - even if it were Sharereactor releases.

**shawners** · January 5th, 2004, 03:43 PM

THREE days and still havent resumed downloading that album. 80 megs, and shareaza isnt doing a thing but sitting on its a$$.

**RJ5500** · January 5th, 2004, 04:08 PM

I personally prefer Overnet over eMule. Emule can be good , but it just doesn't operate as smoothly or quickly as overnet.

**Dividend** · January 5th, 2004, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by shawners

THREE days and still havent resumed downloading that album. 80 megs, and shareaza isnt doing a thing but sitting on its a$$.

Shareaza doesn't display it very well, but there might not be anyone with the complete file. Try starting the same download in eMule and after a minute, check for red segments in the progress bar.

**simon_says_horrible** · January 24th, 2004, 06:08 PM

If you're using dial-up 56K, eDonkey2000 is the best choice.

**RecalcitrantX** · January 24th, 2004, 06:41 PM

John, a Sharereactor release not available on Overnet? Maybe back in its early days, perhaps. But certainly not now.

**killswitch1968** · January 24th, 2004, 06:44 PM

Yes I have this problem too. I don't think it's Shareaza's fault, it's just everyone is missing the same chunk of the file

**simon_says_horrible** · January 25th, 2004, 04:17 PM

Exactly, you have to wait for some people to log on if you need their completed files or some missing chunk that you don't have.

**Afn** · January 25th, 2004, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by zacu86

What do you guys think about emule? There are lots of files and like how you can download full albums. The only problem is you have to wait for a while for sources to become avaliable. Are there any better alternatives?

Emule is the best for finding rare items.