Webservices
After doing a search, you can check a file immediately by using webservices. Go to Options/General/Edit Web Services... and paste in the following lines:
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Peerates,http://edk.peerates.net/check.php?hash=#hashid
Shortypower,http://ed2k.shortypower.dyndns.org/?hash=#hashid
edkfakes,http://www.edkfakes.info/action.php?link=#filesize:#hashid
DF Check,http://donkeyfakes.net/fakes.php?referer=emule&hash=#hashid&size=#filesize&name=#filename
DF Report,http://donkeyfakes.net/report.php?hash=#hashid&size=#filesize&name=#filename
Fake Check Bitzi,http://bitzi.com/lookup/ed2k:#hashid?ref=eMule
Reading filenames and comments
After you connected to some/all sources for the download, you can check the different filenames or comments. Comments or 2 different filenames should concern you.
Empty files
A file downloading very fast with high compression (>100%) is often an indicator for a file filled with lots-of zeros. You should cancel these downloads immediately.
Preview
As soon as you downloaded the first 16 KBs, a preview can be successful. To enhance eMule's preview function, you should add the line
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You can also create a file called "PreviewApps.dat" in the config dir, which could look like this:
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MPlayer=C:\Program Files\MPlayerC\MPlayerC.exe
ACDSee=C:\Program Files\ACDSee\ACDSee32.exe
VLC plugin
The advantage of the plugin is, that VLC shows all downloaded data. It is recommended to use the according partfile plugin v0.1.4 for VLC 0.7.2 http://prdownloads.s...v-0.1.4_bin.zip or v0.2.1 for VLC 0.8.4a http://www.geocities...023_binary.html
Determing real file extension
Sometimes a file has the wrong filename. A 100% working method to find out the real extension is to look into the file using a text/hex editor. Most of the time, the first 3 letters suffice for identification. Here is a short list.
ID3=.mp3
ÿû=.mp3
MZ=.exe (be careful with downloaded .exe files. You should always check them for viruses!)
PK=.zip
Rar=.rar
RIFF²ôáAVI=.avi
ÿØÿà JFIF=.jpg
0&²=.wmv
???????**ACE**=.ace (?=wildcard)
Link sites
Of course, you don't need to do any of the above if you use a link site like i. e. http://contentdb.emule-project.net/
This post has been edited by xnorf: 06 January 2009 - 11:39 PM