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davidmaxwaterman

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won't recognise ed2k link
« on: June 04, 2006, 04:56:46 PM »
I'm trying to copy ed2k links from the [EDIt]warez site[/EDIT] site viewed in Safari, into amule, but it doesn't recognise them, giving the error :

Error: Not a valid ed2k-URI

I'm pretty sure I've used these links in other emule applications, and I know others who use them in Windows/emule.

Anyone know what's wrong with the links?
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lionel77

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Re: won't recognise ed2k link
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2006, 05:38:24 PM »
The problem is most likely that the links are longer than the ed2k field in aMule is wide, which triggers a bug in aMule.

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From the Readme.Mac.txt file:

Handling ed2k-Links on the Mac:
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There are basically four ways to download files with aMule:

(1) Search for files using aMule's search dialog and double click those search results that you want to download.

(2) Copy ed2k-links from a web page into the "ED2K-Link Handler" field at the bottom of the search window of aMule and press the commit button. If the ed2k-link is longer than that text field is wide you need to make the aMule window wider until the link fits completely into the field (you can make the aMule window wider than your screen if necessary). We are working on eliminating this issue.

(3) Import ed2k-links directly from your browser into aMule. See http://forum.amule.org/thread.php?threadid=5679 for more details.

(4) Use a text editor (e.g. TextEdit) to paste ed2k-links into a "ED2Links" file inside "~/Library/Application Support/aMule/" and aMule will automatically import the links.

I personally use (4) almost exclusively because I archive all the links that I download in a text file anyway, but I recognize that that might not be ideal for everyone. It is however a great way to get a lot of links into aMule in one step.
You might want to give (3) a try, my guess is that that's what most aMule users use.

Hope this helps. :)
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Re: won't recognise ed2k link
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2006, 04:43:05 AM »
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Originally posted by lionel77
Hope this helps. :)

I'm sure it will (when I get home). Thanks!

Max.
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