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XDCC search engines and networks suggestions (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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What search engines and networks do y'all visit when searching for what you need? The search engines on fmhy.net just don't return the right results and I have to !s on a network's channel to find out...

EDIT: It seems like I just got unlucky, https://xdcc-search.com/ works mostly, atleast for rizon

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[–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago (6 children)

I have no idea what you mean by passive/active bots. I have heard of passive and active DCC but not this.

I don't look at the bots' names, just do a !s and get the xdcc command sent as a private notice

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (5 children)

    I have heard of passive and active DCC but not this.

    Well... it's the same thing.

    An active bot will initiate the connection, a passive will wait for you to connect. If you are under NAT then the active bot won't be able to connect to start the transfer and the transfer will just die without you knowing.

    The passive bots are identified with a 'p' in the name. Usually between pipes: |p|

    Unfortunately more and more channels don't indicate if the bots are passive or active. This fucks up the user experience, specially if you are in queue for hours and then the transfer fails. I stopped using xdcc because of this. There are still some good channels though...

    Try to use a passive bot and see if it helps.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago (4 children)

    All the bots I've come across are passive so far, and not labeled ¯\(ツ)/¯

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    But you are not the OP that complained about never getting anything from the bots 😏

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    You know the answer and still ask? It's been 5 days since I asked the question, you folks are very cool, thanks a bunch for making it possible for me to use xdcc

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