This is a Napster client with chat example! It's like my last Napster client example except I've fixed a TON of bugs/problems, made it a little bit more efficient, made the code a little neater, and of course.. you can now chat with this! I've also included more information on how to communicate with Napster's servers using VB incase you would like to add additional functionality to it. Vote if you like this example!
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The last submission used to give random chars within the MOTD, acted strange after the first download, and incoming packets sometimes would be interpreted in the wrong way.. those bugs are now fixed.
Remember, this is an example for educational purposes..
Anyway, I liked this so much, I put in a vote for myself ;) (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Gnapster Vulnerability: It is possible for anyone to obtain any user-readable file by sending a properly formed "GET" command that contains the full path of the file. This vulnerability exists because Gnapster fails to check that the requested file is an explicitly shared MP3 file before providing it. Source: http://www.tlsecurity.net/archive/exploits/05_00/%5b05.11.2000%5d_gnapster.txt
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I get an error saying I am unable to download the songs saying something about possibly being behind a firewall. Does anyone else have trouble downloading songs? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
hmmm...I can't even connect at all. Says "Connection timed out". Yet, I can fire up Napster, and connect no problemo, same account even. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Nick Taylor, it gives that error when the *other* client (i.e. the remote client you are trying to download from) returns listening port "0". Please reread the intro comments.
Biznatchasaurus, it's not a bug. It's a server issue. It's likely you used the program once or twice then gave up (?). Whether you connect or not depends on what server the main napster server gave you. If the server it redirected you to is busy, then you will not connect. If the main server itself is busy, it will redirect you to your own computer - "127.0.0.1"
for example... When you used this example, it probably gave you server A, which happened to be busy at the time. But when you started up the official windows client, it probably recommended server B, which happens to be available. Email me if you continue to have problems.
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When the server is busy, it'll send you an IP of "127.0.0.1" and Port "1111" - atleast I did....
Also if when trying to download, you get a port of "zero", you need to send a "500" command to the server to request the remote client "push" the file to you...
I too am working on a Nap Client, but using winsock api...
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Nice work I like it alot. I hope to see more improvments. I am going to work with it alittle my self 2. keep it up (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
You should use microsofts listview listbox for the search results, not a lot of listboxes in a row, if you dont know how IM me w/ AIM or Aol at Utopiaprez
nice project... (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Jay, yep and good luck with your client. Willy, thanks. Shawn, I was considering using listview but then I thought I'd leave it with the basic controls (with the addition of just the winsock control) for this example.. SteSoft, I'll see what else I can add/fix..
Michael, I got your email but I couldn't respond. When I tried I recieved a message undeliverable error (550). Anyway, concerning your question, I'm not sure but I guess the limited search results you were experiencing with your client could be a server issue of some sort (?). And about the pings, yeh the official windows client filters with pings which can make the results appear more scanty than they actually are (mine doesn't by default automatically, thus showing all results all the time). But I don't think the ping has much to do with it since you were recieving 2-6 packets from the get-go. Hrmm.. dunno.. sorry can't be of much help. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Limca3, After I have the firewalled downloading section finished I'll post a rough walkthru for it. I'm currently working on the file server section now... Are you using winsock.ock or winsock.dll???
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i got firewall downloading down, and i can do it perfect! what i need help with is when i download from a not-firewalled user, i have a problem that the downloaded file is smaller than the orgianl and the remote user disconnects about 2 sec's before downloading is finished, then it says on the remote user file is downloaded u know whats wrong? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Exellent program. I just had to vote because this program is great. I also like how you commented unlike some other programmers on this site. Great job. Keep up the good work.
Josh (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
when I try to connect I get an error on the sub's replace, and split is there a bas you forgot to add, or am I not doing something, please help me (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
I guess you didn't read the intro comments on the main form.... Anyway, it's because you're not using vb6 (those are vb6 functions), but you can find equivalents to these functions somewhere on this website. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
haha, I just noticed something... It says vb5 on the compatibility field - whoops! Hrm.. it mustve got reset to that when they changed the vb5/vb6 category into distinct seperate fields. Ahh well.
Anyway, this was designed with vb6 people. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Man For Some Reason! I can't search it doesn't list anything! Iwould list couple of songs and their title and it will not even show 1! Even tried popular "Slim Shady" see if it could track that one down! nothing. If you can help me with this error in the next 24 hours i'll rate it excelent if not i'll rate it poor. Thanks, & Sorry Ruben (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Gee now doesn't that threat just make me wanna jump up and help ya...
Although I haven't worked on this code for over a month now, I took a breif look at it to see if I could identify the bug. It seems the example has already become a bit outdated. The glitches that are preventing the search results from being listed involve the MOTD and the list sorting routine. Anyhow, to fix it take out the entire select case step routine, in the main form, and make the code work entirely off of If/Then condition statements to determine what type of data is what message (rather than select case step, and If/Then)...or you can change the "if instr(data,'want to promote') then" line to reflect whatever the current last line of the MOTD is (i.e. "if instr(data,'thanks for your support')"). (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Perhaps I'll upload an update to this, but don't hold your breath. I only wrote this code to see if I could, and I did so there's pretty much no incentive anymore :) I included what I consider a very detailed explanation of how this vb example works, so any newbie can fix it up so it functions like new... (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Moccasin, thanks for that last update. Even though ruben was a jackass, it seems to relate to a problem I am having. If it fixes my situation, I'll let you know. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Great Idea Bad GUI Great Login Process Bad Code None of your code works You Log in and after that thats about the only thing that works You people forget that Napster will send several types of data @ the same time like Size of Library and Napster Search Results. You retrieve only part of the MOTD. Your Search routine doesn't work. I had to go in and edit your code so it works. It turns out you were never letting it search so I had to make your Search Routine a Separate Step. After I finally fixed all of your Search Bugs (And it would have been easire to use a List View Control ) every thing that I tried downloading from was either behiind a Firewall or would send another error message. Your code needs lots of improvement. I don't even know how you got the awards that you did because nobody can search for anything.
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I haven't been on napster in over 3 months since my old pc crashed. As indicated by your comments, this code is now obsolete. Almost completely defunct. In my haste and excitement to finish my first major personal project during the beginning of summer vacation I created a quick and somewhat confusing example, instead of a more stable, efficient, cleanly coded client. How did I get so many votes? Well, for nearly the same reason a good percentage of households in the U.S. had the Atari or regular Nintendo at one point or another. Even though these game consoles aren't much more than cheesy 2-8 bit laughable graphics now, back in the days we all know it was the iisshh (or that's what I hear). :) (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Of course, at one point this thing did work perfectly and was one of the first functional napster clients made in vb. I don't believe its completely fubar. I don't have vb, or napster, yet on this pc so I can't confirm that. But I suppose recovery might be possible and relatively simple if the basic protocol is the same. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Do you have a new VB napster client coming? If so I got a really good Idea on a project we could do. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Can someone please post one of these napster clients that actually works? I can connect with this one, just when i try to search it does aboslutely nothing. So please can someone just post one that works. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
pretty good, do u guys go on opennap/slavanap servers now? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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