Soulseek for mac?

It was only a matter of time until soulseek for the iPhone was released

Now you can take your thievin' ways with you anywhere!

SolarSeek is Leopard-only now, but if that's not a problem for you, it's stable and smooth and I declare it the best slsk client for Mac yet.

And Solarseek eats another developer

Do you like conceptualize user behaviours and needs, designing user interfaces, building them in Interface Builder or even programming them?

I... do! I do like conceptualize! Hey, couldn't hurt to drop an email. I'm probably none more qualified than anyone who's ever used the thing, but email is free.

Since the latest release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard we decided to give up support for older systems. Leopard helps us to program faster, more stable code in less time...

Saturday November 10, 2007
Eff these guys and the horse they rode in on. The thing that *really* annoys me about solarseek is that it doesn't "share" information fully, i.e. i use ssX and if search for files, anyone using solarseek will return only that a file with that name is present. but i can't see anything like d/l speeds, file sizes, etc., which means it's a shot in the dark whether the file is really what you want. the only way to get around this is use solarseek itself. kind of a nasty way to grab market share.

even after all these years ssX still works fine for me and is much more stable than solarseek. i just don't get the attraction - sure the interface is shiny but lots of things don't work. and these guys still haven't gotten even a beta release out over what... two-three years?

you know, i've never even heard of solarseek. like mitya, i'm still rocking ssX. it's a fuckin' horrible interface but as a program it does exactly what i want.

(which isn't download music illegally. HELL NO, mr record-label spook.)

So I just world of Macs and I need a Mac-slsk client. I've heard SSX no longer works? Is solarseek my only option?

ssx no longer works because slsk changed their central servers and ssx apparently provides no easy method of switching to the new servers, I think. which makes it a bullshit application (though the way it liked to open up 500000 windows for every task already made it bullshit IMO).

alex if you have an intel-based mac (which, if it's a new one, you do), then just get ahold of VM Fusion or parallels and run soulseek in windows on there. trust me it's worth it.

Hmmn. So my only option is an $80 program? :(

you can purchase your music from a reputable music seller, like Sam Goody, Walmart, or Musicland!

Haha fine be that way.

ssx still works for me

maybe that means i'm only interacting with other ssx users? i don't know, but i don't have many problems finding things.

that is possible, from what I gathered people who didn't upgrade their slsk client can still use the program, but it will only connect with other people who haven't upgraded. so eventually this user set will shrink or disappear.

alex check your email

somehow, i consistently get more results on ssx than solarseek, even on sunday, when i last compared the two. i like my "shrinking" user base for now.

said the bishop to the actress...

sorry

don't punish yourself

was that some kind of english joke?

yeah, some kind

i didn't recognize it, but it's not hard to figure out (i'm american)

EVEN ON SUNDAY

CAN YOU BELIEVE IN IT?

It's just a thing that you say after a double entendre, it doesn't have to make sense (I don't think)

xxp right

i figured it was a church on sunday kinda thing

wait what

comparing the crowd in the church to the theatre? sorry to ruin it

no no

it was because you said "shrinking"

you scottish and your wit

you know?

no? ok

never mind

Soulseek for mac?

what if it does have to make sense though, adam? I mean, what if?

it doesn't have to make sense. The rules to humo(u)r are constantly being rewritten

and broken

Also can you help me! I don't get Fugazi?!?!

Soulseek for mac?

xp haha

can somebody just write a decent os x soulseek client in a universal binary?

it's been a while since i saw the nordicskilla on slsk tho

akm it always makes sense.

said the bishop to the actress

see it doesn't work

said the bishop to the actress

soulseek for mac doesn't work

British people would be laughing but they are asleep

ok it isn't funny

the bishop said to the actress, "soulseeking on a mac does not work"

"British people would be laughing but they are asleep"

AND HAVE BEEN FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-U-WiUZVlc

You can always use Nicotine in X11.

won't work on an intel-based mac apparently

Isn't source available?

ssx no longer works because slsk changed their central servers and ssx apparently provides no easy method of switching to the new servers, I think.

RONG. If you bothered to check out the ssX user support forum you would have found this:
A quick guide to switching to the new server

can somebody just write a decent os x soulseek client in a universal binary?

ssX as of 1.0b6 is a universal binary. Also, you can get the Solarseek sources and compile it yourself.

what a funny little thread

i changed the server port on ssx, and i'm getting better search results. thanks.

"Also can you help me! I don't get Fugazi?!?!"

dude, which one would you like to have? i could upload it for you. let me know.

Okay so SSX is working fine for me. The interface is a bit different, but otherwise good search results and fairly easy to use. Thanks for all your hard work everyone!

A quick guide to switching to the new server

-- Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:06 PM

i did this and there seems to be just as many people still on the old server as on the new one. what's the point of changing to the new one again?

haha

22:09:54.227 WARNING: Server can't notify us when PappaWheelie's status changes, they don't exist

I switched last night and got a shit ton more search results.

how many search results do you need really

One that works is nice.

I'm using Soulseex... is there anyway to hide the directory names being shared? Like if I'm sharing HD/1/2/3/ I'd like only /3 to be revealed and shared... but it looks like it's going to give up those directory names anyway. Let's just say my initial username choices were unwisely revealing...

i'm having all sorts of weird problems with ssx refusing to upload to ANYBODY lately.

for example:

sometimes the "string in message to parse" can't be decoded with UFT-8 so it's switching to ISO
sometimes it's "unable to read directory/file.mp3 for uploading"

and there is all sorts of weird characters showing up in the windows. for example, my uploads are often "&in% finished"

i switched to solarseek but aside from fixing these issues, program seems pretty worthless. anybody had these sorts of issues lately?

also could a moderator send this thread to ILM?

I haven't had any problems (except for a couple of items I am having trouble finding.)

What SSX port were you using?

What's the best option now?

ssX fucked my mac up last time.

Still no great options. I use ssX when I SLSK. If it's spinning the CPU out of control, there's a lot you can do to tune that BS away.

Wow, this is the first I knew about a server change; I don't use ssX much, but it was working perfectly (ie I was getting lots of results) last time I looked, which was probably last month. Hmm.

Right, well, onto Solarseek now. Seems to be working much better than ssX did, better interface and plenty of hits also.

ssx has been working great for me after the server change. I have vmware fusion and slsk proper under windows xp and never bother using it.

SSX has been very good for me as well.

slrsk is pretty buggy, but mostly just in an annoying way and not in a fry-yr-hard drive kind of way. Plus, most glitches/solutions I've encountered have been addressed in the user Q&A forum. If you're willing to baby-sit it, it should serve its purpose just fine.

SSX has been very good for me as well.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:55 AM (56 minutes ago)

^^^

i run ssx on a powerbook g4 and it works fine, no idea about this CPU-eating behavior

slsknet.org seems to be down, so the link to the server switching guide above is not available. can anyone tell me how to switch to the new server?

i think just go into preferences and on the network tab type in port: 2242 (i think it was 2240 before?). then just restart the app.

although i'm not getting any results atm. probably because the server is down.

from googling i think you have to change the port as you noted, and also change the server to sk6.slsknet.org.

but i still can't log in. maybe the webserver and soulseek server are on the same machine or have the same isp. though i can ping slsknet.org.

ok yup www.slsknet.org says server is down.

Motherfucking motherFUCK: I've just spent two painful hours trying to set up ssX on my new(ish) iMac with a new router.

G4 PowerBook and old router: worked beautifully.

Intel iMac and new router: nope. Whatever I do, it's convinced I'm not listening on the right port.

Sussed out it was ssX (and not the router) by installing Solarseek. JESUS. That's some nasty software, isn't it? But at least it proved my router was physically capable of, y'know, opening port 2234.

Eventually, after dicking my way through the forums, I discovered that there's a bug in the build I was using. It claimed to be the most up-to-date (1.0b6 or whatever) but there's a newer version that fixes the problem ... just in case anyone comes across this thread in desperation, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WORKS ON INTEL MACS:

http://chris.schleifer.net/ssX/builds/ssX-06082006-2216.dmg

Here ends a sweary public-service announcement.

get a Mac lol

:(

mac user not so smug now :)

now that i've switched to the new server, no one can upload from me.

is there any way around this?

ANSWER ME

*Blows dust off thread*

First thing: you definitely using the latest version, as linked above?

Other than that, no ideas. Sorry :(

upload from you ??

yep

Ports closed?

http://www.portforward.com/english/applications/port_forwarding/Soulseek/Soulseekindex.htm

i don't think that's it, i think it's that SSX doesn't work well with the new server. you have to be on someone's friend list in order for them to find your files:

http://forums.slsknet.org/ipb/index.php?showtopic=21710

SLSK is in such a sorry state on Mac. Why did they have to purloin the ssX dude for Windows development?

And a new client enters the picture (extreme alpha release right now, but promising. Based off of Solarseek)

thanks for bringing it up, though i'm still very happy with ssX. any obvious reason to switch?

Not really. The main concern with ssX is how future slsk server changes will affect it (since development has stopped), but so far so good.

ssx is dog slow for me and I h8 the ui

will def try this

they seemed to all suck and I've given up.

If I really need to use soulseek, It's the ancient windows box in the corner.

i just look for rar blogs now

Still has a lot of UI work to go, but SoulseekQt is pretty good so far: http://www.slsknet.org/news/

(I suppose this is finally an official OS X client)

seems to have gotten a facelift recently, looks much nicer since the last time I used it a few months ago