The Guide - Detailed Guide - Streaming

 Files marked with this Gold Icon (featuring a wave form) are streaming files, as  opposed to files that download.

Streaming files are accessed directly from a hosting server. Streaming a file means playing a file on your PC without having to download it. These files are not downloaded or stored in your 'My Shared Folder', though a small placeholder image file is downloaded with each streaming file. This is different from downloads that occur using peer-to-peer (P2P) technology. Downloaded files are stored in your 'My Shared Folder' for other users to download from you (if you have sharing enabled). Read about how downloads occur via peer-to-peer.

Relevant streaming files appear in normal search results, along with downloadable files.

To Use a Streaming File:

1. Play/Use the file by double clicking on it in your search results.
2. A window will pop up in Kazaa Media Desktop, where the file will automatically play. The file will show as 'Completed' in 'Traffic' view, although it has not been downloaded.
3. To Play/Use the file again, simply search for the file and double click on it again in your search results.

There are three ways you can stream media from 'Search' view:

1. Double-click on the search result.
2. Right mouse click on the file and select 'Download'.*
3. Select the file and click the 'Download' icon in the second toolbar.*

A window will pop up in Kazaa Media Desktop where the file will automatically play. If you want to play the stream more than once you will have to perform the same search again before clicking on the search result to re-activate it.

* This will not actually download the file, but will stream it as it is a Streaming file. However, a small image file will be downloaded in parallel to streaming with information on where you can access featured streams. You will be able to view the file in the Images folder in 'My Kazaa' view, and may delete it when you are finished.