The download window shows all the files that you have selected
to be downloaded and shows information on their current status.
There are a number of fields per file, and each has a different
meaning and use.
Title - the full name of the file you are
downloading.
Artist - the artist of the file (singer,
publisher, developer, etc)
User - the 'user name' of the person who
you are downloading the file from.
Progress - a bar showing the current progress
of the download. The shading indicates the percentage complete.
Status - this shows the current status of
the download and can have a variety of meanings:
- Searching - Kazaa Media Desktop is trying
to find the requested file on a users computer.
- More sources required - the user that
you were downloading the file from has now gone offline.
Your Kazaa Media Desktop will search for a matching file
somewhere else and will continue the download when it
finds
the file.
- Remotely queued - the user that you
are downloading from has limited the number of simultaneous
uploads. When a download spot frees up, your file will
be downloaded.
- Queued - you have limitations on the
number of downloads you allow at any one time. This
could
be due to your specification in setup or to having limited
bandwith capacity. When a space becomes available
due to
another download completing, being paused, etc, then
the file download will begin.
- Connecting - a matching file has been
found and you are connecting to the other users computer.
- Downloading - the file is being transferred
from another user to you.
- Complete - the file has been successfully
downloaded.
- Cancelled - the file download has
been cancelled by you.
- Paused - you have paused or clicked
'Hold' to temporarily stop the download. You can start
it again
by clicking 'Resume'.
- Time Remaining - an estimate on how
long the file transfer will take until complete. This
is based
on the size of the file, the amount left to download
and the current speed. This figure will change as the
speed
fluctuates.
- Downloaded/Total Size - shows how
much of the file has already been transferred and what
the total
amount is.
- Speed - indicates the current speed
of the transfer in Kb/s (kilobytes per second). There
are 1,000
kilobytes in a megabyte, and 1,000 megabytes in a
gigabyte.
- Filename - the actual filename of
the file you have selected to download. This can differ
from
the title.
Downloading Options
By right mouse clicking on a file you get a variety of options.
The options available to you will be dependent on what the
status of the download is.
- Preview/Play - if a file download is
completing or complete, then you can Preview/Play it directly
from the 'Traffic' view. Some files will open in 'Theater'
view. Not all file types can be executed this way.
- Pause Download - temporarily stops
downloading the selected file.
- Resume Download - restarts downloading
a paused file.
- Cancel Download - stops the selected
download.
- Find More Sources for Download - this
checks to see if any other users have the same file so
that
you can also download it from them, increasing the
speed of your download by using multiple sources.
- Cancel All Downloads - permanently
stops all downloads that are not complete.
- Clear Downloaded and Erroneous - this
removes all files which are 'Completed' or 'Cancelled'
from
your download window.
- Find More From Same - allows you to
do a search based on a particular file's artist or album,
or
on the user who you are downloading from. Read
more
- Send Message to This User - opens up
a dialog box to allow you to send a chat message to the
user who you are downloading the file from.
Downloading will affect your
Participation Level.
Now that you have downloaded some files, you
will want to use them.
