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[Jome]

Here's how to get on mIRC, and download music from either BOTS or F Serves.
(F Serves is when people set their computer up to serve files, kinda like WinMX/Kazaa, but it works like MS-DOS)
This is Version 3, where I have added & simplified a lot, and best of all:
added "ERRORS and FAQS", and also "TIPS and TRICKS".


Step 1: Download mIRC
Download mIRC HERE



Step 2: Installation
Install it, follow the instructions.
As any other program..



Step 3: Setting up mIRC
Open up mIRC, and go into the OPTIONS on the left side, choose CONNECT, and go to IRC NETWORK on the right side.
Choose EFNET, and in the box below choose a server near your location. (In my case, Aarhus or Oslo)
In the box NICK-NAME, type your prefered name, in my case LiL|Jome.
Choose a unique name, e.g. NOT 2Pac (It can be taken already)
To change nick later on, type:
/nick Mynick
in one of the channels.

While still in OPTIONS, go to the left again, and find PERFORM under the IRC-option.
Check the box "On Connect, Perform these commands".
In the box you write in the channels you want to join when mIRC starts up, in my case I've written these in:

/join #WestCoastConnection
/join #Nuttermp3z
/join #Rapmp3z
/join #xmp3
/join #mixtapegodz
/join #beats4free
/join #rap-mp3
/join #musichq
/join #0daymp3
/join #hiphopmp3
/join #rvppc
/join #gangstamp3z
/join #albums
/join #mp3dcc
/join #bay2la
etc.

You can be in as many channels as you want.
To join your fav. channel, use the command:
/join #mychannel

NOW HIT OK to save your changes.


Step 4: Starting up with mIRC
Now click the CONNECT-button, and you'll be taken to all the channels you have set it up to join.
You can be at dozens of channel at once, and just hit the channel-button to go back and forth from them.
Here you can just talk or download music.


Step 5:  Downloading music
If you want to set your mIRC up to download music, do this:
In OPTIONS, go to DCC and see under ON SEND REQUEST.
If you have this set to IGNORE ALL, you will not be able to receive files.
Therefore you choose SHOW GET DIALOG, and then you will be asked when someone sends you a file.
If you want to automatically receive files, choose instead AUTO-GET FILE. (Warning: Dangerous if you don't have anti-virus)

In a channel you can dl music if it's set up to do so.
#Westcoastconnection doesn't usually have music to download, unless you ask in the channel, and then maybe someone will send it to you.
Bigger channels like #Rapmp3z or #Gangstamp3z have been set up to serve files, and here you can dowload music from either a F SERVE or a BOT.

NOTE: Asking TOO much, or personal messaging repeated times asking for shit can get you banned from the channel.
Ask TOO much, and you will be kicked or banned, normal manners apply.
Ask for a track/album in the channel once or twice, but not MSG everyone, and repeat yourself over and over.

F SERVES
To see if a channel contains a F SERVE, type the command
!List
in the channel.
The results will be shown as this:

<LiL|Fame> File Server Online || Triggers:«!Musicvidz || !Albums || !Hot Singles || !Unsorted Music-library || Mofo's still aint banned it» Min:«4 cps» Sends:«3/3» Queues:«6/50» Accessed:«5446 times» Online:«0/10» RCPS:«50.7 Kbs by Triple-X» Served:«59.73GB in 2253 files» Current BW:«50.7 Kbs» AQT:«1hr 5mins» Serving:«275 files» ?I-n-v-i-s-i-o-n?

^^ This is my F SERVE, and here you can DL music from by typing one of the TRIGGERS in the channel.
The triggers here is: !Musicvidz || !Albums || !Hot Singles || !Unsorted Music-library || Mofo's still aint banned it
5 Triggers in all, depending on what you want.

If you want Music-videos, type this trigger in the channel:
!Musicvidz
Now you will be taken to a new window, with all my music-videos.
To see what videos or mp3z I have to offer, type the command
DIR in this new window.
To get a file, type the command: GET <Filename>  
In example:
GET Cassidy-freestyle-fua.mp3

Now you will either be sent the music-video/mp3, or you will be in the queue to dowload it. You will be in the queue as long as you are in the channel.

To get into a folder, let's say I got 2 folders with music-vidz, one called NEW VIDZ and another called OLD VIDZ.
To get into NEW VIDZ, type the command:
CD NEW VIDZ
To see the content of the folder: DIR
to get out of the folder again, type:
cd..

Remember that if you get an error, you might be trying to get a whole folder.
E.G.: VA-Kanye_West-Im_Good-2003-WHOA
(This is a FOLDER and not a file, and you must use the CD command, and not the GET command.)

Commands on the F Serve:
cd, ls, dir, read, get, stats, who, sends, queues, clr_queues, terms

Advanced about F Serves: http://urban-videoz.com/fserver.txt

NOTE: !List can get you banned in some channels, see topic or what other people do.


BOTS
Bots is easier to DL from, as there's just a few commands.
A bot will advertise it's content in the channel, and a ad. might look like this:
<RMZ-DCC83> #1  213x [ 95M] VA-Kanye_West-Im_Good-2003-WHOA

If you want this Kanye advance, you QUERY the actual bot.
Give this command to the bot to get this file:
XDCC SEND #1
This will send you pack number 1, which Kanye is here.
You can tell by the ad that this advance is 95 MB big, and that 213 people have downloaded it.
You can also type this command in the channel to get the album:
/msg RMZ-DCC83 xdcc send #1

If you want to know what a BOT has to offer, QUERY the bot this:
XDCC LIST
Now you can see in the channel what the bot has to offer.

So the most important commands on bots, is
XDCC LIST and XDCC SEND #1 (or 2,3,4,5 etc.)
And remember to QUERY the bots, not type them in the channel.

There's a LOT of bots in channels like
#Rapmp3z
#xmp3
#mixtapegodz
#rvppc
#gangstamp3z
etc.
Just wait for the bots to advertise their content in the channel..

In some channels, you can type XDCC LIST in the channel to see what all the bots have to offer, but this will get you banned 80% of the time.


ERRORS AND FAQ

ERROR:
-DAYmp3-03- *** You have a DCC pending, Set your client to receive the transfer. (30 seconds remaining until timeout)

Do this to get the file:

Go into
OPTIONS --> DCC --> FOLDERS --> Where it says "DCC Ignore", change it from "IGNORE ALL" to "DISABLED"

Remember to restart mIRC, after you have done this, or it probably won't work.

ERROR:
#musichq Cannot send to channel.
This means that the channel is muted/moterated, and only operators & voices can talk in here.
You will not be able to talk in the biggest channels usually..
#rapmp3z is MUTED, meaning that you can't talk in there.
You can however type TRIGGERS & get music of BOTS.
Just wait until the file-server triggers gets advertised, and the bots advertise their content.
Then, type their F Serve triggers and give the bots commands..
The reason why it's muted, is because big channels have 500-2000 people, and if everybody wrote sumthin, it would be chaos.. and to avoid spammers..

ERROR:
If your Download cuts off because your speed is too low:

Some people don't like that people with below a certain speed download from them.
I got cable myself, and believe me.. it's irritating as hell to wait 10 hours for some dude to download "Nellyville",
when you're desperately trying to get the latest Gangstarr release or sumthin...

ERROR:
You get a message saying:
<[memo[> [Warning] The EFNet HouseMaid's has detected you are infected with a IRC TROJAN Virus. My onjoin scanner reported a IRC Trojan on your Computer. If you don´t remove this Virus within the next 30 minutes I will notify the IRCOPS of EFNET, which will ban you from the network.
To fix the problem get EFNetCleaner at (Link: http://www.acomweb.com/access/browserpatch.html)

99.9% of the time, messages like this is BULLSHIT.
Ignore ALL messages from people you don't know. Just like with e-mail, there's also spammers on mIRC.
DO NOT run these programs, they're usually virus or bad codes.

ERROR:
Q: The musicvideo is called "m2v" and I can not play it.
A: Download a plug-in: http://www.elecard.com/download/mpeg/player/EMpgPlay_135.zip

ERROR:
Q: When I download a file it says this:
*DCC Send from D18 rejected (warren_g_f_nate_dogg-regulate.m2v, file type ignored)
A: Go into OPTIONS --> DCC --> FOLDERS --> Under the option "DCC Get folders", change it to "Default"..


TIPS and TRICKS

Want to search for albums, tracks, videos, games etc ??
XDCCSPY
Packetnews
Xdccspider
Ircspy
Xdccsearch
Mydownloader
Botcrawler
Packetnews MIRROR
Packetnews MIRROR 2

(If a site is down, try one of the others. Also, the search-function may be down, even if the site is up)


Want to DL off bots in a much easier way ??
DCCAssist

Download DCCAssist, and install it.
Now you will get up 2 extra windows.
Window #1: Will show you all the albums/singles etc. advertised on bots in a list. Sort them alphabeticly for easy DL.
Double-click a album, and it will start downloading.
Window #2: Will show the status of your requested download. Like this:
Requested -> Waiting -> Queued (17) -> Receiving -> Complete (Completed packs will show up in a 3rd window)

Unzipping Albums
Download Winzip from Winzip.com to unzip albums.
Download Winrar to unrar RAR-files from http://www.winrar.de/
This is a way of packaging files in one file to make download easy.

BIN and CUE-files
Burn these to a CD, and they will auto-play when you open the CD.

Confused about all the different mixtapes on mIRC ??
Buymixtapes MAIN
Buymixtapes NEW Releases
MixtapeUSA.com
Tapekingz

These sites always have the newest mixtapes for sale, and is good for peeping tracklists..

Wanna check out the latest music-videos on mIRC ??
Krazyvideoz website
Urban-videoz website

Searching for channels

If you want to join channels with e.g. porn or PS2, you can write this command in the channel:
/list xxx
or
/list porn
or
/list ps2
or
/list playstation

Now a window will pop up, with the results. Pretty efficient.
From here you can also see the topic, and how many users the channels have.
Use the search-words you want, hiphop, rap, mp3, ps2, vcd, etc...

Misc.
EFNet homepage
Bots for mIRC

[Suga Foot]

I'm gonna start posting som old/rare credits & samples soon.

[KVB]

Albums purchased lately:


Afu-Ra - "Life Force Radio"
DMX - "Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood"
Eminem - "The Eminem Show"
Gang Starr - "Step In The Arena"
Ice Cube - "Greatest Hits"
Jay-Z & R. Kelly - "Best Of Both Worlds"
M.O.P. - "Firing Squad"
Royce Da 5'9'' - "Rock City"


h0lla if you want credits for any of these.

One.

[Jome]

Afu-Ra - "Life Force Radio"

M.O.P. - "Firing Squad"
Royce Da 5'9'' - "Rock City"


h0lla if you want credits for any of these.

One.

I only need to know if Alchemist did much production on Afu-Ra?

I'd like to see the credits for "Firing Squad" if you wanna post them.

Which producers did Royce have on there?

[KVB]

I only need to know if Alchemist did much production on Afu-Ra?

I'd like to see the credits for "Firing Squad" if you wanna post them.

Which producers did Royce have on there?

Alchemist didn't produce any tracks on Afu-Ra's album...

I'll post the credits for M.O.P. & Royce later today.
Royce had one track on his album produced by Alchemist.