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Search Tab - Overview

The Search Tab offers multiple options for narrowing search criteria. When searching for audio, you can also narrow the search criteria by using the GENRE drop down menu.

1. Search Types: Each search type (audio, video, documents, images, programs) offers different search criteria specific to the file type.
2. Select the desired file type. If you don't know what type of file you're looking for--or don't have a preference--leave "Any Type" as your selection.
3. Type in a search query and then press the Search button to start searching.
4. Press the Stop button to stop your search.
5. You can track the progress of your search with Search Progress Bars located on the tab of each search result window.

Search Tab - Results Window :-

1. After a search has been initiated, the search term will appear in a tab directly above the "Quality" column header. As a search yields results, the number of results received is displayed in parentheses to the right of the search term.
   To close a search and forfeit all of its results, click the "X" button, located on the left of the relevant tab.
2. Clicking one of the column header bars will sort the search results by the criterion in that column.
   PC users: Right-click a column header to add or remove a column.
   There are nine default column categories:
   Quality - Ranking of up to four (4) stars
   # - Number of identical files found for that one result
   License - License type for file
   ? - File Type Icon
   Name - Name of file
   Type - Type of file
   Size - Size of file (kilobytes)
   Speed - Reported host connection type. Speeds in green are more likely to be accurate.
   Bitrate - Sampling rate (audio files only).
3. The Search Result Ranking System indicates the likelihood of successfully completing a file transfer with this particular host. A Four-star ranking indicates the highest probability of a successful download. This system is designed to dramatically improve download success rates by ranking each file with a number of stars between one star (the least likely to achieve a successful download) and four stars (most likely to achieve a successful download). If you opt to download a selection with 4 stars, it is almost guaranteed to be successful. Blue Stars indicate results from a host in your local network. Any result with blue stars downloads incredibly fast

Search Tab - More Search Options

Audio Files:

1. License Type - Searches for files of a specific license type
2. Track - Searches a specific track number (specified in the file's metadata)
3. Type - Searches for a type of audio file such as song or audiobook (specified in file's metadata)
4. Year - Year published (specified in the file's metadata)
5. Length - Length of the file in bytes (deprecated)
6. Language - Language of the audio file (specified in the file's metadata)
7. Bitrate - Bitrate at which the file was encoded (in kbps)
8. Comments - Additional comments on the audio file (specified in the file's metadata)
9. Action - deprecated

Video Files:

1. Length - Length of the file in bytes (deprecated)
2. Comments - Additional comments on the video file (specified in the file's metadata)
3. License Type - Searches for files of a specific license type
4. Copyright - Copyright information (specified in the file's metadata)
5. Height - Height of the video (in pixels)
6. Width - Width of the video (in pixels)
7. Bitrate - Bitrate at which the file was encoded
8. Action - deprecated
9. Director - Director of the video (specified in the file's metadata)
10. Studio - Studio of the video (specified in the file's metadata)
11. Language - Language of the video (specified in the file's metadata)
12. Stars - Stars in the video (specified in the file's metadata)
13. Producer - Producer of the video (specified in the file's metadata)
14. Subtitles - Subtitles in the video (specified in the file's metadat

 

After highlighting a search result, click the Download button to begin a transfer. The file will appear on the download monitor below. Additionally, a folder with an arrow pointing inside of it will appear in the Quality column to indicate that the download is in progress.

Downloading a search result with more than one occurrence will speed up the download. By grouping all the clients sharing the same file, Frost Wire pulls the file from multiple hosts, pooling the upload bandwidth thereby increasing the download rate. This process is called Swarm Downloading. Choosing a row with a higher group count will increase the likelihood of successful and fast download.

Downloading a search result with more than one occurrence will speed up the download. By grouping all the clients sharing the same file, Frost Wire pulls the file from multiple hosts, pooling the upload bandwidth thereby increasing the download rate. This process is called Swarm Downloading. Choosing a row with a higher group count will increase the likelihood of successful and fast download.

If you select a group of files to download, Frost Wire simultaneously transfers all files, up to your specified limit, in parallel. To edit your download limit, go to Tools/Options/Downloading and set your Maximum downloads number. Download requests beyond your Maximum Downloads will be queued locally. In addition, if a previous attempt to download a file failed, a second attempt to download the same file will either resume the file from where you left off or overwrite the existing fragment of a file. Frost Wire will ask for your permission before overwriting a completed file in your download directory.

Browse Host allows you to view all the shared files of a specific user, or host. To use this feature, highlight a search result, click the Browse Host button, and a separate search result window will appear showing all the shared files of that host.

Search Tab - Downloads Window :-

Information about your downloads appears in the download monitor at the bottom of the Frost Wire search tab. Your files will be downloaded directly into the specified Shared folder (Tools> Options> Sharing> Shared Folders).

1. The Downloads window displays information on downloads in progress. Nine (9) column categories organize information on downloads in progress (to adjust which columns are displayed, right-click one of the columns):
   Priority, Name, Size, Status, Chat, Progress, Speed, Time, Vendor
   1. The "Priority" column indicates the order in which files will download.
   2. The "Name" column indicates the name of the file.
   3. The "Size" column indicates the size of the file you are attempting to download.
   4. The "Status" column indicates what stage of download a file is in, including the following possibilities:

   Connecting: Frost Wire is connecting to a host that is sharing the requested file.
   Downloading: The requested file is currently being transferred.
   Waiting for Busy Hosts: This message occurs when the server of the file you are trying to download from temporarily refuses your download because it is overloaded. Frost Wire will retry the download every time it receives a busy response from the host. If you're willing to wait long enough, you'll probably get the file.
   Need More Sources: Frost Wire attempted to make a connection, but failed to find sources for the file. It is unlikely that further attempts to download from this source will be successful. (TIP: Initiate a new search for the file. Any new sources found will automatically be added to the list of sources for that file.)
   Complete: The file was successfully downloaded.
   The "Chat" column indicates if the file's host can accept instant messages via Frost Wire.
   The "Progress" column indicates the status of a file transfer.
   The "Speed" column indicates the rate of transfer (in Kilobytes/second).
   The "Time" column indicates the approximate time left until completion of download (in Kilobytes/second).
   The "Vendor" column indicates the name of the software that host is using.

2. "Cancel" stops a download in progress (the incomplete file can be accessed in the incomplete directory).
3. "Resume" continues downloading an aborted or paused file from the point where it left off as long as it hasn't been cleared from the download window. The button will change to "Find More Sources" if the file's host signs off.
4. "Pause" stops a download in progress. This is useful for freeing up bandwidth to download other files faster.
5. The "Preview" button launches the portion of the file that has already downloaded using the default application for that file format. Note that Frost Wire can launch streaming music files such as MP3s while downloading. The "Preview" button will change to the "Launch" button when the file is completely downloaded.
6. "Clear Inactive" clears downloads that were completed or aborted from the download monitor.
7. The "Queue" buttons (only visible when the Priority column has been selected) move the selected file forward (up) in the line of files to be downloaded or backward (down).