xfire

[nzadLithium]

Hey

I wanted to download a file from the xfire site. As people probly now to do that you have to be logged into xfire on ur pc. Then it will somehow magically let u download it through the xfire client by clicking a button on the site.

On ubuntu i just tried running xfire through wine. then loading up mozilla and clicking the download link. This didn't work. Brings up an error saying the protocol (xfire) is not recognised or something like that.

I looked up the message in google. the only thing i found is that you can write your own plugin to get this to work.

Is there a way to add a protocol in firefox?
Is there an easier way to get this to work (other than using a plugin)?
If not can i at least have some code for a plugin and instructions on how to compile it?

thx

[Cappy]

It is probably just a torrent or something. If you run xfire on windows (or wine?) and capture the packets as it retrieves the torrent or whatever file it is you should be able to figure out how to implement it (it probably contacts a http server for the torrent). You can use WireShark.
http://www.wireshark.org/

I never use that xfire file thing mainly since I don't watch gaming videos.

If what I said sounds like gibberish it probably isn't worth the effort.

[nzadLithium]

how would i go about capturing the packets in windows?
has to be in windows coz i can't get it to even start in the download in linux.

I do understand what your saying but i don't have a clue how to do it. Is there some tool i can download that will monitor packets?

I would need to find the ip address of the server they are coming from right?
and probably the download folder on the server too?

[nzadLithium]

lol stupid questions.

im an idiot.

thx
i see if i can get figure it out.