Download Ares 2.0.1

Over time, various networks and applications have been developed for exchanging files. Ares uses its own decentralized network and recently also BitTorrent. The program includes a tabbed web browser, an audio and video player with support for playlists, online radio stations and the ability to host chat rooms. Version 2.0.1 is now available with the following changes since the previous entry in the muck tracker:

Version 2.0.1:

• Fixed win98&ME SetFilePointerEx issue
• Added chat room taskbar button
• Added web/home page label in control panel
• Included another set of blocked keywords in chat room PMs
• MSN ‘What I’m listening to’ has an option in control panel
• Adopted a better memory manager fastMM (http://fastmm.sourceforge.net)
• Changed default skin loading behavior (works with older skins)
• Playlist menu pops up even without items in the list
• Included latest arabic translation (thanks awadh 🙂

Version 2.0.0:

• Updated skin engine and UI (removed browser, changed aspect of playlist, main window, tabs, etc)
• Updated asyncEx core
• Fixed utf8 parsing error in chat /url command
• Included mplayer.bmp and trackbar.bmp in default skin folder

Version 1.9.9:

• Fixed bug in bittorrent core related to large files seeking
• Added msn ‘what I’m listening to’ feature
• Improved performance of radio buffering code
• Fixed bugs in Avi previewer (can rebuild without idx1)
• Fixed fullscreen bug (toggle fullscreen didn’t work when video ended)

Version 1.9.8:

• Fixed several bugs in .avi files preview code (Ares retrieves first part of downloaded .avi file and seeks for idx1 data in it in order to rebuild and preview it)
• Improved fullscreen window (cursor hides automatically, added setvolume menu item)
• Changed appearance of media player’s volume control
• Moved some tags from chatroom’s name field to topic field (eg [ASAX], [AE] etc) as an attempt to make list easier to read
• Improved mouse wheel GUI handling * Added ‘URL’ admin command to chatroom

Version 1.9.7:

• Improved Radio DX Filter’s reliability
• Added Radio ‘export hashlink’ feature * Updated arlnk code (handles shorter links eg. \\arlnk://Radio:127.0.0.1)

Version 1.9.6:

• Added experimental Internet Radio support (Shoutcast) using DShow filter by Martin Offenwanger (see README file)
• Added plaintext hashlinks (eg. arlnk://Chatroom:127.xxx:x|Roomname )
• Fixed a bug in Chatroom Client that caused LAN/Internal chatroom’s IP to be ignored.
• Previewed files are played without copying them to a temp directory (except .avi files)

Version 1.9.5:

• Added ‘make Ares my default torrent client’ option in control panel
• Bittorrent default download folder is now called ‘My Torrents’ (within My shared folder) and can be changed
• Fixed skinning bug when creating a new search window.
• Add auto join chat room channel options to favorites.
• Added a tick box in control panel to “auto add channels to favorites”
• Blocked keyword filter now works with chat room PMs
• When banning chatroom users Ares keeps track of user’s GUID

Version 1.9.4:

• Added Bittorrent Support
• Added uploads auto-clear Idle feature (popup menu)
• Fixed transfer view direct chat button
• Fixed resizing bug in upload window