DCC and XDCC
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PastSkin4749 · 2023-07-17 12:16

Just come back to IRC after a few years, I was wondering how prominent
file transfer is on IRC nowadays, what the best servers are and what
the best client is.

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Installed Hexchat but it does not support file DCC and XDCC?

Thank you in advance :)

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jefrendraehd · 2023-07-17 12:52

Hexchat does support dcc. I believe they have a support channel on
libera

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Mendacity531 · 2023-07-17 15:50

DCC is supported in HexChat, if it isn't working it is a port issue
with your firewall/router.

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ImSoberEnough · 2023-07-17 18:57

The good ol days. I used to manage a gigantic xdcc network. The lag
when id just a channel with thousands of these spamming what they held
and shared.. memories!!

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sky1ark3 · 2023-07-18 00:09

The absolutely best client I have found is Excursion irc. It is very
old and no longer updated. I have kept the install files for a long
time. I unfortunately have stopped being able to get it to work with
windows because it is from the xp era. I have actually gotten it to
work completely in my crossover office with a xp bottle on my linux
machine. I am very happy with it once again and it is my primary irc
program. It has a lot of great scrips for serving files also. Very sad
its not being updated any more

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sky1ark3 · 2023-07-18 00:09

Good times.

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PastSkin4749 · 2023-07-18 11:30

Apparently they're no longer popular right? Seems like after Emule
Kazaa and the other p2p came out dcc and xdcc were less and less
popular.

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ImSoberEnough · 2023-07-18 16:22

Yeah they're pretty much dead or a fun novelty for nerds like me to go
and launch a XDCC bot to remind me of the good ol days.


With torrent and onedrive/gdrive ultra fast downloads, noone uses
these anymore.
Since they're P2P, you only really get the speed of the end user from
the XDCC file holder... whereas you can download a Google Drive file
as fast as your ISP lets you

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IBNash · 2023-07-18 21:18

DCC is dead, use BitTorrent instead.

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Scrawn69 · 2023-07-19 01:08

Xdcc isn't dead yet and BitTorrent your isp can track you on that

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IBNash · 2023-07-19 03:07

You mean the 50 odd people using XDCC heralding its return?
Use Bit Torrent via I2P if your ISP is the issue.

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ZdrytchX · 2023-07-20 04:51

> your isp can track you on that

I'm pretty sure they can track DCC/XDCC transfers too

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VEGETA-SSJGSS · 2023-08-08 21:47

Hexchat supports XDCC without modifications.

for anime, check Rizon network and for other stuff google "xdcc
movies" or so.

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XDCC is very good, torret is better but XDCC is always safe and fast.

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BLKoldSUN794 · 2023-09-09 05:18

You cand install one of these addons in mirc for XDCC and DCC:
https://premiumchat.ro/mirc-xdcc.php