ReadMe:Morpheus

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Morpheus 5.4.0

ReadMe and Release Notes – February 27, 2007

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Welcome. The all new Morpheus 5.4 offers many new features such as:

  • New transfer system for faster downloads
    • Ability to set priority on multiple downloads
    • BitTorrent, NEOnet, and Gnutella compatible.
    • Improved small and large file support.
  • Alerts indicating files that may not be authorized for download (note: database and accuracy incomplete - not fail proof)
  • Skins changes reload without restart of application.
  • Improved firewall and Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support.
  • Podcast functionality improvements and bug fixes.
  • Intuitive GUI (or "Graphical User Interface")
  • Various bug fixes, general improvements, and much more.

What is a Podcast you may ask? A podcast is usually an audio or video file made available for you to listen to anytime, anywhere. Podcasting is the radio of the future and Morpheus is the place to find everything you need to get up and running. With Podcasting anyone can be a DJ, talk show host, producer, commentator and more. Unlike traditional radio, Podcasts are on demand - download them and play them in your favorite MP3 player whenever and wherever you want. And unlike regular file downloads, once you subscribe to a podcast content is pushed (rather than pulled) to you automatically whenever new files or episodes are made available for a particular podcast.

  • Bands can Podcast their latest and greatest performances.
  • Record Labels can Podcast the performances of their bands.
  • Comedians can Podcast their latest set.
  • Start a talk radio show to sound off about politics, sports or entertainment.
  • Your new idea here!

You've already been hearing the buzz about podcasting; it’s a kind of mix of RSS technology, pirate radio sensibilities, and MP3 player portability. Morpheus has even included support for podcasting in its current version.


Table of contents
1 System requirements
2 Installation
3 Features list
4 Release notes for Morpheus 5.4
5 General Morpheus known issues
6 Feedback and Support
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

To take advantage of all of the features of Morpheus 5.x, your computer should meet the following minimum system requirements:

  • Windows XP (service pack 1 or later) or Windows 2000 (service pack 4 or later)
  • Processor and memory: 500 MHz Processor or equivalent; 128 MB RAM or more.
  • Internet Explorer 5.5, IE 6.0+ recommended.
  • Windows Media Player 7 or higher. Windows Media 10 recommended.
  • Hard disk space: 15 MB free disk space space for typical installation.
  • Display settings: 800 x 600, 16-bit color graphics card. 1024 x 768 or higher strongly recommended, 24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended.
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Installation

An internet connection is required to install Morpheus 5.x If you are installing Morpheus 5.x over a previous version of Morpheus, by default Morpheus will install over your existing version and carry over all pertinent settings. For first time users we recommend follow the default setup steps of the installer.

Updating to newer versions of Morpheus If a newer version of Morpheus is available, on startup of the application you will be notified and given instructions for upgrading. Alternatively, you can visit http://www.morpheus.com/ to obtain the latest available version at all times.

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Features list

High level:

  • New transfer system for faster downloads
    • Ability to set priority on multiple downloads
    • BitTorrent, NEOnet, and Gnutella compatible.
    • Improved small and large file support.
  • Alerts indicating files that may not be authorized for download (note: database and accuracy incomplete - not fail proof)
  • Skins changes reload without restart of application.
  • Improved firewall and Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support.
  • Podcast support allowing you to subscribe and manage podcasts.
  • Search and download Podcasts via p2p or the new podcast web directory.
    • Download episodes via P2P – save publishers bandwidth and resources by getting files in a download mesh when available on the peer-to-peer network from other subscribers.
    • Podcast Publisher friendly – seamlessly integrates with no need to edit your RSS feeds and Morpheus addresses all statistic concerns for publishers.

‘One-click’ subscribing to podcasts links.

  • GUI – Sleek and intuitive new user interface and design.
  • Search and Library Browser – makes sifting and locating files quicker and easier by giving users the ability to intuitively search by keyword, file type, format, size, genre, artist, title or other metadata.
  • iTunes integration for exporting audio & video files to iPod
  • Firewall to firewall transfers to give you access to more files
  • One-click CD burning from your shared folder
  • Narrow Search – get immediate narrowing of search results by keywords.
  • Improved resources – optimizes computer’s performance by lowering CPU usage.
  • Faster Transfers – enhanced and more reliable downloads using UDP probing.
  • Faster Connections - UDP host support improved for Gnutella and Neonet Network.
  • Multi-user support for wXP – recognizes more than one user for personalization of settings
  • Playlist support – create and modify playlists.
  • Search Optimization – one-click functionality.
  • Parental Control – provides three layers of protection for parents to control usage of the application.
  • Multiple Skin support – can switch between skins. Alternative skins and better skin support pending.
    • note: Morpheus Ultra contains additonal exclusive skins.
  • More file information – Rich HTML Tooltips and extensive file details and availability information.
  • Morpheus™ Forum™ – allows users to share their experiences and gives Morpheus ability to respond directly to software issues.

Other existing features:

  • BitTorrent support – let Morpheus be your default program to find and download BitTorrent files.
  • Creative Commons – Morpheus search recognizes files tagged with Creative Commons.
  • Tiger-tree hashing – verifies files by chunks while it downloads, improving file integrity and accuracy.
  • Proxy support - Users can now a use web proxy to route downloads to protect their identity.
  • Bitzi look-ups – Community digital catalog tool that helps eliminate spoofed file and helps verify metadata for added file accuracy.
  • Search Multiple Files – begin and manage multiple searches.
  • Multiple-Network Compatibility – Neonet Network, Gnutella, BitTorrent, and G2
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Release notes for Morpheus 5.4

High Level Changelog:

  • Features changes:
    • New transfer system for faster downloads
      • Ability to set priority on multiple downloads
      • BitTorrent, NEOnet, and Gnutella compatible.
      • Improved small and large file support.
    • Alerts indicating files that may not be authorized for download (note: database and accuracy incomplete - not fail proof)
    • Skins changes reload without restart of application.
    • Improved firewall and Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support.
    • Windows shell menu feature to be able to share and unshare folders to Morpheus
    • Click and hold to see tooltips added
    • Fixed missing buttons in Cotton Candy skin dialogs (Ultra only)
    • Added the right click ability to cancel queued and downloading podcasts in the “my podcasts” pane.
    • In podcast search results, we now display a new column titled "episodes", which will display the total # of episodes available for the particular podcast.
    • My Podcasts pane now includes a new column to allow sorting by episodes available.
    • Users can "Find:" search in the podcast tab. Narrow search will now update every key stroke.
    • Narrowing options in Search, My Files, and My Podcasts now updates on every key-press.
    • Magnet and Podcast link dialogs now display the title or name.
    • Improvements to Podcast subscription error handling.
  • Browser related:
    • Web controls now utilize IE6 sp2 popup blocking functionality with new PDSK.
    • Browser progress indicator was added and matched to all related skins.
  • Tooltip Related:
    • Users can now copy information from tooltips using Ctrl C.
    • Copyright information for podcasts is now viewable in tool tips if available.
  • Fixed Bugs/other:
    • Installation bug: added a button allowing users to continue Morpheus installation, even if it detects an unsupported OS.
      • Morpheus was unable to install for some windows 2000 and XP users. We added a button to allow users to skip the check windows version step, this will allow the user to continue with their installation.
    • Multiple GUI improvements in window snapping, flicking, and stepping for an even smoother experience.
    • Save Playlist bug : fixed the problem disabling some users from saving a playlist correctly.
    • Description for Preferences >Parental Controls will now show that the password must be 6 or more characters.
    • Multiple installation fixes related to no internet access or slow response from web server.
    • Various minor memory leak, improvements, and tweaks.
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General Morpheus known issues

Morpheus has some known bugs and features pending for future releases; these are some known issues:

  • Podcasts currently only download one episode at a time per subscription and queue the rest, to prevent hammering publishers website.
  • Some podcasts feeds with bad XML or general parsing errors may not work
  • Windows 98 and Windows ME are not supported in 5.x.
  • All software has some bugs – help us find them and report them. :-)
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Feedback and Support

Please visit the Morpheus™ Forum™ (http://www.morpheusforum.com) for feedback or support in the appropriate forum sections.

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