In order to direct connect, you need to have upld & downld slots open & bandwidth available. Also, if you select the direct connect search type, your ip should be visible above the search box. If you don't see it, then your softw firewall or modem/router might not be configured properly. Did you see How to use Magnet Links & Direct Connect

Browsing depends also on having bandwidth & slots open. If you browse someone & no files show or the browse fails, it does not mean they're not sharing. It can be due to many reasons as suggested. It's also more difficult to browse people who don't have their firewalls configured correctly to allow full access. eg: I've browsed someone I've been downlding from & the browse has either failed, or zero files shown up, or just a small no. of files shown. Yet 10 mins later, I browsed again & found over 600 files. Next time I browsed I found a few more or less.

Actually, browsing someone can help to get a stalled file continue to downld. That includes those that Need More Sources or those that say Awaiting Sources.

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