Quote:
Originally posted by Lord of the Rings
Try to stay away from dwnlding from T3 sources. Most corrupt files seem to originated from those sources! Also before choosing to dwnld, make a note of the file's bitrate & size. I've noticed that sometimes the T3 mp3's will show different bitrates but same size which doesn't make sense! The larger the bitrate, the larger the file should be. But you'll have greater chances of not getting corrupt files if you choose modem, cable/dsl, or T1. Sure modem are a bit slower but there's many more of them & they're reliable files in general. |
I'm jumping in in the middle of a several-months-old thread, sorry. Also the thread is so long I got tired of going through it, so sorry if I'm repeating other folks.
I have the same corrupt files problem, especially on new popular songs that have hundreds of files available, so I believe the theory of the industry flooding us w/ corrupt files. I've noticed the T3 thing (but I agree there are still some good T3 files out there). I've come up with two ways to tell which files to avoid: 1. Lord of the Rings' bitrate anomaly. 2. If you hover your pointer over the individual file in your Search window (at least in my old ver of Limewire on Mac OS 9) until you get a popup graphic of the file's mp3 tags, the corrupt files are always missing the time "length".
-longjump