If the file's not even making it into the download pane, it sounds like a license issue.
License (click)

If files are stuck connecting for ages & then go to 'need more sources', you're probably seeing fake files. Stay away from a file with lots of sources. Go for files with 10 sources or less, or a modem source. Always use Bitzi to check a file before download!
How to use Bitzi

A file with heaps of sources but no Bitzi rating is most probably a fake:wink: