Hi, while downloading a mp3, got an error "limewire has detected a corruption in the file xxx"

and im given the option to continue downloading, or cancel.

is this feature buggy? I usually continue downloading, and listen to the file and it plays fine!

so, I dont understand this error message.

can someone explain. thanks.

Minor file corruption (a few bytes) is frequently not noticeable in media files (audio, video). This is why you are given the option to ignore the warning.

File corruption in executable or compressed files is usually fatal and the relevant file should be deleted.

Mark

Yes.... I've gotten this message a few times... usually opt to continue the download... in each case so far the MP3 file hasn't been corrupted enough to prevent playing.

this seems to be a bug. i've noticed others posting this same problem. it really sucks 'cuz i don't like to sit there and watch my files download. i put a bunch in the download window and go to bed, only to wake up the next morning with only one file downloaded and the "file corrupted-continue with download?" prompt.

BTW-i've had this prompt around 15 times now and NOT ONE of the files was actually corrupted.


PLEASE FIX THIS BUG!

p.s. i noticed another member had this problem with his registered, paid for limewire PRO. i refuse to pay cash for this until this problem is fixed.

Ah - Mr. Sucks...

How do you know the files weren't corrupt? You had an original against which you compared it? Or are you judging on the basis that the files play and you can't hear anything wrong?

The 'file corrupt' dialogue does not interrupt the download - the download continues in the background, but the file won't be moved to your complete folder until you answer the prompt.

Mark

P.S. I'd be truly astonished if you paid for the program under any circumstance.

ah-mr. senior member

you prescience at whether i would ever pay for this program is astounding.

and maybe it doesn't stop the downloading of that particular file, but it does prevent the next file in my queue from downloading, i'm not making this up.

this forum is for posting problems, is it not? are you trying to discourage me from the free discussion of the subject of this forum.

please don't reply unless you have something helpful to say.

ah-mr. senior member part 2

i confirmed again last night that the file corruption detection STOPS my the next file in my download section. Limewire STOPS everything while it waits for the user to reply to the prompt.

and YES it is because i listened to the song, which played perfectly, that i am complaining that there is no corruption. if you look around these forums, i am not the only one that is frustrated with this issue.

> you prescience at whether i would ever pay for this program is astounding.

:-) Thank you.

> are you trying to discourage me from the free discussion of the subject of this forum.

Ah - I hadn't noticed that you were taking part in a discussion, sorry. I thought you were just having a harangue.

> please don't reply unless you have something helpful to say.

Are you trying to discourage me?

Now - about corruption - Just because you cannot hear corruption in the play back of a file does not mean that the file is not corrupt. It may well be sufficiently un-corrupt for you to not worry about it - but the corruption from the original is still there.

Corruption here means that what you have downloaded differs from one or more of the sources that you downloaded the file from. This difference can be for a number of reasons and of greater or lesser severity.

So, I believe that your temper tantrum demand that "somebody fix this bug now" is based on erroneous perception of what is going on.

Your complaint that the file corruption dialogue stops the rest of your downloads is more reasonable. I don't think that it is correct - my recollections of corrupt dialogues do not suggest that other downloads were halted - but I'm not absolutely certain because I wasn't looking for that. I think that file downloads stop for any number of reasons and that this is what you are seeing. However, I will take particular note next time I see a corrupt file.

Mark

FYI- I am on a cable modem running aLimewire Pro on a laptop. I was originally dowloading mp3 with the Shareware version of Limewire and had no file corruption issues. It seems as though I have been having it sine I started running the Limewire Pro version. As noted the files will play. I have also noted the other files continue to download. I do not know if there is a problem with Limewire Pro or if the problem is my system. It does seem repeatable if I try to download the exact same file of the search which may point to the source being a problem? Or maybe the network is creating the error somehow.

Any Ideas?

Repeat of my unregistered entry:
FYI- I am on a cable modem running aLimewire Pro on a laptop. I was originally dowloading mp3 with the Shareware version of Limewire and had no file corruption issues. It seems as though I have been having it sine I started running the Limewire Pro version. As noted the files will play. I have also noted the other files continue to download. I do not know if there is a problem with Limewire Pro or if the problem is my system. It does seem repeatable if I try to download the exact same file of the search which may point to the source being a problem? Or maybe the network is creating the error somehow.

I re-tried doing the same download **Edit**. I found if (out of the several on line) if I downloaded ones with a length of 3.298mb they failed consistantly. If I downloaded ones with 3.280 or 3.294mb they seened to work ok.

It appears there are some "corrupted" files out there - but why?

Any Ideas?