Hey everyone. Something weird has been happening when I d/l a file from Limewire. I will finish the d/l and when I go to play it, it will only show about 5 second of the movie/music clip and then start all over from the beginning. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling Limewire, but that hasn't worked....same thing still happens. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot!

Hey 31K (like the name)

Chances are you have downloaded a false file, there are loads of them on the P2P network.

Unfortunately, I have also downloaded false files, the latest was, I thought, a film clip but it turned out to be an album of "Hillbilly" music.

Live and learn




UK Bob

I don't think that's it. I have tried numerous different types of songs/video clips/etc. and the same thing happens on all of them.

Are you playing them thrugh the limewire player? Try opening them with different players ... eg. Real Player etc and see if this always happens btw Are you saying it does this continuosly or just once at the start of a file?

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No, I'm not using the Limewire player.....Windows Media and Real for video and MusicMatch for MP3.

It does this continuosly at the start of the file. For example...I downloaded "Jingle Bells". All I would get was "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the....Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the....Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the....Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the...." over and over and over. Just the first 5-7 seconds of any file I download. Weird.

Try VLC which has in-built codecs. Now if vlc can't play the whole thing then i'd have doubts. Also get GSpot which will tell you if you need specific codecs to play a particular file. How large is the file?
CODECs list and alternate players for Movies You never mentioned the file format of the file in question.

Some hints about video files:

1. Movie download issues

2. Learn to use Bitzi lookup to see if there's any user feedback on the file in question: How to use Bitzi Web Lookup ...

3. Try previewing your video files as you downld them so you know whether the quality is ok or is the correct file you're after, etc.

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I could understand if it was just a file here or a file there. But this is EVERY file and it just started doing that outta nowhere. I've downloaded hundereds of songs/vids and never had a problem 'til just now.

Oh and the files range in size. Some small like 1 song, others very large as in an entire movie.

It has been doing this on .avi files, .wmv, .mpeg, .mov, and mp3 as well.

31k

I must admit that I have never come across a problem like this before, it sounds like something within your system has become corrupt.

I would only suggest this as a last resort but unless you can retrace your steps to see what you have done or, maybe, you can supply some more info so that another member can figure this out, I would suggest that you do a full reformat and reinstallation of your O/S.




UK Bob

That's a bit extreme. Everything else on my OS works fine.

Well if you're a win XP user you could try a system restore to a point before this problem started happening.

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR