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Old November 11th, 2006
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Default 97 "people" have the file I want but I can't download it? Need more sources?

Everytime I try and download a movie or a mp3 that alot of people are listed as having- I never, ever, ever can. It's amazing- anytime more than say 11 people are listed as having a file I want- that means I'm not able to download it.

all listed as available from dozens if not hundreds of people, but I have never, ever once gotten 1k of this movie after several months of trying.

and there's several files all listed as being available from 50, 60, 90, etc.. people- but I can never get a file to even start downloading 1k- "need more sources" is all I get. How many more f'ing sources do I need? What's the deal?

If I try and download a file that 5 or 6 people have- then I am usually all set, but if more than 12 people have it, I'm screwed- no matter what the file is.

Also, I paid to register Limewire Pro- and I don't notice 1 bit of difference- faster downloads?? I don't see any speed increase. Better search results?- not here. What are these guys talking about?

Limewire is awesome- but I honestly don't think you get anything but a new skin for $20

Please tell me I'm wrong.

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Old November 14th, 2006
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Hey thanks for the help. I edited my post immediately.... thanks for the heads up.
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it looks like your ISP is causing you grief...I just read an article yesterday about how it is blocking p2p traffic..a call to your tech support will answer this question..
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i have the same problem - usually the moment the browse host option is greyed out (cant clickon it) it never dowloads despite being 10 -20 or less sources. how can i download movies?
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Are you having any issues with music files or is this all files..???

Just check this...Go to Tools > Options > Searching > Lisence Warning and make sure the box is not ticked and select apply....
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Old March 25th, 2007
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I seem to be having a similar problem. I have downloaded a movie with no issues, I have pro, which does work better for me than the free one, I am constantly downloading clips which mostly works fine, some disappear and I am cannot download them, but you can't get what is not there. Please note I live in a location where movie theaters are not accessable due to distance and the one video shop is quite a distance away, and I only download movies I can get no other way.
so the problem is with one movie, there are dozens of people with it listed, a search returns over 1000 results, some of them are common to 50, 60, 80, people. Yet I can not download the file. I have tried 30 or 40 times, no matter how many have it, 1 or 80, I get "need more sources".
What gives? Are people just playing games? Does this file not exist? It is very annoying. Especially as I am moving soon so I can get a faster connection and more band width. I am on a dial up 56k modem, is this the problem? Soon I expect to have broadband or I think it is also called adsl.
Any advice or info would be appreciated.
Oh, yeah, I also share everything I download. I now have 301 files shared, increasing constantly.

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Have a look at this thread it will explain all about fake files that are on the network, also have a look at the part about Bitzi....

Fake files in search results
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Old March 25th, 2007
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Have a look at this thread it will explain all about fake files that are on the network, also have a look at the part about Bitzi....

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Hi, here is another interesting problem related to downloading movies...after downloading some movies - which are fine in bitzi - there is no sound? music files play with no problem ; tv shows play with no audio problem. some movies that are downloaded have audio...what gives? Are people uploading movies that have no sound? or do i need to download somehting extra in order to insure htat the sound always plays? help?
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You probably don't have the correct codecs installed, especially if the files have several good ratings with Bitzi. Try downloading VLC player. It's free and will play almost anything:

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