Howdy everyone. First time poster, but definitely not a Limewire Newbie, as I've been using it for years.

To answer some of the "stock" questions, I connect from home, am using Limewire Pro 4.12.11, Java 1.6.0_01, Windows Vista Ultimate, cable modem, Symantec Anti-Virus, etc. etc. I've successfully downloaded lots of files.

OK, so here's what's happening. I'm attempting to download an episode from a television show. It's a major one, and we'll just call it "Show 2-6" because its name starts with a 2 and it's in its 6th season. When I do a search for Show 2-6, I get lots of hits (usually one per episode), the majority of which I believe to be legitimate. However, when I try to download any one of the episodes, it shows a status of "Connecting..." for about a minute, and then the status switches to "Need More Sources". It doesn't just happen with some of the results--it happens with all of them.

Now, I have read quite a few of the other threads on here, and pretty much all of the feedback has been similar to something like the following: "The files are probably fake. Check Bitzi." etc. etc. However, I am almost positive that these search results are legit, because the file size of all of them is around 350MB, which, of course, is the "standard" file size for a "1 hour" (i.e. 42 minute w/o commercials) HDTV show ripped to DivX. Every single file (of which there are about 100 distinct hits with multiple #'s of files shared per hit) hovers right around this 350MB size.

Next, just to make sure that it's not a problem with my installation of LimeWire or some other random problem associated with my machine, I tested it by downloading some episodes from a different show. Let's call this one "Show L-3", because its name starts with an L and is in its 3rd season. No problems here--these all downloaded just fine.

So, my question is this: Is Limewire "blocking" some shows and not others? Or if not, is there something I need to do in order to allow me to download episodes of "show 2-6"? Any ideas?

Thanks!
-dfj

Limewire cannot block you as there is no server...
Did you check the files with Bitzi...was it rated ??

You are probably seeing fake files, because if you can download other files just fine, it would have to mean there not real hosts on line or the file is fake...

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Hey WW--thanks for the quick reply!

Unfortunately, I tried checking with the Bitzi server (Right-click --> Advanced --> Lookup File with Bitzi), and I got a "Bitzi Server too Busy; please try again in 120 seconds" error. I tried this about 20 times with multiple different results, and it was always the same result. All of the results also had an error message similar to this one:

error flushing "sock25": connection refused (http://localhost:8180/ticket/html/E6...=&ref=limewire)

Again, though, my instinct tells me that these files are legit. This is a major network show that I'm trying to download, and there are MULTIPLE episodes showing up in the result list, with lots of files per episode which are all of the correct size (i.e. 350MB). So, since there's no blocking going on, I suspect that it must be a setting with my client.

Thoughts anyone?

-dfj

p.s.--another curiosity: I can get the Bitzi file results with lots of other files, but I seem to get the "Bitzi Server Too Busy" error only with these files that I can't download. Weird.

Hmmm that is a bit wierd....
Why don't you install the Limewire Beta it does torrents...

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Try searching here
Tell us if you get results, Use with L/W open.

Bitzearch - The best place for P2P files and magnet links.

Peace.

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