Greetings again.

The answer to my own problem is simple. Look at Limewire preferences, then options and check the box, add limewire files to itunes. I make a playlist in itunes called limewire and the downloaded files from LW appear there.

Isn't life beautiful? Now if the cold rain would just go away.

irandar

Since you are using a mac, if you still have pro priviledges for updates, why not try out the LW 5.2 beta. It's stable, loads very fast, has quite a few improvements including search filters (& size filter). iTunes options are now both in same spot in on main preferences page. Just a thought. You would find the Beta Pro link on right side of your Pro download page.

G´day,
First post for a problem getting downloads to play in I Tunes which is my default for downloads from LW & Java 1.4.2. 1.3.1. plug in
Mac OSX 10.4.11
2.16 ghz intel core 2 duo
Memory 2gb. DD22 SDRAM
Start Up Disk
Firewalls
Modem route 192.168.1.234
HD 111.79 gb
Connection type ethernet
Safari
ISP provider prodigy inalambrico Airport, 00:1c:b3:bf 72.62
Country Mexico
Yes sharing with other computer
Home
Yes brick wall in front of blue world
Yes, test worked
Security programs Better Prepared (Firefox)
VLC installed
Previous attempts generally successful. Some downloads registered in iTunes library but don´t play.
Wanting very much to use Pr*nce "L*t´s m*ke a b*by¨ as sound track for i Movie production as a gift to friends who have just had one. All iTunes marked downloads from LW of this song don´t play.
Perhaps ALL the copies of this song are dysfunctional?
Love some help.
Thanks

That is a possibility. Try playing them with VLC, that will be your God as to whether the songs are good or bad. VLC can play many more audio formats than iTunes can. (Also if you check Alternate Audio Players & support plug-ins you will see there are other alternatives which also can play a very wide range of audio files for OSX; eg: Vox)

If a song is popular, then there will most likely be more deliberately spread spam (corrupted versions) of the file.

BTW are you sure you are searching the correct artist. I did a search & found another artist (Billy ...) with that song. None by the artist you referred to.

God proclaims all of them to be false prophets bearing false witness, like the one that parodies Bill Clinton "not having sex with that woman" and another that takes you to iTunes store for baby gear.
Pr*nce lets have b*by is strongly represented among the duds and your suggestion of "...billy" makes no sound. Or is Billy the name of the artist? I really would like a song that does feature the proposal to make a baby.
VOX is a neat little box but I haven't worked the way to delete its playlist, not a click and drop process like VLC. Thanks for your prompt attention mi Lord
Spiral on!

Billy is the first name of the artist .. 2nd name beginning with Pa from memory & ends with ul. (I did not wish to name it here in breach of the forum rules on copyright & discussing downloading copyright material.) That's what I meant, are you sure the song belongs to the artist you suggested. It may in fact belong to someone else such as who I found in my search results. The album called 'The soul of sed*cti*n' ... I think you can figure that one out. But I'm not totally sure if that's the one you are after .. certainly same title of song.

Here's some things to check out for tips: Virus thread: Typical virus spam file sizes - Make a note of them (click on blue link to see) & also How to find music

If a song in search results does not show a bitrate you can be assured it is a fake. Likewise some of the naming of titles are easily identifiable as spam ... and other type of fakes are deliberately corrupted .. do show bitrate but the bitrate does not correspond what to the file size should be.

Vox is cool. Only a simplistic program interface but has a very wide range of audio format playing abilities. It does have an export function also which includes Apple Lossless. A limit of export formats however.

No luck with Billy and his or her *oul *f *ion. Chose to move filter slider from semi relaxed to strict following a reading of How to find music and Virus thread. Wise?
Search for *f I we*e a c*rpent*er obtained 100% instant downloads all wit bitrates but registering "disk error". Mine or some other bug in cyberspace?
Thanks for any assistance in my quest
Spiral on!
John

Post script.
ALL the Billy etc downloads registered 0.04 in LW Saved File

I have my junk filter set to loose .. almost to the far left, and show junk results at bottom of search results. This is so I can double-check nothing is considered as junk when it is not. And still I get files registering as junk even when they are not.

The song I downloaded is a 'soul' song. Not sure if that's the same song as you were after. I could potentially upload it privately for you to double-check.

Loose is more my style. Just seeming to have more pertinent results at the other extreme...about which is it is EXTREMELY kind of you to make the offer and I accept it with glee.
Spiral on!
John