sucessful in downloading but refuses to play

ade · #1 (**permalink**) March 3rd, 2009

I use a Windows Vista system. I downloaded Limewire5 recently. Everything seems to be operating fine. I am able to dowload sucessfully but after doing so the song refuses to play. What could be the problem? please someone help me!!!

birdy · #2 (**permalink**) March 3rd, 2009

Which player are you using? Have you tried using different players? What format are the files that won't play?

Try VLC player. It's free & has codecs installed to play most file types. Check the thread below for a link to download.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/tips-t...p3-fixers.html

If VLC & other players don't play the files, chances are that they're junk.
Check the thread below for more info.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...tml#post335783

ade · #3 (**permalink**) March 4th, 2009

i use normal windows media player. when i first downloaded limwire though it was working completely fine, all formats including mp3 but now it does not. i uninstalled it and then re-installed but still the same thing. download is fine but playback does not seem to work. i tried the codec thing but stll no change.

Lord of the Rings · #4 (**permalink**) March 4th, 2009

I hope none of the files equal the file sizes listed here: Virus thread: Typical virus spam file sizes - Make a note of them (click on blue link to see)

philipj47 · #5 (**permalink**) March 14th, 2009

I have Windows Vista and Limewire 5 installed but sometimes Windows Media Player doesn't recognise the format as it come up with a error message. please can someone with this?

Lord of the Rings · #6 (**permalink**) March 19th, 2009

Probably are junk. If VLC cannot play them then I'd doubt any player could. Check the file sizes in my previous link, try to get to learn them off by heart, you will after a while. Also keep this in mind: mp3 Bit-Rates Versus File Sizes (click on link). This bit rate technique however takes much looking & comparing to be sure you see the file size, bitrate & length of song to compare them. This might help too: How to find music which also applies to video searching.

If music files do not show bit rate in search results then probably junk. Also if you see something silly in the title like file-name followed by 320 kbps then you know it's most likely junk. Junk generally has less mp3 id3 tag information than real mp3 files.