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![]() Hi there, I'm a new LimeWire user, I have LimeWire 5. I have downloaded several videos on LW, some of them play and some of them don't. Why is that? Is there a trick to getting some of them to play? The ones that do play will play in Windows Media Player. Do I need another media player for the others? Or does the fact that they won't play just mean the files are not good or corrupt and should be deleted? Thanks for any advice you can give. ![]() |
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![]() It's a codec issue. We normally recommend using VLC as it has all the codecs built-in so no need to search around for particular codecs to play particularly formatted videos. VLC - (click on link) _ (choose nearest mirror site) ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Sweet, I will try that. One more question - why does it say it will take some things hours to download and others only minutes? Is it the speed of the other computer's connection? I've been abandoning the multi-hour downloads, seems too long to wait. Thank you! ![]() |
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![]() Very good, thanks so much for the info. Also, when you were talking about the link to VLC, you mentioned choosing the "nearest mirror site." I apologize for my ignorance, but I'm not sure what that means. Can you enlighten me? Thanks so much. ![]() |
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![]() A mirror site is a site that also has the same download file. Many places do this to save load on their servers because their servers cannot cope with the traffic & bandwidth needed for constant downloading of their software. Thus, sites around the world will share the same file that can be downloaded from. It's suggested to choose the nearest one to where you live so it will be faster, however it's not so important. I downloaded from France which is on opposite side of world from me. lol ![]() |
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