I have downloaded a few movies for backup and my quicktime keeps telling me that its not a file that quicktime understands, if anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it
Thanks

I too have been encountering that problem as of late. Any other type of file that I try and download will do just fine, however it seems that all mp3 files are suddenly being corrupted as soon as they start downloading. (I try playing them as soon as they start and get the same error message.)
I've been using Limewire for a number of years without problems now, and my computer is OS 9.2.2. For me it started about two or three days ago, every time I go to click on a newly downloaded MP3 file I get the same error message saying it's not a file that Quicktime understands. Now, any file I downloaded in the past is still there and in working order. It's just anything downloaded since I first got the error message that's unplayable. I've tried playing them in iTunes and a sound program I found called "SoundAppPPC" but to no avail.
I've tried deleting the program and reinstalling it...deleting the program and my Incomplete and Shared Folders and reinstalling it...deleting the program, the two folders and three preferences I found for the program labeled "File Sharing CP Prefs" (or at least, I presume they are affiliated with Limewire) and reinstalling it... but obviously somethings still wrong because I still have the same problem.
Perhaps I am being paranoid here, but I wonder if we've stumbled across some kind of virus for the Mac which quietly and effectively corrupts every MP3 download and leaves all else alone. I don't have anything in the way of virus protection so I haven't been able to scan for viruses, but if you do please try.
Sorry I'm not much more help, but I'm also eager to figure this thing out.

Two things I can think of: 1. Turn on all the QT plugins using the MIME settings in QT's prefs.
2. The format of the file is a new mp3/m4a format. Keep in mind there's new formats coming out & OS9 is static, there's no more updates for most OS9 apps or OS. My recommendation would be to get a hold of Audion, the latest version for OS9 is version 3 which gives full support to Ogg Vorbis & MP3 Pro, both of which are not recognised by the apps you mentioned. Audion also supports WMA, WAV, SID, MPEG (Shrike), mp3 - pmlame & Aiff.

You might also be interested to see these 2 threads: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=28409

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=26892

Hi LTR,
Thanks for the response, but I don't think it's a problem of the specific type of mp3 file that I'm downloading. I should have mentioned this in my previous post, but the reason I say this is because
A) I've downloaded several different files, none of which have worked.
B) I installed Limewire on my PC machine, downloaded the same file as I had on my Mac, then transfered that file from my PC to my Mac and it worked just fine. (When the Mac's download hadn't)
Not to be a pain in the bum, but any other ideas?
Thanks!

Have a look at this thread & Stief's suggestions: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=29496