Hello, I've had Limewire Pro installed on my computer for just over a week now. In that time I have downloaded about 2 dozen MP3 songs. Every single one of these files has poor sound quality and skips about every 30-40 seconds throughout the song. I only download files with a bitrate of 128 or higher, and usually the more popular files as well. Does everybody have this problem? I haven't had any problems with files from other P2P programs so what gives with Limewire?

Many things can lead to the illusion of poor sound quality audio files but it generally sums up to this: don't use Limewire's .mp3 player as your preferred player. Insufficient RAM, corrupted or out-dated Java's can lead to skipping during song playback or even, in some cases, the song not playing unless you wait a couple of minutes after hitting that Launch button.
The doctor's remedy? The prescription includes finding the files in your computer by locating the Shared folder, then using another player for playback.

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

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