Bit Torrents

Bulmers · 08-03-2005 8:19am #1

I have just started using bit torrents as i have recently got broadband installed and i am having some problems.

Firstly the mp3s i download wont play on window media player. I have updated my player to the most recent version and they still wont play? anyone any ideas why? It has the .mp3 extension after them so i dont understand why? I download mp3s from ftp sites and these play fine.

Then when i go to convert the mp3s i download with bit torrents to .wavs, i get input stream error, it wont convert them to wavs. The program i am using is mp32wav, again, this program works fine with mp3s i download from ftp sites?

Anyone any ideas, any help would be appreciated.

thanks

Ciaran500 · 08-03-2005 8:23am

My guess is their not mp3 files, they just have the .mp3 extension. Try playing them in a music play that supports more than WMP. e.g. www.winamp.com

Bulmers · 08-03-2005 8:28am

I downloaded winamp and tried that but they didn't play very well, songs seemed to skip about,like on a scratched cd.

Is it basically a bit hit and miss with these torrents. I have never used them and dont know alot about them.

Ciaran500 · 08-03-2005 8:34am

Yep there is no way of telling the quality of the files unless you get them from a trusted source (don't ask).

Tusky · 08-03-2005 8:40am

I download a lot from bittorrent and rarely get dud files. Have never gotten any dud music files, download VLC media player and try playing them with that.

Bulmers · 08-03-2005 8:53am

thanks for that

any ideas on the mp3 to wav conversion?

the_syco · 08-03-2005 8:58am

BitTorrent bad... FTP good...

Goodshape · 08-03-2005 9:00am

BitTorrent bad sometimes. FTP hard to find

NotMe · 08-03-2005 9:12am

I've downloaded 40GB through BitTorrent and I've never gotten a dodgy file.

RE*AC*TOR · 08-03-2005 9:16am

I'm getting the impression readign this that Bulmers didn't allow the files to fully download - perhaps they just finished "allocating". I've never had this kind of problem from bittorrent.

Zombienosh · 08-03-2005 9:22am

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

I'm getting the impression readign this that Bulmers didn't allow the files to fully download - perhaps they just finished "allocating".

Yeah, thats what it sounds like. I too have never got a bad download. However if the download is incomplete they dont play right and/or skip etc.

Bulmers · 08-03-2005 9:25am

i am going to try it again but i downloaded 3 albums and the same thing happened. I thought maybe with the first one, i made a mistake so i tried a few others and seen the same problem.

Will try again, thanks for the replies

DJB · 08-03-2005 9:36am

I don't think the mods will like this thread. I got shot down for mentioning bittorrents files in another thread. Sry... only downloaded 1 album and it worked fine. Sry can't help!

Best o luck!

RE*AC*TOR · 08-03-2005 9:39am

Bulmers wrote:

i am going to try it again but i downloaded 3 albums and the same thing happened. I thought maybe with the first one, i made a mistake so i tried a few others and seen the same problem.

Will try again, thanks for the replies

how quick did it take for them to download?

Chalk · 08-03-2005 9:59am

are they 2-3 k in size???
get your self some bittornado....

bt owns the internet these days anyway....

pickarooney · 08-03-2005 10:20am

Get a better mp3 codec.

Chalk · 08-03-2005 12:21pm

pickarooney wrote:

Get a better mp3 codec.

what does that mean?

Khannie · 08-03-2005 12:28pm

DJB wrote:

I don't think the mods will like this thread. I got shot down for mentioning bittorrents files in another thread. Sry... only downloaded 1 album and it worked fine. Sry can't help! Best o luck!

You're right. I'm on the verge of closing this one. In fact, I am closing it. While there isn't any express declaration of illegal activity, I think it's fair to infer it.

It's mah job.

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