File errors

[dm88]

Pardon if this is a dumb question.

I have just started using LimeWire and haved downloaded a dozen audio files. It seems that most (8 of 13) contains some defect - pops, clicks, dropouts. Is this normal? Is it a problem with the original source file, or with the transfer protocol introducing errors? IOW, does Gnutella do error detection and correction that insures a file arrives undamaged?

Thanks for any advice.

Doug McLean
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[VTOLfreak]

LW does a rollback when you resume files ,so in theory the files should not be corrupt .
But not everyone is using LW and their client may have corrupted the file when they downloaded it , so it's a corrupted file for anyone that downloads from them .

Sadly , about 70% of the audo files you download have this problem .
The only thing you can do is open it up in an editor and try to fix the problems .

If you have audio-files wich such problems take them out of your shared folder , you don't want to share bad files do you ?
Make sure LW is not running when moving the files or you get a ugly error .