Hi there
New member so bear with me im not any good with computers but trying. I downloaded a film and have no sound at all and I dont know why. I have played sound before so i know all the connections are working fine. I have the sound icon pressed and at full volume and the speakers are on. So whats the problem.
Thanks in advance
John D

Most likely you have a codec issue. Get GSpot so it will tell you which codec you need. Also get VLC (in-built codecs) as a backup player as it's very reliable. CODECs list and alternate players for Movies

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Hi
Thanks for your reply. I have it sorted for now, it was an icon on the monitor that one of the kids had pressed by mistake.
Maybe you could tell me something else, i have downloaded a few films but when I watch them thay are either not complete, not what I thought or even some porno. I read on a post a film needs to be 700mb long is this true for all films or could they shorter. Its really terrible being new to all this.
John d

It depends on the length of video & also how it's been converted. Some videos are converted to fit onto a single CD (ie: 650-700 MB size.) Whereas some are split into 2 or 3 parts. Obviously those ones have less compression & should have better quality.

But there is a chance one could be smaller. Either it's been compressed too heavily/much or for eg. it's a tv episode or something which has a shorter length.

See if the name says anything about part 1 or A or I or similar within it's name. Re-search the video to see if you can find any that are parts & not the whole video. I haven't heard of movies deliberately cut short without there being other parts on offer. Many movies come from Shareaza (RAZA) users who can be difficult to connect to. So the person you got it from might either be a raza user or they themselves are still trying to get the other parts.

Make sure your player has the ability to play the whole video. Sometimes players will give up half-way thru due to the poor encoding or due to lack of correct codecs. Get GSpot to tell you which codec you need for that video & VLC (in-built codecs) as a backup player. See CODECs list and alternate players for Movies

Also don't forget about using Bitzi to see if there's any user feedback; How to use Bitzi Web Lookup ...

As for porn, there's ways of filtering it out unless it's totally masked by a false name. Influx of Porn recently being Spammed on Network - How to Stop it returning in your search results

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR