Downloading movies!plz help!
 

hey i have been trying to download movies for the last few days and all they do is just sit there and says 'connecting.. [ 0% ]' i have tryed leaving it on there and rebotin the computer and i have no more ideas please help!:confused:

Can you give us a little more Info.

Can you give us a total description of your set up:
1. OS version? (Eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (Eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your ISP provider? ( AOL/MSN/Comcast/Tiscal)
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?
These details are vital if you want us to find out what your connection problem is.

* Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other. http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

12. Do This test, Is the result True/False?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...757#post103757 Is the result True/False

13. Do a speed test post the results here.

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

1. OS version? windows xp
2. What firewalls you have? they are not active
3. How much ram? dont know
4. Hard Disk space available? 51.8 Gb
5. Connection type? cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? cox
7. Where are you trying to connect from? home
8. What version of Limewire?the newest
9. Who is your ISP provider? cox
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? no.
11. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? it worked

Cox ... oops! ... ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire

Downld a magnet link from here & tell us what happens: http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml

soo wat do i do?

Click on the link, choose a file to download. The file will download via LW & you can check out the speed.

I'm also having the same problem with d/l movies, but only with certain movies. Why is that? Most of the time, I can d/l all kinds of movies and only sometimes (rarely) I come a movie title that just won't d/l, all I get is a 'connecting' status, even when the movie has 100 or more sources to pick from.

I'm really perflexed to know why is this happening and I've noticed when it comes to d/l files like mp3, I get to about 45 kb/s and movie files to about 9-15 kb/s. This with same more or less sources.:confused:

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This is a new kind of spam which is driving many people crazy. Stick to a file with less than 10 sources. Vary your search terms. Look up a file before download with Bitzi to get an idea of content & quality
How to use Bitzi

You could be right there Birdy, I tried downloading movie files with fewer sources and I was able to download the movie I was after.

But it only seems to happen on a really popular movie like if its a top ten movie or something like that.

Go figure.:rolleyes: