what does it mean if the file is corrupted?
 

hi,
i was downloading this music video, and at 99%, a message popped up and said limewire detects that this file is corrupted. well, then download completed and i can play the music video fine with no problem but what does it mean if the music video is corrupted? can someone give me some advice? should i re-download the music video again? :confused:

If it plays fine, then no. A corruption is due to LW detecting a difference between the downloaded file & the original hash of the file which is the 1st thing you downld even before you have started downlding the physical file. A corruption can be anything as minor as a different id3 tag or description tag or file name, to as severe as missing bits or bytes or corrupted bits/bytes, or there's something else that may mean the download was unsuccessful. For videos & audio files this may be just a minor corruption detected & still playable, so take that into account. However there is also the possibility data was corrupted due to an aggressive firewall not properly configured or line drop outs or an over aggressive anti-virus or anti-spyware or similar utility has damaged it. The corruption may be at your end or theirs.

if the possibility that data was corrupted due to an aggressive firewall not properly configured or line drop outs or an over aggressive anti-virus or anti-spyware, how can i detect it? the music video does seem to play fine with no problems but since limewire detected something, it must be something? is there a way to detect the problem? like a scan or something? :confused: thanks in advance. + you gave me good information about corrupted files. :dance:

My guess is the person who is offering the file may have changed or added a description to the file so the file itself is fine.

If your file was unplayable then that would be a different matter.

If you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface then that would indicate a firewall not properly configured.

Oh one option I forgot to add was the possibility of an old modem or router not parsing the data properly.

Windstruck

Simply put, if you can play the music video without any problems then you have no problems, despite what the computer error message says.

You should only start to worry when you can’t get the computer (and programmes) to do what you want it to do, anything else is a waste of time.


UK Bob (aka Shark Chum Bob)

I've tried simple songs and I've had that happen. Is it possible it could be a virus in the file? I was just wondering b/c I just closed my DL when it happened. Thanks in advance