No stickys for this?

[goodkid1]

Have come back to LW after long absence, now on Mac 10.4 Tiger using LW4.12. All I am getting is Mac Error 19000, or "can't download this movie" while doing only music, getting that irritating woman's voice, etc. Also, on some searches, ALL the sources have some things that look like phonies, "Live","original track", etc.? Are there better settings that will help me, or exact location for "STICKYS" on these basic issues? Thanks

[Lord of the Rings]

What you have found is something to keep in mind, they are spam. "original track" etc are typical. The newest releases of any material are often attempted to be protected by professional spammer companies spamming searches with fakes.

Check How to find music & the links within that post. Searching Music & Video use similar principles. Also check Movie download issues (click on blue link) (2nd last post has information on best video formats.)

For music, make sure it shows a bitrate in search results. Other tricks are not easy to explain. But comparing file size versus bitrate of search results. And also what id3 tag information they show. And for video, I'd recommend filtering out .mov files from search results.
Also check Virus thread: Typical virus spam file sizes - Make a note of them (click on blue link to see) although I have not updated this for a while, it gives examples of what files to beware of.

BTW I would recommend you upgrade to either LW 4.14 or LW 4.16. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/mac-os...link-here.html due to LW 5 and LW 4.18 blocking uploaders who use any version of LW below 4.14
I use LW 4.16.6 on one mac account and LW 5 on the other. My G4 used LW 4.14

[goodkid1]

Thx...just what I was looking for. I did read most of the other pertinent info here, but I needed the update. Later...

[Lord of the Rings]

Originally Posted by goodkid1

All I am getting is Mac Error 19000, or "can't download this movie" ...

Not sure why the error code. But there are fakes out there, meaning you can never actually download them possibly due to their upload slots all set to zero.

I googled the error code. Possibly due to WMA or WMV file which Quicktime & iTunes cannot handle. It is possibly due to the file being DRM copyright protected. Of course WMA/WMV files are commonly used to spam the network. I'd recommend filtering these file extensions out.

However if you already have WMA files, Flip4mac can handle them. VLC can also.