Question about downloads (What does it mean when it says "stalled")

Timantide · #1 (**permalink**) February 26th, 2010

What does it mean when it says "stalled"
when looking for a download?

I get a "stalled" message when I try to download a song.It doesn't happen every time. I hit "fix stalled download" tab, but it won't work. How do I stop this?
Thanks

birdy · #2 (**permalink**) February 26th, 2010

LOTR explains it...

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Originally Posted by Lord of the Rings

Stalled means at some point the file started to download but has since stopped. Whilst LW 5 may occasionally re-search itself, these are not full searches. And if you use the Fix Stalled option, I've a suspicion it only re-seeks the ip addresses it was previously downloading from.

So always the best answer is to re-search for the file yourself. ie: same way you searched originally to find the file. Chances are the user(s) you were downloading from are offline or changed ip address.
Perhaps 5-10 minutes after a search has finished, you can right-click the search tab & choose Find More Results from the sub-menu that appears.

Timantide · #3 (**permalink**) February 26th, 2010

Thank you for your answer. I deleted the search and tried again. It happens on a lot of files I search for. Too much to be one user.
Some files are fine and more so not.
I deleted the program and reloaded it, even used a different version. Same thing.
But I will not give up.

Lord of the Rings · #4 (**permalink**) February 26th, 2010

Here's a few more tips: 1. How to find music and files & some file sizes to beware of: 2. Virus thread: Typical virus spam file sizes - Make a note of them (click on blue link to see)