Help (Problems with previewing, and songs with licenses)

kjcmb · #1 (**permalink**) January 20th, 2009

I am new to using Limewire and I am having issues and I don't know if it is me or what. First thing is when I hit preview to see if the song I am downloading is what I want the limewire player doesn't play why is that?? Second most of the songs I am looking for pop up a screen about liscense how do I get the songs with liscense???????

Thank you for any help I can get

birdy · #2 (**permalink**) January 20th, 2009

The LW player isn't good. Try disabling it (tools > options > player) & using another player. If songs still won't preview, maybe you're downloading spam/fake files... there are lots around.
Fake files showing up in search results

Virus thread: Typical virus spam file sizes - Make a note of them (click on blue link to see)

And some general info about finding files & what to avoid...
How to find music

* WARNING: Viruses on network you should be aware of ! *

For your license issue, check out this thread: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/336491-post2.html

kjcmb · #3 (**permalink**) January 20th, 2009

Thank you for your advise about changing players I have done that and it still wasn't working. What type of player do you use? I am new to all this and I feel really stupid that the computer is winning. So what is your advise to watch out for good searches??

birdy · #4 (**permalink**) January 20th, 2009

I use iTunes or VLC. Check out this thread, there's a link for downloading VLC (it's free & has codecs installed to play most file types, it's very reliable): http://www.gnutellaforums.com/tips-t...p3-fixers.html

For info about searching & files to avoid etc, see the links that I posted in post #2. There's lots of info there, so just go through it slowly & carefully