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I just downloaded a film which is a mpg, but it will not play in windows media or divx... I even tried videolan and nothing.
I thought it was a fake , but I downloaded it from a list of about 30 plus user and if it was a fake.. why keep it... can anyone help..?
its a fake.
why do people keep them if it is a fake..?
Is there anyt way of teeling it is a fake b4 you spend ages downloading it... I normally use the previewer, but sometimes it doesn't work on all downloads and I just thought it was one of those cases again..
use videolan to preview, if it doesn't preview in http://www.videolan.org than its not real
and you downloaded a spoof file, its to discourage you from p2p
thanks for your help..!!!
A high amount of users unfortunatly is a bad sign it is a fake. Evidently certain users get their jollys by passing along fake files . Or sometimes, like you, don't even know their fake (thinking they don't have the right codec, whatever) but don't unshare that file so others won't download it. (no offense intended)Quote:
Originally posted by DonaldDuck@29 December 2003 - 15:04
I just downloaded a film which is a mpg, but it will not play in windows media or divx... I even tried videolan and nothing.
I thought it was a fake , but I downloaded it from a list of about 30 plus user and if it was a fake.. why keep it... can anyone help..?
Especially if its a very hot file, new movie whatever, in high demand they have a way of getting around fast.
I actually deleted the file, when muchspl2 said it was most likely a fake. Thansk for the tips..!!!
I just wish I could update the the properties of the files out there when I know they are fakes , just to let people know as it is such a pain spending all that time downloading and then finding it is crap..!!!