mamapapaXP
07-14-2003, 11:17 AM
What the frell is happening?
Just spent a couple of hours downloading the third in a series of short art-house
films about rampaging cyborgs time-travelling to, respectively, kill or protect
the protagonist. I am fairly sure you wouldn't have heard of it and neither would
the MPAA...
The reason I picked the pair of links I did was because of the time honoured rule:
"Go for the one with the most results!" I would have thought that 289 users was
a fair enough indication of the liklihood of a good transfer, (and not one of the file
sizes or names in the list differed from the other 288.)
So, how come when it comes to playing them through a dozen different utils,
ranging from BSPlayer and WinAmp to TMPGEnc and VirtualDub, I just get two
hours of 4:3 ratio silent blackness? :swear: ?
I have yet to encounter, after over a year, an actual corrupted file but i'm
willing to allow for the possibility, but 2? At the same time? Don't think so...
I can understand that the Militant Philm-makers Against Advancement might
put phakes out there (a' la' RIAA) but, surely to hell, not all the 289 users
involved would be spoof IP's and if not, surely they wouldn't keep a duff file
they had downloaded?
My head hurts... :'(
Just spent a couple of hours downloading the third in a series of short art-house
films about rampaging cyborgs time-travelling to, respectively, kill or protect
the protagonist. I am fairly sure you wouldn't have heard of it and neither would
the MPAA...
The reason I picked the pair of links I did was because of the time honoured rule:
"Go for the one with the most results!" I would have thought that 289 users was
a fair enough indication of the liklihood of a good transfer, (and not one of the file
sizes or names in the list differed from the other 288.)
So, how come when it comes to playing them through a dozen different utils,
ranging from BSPlayer and WinAmp to TMPGEnc and VirtualDub, I just get two
hours of 4:3 ratio silent blackness? :swear: ?
I have yet to encounter, after over a year, an actual corrupted file but i'm
willing to allow for the possibility, but 2? At the same time? Don't think so...
I can understand that the Militant Philm-makers Against Advancement might
put phakes out there (a' la' RIAA) but, surely to hell, not all the 289 users
involved would be spoof IP's and if not, surely they wouldn't keep a duff file
they had downloaded?
My head hurts... :'(