"white Flag" By Dido Unplayable

I've tried to preview the song "White Flag" by Dido, but it contains some kind of encoding that makes it unplayable in MP3 format. When I try playing this song on Windows Media Player or Real Player, it sounds great for the first few seconds, but then there is nothing but a loud, screeching static. This happened with several versions of the song that I downloaded, but obviously it can't be a universal problem or there would not be hundreds of users sharing these particular files. What is this crap and how do I get around it?

Atheos :angry:

I'm having the same problem. When I try to play the song, after about 20 seconds the static plays and my XP computer locks up. I've tried several versions of the song, all with the same result: rebooting. Does anyone have any info on what causes this?

Thanks.

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Yea I have the same problem for at least the last three weeks, I noticed that
the left channel on most of the screwed up songs has dead space or noise
that someone has done. I don't know if the RIAA has Hackers doing this or if I'm
missing some king of codec or something. One things for sure this is something I have never seen until recently.

It seems people are hush hush unless I havent found the right group.

Come on people someone knows the deal please help

Thanks.

i have it pm me if u want it

I think this are faked files from riaa.. Everyone who has downloaded them and didn't deleted immediately still keep them. So we download faked songs... I also downloaded some of them. it plays normal the first minute and then you hear some unenjoyable noises.. or at some songs it happens just for some seconds.. I also don't know what it is.. F..ck the RIAA !!! forget it im still not gonna buy any cds..

welcome to the world of fake files

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Originally posted by tutv@5 October 2003 - 22:47
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Just go there^^^ and do exactly as it says and your results will be rewarded.

P.S. should of said you still get some bad ones but i have found it to have 90% success, i have been using it solidly for 72 hours now, and i promise you it do's work.

Call me paranoid but did 5 n00bs just find the same thread all at once? And 3 one posters in a row.
Do we have spies in our midsts? :ph34r:

i dont want to point out the obvious, but i think u find the the new dido album has been created wiv "copy protection". This means, that if u try to rip it usin the usual and standard software, it wont work. The track will allow u to hear the intro, then ur get the static sound. Another CD that has this that im am aware of is the "kings of leon"album. If u go to any website that sells them, eg, amazon.con, u will see that the album states that is have "copy protection". Im sure some bright spark will create some soft ware to get round it.......in fact i might do it for my degree disitasion.....but anyways. There is a rather crude, and long winded way to create playable files, simply play the cd into ur computer usin the line in jack on ur sound card, and record the track usin a wav recorder, then covert the wav file into an mp3. Thats the idea i thought of, but since i havent yet felt the need to try it out im not sure how practical it wud be, in fact im sure it will be as lame as it sounds. :blink:

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I use this method, i have found it to be quite good, still get one or two fakes, i have found the whole Dido album on K lite, just need a little patience!

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I use this method, i have found it to be quite good, still get one or two fakes, i have found the whole Dido album on K lite, just need a little patience&#33; [/b][/quote]
was waiting 4u 2 come online or pm me to get the 2 songs but u got em now

wow this board really died

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lmfao@celery

Friends,

I followed the instructions provided by Coco (or whatever his handle is) and was finally able to download a playable version of the song. Now that I have previewed the song, I will immediately delete it and get my ass down to the store to plop down &#036;17.99 + tax for the same song in a less convenient format.

What surprised me about the whole thing, though, is that it was indeed the version with less bandwidth that was the good one. I would have thought the fake RIAA files would be less widespread, while the good ones would be common. This is bizarre, like natural selection in reverse, or the survival of the unfittest. People would better start checking the goddamn files they download or create before sharing or this is going to kill P2P.

Atheos :pirate:

can you read pinned messages plez.

:x

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lmao..

if u want didos album or white flg go2 ,musicworld verified titled didls album or something like tht u find the hashed album there he as far as i no is online&#33;

umm congrads for downloadign off kazaa