99.9% Completed Problem

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05-24-2005, 06:21 PM
kurse

99.9% Completed Problem

Hey I just left a movie downloading over night and it stopped at 99.9% and if this is how far its going to go that's going to suck. Does anyone know of a tool that can complete the file as it was a whole and just leave out that 0.01%? Im pretty sure Ill still get the whole movie.
05-24-2005, 06:57 PM
RealitY

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

Its most likely just a thumbs.db, try to extract or veiw as its most likely fine now...
05-24-2005, 10:06 PM
Aaron_T

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

i had the same problem on ares, usually by the time the download is that far gone you can just use what has already been downloaded, like reality said probs just a thumbs.db :)
05-24-2005, 10:37 PM
kurse

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

Well all it is was one torrent file and I tried playing it with VLan and it will not work. Also tried it with windows media player and it will not play. I am currently downloading another version of the same movie, looks like this one is for sure too. But I still need to know what to do incase something like this happens again or how can I prevent this?
05-24-2005, 10:53 PM
99%

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

i know how you feel
05-24-2005, 11:35 PM
RealitY

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

Was the file in rars or what fornat...
05-25-2005, 01:10 AM
kurse

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

It was in AVI format
05-25-2005, 07:46 PM
DOLBET

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

try to pause and redownload it, it helps sometimes.
05-25-2005, 09:36 PM
kurse

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

Thanks but I deleted that file already and got a new version of it that worked just fine, Ill remember to do these helps when it happens again.
05-26-2005, 02:54 AM
I the end I

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

Quote:

Originally Posted by kurse

Well all it is was one torrent file and I tried playing it with VLan and it will not work. Also tried it with windows media player and it will not play. I am currently downloading another version of the same movie, looks like this one is for sure too. But I still need to know what to do incase something like this happens again or how can I prevent this?

Can't really prevent it, just shitty luck.
05-26-2005, 11:24 AM
accat13

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

Thats why your better off getting a .tar file,you can always download the missing rar or find a par file
06-18-2005, 11:48 PM
elvensilver

Re: 99.9% Completed Problem

Seems to be a common problem, mostly because people are more likely to drop out right after getting that last piece, leaving less people seeding it. Microsoft's new "avalanche" algorithms are neat in that they claim to be able to reconstruct those rare pieces from the pieces already you've already downloaded. I wonder if BT trackers (private and otherwise) will fade away once the community implements something similar...