Why why why ??? only 30 secs of music

[mels]

Hello there,

mmm... Maybe this has been discussed before, and if so, I truly apologize, but I didn't find any info when searching through the messages...

I've been experiecing a VERY frustrating thing for a couple of weeks now. Everything I have been downloading from Kazaa or Kazaa Lite lately is CUT. I have like 30 / 40 seconds of music and poof no music anymore, though the file lengh is the correct lengh of the song, the file weight is a normal mp3 weight etc.

I can't download ANYTHING now, it's all cut... There is probably an explanation to this damn new thing, and a workaround, right ? There has GOT to be one... :mellow

I hope someone here can help me out, or at least explain to me where and how this can happen (is there a filter or something on the Kazaa client, or are the files dispatched by unkind souls or something ?)

Thanks a bunch in advance !

[gomonkeygo]

i also had this problem. the album i was trying to download hasnt been released yet but they were the right songs. i think it was released onto kazaa on purpose so when it actually is released less people will download because they can't tell which ones are real. possible?

[mels]

hey there

I did a bit more research... i used to search for "cut mp3s" and such when the right name for what we have been experiencing is more like mp3 loops.
I found info here after my searches on loops, though nothing to well... fight against it, sadly. From what I read this whole crap comes from the record labels, they have a company called... erm... overpeers or someting that drowns the real files in the middle of tons and tons of looped mp3... and it SUCKS.

Hope this helped

mels

[Silentassasin]

Maybe you could download that AVI preview thingi that is quite useful for checking for fake songs.

[UBER-RAT]

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[Rickio]

I have a feeling your downloading currently popular tunes.

so riaa is most likely involved and has seeded the kazaa network with those files to thwart your experience.

[Ken17625]

Make sure you

A. Are downloading a file that has a lot of sources.

B. I would avoid 128 kbps quality, since its the most common and probably a good candidate for a fake.

Thats it.

[[NK]Mutant]

Honestly, how do you people manage to find these looped mp3s... In all my days of downloading music from Kazaa I have NEVER gotten a fake. Period. I'm not even sure if they exist. Really, most of it is just common sense. (I.E. use the file with the most sources).

[Rickio]

I've never gotten one of those files either.
but then again pop music bores me lol

but I won't say I won't ever listen to pop music hehe

[metale]

Originally posted by Ken17625
Make sure you

A. Are downloading a file that has a lot of sources.

Yeah, that's the base of a good download.

Originally posted by UBER-RAT

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May be that too.... but only in some cases....

[gomonkeygo]

Be careful when downloading marilyn mansons "the golden age of grotesque" album. lots of looped mp3 things. maybe wait till the album is actually released.

[Winphuk]

Yep, sounds like overpeer. Remember the size of the file you download so as not to downloaded it anymore, and try another one.