file corrupts when download finished

[expat2002]

Hi,

This is happening with a lot of downloads, particularly AVI. As the download nears completion, it appears to be fine. Previewing works as expected. As soon as it completes, and the font color changes to green, the file size changes from 300 MB or whatever to a few K, 16K or 14K.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

[old_death]

What version of Shareaza are you using?

[expat2002]

2.6.0.0 64 bit. Thanks.

[old_death]

So once the download finishes, the files cannot be played anymore?

[queueclimber]

[expat2002]

[old_death]

Have you checked whether there is enough disk space for copying the file to your downloads folder? Have you tried one of our debug builds (link can be found on the bottom of the Shareaza downloads page)?

[expat2002]

[flitox]

hahaha you guys are still wasting time on this???
well known bug, this happen when you have added the file to the downloading list using right click/download now.

when doing so and if you are lucky to have the files finished before you close shareaza (in that case, the download simply disappear from the DL list but still can be found in the incomplete folder), most files ends up being only a few KB big.

[binjo55]

I found same problem, my incomplete folder is big, more than I am now downloading. Is there any way to use data to retrieve the downloads or should I just delete all in complete and start fresh? I also saw that this was caused by right clicking to download, right? Thanks

[old_death]

[queueclimber]

[expat2002]

[expat2002]

As a workaround, this has worked for me so far:
Find he file you want
right click, copy the URL (I usually use the eDonkey link)
Paste into a new search
The file downloads successfully.

[flitox]

[appleoddity]

I can confirm - Using the "Download Now" option causes this problem. If I just double-click the file, or right-click and choose "Download" none of my downloads get corrupted.

What a serious bug. This has been going on for a VERY LONG time.

[flitox]

[old_death]

[flitox]

[old_death]

I hadn't heard about that yet (or I just forgot about it). That doesn't mean it didn't happen...

Anyway, on what kind of backward system are you working that cannot run our debug builds? Except for a warning at the start and some higher resource usage you shouldn't even be able to see the difference to the normal unoptimized release builds...

[flitox]

i'm on win 732 bit but maybe it was that special built that had a problem??? it kept getting lock during launch. the good part was that as it never fully launch, i could reinstall normal version and did not lose all my download.

just gave a look in my old message and that built was made around 1st fortnight of july 2012.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1352&p=8805#p8805 (2nd post)

[old_death]

Maybe you cold try the latest debug build again? There have been some changes since you last tried. Also, if you'd like to reduce the startup time, just make sure your search and browse user windows are closed when shutting down Shareaza.