Grrr Arghhh

[charmax]

Apparently there is some problem with my NTSC dvd. I offered it too soon. Unfortunately the files will not extract and at the moment I am way to tired to figure out what the issue is. If you've already taken the time to download these files I'm so so sorry for the inconvenience. I hope it won't put you off. :( Please abort if you're mid-download.

I'm going to remove the dvd post for now.

Comments

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

Huh. It did extract perfectly for me; I wonder what's going on? If you need data to help you figure out what's up, let me know.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I haven't a clue what's going on with it but morgandawn is having a lot of problems. She's tried 3 different download managers and once without. I've downloaded it again tonight to see myself and I had the same problem as her. I just dunno. I'm going to bed now but I'll look at it again tomorrow.

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

given the problems I just had trying to log into your ftp account, I am pointing my finger at your webhost (yahoo). The error messages they were sending for the ftp were bizarre.

so go rest!

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

*Pets you and says it will all be ok*

[przed.livejournal.com]

I downloaded and extracted the NTSC version fine. For the record, I first tried to extract using the Mac tool you'd pointed to and it failed. I then tried using good old Stuffit Expander and it worked fine. I've mounted the disk on my hard drive and it plays fine. Haven't burned it yet, though.

[luridmuse.livejournal.com]

I had no problems -except Getright making me put the password/log in information in every time I d/l'd a chunk.
no issues extracting - I just right clicked on the first zip and winRAR unzipped it all, then did the same with the big 3g RAR it made.

funny thing I did notice though is that I could not unrar it with the plain ol Windows XP un-rar ability. I HAD to use winRAR to get it all open.
System info incase you need it, would be Windows XP computer, WinRAR Crystal version used to unpack it.

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

what's weird is that charmax had the same problems in using winrar to open her files after I failed 3x. I just tried accessing the files using ftp and we're getting the same error message from winrar that the first file is corrupt - so perhaps a new upload?

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I really don't know what to do because I re-downloaded the files before I went to bed and this time they extracted! No problems at all using WinRar. I am putting the blame on Yahoo being temperamental. For now.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Hmmm I'm not sure why getright would be making you put the password in every time... you do need to open the files with WinRar, I know that the Windows XP un-rar ability just doesn't extract these kind of multiple-part files, unfortunately.

Thanks for letting me know what's what.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks P! It's a relief to hear someone else downloaded it ok. Last night before I went to bed I tried again and it dl'ed and it extracted using WinRar. Earlier in the evening when I tried that it wouldn't work. It's weird and it leaves me in an awkward position because what do I do to fix it? If it's a server problem (it's pointing to that now) do I say take a lucky dip? Arghhhh. Things never go smoothly. lol

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Cheers, kiki.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I've downloaded it again and works. Others have too. Bizarre!

[przed.livejournal.com]

what do I do to fix it?

I know your frustration. I've faced a similar dilemma when people have contacted me about not being able to play my vids. Because in the end there is sometimes only so much you can do.

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

OK, sometimes these servers are problematic. so let me try another download using ftp and report back in.

[anoel.livejournal.com]

I extracted it with WinRar and errors came up but the ISO works perfectly fine. So that's good at least.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I don't know what to make of it because sometimes it works fine. Without errors.

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the internet gods were grouchy before? This is a possibility that can never be wholly discounted.

For me, it went super-smoothly; I just used the download manager that comes with Opera (so, basically, I could resume if a download stopped, but no, you know, fancy stuff - and, in fact, I never needed to resume) and extracted the file, and the only confusion I had was that the final file ended up in a folder named after the first .rar file, but inside that folder was the actual proper whole file, so all was well.

And, oh, burning goes so fast when you already have the ISO file. It's magic!

Anyway, I'm glad it's working now. I'm so happy to have these vids all big and high quality.

[frivolity65.livejournal.com]

Are we PAL people still able to download this, Babes? Please. :) *flutters eyelashes*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I took the page down whilst I was sorting out the NTSC files but soon. ;)