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Friday, 10 October 2008 23:18![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krisomniacQuestion for the f-list (or if you know anyone who might answer it):
I download my supernatural episodes using BitTorrent, from the Isohunt torrent search engine and play it through my Windows Media Player for Vista. I always get the file just fine, but I suddenly have a huge problem with files that don't register properly through the player-- they will play fine from beginning to end, but I cannot time-skip through the episode, only pause and play. further, if I try to rewind/FF within the ep, it restarts the file.
Here's the really confusing (to me) bit. It only happens if I open the file from the WMP library. If I double click on it through my 'Videos' folder, it opens the file in WMP without a problem and time-stamps it just fine. This is only annoying as I like to have my spn seasons on WMP playlists, and I can't do it with these recent eps.
Totally confused. Anyone seen anything like this or know of a fix?
ETA: I fixed it by 1. getting really fed up and deleting the file. 2. restoring it because I was too lazy to d/l a THIRD copy. 3. Now it runs fine. Go figure.
I download my supernatural episodes using BitTorrent, from the Isohunt torrent search engine and play it through my Windows Media Player for Vista. I always get the file just fine, but I suddenly have a huge problem with files that don't register properly through the player-- they will play fine from beginning to end, but I cannot time-skip through the episode, only pause and play. further, if I try to rewind/FF within the ep, it restarts the file.
Here's the really confusing (to me) bit. It only happens if I open the file from the WMP library. If I double click on it through my 'Videos' folder, it opens the file in WMP without a problem and time-stamps it just fine. This is only annoying as I like to have my spn seasons on WMP playlists, and I can't do it with these recent eps.
Totally confused. Anyone seen anything like this or know of a fix?
ETA: I fixed it by 1. getting really fed up and deleting the file. 2. restoring it because I was too lazy to d/l a THIRD copy. 3. Now it runs fine. Go figure.
