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Poster:	Jeff Kaplan	Date:	Feb 24, 2024 11:25am
Forum:	general	Subject:	Re: We need way to request a rederive here

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Poster:	sydneydux	Date:	Feb 25, 2024 6:58am
Forum:	general	Subject:	Free Download Manager -- my first trials were trying

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First, thanks to JK for the email address and advice re new derives.
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On the Free Download Manager (FDM), at times it works well. However, in just a short time I've encountered two types of errors, and some of the downloads have been corrupted.
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On the errors, the first error type (happened 3 times) I don't remember the exact wording of, but it had to do with "resource moved" or some such thing. I clicked on something telling FDM to fix it, and it did. The second error is on the attached snip. That page is still posted, so it's not a matter of the item being taken down, I assume. I'll try again later on. This error has happened on two different download attempts.
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On the files being corrupt, I have no proof what caused that. I often will be trying to watch an MP4 of an old TV show, and I'll get to the middle of the show, and my $32 Sony (as in, Sony, The One & Only -- which doesn't rhyme!) smart DVD player will state the file is corrupt, and skip to the next MP4. Some of the files I downloaded using FDM ended up as "part" MP4's. Some refused to unzip with Windows Explorer's unzipper, or with 7-Zip. Weird. That page had no light-green bar indicating a derive was underway, so I assume the files were OK at IA's end.
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This post was modified by sydneydux on 2024-02-25 14:58:52

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