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Thread started 03/25/09 6:30am

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MPLS download - it downloads but adding .zip to end still doesn't work

Elixir and Lotus downloaded fine, I added a .zip, unzipped, songs uncompressed.

With MPLS, it downloads a 195mb file, I add zip, all it says is the file is not recognized. I tried this on 4 different computers so far, same thing.

Any ideas?

Seems crazy that he expects people to add extensions to a file. All the time they spent developing this site you would think you click on WAV, and it downloads either a zip file or the songs themselves.

thanks for the assistance,

leadine
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Reply #1 posted 03/25/09 6:41am

Number23

I had the same problem with MPLSound, but if you use Firefox it automatically downloads as a zip file and all is well.
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Reply #2 posted 03/25/09 6:43am

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There is a problem with the source file to begin with - everyone has posted the same problem regarding MPLSound.

Please stop with the "he expects people". The issue of the extension is an easy fix, and out of Prince's control. It has to do with your browser settings.
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Reply #3 posted 03/25/09 6:44am

3121

I downloaded the albums off of the site but when i tried to unzip them using WinZip i get warning messgae

can not open: file does not appear to be a valid archive.


Anybody able to help on this?
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Reply #4 posted 03/25/09 6:46am

Genesia

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There is a problem with the wav version of MPLSoUND. Nobody can open it right now. The file is corrupted in some way.

Just be patient.
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Reply #5 posted 03/25/09 6:46am

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3121 said:

I downloaded the albums off of the site but when i tried to unzip them using WinZip i get warning messgae

can not open: file does not appear to be a valid archive.


Anybody able to help on this?



MPLSound won't work - everyone has that problem. Have you tried changing the extension to .zip?
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Reply #6 posted 03/25/09 6:49am

3121

Se7en said:

3121 said:

I downloaded the albums off of the site but when i tried to unzip them using WinZip i get warning messgae

can not open: file does not appear to be a valid archive.


Anybody able to help on this?



MPLSound won't work - everyone has that problem. Have you tried changing the extension to .zip?


Hi se7en. It gives me this message on all the albums i downloaded. I wouldn't know or understand how to change my extension to .zip

could you be a tad more explicit for me? i'm not the most PC literate.

thanks alot.
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Reply #7 posted 03/25/09 6:51am

Graycap23

The MPLSOUND wave download is corrupted.
The MP3 is fine but the wave does not work.
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Reply #8 posted 03/25/09 6:54am

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3121 said:

Se7en said:




MPLSound won't work - everyone has that problem. Have you tried changing the extension to .zip?


Hi se7en. It gives me this message on all the albums i downloaded. I wouldn't know or understand how to change my extension to .zip

could you be a tad more explicit for me? i'm not the most PC literate.

thanks alot.

Click the bottom of the file you've downloaded where the text which tells you what is, is. Click the end of the text so you can write in it. add the word .zip to it. And that's that.
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Reply #9 posted 03/25/09 7:07am

3121

Number23 said:

3121 said:



Hi se7en. It gives me this message on all the albums i downloaded. I wouldn't know or understand how to change my extension to .zip

could you be a tad more explicit for me? i'm not the most PC literate.

thanks alot.

Click the bottom of the file you've downloaded where the text which tells you what is, is. Click the end of the text so you can write in it. add the word .zip to it. And that's that.



Thanks Number23. Doesn't it already end with .zip? Should i just add another .zip to it?
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Reply #10 posted 03/25/09 7:10am

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I envy you guys who haven't heard it yet. The first time you hear 'Dace 4 Me' it's just 'wow'!
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Reply #11 posted 03/25/09 7:12am

3121

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I envy you guys who haven't heard it yet. The first time you hear 'Dace 4 Me' it's just 'wow'!



Wanna swap? lol
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Reply #12 posted 03/25/09 7:21am

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3121 said:

mypancakeplaces said:

I envy you guys who haven't heard it yet. The first time you hear 'Dace 4 Me' it's just 'wow'!



Wanna swap? lol


Ha ha. Don't worry guys the wait will make it feel oh so good!
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Reply #13 posted 03/25/09 7:31am

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Number23 said:

3121 said:



Hi se7en. It gives me this message on all the albums i downloaded. I wouldn't know or understand how to change my extension to .zip

could you be a tad more explicit for me? i'm not the most PC literate.

thanks alot.

Click the bottom of the file you've downloaded where the text which tells you what is, is. Click the end of the text so you can write in it. add the word .zip to it. And that's that.


Thanks for the hint, but it doesn't work for me on Lotusflow3r. I have both versions MP3 and WAV.....


EDIT: You won't believe how I managed to extract the files...
First I opened the ZIP file with WinRar. Then I extracted the zip inside the zip to my desktop and then I could easy unzip the files. All clear eek
[Edited 3/25/09 7:39am]
[Edited 3/25/09 7:41am]
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Reply #14 posted 03/25/09 8:05am

3121

joecoco said:

Number23 said:


Click the bottom of the file you've downloaded where the text which tells you what is, is. Click the end of the text so you can write in it. add the word .zip to it. And that's that.


Thanks for the hint, but it doesn't work for me on Lotusflow3r. I have both versions MP3 and WAV.....


EDIT: You won't believe how I managed to extract the files...
First I opened the ZIP file with WinRar. Then I extracted the zip inside the zip to my desktop and then I could easy unzip the files. All clear eek
[Edited 3/25/09 7:39am]
[Edited 3/25/09 7:41am]



You lost me at 'you' lol
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Reply #15 posted 03/25/09 8:13am

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i'm not a member, but people on a mac could try renaming the file to .zip or .rar and extract using this program

http://www.unrarx.com/

people on Windows could use winrar or 7-zip

http://www.rarlabs.com/ (shareware)
http://www.7-zip.org/ (freeware)
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Reply #16 posted 03/25/09 8:21am

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joecoco said:

Number23 said:


Click the bottom of the file you've downloaded where the text which tells you what is, is. Click the end of the text so you can write in it. add the word .zip to it. And that's that.


Thanks for the hint, but it doesn't work for me on Lotusflow3r. I have both versions MP3 and WAV.....


EDIT: You won't believe how I managed to extract the files...
First I opened the ZIP file with WinRar. Then I extracted the zip inside the zip to my desktop and then I could easy unzip the files. All clear eek
[Edited 3/25/09 7:39am]
[Edited 3/25/09 7:41am]

Worked the same way with "Elixer". But no way on MPLS...
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