Problem downloading Audio and Video files

Fox_Fire · #1 August 10th, 2005, 05:24 PM

Lately, when I have tried downloading video (avi) and wav files I have been experiencing problems getting them to save corectly (they either play in one second or nothing plays when I try to download them). Anyway I am a recently switched from windows to tiger (as a mass communication major/graphic design minor, it seemed to make the most sense) anyway I'm wondering what might be causing these sound and download problems and would appreciate any help anyone could offer.

**fryke** · #2 August 10th, 2005, 05:52 PM

Which browser are you using, and can you pinpoint problematic files to a specific site?

Fox_Fire · #3 August 10th, 2005, 06:00 PM

I've tried downloading with firefox, saffari and shiira. I've also tried a couple of sites for dowloading sound files and none of them seem to be allowing me to download them correctly, sorry if I'm, not doing a very good job explaining the situation.

Fox_Fire · #4 August 10th, 2005, 11:17 PM

I have tried opera since then been able to get sound to download in that program properly

mw84 · #5 August 11th, 2005, 10:39 AM

I had a problem like this the other week. Does your HD name have any unusual characters in it ?

Fox_Fire · #6 August 11th, 2005, 04:30 PM

Nope, not the internal one anyway, the internal one is named "Macintosh HD"

MisterMe · #7 August 11th, 2005, 07:32 PM

If you want to save the A/V files rather than play them, press the [option] key while double-clicking on them. This works in all browsers.

Fox_Fire · #8 August 12th, 2005, 01:37 AM

Thanks for the advice, that seemed to work