Torrents downloading to 100%, except they're not....

[Navyshake]

I've got a backlog of a couple of video files that I've downloaded over the last few weeks, and looking at them today I've noticed that in the case of 3/5 of them, despite being 100% finished on uTorrent, when played back they skip noticeably to the point where they're unwatchable.

Now, if I re-open the torrent file that I downloaded in the first place, uTorrent checks the files, and apparently they're only 80ish %, 65.7% and 52% (respectively) done.... even though it previously told me they'd already completed at 100%.

Has anyone had something similar happen? What causes it, and is there anything I should be doing to prevent it that I'm not? Could it be my HD?

Sincere thanks in advance.

[DreadWingKnight]

It could be your hard drive.

It could be software on your system not playing nice.

It could be other hardware not playing nice.

[Navyshake]

Thanks for the speedy reply. What sort of other software or hardware would typically cause this sort of thing?

[DreadWingKnight]

Media indexers, malware, bad drivers and a bunch of other things.

[moogly]

Post an HijackThis log.

[clarizard]

Hi, I have had a similar sort of problem and it is the same torrents that this happens with every time. For example my torrent downloads all the way to 100% but on restarting uTorrent it has gone back to 90%. I have found it to be a problem with my resume.dat Don't know if it is the same with you but.....

[Navyshake]

Post it here or upload it somewhere? What's your preference?

[DreadWingKnight]

post it.

[Navyshake]

Sure.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

Scan saved at 12:20:34 AM, on 8/12/2008

Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16735)

Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\LightScribe\LSSrvc.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsPMSPSv.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxsrvc.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe

C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskswitch.exe

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\jusched.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_FATIBEP.EXE

C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMBgMonitor.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

C:\Program Files\Veoh Networks\VeohWebPlayer\veohwebplayer.exe

C:\Program Files\WiFiConnector\NintendoWFCReg.exe

C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.3\program\soffice.exe

C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.3\program\soffice.BIN

C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgrsx.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgemc.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\jucheck.exe

C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe

C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLLoginProxy.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

C:\Program Files\ParetoLogic\Data Recovery\PLDataRecovery.exe

C:\Documents and Settings\Jess\Desktop\HiJackThis.exe

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O2 - BHO: Mega Manager IE Click Monitor - {bf00e119-21a3-4fd1-b178-3b8537e75c92} - C:\Program Files\Megaupload\Mega Manager\MegaIEMn.dll

O2 - BHO: EpsonToolBandKicker Class - {E99421FB-68DD-40F0-B4AC-B7027CAE2F1A} - C:\Program Files\EPSON\EPSON Web-To-Page\EPSON Web-To-Page.dll

O2 - BHO: ZoneAlarm Spy Blocker BHO - {F0D4B231-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} - C:\Program Files\ZoneAlarmSB\bar\1.bin\SPYBLOCK.DLL

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O3 - Toolbar: Veoh Web Player Video Finder - {0FBB9689-D3D7-4f7a-A2E2-585B10099BFC} - C:\Program Files\Veoh Networks\VeohWebPlayer\VeohIEToolbar.dll

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O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

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O15 - Trusted Zone: http://www.dailymotion.com

O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1210316828828

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O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe

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O23 - Service: NBService - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero 7\Nero BackItUp\NBService.exe

O23 - Service: NMIndexingService - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMIndexingService.exe

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End of file - 8318 bytes

[moogly]

O23 - Service: NMIndexingService - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMIndexingService.exe

Disable or uninstall it.

[Navyshake]

OK, done.

Also, regarding resume.dat - looking in my application data for uTorrent, I have 3 files - resume, resume.dat.1.bad and resume.dat.old.

I don't like the sound of that "bad", but I honestly don't know anything about these files and what they're supposed to look like. Does it sound like a problem to any of you cats?

[moogly]

Trash .bad if resume.dat is not 1 kB.

[Navyshake]

^

OK, that's done as well. The. bad file was actually last modified about a month ago, whereas the resume.dat one was modified yesterday, so not sure what the deal is there.

If anyone has any further suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them. I'll download something over the next couple of days and see how it goes.

Huge thanks to those hwo have helped out so far.

[moogly]

Yes post a feedback if the forced re-check doesn't reach 100% after a complete download.

[Navyshake]

OK, now this seems like a whole different thing but it may be related.

I was having uTorrent check a few other things I've downloaded lately, and it completely failed to recognize one torrent with a handful of video files in it. Like, it knew I had downloaded the torrent already, but checked the whole thing and said 0%.

I tried to open one of the files with a media player and it told me that it wasn't "a recognized format", even though the file worked perfectly yesterday. I safely removed the HD and re-started the computer, and now the files are working fine.... what the hell?

Is this indicative that the problem is with the HD itself? Because I ran the diagnostic software on it while I was at work today and it came up all clear.

[moogly]

uT opens only .torrent files. When you double click on a downloaded file in the Files tab, it opens the program by default on your computer to read it.

E.g. if it's an .avi, WMP or MPC will start to read this movie, but not uT.

You can manage that in Properties > Advanced to run a program.