mp3 Playback Issue

> "Jim Colletti" <colletti@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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>

>>I couldn't find any earlier postings of this problem, so here goes.
>>
>>Occasionally I'll download an mp3 (from a peer to peer network) that
>>seems to download okay, but when I play it (e.g.,in WMP10), it gets to a
>>point and then just jumps back to the beginning and starts over. It
>>does this several times. Here's the weird thing: if I download another
>>version of the same cut, one with a different compression (different
>>file size), it does the same thing, at the same place! When I open the
>>file in Nero Wave Editor, it shows the same thing - the first section of
>>the song is repeated several times - so I don't think this is just a
>>WMP10 problem. Curiously, I've only found two songs that this happens
>>for, but no matter how many different versions of the mp3 files I
>>download for these particular songs, the problem is always the same.
>>
>>Am I going nuts, or has anyone seen this before?

>
>
> There are tons of files out there just like that one. The RIAA and its
> minions flood the p2p networks with these fake files. You're most likely
> to encounter them when trying to download very new music; a month or so
> after a CD is released the genuine files begin to outnumber the fakes.
>

> Hmmm. Actually both of the cuts I've had trouble with are *old* - from
> the 60's.
>

> "Jim Colletti" <colletti@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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>>Hmmm. Actually both of the cuts I've had trouble with are *old* - from
>>the 60's.
>>

>
>
> That is a bit unusual, unless those tracks perhaps appeared on a
> recently-released soundtrack or greatest hits CD. But you're right- it's
> not a WMP problem, as Nero has demonstrated. Perhaps the RIAA is even
> screwing around with older material these days. Out of curiosity, what is
> the song title?
>
> Regards,
> Ian.
>
>

> I'm a fan of old 60's folk music; the two tracks that are giving me
> trouble are Paul Simon's instrumental guitar solo "Anji", and Jackson
> Browne's song "These Days" performed by Tom Rush.
>
> What gets me is that I downloaded more than one version of each -
> different size files, and they still looped back at exactly the same
> place. Really weird. It sort of seems to me more like there's an error
> decoding the mp3 than something bad in the files. Though I can't
> imagine what would be causing it. Is decoding mp3 strictly a function
> of the realizer software (Nero or MWP), or might audio drivers be
> involved, i.e., could my Creative Audigy hardware, drivers, or related
> software be the culprit?
>
> BTW, thanks for responding.