Downloading zip files from this site?

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  • walf
    Top Poster
    • Mar 2013
    • 112

    #1

    Downloading zip files from this site?

    When I try to download aj's channel list from this site winrar comes up with 'The archive is either unknown or damaged' but when I download the file from another site its fine....!

    Strange.

    Also,

    When trying tp upgrade by usb on my skyboxf3 it doesnt recognise the file? Do I need to rename the file to .dbs?
  • colpac
    Member
    • Aug 2012
    • 49

    #2
    have you unzipped it before putting it on the usb?

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    • mahrkpat
      DK Veteran
      • Jun 2012
      • 510

      #3
      I have never had problems with unzipping AJ's list although I've not tried it with winrar, I usually rely on windows default or 7zip. Did you remember just to copy the .dbs file in to the usb stick and not in any folder.

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      • walf
        Top Poster
        • Mar 2013
        • 112

        #4
        its unzipped and not in any folder but it doesnt seem to come up as a .dbs file?

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        • Hadron
          V.I.P. Member
          • Nov 2012
          • 2102

          #5
          I had the same problem using Internet Explorer. If you're also using IE, try Firefox.

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          • mahrkpat
            DK Veteran
            • Jun 2012
            • 510

            #6
            Originally posted by Hadron
            I had the same problem using Internet Explorer. If you're also using IE, try Firefox.
            How would using a different web browser affect a downloaded file? I don't disbelieve you Hadron just curious if anyone knows why? Maybe something to do with the way different types of file are handled by the browser?

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            • Hadron
              V.I.P. Member
              • Nov 2012
              • 2102

              #7
              Originally posted by mahrkpat
              How would using a different web browser affect a downloaded file? I don't disbelieve you Hadron just curious if anyone knows why? Maybe something to do with the way different types of file are handled by the browser?
              It was only when I had a similar problem downloading certain compressed files (not all) from these forums that I started Goggling around for an answer, since other members weren't having problems dowloading the same file.

              It turned out to be more common than I thought. Here are a few examples:-

              Download results in a corrupt Zip file for some and not for others - WinZip Computing :: Knowledgebase

              IE, IIS Dynamic compression and corrupt zip files - Microsoft Windows Vista Community Forums - Vistaheads

              Microsoft Community - Windows 8 - IE 10 Corrupting downloads

              I was using IE9, but it seems to be a problem with different version numbers as well. I did try disabling HTTP 1.1, as suggested in the first link. It did work but gave other problems, so instead I just switch to Firefox if I encounter a corrupt compressed file.

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              • mahrkpat
                DK Veteran
                • Jun 2012
                • 510

                #8
                One more reason not to use I.E although I stopped using it a number of years ago.

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