error 8008

I just downloaded itunes 9 and ran into this error 8008 problem right away. I've tried deleting the file from the folder and downloading again, but it hasn't worked. Were you able to solve this problem? How?

thanks, steve

I've had the same 8008 problem as most of you.

The solution I found was to exit iTunes, delete the corrupted files as detailed in earlier postings, restart iTunes, uncheck the "allow simultaneous downloads" option. All six episodes of Top Gear then downloaded without a problem.

Hope this helps!

Cheers
arh

I have tried both successfully and unsuccessfully to delete the Downloads folder, and/or temp files when getting this error.

I have found that when deleting doesn't work, renaming the Downloads folder does. That is, I *rename the Downloads folder to DownloadsX or something like that*. I am not sure why this works, I guess it has something to do with not making the space occupied by the bad files (perhaps bad blocks?) available and forcing new blocks of space to be used when downloading again and creating the temp files.

Try this! After days of frustration trying everything else, this subtle difference worked for me.

Ahh..this is driving me nuts.
I have had this errorfor about up to 2 weeks.
And none of the solutions suggested have worked.
I have tried renaming the downloads file.
Deleting corrupted files restarting itunes then unchecking the box.
And deleting the files and pressing check available downloads.
None of these have been successful.
I need serious help with this.
Is there any other solution or has anybody heard back from iTunes?

I ran into the 8008 problem too. Tried deleting the temp file/folder, creating another user profile and jumping through a few other hoops that support recommended. Nothing worked. I just tried what D1sc0 recommended and that solved my problem:

Delete file from download queue in iTunes
exit iTunes
delete incomplete file folder from Downloads
delete file from recycle bin
run ipconfig/flushdns
change dns servers using opendns.com settings

I owe you a coke D1sc0 😀

okay i had the same problem with error 8008 for the movie, "i love you beth cooper". i already tried going to the downloads folder and deleting the corrupt file, but then it simply redownloaded and got me back to the same error 8008. can you please help me out?

thanx, jon

hey there bluebeam, i tried renaming the 'downloads' folder to "downloadsX" or other names as youy suggested. it only made me redownload my movie, and then the same problem occurred, except i looked back to my iTunes music library, itunes had made another new folder named just 'downloads'.

There fixes don't work for me either, the file at apples is the culprit not my computer. I have deleted the suspect files again and again as per there instructions and they keep sending me the same fix.
The standard definition part of the file errors out at 440 megabytes downloaded exactly every time. and sets error code 8008. I can then delete the partially downloaded file and it does the exact same thing over and over. I have tried to download the same file from 3 different computers in 2 of them in a separate house and the file still errors out.
They need to stop regurgitating the same fix and listen to the customer!
The file has a problem on there server. PERIOD.

thanks for the clear fix

worked perfectly

This concerned 1.37 GB movie download problems

To any one else on Windows XP with download error: 8008



Delete file from download queue in iTunes
exit iTunes
delete incomplete file folder from Downloads
delete file from recycle bin
run ipconfig/flushdns
change dns servers using opendns.com settings

This worked on Windows 7:

1. Deleted corrupted file from iTunes
2. Quit iTunes
3. Deleted folder containing .tmp file from iTunes Downloads folder
4. Emptied trash
5. Launched iTunes

Download resumed as normal.

As posted by our friends the culprit is the *.tmp.

This link might help.
I get error 8008 when I download a purchased video in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2384

Thanks.
Deleting the appropriate folder and files for the failed download in the download folder worked fine.

Thanks

This totally worked for me, thanks so much for the tip Vincent!

Rich

Thanks, Vincent. The only additional step I had to take was quitting iTunes before deleting the respective folders.

Mark

Thank you Vincent Metayer
That completely worked, I really appreciate your help