Mac OS error -50

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Mac OS error -50

I am trying to retrieve some QuickTime movies from my freespace.virgin.net.
If I download using Fetch, the downloaded movie will not open and I get a "Mac OS error -50" message.
If I try to open the movie directly at the server, Safari crashes.
The only advice I can find is to repair Permissons, which has not worked.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Quicktime Player 7.6.4
Safari 44.0.5
Thanks.
Tony

G4 1GHz iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 24, 2010 4:07 AM

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Answer 1

Jon Walker

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Mar 24, 2010 4:45 AM in response to Tony Furniss

Any help would be much appreciated.

CODE: -50
ERROR: paramErr
DESCRIPTION: Error in user parameter list (File System Error)

I think this is usually/most frequently a problem with the filename/path (i.e., an inability to properly read and/or process the filename/path at the file system level).

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Tony Furniss Author

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Mar 24, 2010 5:19 AM in response to Tony Furniss

I have just copied a QuickTime movie which plays on my laptop over to my desktop.
Same error message 😟

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Answer 3

Jon Walker

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Mar 24, 2010 6:25 AM in response to Tony Furniss

I have just copied a QuickTime movie which plays on my laptop over to my desktop... Same error message

If you are sure that the file is not corrupted and the hard drive is not the source of the problem, then the next logical possibility would likely be that either the QT Player/structure and/or system/Finder software is corrupted.

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