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Movies - Download Problem

I just purchased National Treasure and Pirates of the Caribbean about 2-3 hours ago. It got to the point in the download where it was finished downloading, and it said "processing file." At this point, iTunes quit responding and locked up my entire computer, which forced me to manually shut it off and restart it. Now, my movie downloads are gone. I have some sort of file on my computer (maybe a temp file? I have no idea), but nothing shows in iTunes. What should I do? I spent $20 bucks on these movies, and want to be able to watch them.

Posted on Sep 14, 2006 12:29 PM

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Sep 27, 2006 7:34 PM in response to Stephenie

I have ben downloading Pirates of the Carribian and it took forever. I would download about one hundred mb's every other hour and one day when I went to start the download it said the file was 10 mb's big so i got suspicious, stopped it, restarted my computer and tryed again but it didnt work so I downloaded it anyway and it ended up being the FREE!!!! trailer! I was P.O.ed and I can find no way to get ahold of apple. I dont like apple that much anyway, the only things they did well was the ipod and itunes, well they screwed that up. Any suggestions?

Sep 30, 2006 4:03 PM in response to complaining

Go into your purchase history on the iTunes store, under your account sign in and click on the "Report Problem" button. I did that and within a day they emailed me to let me know that they were aware of the problem and they gave me a code to get a free $1.99 video. The next day they emailed me to let me know that they problem was fixed and that the movie was ready to download.

Oct 1, 2006 5:55 PM in response to Koda2006

When I tried to download the free version of the Lost season finale my computer shuts down because windows has detected an error. I've only been trying to download free shows because I'm afraid to pay for something that I might not be able to get. Music downloads fine, and when I didn't have itunes 7.0 I could download shows fine as well. There is no point in me having a video ipod if i can't download any shows, and if it keeps shutting down my comp. Has anyone gotten any good support about these situations?

vaio Windows XP

Oct 2, 2006 10:36 AM in response to Koda2006

I have attempted to submit a "User Complaint" using the form on the iTunes Help & Support page in order to explain a situation mirroring Koda2006's complaint below. When I submit the complaint, I am notified of an "Error on Page". Not only can I not download a movie that I paid $9.99 for, but it seems that there isn't even a way for me to ask for the help I need! I am very discouraged with the service.

By the way, Apples response stating that users should be sure that they have iTunes 7.0 and the latest Quicktime is ridiculous. You cannot even begin to download without those new programs.

Dell Dimension 2350 Windows XP

Oct 10, 2006 8:33 AM in response to Koda2006

I have just experienced a similar problem. I bought Sweet Home Alabama, there was approx. 20 minutes left on the download when suddenly "Itunes is experiencing a problem and needs to shut down." I pressed okay, itunes shut itself down and when I restarted the program, the movie was no longer available, it was gone. I went to my purchase history to report the problem. I hope there is some way for me to download the movie again, otherwise I just wasted $9.99

Oct 18, 2006 3:04 AM in response to Koda2006

I purchased 10 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock and 3 of Desparate Housewives and none of the items will download. I have since purchased more music and Grey's Anatomy and got all of them but I keep getting errors like -3259 and -8003. I am very disappointed and have no way of getting refunded or anything. I have had my iPod 2 years and just recently purchased a new one so I could have more options and they have hoodwinked me and my brother who is also here in Iraq and is experiencing the same thing.

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