Incomplete downloads

[dinkypumpkin]

On 05/09/2012 03:35, Arthur Murray wrote:
> So, it was 5% complete the first time, 81.4% complete the second time,
> but then it became a "Download Complete" and continued on with the
> conversion/tagging process.   Has anyone seen this before?
>
> Is this a problem with rtmpdump (v2.4) or get_iplayer 2.82? Is there
> any way to ensure this doesn't happen? Once the file is ffmpeg
> converted it can't be resumed manually, so I had to find the file and
> force a complete redownload.  It is worrying that incomplete downloads
> can be considered complete and I might not notice it before it is too
> late.
>

You need to tell us what OS you're using and which programme you're 
attempting to download.  Chances aren't great that your particular 
problem can be replicated, but without that information it's difficult 
to know.