Hoping someone can help me here. I have an issue where sometimes my file is 100% complete and hashtag checked but does not have a file extension attached. usually i can fix this by adding the extension by a file rename but when its a file folder I have downloaded then I’m hooped. Any suggestions???
P.s. I have done manual hash tag checks too.
There was a bug where this would happen in certain conditions when using magnet links, usually with single file torrents, but it was fixed in version 1.37
I am seeing the same issue, but I’m not so certain that this is a bug as much as it is a problem with the torrent itself. Here is an example:
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/9598981/The_Walking_Dead_S04E09_720p_HDTV_x264-2HD_[eztv]
If you click on the “Files” link, you’ll see that the file indeed does NOT show up at all (which is a sign that something is wrong with the torrent such as missing file extension). Even using chrome’s “inspect element” feature reveals that the files box is indeed empty. I’ve noticed that about 50% of eztv’s torrents do not have file extensions, while the others do. This seems to be a problem with them simply ignoring the fact that a file needs a file extension. When you download this torrent, you will see that it completes WITHOUT an extension. This problem is common place for EZTV’s torrents which are very popular. It’s also common for other torrents as well, I’ve witnessed it myself and I dont even use BitComet. My wife does. She asked me about this issue so I looked it up and saw people reporting it as an issue years ago, but the problem she reported to me is something I’ve seen using “Ktorrent” which is a torrent app for KDE. This particular torrent that she was DL’ing does complete in Ktorrent with no file extension.
I tested that torrent using the 12-26-13 beta version, 64bit which uses the same source code as stable version 1.37 and it does show the proper file extension of .mkv. Please try restarting this torrent but don’t press the “download now” button until bitcomet finishes quarrying the file name and when it does, check to see if the .mkv extension is present. If it’s not, let me know what version you’re using.