Shannon's Journal Discussion

[Shannon]

I'm embarrassed to say this but I don't know how to check against the md5 hashes. I don't know what to look for or how interpret them or what to compare them to.

Same here. Maybe Shannon can put a sticky somewhere.

If you guys are running Windows, here's an easy-to-use freeware checker: http://www.winmd5.com/

All instructions should be there.

I will try to remember to make a sticky tomorrow.

In case you forget Shannon

Should I be worried? I never checked this stuff i don't know how I been listening to subliminals from Shannon for a while. Could I have been doing this in vain?

I made a sticky thread in the FAQ section.

The MD5 hash values are useful in two cases.

1. You get your copy of my subs from a source other than IML or directly from me personally - which of course means you're probably pirating them, and you don;t know if they've been tampered with. An MD5 sum hash will prove mathematically if they are tampered with or not.

2. You want to verify that an audio file you got from IML downloaded without errors.

3. You want to verify file length.

It is extremely unlikely that you got a bad download, but it can and does happen. It is also a way to know whether the files on the server have become corrupt.

If there is an error in the file as a result of download, you will usually see that your player cannot open the file or refuses to play it. If it plays, it will most likely only have an audio glitch contained within a single second of audio. Regardless, only a file that passes the hash check is for sure safe to use, as only such a file is absolutely certainly what I created it to be.

If you haven't been checking, and have experienced no audio glitches, it is very unlikely that you have used my subs in vain.