Is it possible to download corrupted torrent files, even with a download client builtin checksum verification?

Posted by Somebody still uses you MS-DOS on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Somebody still uses you MS-DOS
Published on 2012-06-24T19:14:38Z Indexed on 2012/06/24 21:18 UTC
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I downloaded some mkv/mp4 files with my new router (I can download directly from it, using transmission), and all of them seem to be corrupted: lags, strange artifacts when using vlc, crashes with mp4, etc.

When a downloaded part is corrupted, transmission warns you and downloads that part again. My question is: even after the transmission verification, is it possible that the downloaded file is still corrupt?

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