Unexpected end of archive (winzip or winrar)

im uploading through ftp

im using WS_FTP version 8

where do i chang ethe setting please?

Ok.  Did you read the rest of my comment?  HOW are you uploading it - BINARY or ASCII?

I'm not sure - I don't have that version.  In the old WS_FTP LE, it was right on the interface - ASCII or BINARY - you couldn't miss it.

i looked at the options and it says:

in auto-mode, all files are transferred as binary unless the filename or extension is listed here(which means in the listbox) any file with a filename or extension listed here will be transferred as ascii. this applies to transfer, view, execute and edit

NOTE: i dont see the .zip and .rar extension in the listbox

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Maybe you should try adding a recovery record to winrar.

so it would seem one of three possible errors. first check the locally created RAR file to see if you can extract the music files
if that works try uploading the file, then download it yourself and see if you can still extract it. If you can download it from your site and still extract the file, then the error is on the other computer or connection, perhaps it's not downloading properly. have him compare the downloaded file size to what the file size should be.

If you cannot extract the music from the downloaded file yourself then the error is likely in the upload as already suggested. check the uploaded file size against the local file size. also consider a different fto client. what heppens if you simple drag and drop using IE as your client?

rpalmeira22

i did download from my web site to see if i able to extract correctly but unfortunately i also get the same error

CRC failed on cd4 the file is corrupt
unexpected end of archive

am i uploading corrupt files ? or what

i try both zip and winrar both are having problems

what is the best ftp software you think i will purchase do you think?

thanks

CRC failed in [FILE NAME]. The file is corrupt

so you can't extract the files then?

it appears you're probably uploading corrupt files. to be sure check one of the zip files that you create and try to extract its contents before you upload. if you don't get a CRC error before you upload then there's your problem there are a bunch of different clients available from Internet Explorer to CuteFTP orWS_FTP or SSH.

after i zip all music files, i able to extract files without any problem but this is before uploading the file to website but after i upload and then download and then try to extract then i get the CRC error....

which means that something is wrong while uploading ? may be? not sure

yep, it's either not uploading correctly or not downloading correctly. more likely is that the upload is bad.
first off check the uploaded file size against the local file size, see if the two match. then try a different client CuteFTP is pretty good.

Does the other person downloading the zip or rar file(s) have winzip or winrar or are they using the in built windows xp zip functionality ( Just I know the later version of winzip and or winrar use different compression to what windows xp was designed with afaik.

So maybe use winrar with recovery ( both yourself and the person or people downloading them ) and if it still does not work get them to see if they can recover it via winrar.

If that does not help then it is obviously as per above suggestions / comments with regards to the way you are uploading it and an option needs to be changed , as for how I have no idea.

There are plenty of FTP apps you can get from www.download.com and also www.pscode.com ( which require the programming language / IDE that you searched for ie if you search for ftp on the c++ section ) then obviously you need a c++ compiler otherwise if you search in the visual basic area then you need a vb IDE )

I think the best solution to your problem is to break the rar file up into smaller files, maybe use the built-in Winrar splitter and break them apart at 100MB each.