What's SFV?
This is an optional and an additional service we're
providing to our customers. SFV is the abbreviation
of "Simple File Verification". It's necessary
defining the attributes of the original digital file by
using a sophisticated method of error checking numbers.
Those numbers are later being used for checking the 100%
correctness of a digital file copy. By downloading
from the internet it isn't unlikely that some digits are
being transmitted faulty. Such - even minor - digital file
errors may cause that you can't play the video download
correctly and sometimes you can't play it at all. Such
errors might also cause image interference.
How does SFV work? We're offering you a free
SFV file for all our available HD-videos. That .SFV file
defines the digital correctness of your downloaded digital
media file. HD-video files are extremely large files and
therefore it will be always good for you and quite helpful
if you would be able to check the correctness of your
digital download once you'd stored the complete file onto
your hard drive.
How shall I verify my download? First of all
you'll have to download and to install a useful SFV software
of your choice from the
Internet. Some of the available SFV software might be even
for free. (If you click
here
you'll find a listing for available SFV software downloads).As
a next step you'll have to care that your digital HD video
file and our free SFV file must be stored on your PC within
the same folder. (E.g. use C:\SFV) -
Now launch your (already installed ) SFV software and select
the correct SFV file for that download. Now your SFV
software will check your video file and it'll tell you if
the checksum of your file is the correct one and if your
video file is ok.
Error Messages If your SFV-software might tell
you that your video file is defect or invalid, simply
download the video file once again. However, for
various reasons you should always delete the cache of your
browser first. If you don't know how to delete the cache of
your browser, kindly inform yourself about your operating
system and about how it works. If you won't delete your
browser's cache before downloading the same file again,
you'll risk that your computer doesn't "download the same
file again" but it would likely rather copy the very same
digital errors from its own (not yet deleted) cache once
again! If you did it all right and if you did download
once again BUT your SFV software is still displaying file
errors after checking it again, you should better carefully
test your internet connection. The downloads should always
run consistent and steadily and without any longer
interruptions. If there are longer interruptions better
contact or change your ISP or retry at another time of the
day.
Downloading the SFV file Simply click - either
before or after your video download - that link called "size".
You can find that link next to the original download button
(watch the screen shot below). If you'll click the "size"
link, another new link is popping up right below. Click that
new link and save the SFV file onto your hard drive into the
same folder where your video file will be or where it does
already exist. Note that you may always download that SFV
file for free at any time you'd like to.
