The file plays fine in VLC even though it's only downloaded 99.9%.
Apparently, deliberately damaging a single byte of a file after it's been hashed by the seeder is a way that some seeders use to ensure that nobody can complete the torrent for a few days, keeping the swarm fairly big. Leechers downloading the file fail the hash check on the last piece even though it is has actually downloaded correctly, since the seeder is sending out incorrect data because they intentionally corrupted the source file slightly. After a few days the seeder puts the file back to how it should be and then eventually everyone manages to complete the torrent.
Apparently, deliberately damaging a single byte of a file after it's been hashed by the seeder is a way that some seeders use to ensure that nobody can complete the torrent for a few days, keeping the swarm fairly big. Leechers downloading the file fail the hash check on the last piece even though it is has actually downloaded correctly, since the seeder is sending out incorrect data because they intentionally corrupted the source file slightly. After a few days the seeder puts the file back to how it should be and then eventually everyone manages to complete the torrent.
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