How does an SFV work?
An SFV contains a check-sum string (called a CRC) that can be used to verify whether or not a file has been transferred properly. If the SFV does not check out, the file is either corrupt or unfinished (that is, you should re-download it). To ‘use’ SFV files, you need an SFV checker, like RapidCRC. Typically, you just have to double-click the SFV file (assuming it’s in the right location in relation to the files it’s trying to check), and it’ll check automatically. If any files are missing or corrupt/incomplete, it’ll let you know. If you continually have a problem verifying SFVs, please contact the person hosting the mirror you’re having problems with. If you’re having trouble getting your SFV to work correctly, you may be using an older (or just plain badly written) SFV program which checks for a comment line (’;’) at the beginning of the file. There are two ways to solve this: (a) Switch to a better program, such as RapidCRC, or (b) open the SFV file in a text editor, and add a sing
