When I want to download minecraft this is what it says in the development console.
[08:53:55 WARN]: Couldn't download https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Resources/sound/mob/villager/yes2.ogg for job 'Resources'
java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 503
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:88) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:104) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:11) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
Eventually it says it gave up trying to download a certain item. It never finishes downloading and when I try playing offline it works but the sound is missing. I've tried temporarily disabling my firewall but it still doesn't work.
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