[vlc] VLC player mixing up files

[TINKISSH HIGHWAYBOY]

Thanks Mek for the response. I want to know if the deleted file would have
gotten uploaded through torrent along with the file i was downloading as in
while we are trying download, it starts seeding and uploading data right, I
want to know if this deleted file data would have gotten out of my system
through VLC or through torrent. Because now even if i clear the VLC cache,
uninstall and reinstall the VLC or completely format my system, the file i
was downloading keeps playing those clips from the deleted file still.

MMM

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Matej Kurpel <mkurpel at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 25. 11. 2011 16:19, TINKISSH HIGHWAYBOY wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was downloading a file(calling it 'file1') using torrent and before the
> file was 100% complete i tried to play it using VLC player, I found another
> of my videos(calling this video 'file2') playing/popping up  when file1
> kept getting stuck while rendering on the screen. The strange thing is i
> had deleted file2  from my system a week ago. I am clueless on how it was
> able to read that file2 and play it in between file1. And the stranger
> thing is I have formatted my system and when i play that file1 which i
> saved in an ext HDD, it still keeps playing file2 when ever it encouters a
> jerk in the VLC media player and remains stationary at the exact same
> locations when i play it in windows media player. Can you please explain
> what is happening and  why such behavior is exhibited by VLC player.
>
> Thanking you in advance for you support.
>
> Thanks,
> MMM
>
>
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>  I encountered this behavior as well. It's because the file you were still
> downloading (file1) was downloaded in chunks which have spaces between them
> (not yet downloaded chunks of the file). These spaces were not overwritten
> with any data so they contained data from a previously deleted file
> (because when you delete a file, it does not get physically deleted, only
> the space it occupied is reclaimed as free) - file2.
> HTH.
>
> Mek
>
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