[vlc] VLC player mixing up files

[TINKISSH HIGHWAYBOY]

Thanks Mek!! I am very grateful for your quick response. I have been
worried sick this whole time! your answer gave me peace.

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Matej Kurpel <mkurpel at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 26. 11. 2011 9:39, TINKISSH HIGHWAYBOY wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>  ______________________________________________________
>> vlc mailing list
>> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc
>>
>>  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
>>
>
>  No, not even a bit from that old file is uploaded. Torrent is only
> sharing those parts it downloaded itself. It would make no sense to upload
> any other data than those specified in the torrent file anyway :)
>
> Mek
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc/attachments/20111126/b609f983/attachment.html>