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Re: anybody ever tried to play a video that was still being downloaded (torrent)
02/06/11 01:57 AM
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> > > i just fired up hot tub time machine while it was still downloading, and VLC
> plays
> > a
> > > random video from another hard disk on my computer.
> > >
> > > wtf? is this a VLC thing or what?
> >
> > The only possible explanation I can think of.
> >
> > 1. BitTorrent allocates 4GB or whatever the file size is for the video you are
> > downloading, and works on filling it from the torrent.
> > 2. Previously, that was "blank space". But blank space isn't zeroes, it contains
> > previous content that you deleted or moved (unless you purposely zero your free
> > space.
> > 3. The random video used to be located in the space where you are currently
> > downloading the torrent.
> >
> > And yes, that's pretty impossible too.
> >
> > Otherwise, I got nothin'. *shrug*
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> > [EDIT] does it show in the "recently opened" that it accessed that other drive?
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> no, that was the first thing i checked. i keep thinking about this, and it's blowing
> my fucking mind. i have no clue how this is possible.
The random space scenario has plausibility. I'd take a proper amount of dumb luck, but it could happen.
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