re****@newsguy.com writes:
OK, so far so good. These files linger until the Cache hold setting
arrives I guess. So I thought it was a simple mechanism.
Video starts downloading, video starts playing, and completes
downloading.
But then I happened to accidentally delete the Cache while a video
was still playing... and guess what... it didn't effect its playing
at all.
The cache had zero files, yet the video continues playing...
Depending on the operating system, deleting the file may not
remove the data. In flavours of Unix (mac os, linux etc)
removing the file simply deletes it from the directory. If
there is some other pointer to the data, the file persists
until that pointer disappears. This is reasonable
behaviour, so I don't know whether Windowses do the same.
If the video is more than about 25mb, the instant the downloading
part ends the file disappears. I know the approximate size because
the web page gives that detail about the files.
What is the cache size limit of the browser? Does that give
a clue?
It's also not necessary to have the whole video in the file
for it to be worthwhile having a file (as an on disc buffer
to smoothe out dips in the data rate).
--
Jón Fairbairn
Jo***********@cl.cam.ac.uk