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condoriano
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States826 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-24 09:05:42
May 24 2010 09:04 GMT
#1
Does any of you guys know how and why would GOM player play a video file that I have watched and successfully erased days (or even weeks) ago while I'm trying to view a partially downloaded video? And it's not just 1 fragment, it's many. Kind of scary, a lot of private info is being stored somewhere without me knowing about it. Does it stay in players memory?! Those files cannot be located as temp files anywhere. Here's the only thing I found on this matter, a post on GOM forums with similar question and no answers:

http://www.gomlab.com/eng/forum.html?mode=viewpost&c=7&f=8&t=997&pType=0

Any help appreciated.

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Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6175 Posts
May 24 2010 09:11 GMT
#2
you're talking about porn video aren't you?
Patriot.dlk
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Sweden5462 Posts
May 24 2010 09:12 GMT
#3
either way its better to just claim its porn we will understand
condoriano
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States826 Posts
May 24 2010 09:14 GMT
#4
Tbh it wasn't porn initially, but I started clicking on every unfinished download video file and some of them indeed replaced fragments with some wicked shit that I have deleted long ago. I can imagine what happens if someone runs into this while using my computer. Any ideas Piste? It seems like you know what you are talking about you porn predator~
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condoriano
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States826 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-24 09:19:35
May 24 2010 09:15 GMT
#5
OKAY GUYS IT WAS PORN it makes it worse doesn't it (imo we need a facepalm smilie)

I can uninstall GOM player itself, but I did like using it so why would I? And again, if I do, where the hell are those files stored? I can see a potential lawsuit if something like a torn asshole came up on the screen while some grandma was looking at tea recipes and died from a heart attack.
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eSen1a
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia1058 Posts
May 24 2010 09:34 GMT
#6
I can see a potential lawsuit if something like a torn asshole came up on the screen while some grandma was looking at tea recipes and died from a heart attack.

LOL wtf have you been watching
Ixas
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
930 Posts
May 24 2010 10:04 GMT
#7
I'll explain. When u delete something on the com, it erases the connections between the file and your system. Which means the files are still physically on your hard disk but no longer registered on your computer. When u download something again, GOM Player allocates a space for your vids, which happens to have bits and pieces of your old files and thus when u try to play an incomplete vid, u will play those old parts. The old parts will be gone afterwards as they have been overwritten by new data.
This is how police manage to retrieve old data from computers. There are a few solutions. Firstly and the most primitive would be to keep your HD full. In tat case, old data will be completely overwritten by new data and hence no old files can be dug out. Secondly, there are softwares which writes gibberish on every unused bit of memory, removing old traces of files. Lastly, try defragmenting, it rearranges the cells of memory and should remove a sizable portion of old stuff. (Unsure about the last method)
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J1.au
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Australia3596 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-24 10:11:39
May 24 2010 10:09 GMT
#8
On May 24 2010 19:04 Ixas wrote:
I'll explain. When u delete something on the com, it erases the connections between the file and your system. Which means the files are still physically on your hard disk but no longer registered on your computer. When u download something again, GOM Player allocates a space for your vids, which happens to have bits and pieces of your old files and thus when u try to play an incomplete vid, u will play those old parts. The old parts will be gone afterwards as they have been overwritten by new data.
This is how police manage to retrieve old data from computers. There are a few solutions. Firstly and the most primitive would be to keep your HD full. In tat case, old data will be completely overwritten by new data and hence no old files can be dug out. Secondly, there are softwares which writes gibberish on every unused bit of memory, removing old traces of files. Lastly, try defragmenting, it rearranges the cells of memory and should remove a sizable portion of old stuff. (Unsure about the last method)

I recommend:
CCleaner
File Shredder

EDIT: For writing gibberish on unused memory, as Ixas was saying. Though I don't think this would solve your problem. You should just uninstall the GOM player.
condoriano
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States826 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-24 10:34:38
May 24 2010 10:29 GMT
#9
On May 24 2010 19:04 Ixas wrote:
I'll explain. When u delete something on the com, it erases the connections between the file and your system. Which means the files are still physically on your hard disk but no longer registered on your computer. When u download something again, GOM Player allocates a space for your vids, which happens to have bits and pieces of your old files and thus when u try to play an incomplete vid, u will play those old parts. The old parts will be gone afterwards as they have been overwritten by new data.
This is how police manage to retrieve old data from computers. There are a few solutions. Firstly and the most primitive would be to keep your HD full. In tat case, old data will be completely overwritten by new data and hence no old files can be dug out. Secondly, there are softwares which writes gibberish on every unused bit of memory, removing old traces of files. Lastly, try defragmenting, it rearranges the cells of memory and should remove a sizable portion of old stuff. (Unsure about the last method)


Thanks man, amazing explanation. Had no idea something as seemingly simple as GOM player could read deleted file tracks. Will be using your advice!

On May 24 2010 19:09 J1.au wrote:
I recommend:
CCleaner
File Shredder

EDIT: For writing gibberish on unused memory, as Ixas was saying. Though I don't think this would solve your problem. You should just uninstall the GOM player.


I have CCleaner, I don't think it does anything to solve this. I'll try fileshredder.

Is quick format sufficient to erase EVERY track?

edit: Just curious, if i set GOM players DL folder on my friends computer to somewhere else where he potentially had some videos stored and then erased them, will I be able to play those deleted fragments using partially downloaded video the same way? lol
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Ixas
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
930 Posts
May 24 2010 10:42 GMT
#10
search "recover deleted files".
there are specialized tools to do these
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Dreadwave
Profile Joined January 2008
Netherlands254 Posts
May 24 2010 10:50 GMT
#11
On May 24 2010 19:04 Ixas wrote:
I'll explain. When u delete something on the com, it erases the connections between the file and your system. Which means the files are still physically on your hard disk but no longer registered on your computer. When u download something again, GOM Player allocates a space for your vids, which happens to have bits and pieces of your old files and thus when u try to play an incomplete vid, u will play those old parts. The old parts will be gone afterwards as they have been overwritten by new data.
This is how police manage to retrieve old data from computers. There are a few solutions. Firstly and the most primitive would be to keep your HD full. In tat case, old data will be completely overwritten by new data and hence no old files can be dug out. Secondly, there are softwares which writes gibberish on every unused bit of memory, removing old traces of files. Lastly, try defragmenting, it rearranges the cells of memory and should remove a sizable portion of old stuff. (Unsure about the last method)

This sums it up nicely, and why were you watching a partially downloaded file anyway? Gom is one of the few players that tries really hard to show something when you try to watch an incomplete file.

Defragging should lessen the chances of this happening. But it's really nothing to worry about, it's just a normal part of how computer storage works.

And to your last question, it doesn't depend on where the files are located according to the file allocation table(which is what you see), but where and how the data is divided on the actual drive.

Patriot.dlk
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Sweden5462 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-24 11:29:30
May 24 2010 11:29 GMT
#12
Goms way of making broke vids work is excellent for watching porn. For me it's like MPC -> VLC -> GOM if a vid does not work
Delerium
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States324 Posts
May 24 2010 14:02 GMT
#13
On May 24 2010 19:29 condoriano wrote:
edit: Just curious, if i set GOM players DL folder on my friends computer to somewhere else where he potentially had some videos stored and then erased them, will I be able to play those deleted fragments using partially downloaded video the same way? lol

Wait, what? Now you're going to try watching your friend's porn? That's vaguely gay imo
condoriano
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States826 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-24 19:29:16
May 24 2010 19:27 GMT
#14
On May 24 2010 23:02 Delerium wrote:
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On May 24 2010 19:29 condoriano wrote:
edit: Just curious, if i set GOM players DL folder on my friends computer to somewhere else where he potentially had some videos stored and then erased them, will I be able to play those deleted fragments using partially downloaded video the same way? lol

Wait, what? Now you're going to try watching your friend's porn? That's vaguely gay imo


Not even thinking of doing this, was asking if it will play the bits according to my DL folder location because that would be one funny "glitch" you can possibly use in the future.

I bet none of my friends even use GOM, I'd have to install it first.
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