BitTorrent VCDs

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aquaticaquatic
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
The folders with "VCDs" that I download from BitTorrent client don't open in Toast and MPlayer and VLC just hang. What is wrong with them, is it some PC centric thing? MPlayer has done such a good job opening everything I was disappointed since BT downloads are INSTANT. I'm not joking.

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    baumanbauman Posts: 1,248member
    Ah, I think I know where your problem is. BT creates a file at the very beginning of the download that has the same size of the completely downloaded product. I don't know why it does this, but that's the way it works. You do actually have to wait a bit for it to download... BT is fast, but not instantaneous.



    Just make sure that it finishes downloading before you try opening it... VLC should work at that point.
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  • Reply 2 of 5
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    That is weird. I mean I knew it was too good to be true, forget violating ethernet speed, the hard drive isn't that fast. But when I copy it, it says it copies x... of 1.57 gigs for example. Weird. The progress bar stays at 0%. I'll try waiting a while for a download to finish. edit: When I throw the folder away it even says in a Finder window that a gig has been cleared out. This is just strange.

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    BT is fast, but not instantaneous.





    Dang.
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  • Reply 3 of 5
    wmfwmf Posts: 1,164member
    It's not strange at all. When you start a BT download, it creates an empty file with the final size, then during the download it fills in that file piece by piece. Sort of like putting together a jigsaw puzzle; you want to clear off enough space to hold the thing while you're putting it together.
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  • Reply 4 of 5
    baumanbauman Posts: 1,248member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by wmf

    It's not strange at all. When you start a BT download, it creates an empty file with the final size, then during the download it fills in that file piece by piece. Sort of like putting together a jigsaw puzzle; you want to clear off enough space to hold the thing while you're putting it together.



    Right, I understand, but are there any other programs that do it this way? I've never noticed it before.
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  • Reply 5 of 5
    mrmistermrmister Posts: 1,095member
    No, BitTorrent is rather unique that way...and despite this peskiness, it rocks on toast.
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