What happens to a video once you have watched it?!

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Paz

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I quite happily watch videos in my spare time on youtube, google video and broadbandsports. I always thought that if you watch the video when it is embedded in a webpage, then this is not downloading anything. But recently, my computor has been filling up pretty quickly, and slowing down - perhaps buffering is actually the word for downloading the video to somewhere on the computor where it is stored? - would explain why vids I have watched before start so quickly?!

If the videos download when you watch them, is there any way of deleting them from you computor? - Because mine is getting pretty slow (its not very good!)
 
Well, when you watch a video on a website, it is downloaded on your computer, but it isn't stored there. It goes into the "Temporary Internet Files" folder, which is cleaned up and removed every now and then (you can delete it yourself through your browsers preferences).

:)
 
IE uses up to a specified amount of disk space for temporary files. Go to Internet Options>Browsing History>Settings to specify how much disk space you want allocated.
 
compelte a DISK CLEANUP aswell, thios will show you how much space is being used in places like recycle bin, and cached files, cookies and stuff, it all mounts up if you dont do it regularly.
 
Thanks very much.
Two things just to clear up...

What is caching and what exactly is buffering!?

Cheers
 
I would recoment a program called CCleaner, it gets rid of everything that is taking up space and isn't really needed, and its free!

CCleaner.com

It deletes all the temporary internet files, recently used file list, drop down list, address bar list, everything...

When I first got it I removed 1GB of stuff like that that wasn't needed!
and that was after I had 'deleted' my temporary internet files through Internet Explorer and Firefox...
 
Paz said:
Thanks very much.
Two things just to clear up...

What is caching and what exactly is buffering!?

Cheers
Click to expand...
well, i understand caching as the storage of small files for easier/quicker access later on, like images from websites etc... they get stored on your HDD so the page loads quicker next time you access it.

Buffering is what happens to a media (video or audio) source when it is being streamed to your PC. A large chunk is buffered to begin with, buffering is when it gets temporarily downloaded onto your PC for viewing as this part is then played, the next chunk is buffered, thus making it seem like it is a continuous stream of meia. This data is kept for a short while then deleted. Buffering lots of videos over time should not increase your HDD space usage.

dragon

PS - if you need more info i suggest google and google define.
 
Sounds about right dragon :P

A defrag, or running CrapCleaner should help get rid of un-necessary files and organize existing ones better for faster access and all that. I manually clear all my browser cache, cookies, etc about once a month, and do the defrag and CCleaner, RegScrubXP...I think that's it. It never really gets "bogged down" but makes me feel better lol.
 
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