[RESOLVED] v1.3.4 breakes FF-Cache

[sloth9]

Hi!
Bug found:
The actual version loads every Flash-Video to the Cache-Folder, although the flash-plugin caches them as always in the temp folder of the system.
These (large) Files are unnecessary and are never deleted, neither after closing the corresponding tab nor the whole browser.
So the caches grows indefinitely.

[Guest]

The new version (v1.3.5) has still the bug.
FF 8.0 on Windows XP.

[Giorgio Maone]

This is necessary to enable FlashGot Media to save from cache without reloading the movie.
If you don't need this, you can disable it by setting the flashgot.media.forceCacheAsFile about:config preference to false.

[sloth9]

Ok, I see.
Because there was no entry flashgot.media.forceCacheAsFile I made a new one (boolean), is it right?
Is there any possibilty that flashgot will delete cached videos after closing tab or the browser? A Cache folder 6 GByte in size is no fun for system backups.
cu, sloth9

[Tom T.]

Ok, I see.
Because there was no entry flashgot.media.forceCacheAsFile I made a new one (boolean), is it right?
Is there any possibilty that flashgot will delete cached videos after closing tab or the browser? A Cache folder 6 GByte in size is no fun for system backups.
cu, sloth9

I'm not a Flashgot user, and so not sure of the location of the temp folder in question, but I can give you a quick work-around, of the kind I always run to clean stuff before backups. I'm with you: why waste the time and space to include a 6GB temp folder in a backup?

We're both on XP. The system temp folder is "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temp" -- substitute your own Windows login name for the USERNAME, of course. (And the drive letter, if not C.) If it's a different folder --- I have this little added thing, "Copy as Path", that adds that option to the right-click context menu, to copy the full file path for any file or folder -- but if not, and you're not sure, just to a Search of drive C (or whichever) for a known file in that cache, like somevideo.swf or whatever. Check Advanced options to search hidden, system, and subfolders. The full file path will be in the Search Results, in the section "In Folder".

If you already know all this, no offense intended, but not taking chances if you (or anyone else reading who likes this idea) don't.

Once you have the path to the folder, copy and paste the following into a .txt document, using the correct folder path if different:

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@echo off
del /f /q "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temp\*.*"
pause
exit

Save it with whatever name you like -- "Delete Flashgot Temp" or whatever, then change the extension from .txt to .bat, clicking "Yes" at the confirmation prompt. The icon will probably turn into a gear on a white background with a blue bar on top. Place it wherever you like (desktop, whatever), and you can also create shortcuts in the Start menu, Desktop, etc. as you would with any other program or file.

To use: Double-click it. A black-and-white command prompt (text) window opens, runs briefly (depends on how many files, but less than a second, unless you have a zillion), and prompts you to press any key to continue. This gives you a chance to see and confirm whether the program is working correctly. The syntax above, especially the single space between q and the file path, and the quotes around the file path, are critical. (Not case-sensitive.) If you like, when you're fully certain it works, you can delete the pause command. Then when you run it, it will flash on the screen only for a moment, then disappear.

If you want to see the command echoed (reprinted) as the program runs, you may delete the @echo off.

Please note that to open this file for editing, do *not* double-click as you would on a txt or doc file. That will *execute* it. To edit, right-click and choose "Edit".

Also please note that files deleted in this manner do *not* go to the Recycle Bin. They're gone.

I currently have about 100 such entries in my cleanup.bat file, and run it before every backup. Or whenever things are piling up.

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[sloth9]

Just one problem:

The Firefox-cache-folder is not the temp-Folder of the system.
The Flash-plugins deletes every file it stores temporarily in temp after closing its tab.
But flashgot doesn't.
Thus I would have to delete the Cache of FF manually so that it becomes useless as a cache.

[Giorgio Maone]

The Firefox-cache-folder is not the temp-Folder of the system.
The Flash-plugins deletes every file it stores temporarily in temp after closing its tab.
But flashgot doesn't.

It's not FlashGot, it's Firefox (FlashGot just forces it to use the file cache as it did before Firefox 4, in order to reuse the files if they're there rather than download them again).
Theoretically, Firefox should automatically delete the files when it runs out of space (or honor your manually set cache limit, if any).
If it doesn't, that's a Firefox bug.
I'll try to work-around, anyway.

[Tom T.]

Just one problem:
The Firefox-cache-folder is not the temp-Folder of the system.

In the OP was this:

although the flash-plugin caches them as always in the temp folder of the system.

(I added the bold for emphasis). I see now that you were saying that Flash itself uses
"C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data...... \Local Settings\Temp"
while Flashgot uses its own cache folder.

Sorry for that confusion, as I'm not a Flashgot user. But that was provided for in the previous: Just substitute the correct file path to the folder that you want to empty, in Flashgot, or anywhere on the machine, for that matter.

But it sounds as though Giorgio is going to do a fix for you.
Just wanted to clear up that the general idea of a simple batch file works for *all* accumulated junk on the machine.
So if you wanted, you could do this until Giorgio provides a built-in work-around. Or not.
Cheers.

[Giorgio Maone]

Please check latest development build 1.3.6rc1, thanks.

[sloth9]

Please check latest development build 1.3.6rc1, thanks.

I tried the new rc, set flashgot.media.forceCacheAsFile to true, and now it works like a charm