Problem While watching online videos

[hesa80]

Hi,

Yesterday i noticed that while I'm watching online videos like youtube and so on my C: diskspace is shrinking. While I was watching yesterday 2 hours long E3 Sony pressconference diskspace reduced 5-6 GB. Why this is happening ? Is it normal ? I have 4 GB of RAM on my PC. When i close Firefox diskspace returns like it was before watching. When I looked in Firefox it says that is using only 11,1MB cache. Anybody can help ???

Edit:

I just noticed that this folder suddenly became 10GB in size:

After i closed Firefox almost everything from that folder dissapeared

 

[iRHardcore]

Maybe Firefox is saving the videos in your temporary files folder.
Have you tried clearing your temporary files folder whilst Firefox is open?

You could try deleting these files with Disk Cleanup - Delete Temporary Files with Disk Cleanup

Hope I helped.

 

[hesa80]

This is not the same folder when you open start and write %temp%

 

[iRHardcore]

This is not the same folder when you open start and write %temp%

Yes, you could always open run, and type %temp% and then delete all the contents of that folder.

 

[hesa80]

This is not the same folder when you open start and write %temp%

Yes, you could always open run, and type %temp% and then delete all the contents of that folder.

Yes, but thats what i mean its not this folder %temp%

%temp%
AppData-->Local-->Temp

Folder who shrinks all space is Temp

-->Local disk ( C: )-->Windows-->Temp

 

[iRHardcore]

Ah, ok I see.

Try clearing the cache of Firefox when running, then check disk space.

Clear Firefox Cache

 

[hesa80]

Ah, ok I see.

Try clearing the cache of Firefox when running, then check disk space.

Clear Firefox Cache

Thats the point Firefox was showing that it was using only 11,2MB cache.

 

[JaidynM]

There's also a handy little tool called CCleaner. It easily removes your internet cache as well as clearing up disk space on your computer. Even if it doesn't provide a solution to your problem, it's still a useful program to have.

CCleaner - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Downloads
CCleaner - Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

 

[hesa80]

When i close Firefox i get diskpace back so its kind of no point to run CCleaner.

 

[JaidynM]

Hm, perhaps your FF browser is set to clear the cache and history when it closes.

Anyway, as I said above I recommend CCleaner for other purposes too. Just give the download.cnet review a read and see what you think.
Hope that helps.

 

[hesa80]

Hm, perhaps your FF browser is set to clear the cache and history when it closes.

Anyway, as I said above I recommend CCleaner for other purposes too. Just give the download.cnet review a read and see what you think.
Hope that helps.

I have CCleaner and it doesn't delete any content from this folder

-->Local disk ( C: )-->Windows-->Temp

it deletes files only from this one

AppData-->Local-->Temp

No,FF is not set to Clear history when FF closes.

Its the same if i watch with Chrome or IE.

 

[JaidynM]

Can you not manually delete the files?

 

[hesa80]

Problem is not in that. When i close FF i get diskspace back. I was watching yesterday 2 hours Sony pressconference and C drive was starting to run out of space. I just want to get to the bottom of it why this folder is eating my drive space while watching online videos.

 

[JaidynM]

The only answer I can come up with is that it temporarily downloads the video but deletes it when your browser closes.

 

[hesa80]

The only answer I can come up with is that it temporarily downloads the video but deletes it when your browser closes.

I wonder why and if its possible to change it ?

 

[JaidynM]

No, I don't think it is. Every image you open, video you watch, music you listen to on the web, will download a temporary file. The web content and pages that you download is what uses up bandwidth. If it doesn't save a temp file then that's when you have a problem. Take a look at these links (some are slightly different to internet temp files but it's the same concept):

Temporary Files Explained - www.compukiss.com
File Extension .TMP Details
What Temporary Files Are and How to Delete Them