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If you are using iPlayer and finding that your disk space is disappearing check the repository to make sure programs you have watched and deleted are not left behind.
The problem occurs if you delete the program immediately after you have watched it, it disappears from iPlayer desktop but the files are not deleted.
I found 3GB of 'deleted' programs and I've seen a report of someone who found 20GB.
jelv
Plusnet user since November 2001
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check the repository Where is that?
I doubt streaming iPlayer stores anything other than Temporary Internet Files.
1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU BB => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU BB
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Who said anything about streaming? It's ******* obvious I was talking about downloaded files as they are the ones that would be stored on the disk in the first place.
Open the iPlayer preferences, temporarily untick Allow BBC iPlayer Desktop to manage where programs are stored and it will show you the location of the repository.
jelv
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No need to swear! Just to put things in context!
1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU BB => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU BB
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You didn't specify!
Funnily enough websites are cached and in your case the streamed files may have been cached as well.
Now we know what your issue is we can try and help.
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I'm not sure how you think you can help when loads of people are reporting the same problem on the BBC iPlayer forums and we're getting ZERO response from the BBC. 
Edit: To really add to the fun the official advice from the BBC is to NOT use iPlayer on a Windows PC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbiplayer/F8035762?thread=7...
jelv
Plusnet user since November 2001
Edited by jelv (Fri 12-Nov-10 12:15:39)
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Why bother posting then!
Was Eclipse Home Option 1 & VM 2Mb
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To alert people to where their disk space is disappearing to, they can then delete the programs from disk manually.
jelv
Plusnet user since November 2001
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It seems that some people get very aggressive very quickly and do not take kindly to helpful or freindly responses.
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Thanks! Yes, I was thinking that. Seems OP does not realise that not everybody knows everything that he knows 
1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU BB => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU BB
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It seems that some people get very aggressive very quickly and do not take kindly to helpful or freindly responses.
Should be friendly
Mr Harry Appy
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I just identified the problem of the files in the repository and deleted over 40GB. Looking around now I found this and am glad to know it is not just me. Thanks for the original post
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Thanks for this jelv, very helpful, I can now download from iPlayer again after clearing my repository.
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Glad to see it's fixed with the new version.
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Do you happen to know if a clean up is performed after you update (does it remove old programs left behind by delete failures)?
jelv
Plusnet user since November 2001
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yes, I believe so.
I updated to the new version and there must have been old programs still on comp as hadn't deleted for a few weeks.
Watched the last program last night, so went to delete all of the old programs manually but glad to see every one of them was gone.
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