Bittorrent "Ghosts"?

phAge 14 Sep 2005 20:29:22 25,487 posts
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In the past I have been known to... uh... acquire music through Bittorrent - single tracks and whole CDs. I now face the problem that whenever you download an album via Bittorrent, the client (in my case Azureus) creates a "ghost" of the folder and all the tracks - images of the files that aren't actually there. Even if you abort a download, or the download goes wrong for some reason, these ghosts don't go away.

This has put me in a situation where a lot of the songs in my media library are not actual songs, but Bittorrent ghosts, and the wonderful application that is Windows Media Player can't tell the difference. Cue loads of intterupted playlists and other annoyances.

What to do?

(And there's no need to get on the anti-piracy high horse - my taste in music is so crap that no "proper" bands suffer from my crime).

MrTomFTW Moderator 14 Sep 2005 20:30:34 47,501 posts
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Ummmm, delete them?
Dirtbox 14 Sep 2005 20:33:26 92,600 posts
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phAge 14 Sep 2005 20:43:40 25,487 posts
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DDevil wrote:
Ummmm, delete them?
There is litterally hundreds of them, spread out over 3500+ tracks on my playlist. Identifying them manually would take *days*.

phAge 14 Sep 2005 20:44:50 25,487 posts
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Hyoushi wrote:
Since this thread is in the Apple category I suspect you are on a Mac, and should therefore be using the Official Bittorrent Client.

Hmm - s'pose I should have made it clear - I am about to fill up my new iPod mini with songs from my PC, and thought it was a good excuse to get rid of the ghosts.

phAge 14 Sep 2005 21:03:24 25,487 posts
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Problem solved! Seems that iTunes can recognize the ghosts and get rid of them. In your face, WMP!

\o/

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