Kurtnoise
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2008-09-08
- summary: Out of disc space results in corrupt file --> check for available disc space
In Win XP SP3, MeGUI (latest versions), x264 (latest versions) a full disc while encoding will result in a corrupt file, but no error message, and no warning.
The corrupt file will look ok to Haali Media Splitter which will report a full runtime even though severe corruption exists within the file.
When merging a corrupt file with mkvmerge, the merge will usually end at the point of corruption, but also without warnings or errors.
The failure of the encoding process to do a running check for available disc space results in hidden and severe damage to user data.