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File corruption?

EDIT: the work-around below did not correct the sound problem my wife ran into.  Halp!

Original over-optimistic post:

My wife had a problem where the main music had harsh sound near the end of its loop, and I theorized that the sound file had somehow been corrupted.  I had to Google around to find out how to fix it, and now I'm posting the instructions here so they can go in the FAQ or something:

1. Exit Ur if you're currently playing.
2. Go to Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Website Storage Settings panel
3. Find the sites with "glitch" in their name and Delete them (we deleted all sites when we tested this so we don't know which one(s) matter(s)).
4. Re-enter Ur.

If anyone knows an easier way they didn't come up near the top in Google. :)

Posted 12 months ago by Crag Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • No need to go through all that trouble. All the glitch sound files are stored in the browser cache. To clear the browser cache in chrome, click the blue wrench at the top right and select clear browsing data.
    Posted 12 months ago by Macs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *facepalm*

    I assumed the browser cache wouldn't come into play because of the app being flash-based.  We'll update when we find out if that fixes it.

    Thanks!
    Posted 12 months ago by Crag Subscriber! | Permalink
  • She tried clearing the cache (recent Chrome) and that didn't fix the sound problem.  She's updating to the latest Chrome now, but I doubt that will fix it.  I assume wiping out her entire Windows profile would fix it, but that is of course, unacceptable. :)

    Would love to hear more ideas...
    Posted 12 months ago by Crag Subscriber! | Permalink
  • TCP is a reliable protocol so file corruption cannot happen.

    When the sound problem occurs, clear the browser cache and then quickly load the game again. See if you can find the MP3 sound file in the cache. Play that sound file in some media player like Windows Media Player. If the sound plays correctly, we know that Chrome is the problem.
    Posted 12 months ago by Macs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • TCP is reliable when the transfer completes successfully, but I don't know how Flash or the Glitch code handle partial transfers.  Also, hard drives and memory are not always reliable, so the file could have been corrupted post-transfer.

    Your suggestion is a good one, but I was unable to find a relevant mp3 or wav file under my home directory.  I suspect the sound data is in some sort of sqlite db or something like that.
    Posted 12 months ago by Crag Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Try ChromeCacheView and click on Content Type. You are looking for MP3 files.

    For Firefox, it will be under "about:cache" and in disk cache device.
    Posted 12 months ago by Macs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Don't know what fixed it, but we cannot reproduce the problem any more.

    Hiesenbug!
    Posted 12 months ago by Crag Subscriber! | Permalink