# Streaming Video Files **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-files/236686 "2004-03-27T04:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aka\_10003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@aka\_10003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aka_10003)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-files/236686/1 "2004-03-27T04:30:35Z")
Streaming video files are usually placed in the Temporary Internet Files Folder, but sometimes they do not. They have to be placed somewhere on the hard-drive – any idea where? ---
**Author:** ![Bingo\_Plebney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@Bingo\_Plebney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bingo_Plebney)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-files/236686/2 "2004-03-27T04:41:44Z")
> [@aka\_10003](#): > > Streaming video files are usually placed in the Temporary Internet Files Folder, but sometimes they do not. > > They have to be placed somewhere on the hard-drive – any idea where? Actually, downloadable files are parked on your drive, but streaming files can be spooled in memory, played , and dumped without writing to the drive at all. Note too that by the same token that many streaming files have the “save” option disabled. bp ---
**Author:** ![Alien2022](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@Alien2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alien2022)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-files/236686/3 "2004-03-27T04:42:09Z")
There’s a well hidden cache of every image/video you’ve ever viewed off of the internet, that is stored locally on your computer. This cache can be emptied, but I do not recall where it is exactly stored, on Windows XP. Usually, a quick search for video files will turn up this cache…