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Old 2008-03-09, 12:27 PM
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Re: GSpot says: Parameter Incorrect

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Originally Posted by ameyer17 View Post
Something's clearly not right.
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Originally Posted by the md5 checksums
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e *VTS_01_0.BUP
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e *VTS_01_3.VOB
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e *VTS_01_4.VOB
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e *VTS_01_5.VOB
I wonder what the checksum of an empty file is.
EDIT: after further testing...
ameyer17@vodka:~$ touch myself (creates empty file named myself)
ameyer17@vodka:~$ md5sum -b myself (creates a checksum of myself in binary mode)
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e *myself
I'm sorry, but that just caused me to spew some coffee. Thanks for the laugh!

So, what you have shown is that the checksum of an empty file is the same as the checksum of the last four vobs on the DVD the OP has. Thanks for doing the test and providing the info! I would never have thought to do that test.
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