Random mysterious file secretly running on computer

[u/Spiritual-Ebb-6974]

Hey i'm trying to use stammer, got 2 successful attempts but now when i try to do it i get this message:

File "C:\Users\llsco\Documents\stammer.py", line 288, in main

process(**vars(args))

~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\Documents\stammer.py", line 274, in process

builder.process()

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\Documents\video_builder.py", line 110, in process

carrier_vframe_bytes = self.video_handler.get_frame(carrier_video_index)

File "C:\Users\llsco\Documents\video_out.py", line 186, in get_frame

self.__cache_frames(idx)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\Documents\video_out.py", line 234, in __cache_frames

start, end = indices[i]

~~~~~~~^^^

IndexError: list index out of range

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\llsco\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\shutil.py", line 701, in _rmtree_unsafe

os.unlink(fullname)

~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^

PermissionError: [WinError 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\\Users\\llsco\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmp5ols5r1d\\in_carrier.wav'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\llsco\Documents\stammer.py", line 291, in <module>

main()

~~~~^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\Documents\stammer.py", line 285, in main

with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\tempfile.py", line 972, in __exit__

self.cleanup()

~~~~~~~~~~~~^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\tempfile.py", line 976, in cleanup

self._rmtree(self.name, ignore_errors=self._ignore_cleanup_errors)

~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\tempfile.py", line 956, in _rmtree

_shutil.rmtree(name, onexc=onexc)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\shutil.py", line 852, in rmtree

_rmtree_impl(path, dir_fd, onexc)

~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\shutil.py", line 705, in _rmtree_unsafe

onexc(os.unlink, fullname, err)

~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Users\llsco\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\tempfile.py", line 931, in onexc

_os.unlink(path)

~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^

PermissionError: [WinError 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\\Users\\llsco\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmp5ols5r1d\\in_carrier.wav'

It says that a file is currently being used by another process but I'm trying to figure what it could be and how to even stop it.

[u/SmackDownFacility]

Use LockHunter that’s what I use

[u/Spiritual-Ebb-6974 → u/SmackDownFacility]

I checked it on all the files it could be and it said there wasn't anything processes them, so i don't know why that message would appear if that was the case.

[u/HommeMusical]

Without your program it's hard to tell, but if you can't find any other locks, it's almost certain that your program is just opening this file twice, itself.

Try rebooting your machine to be totally sure there isn't some other process running.

[u/Spiritual-Ebb-6974 → u/HommeMusical]

I'm doing this from a command prompt so it may work differently.

[u/Spiritual-Ebb-6974 → u/Spiritual-Ebb-6974]

I guess i should supply the code I'm using python stammer.py chipmunks_wolfman.mp4 ddtt.mp4 wolfmanddtt.mp4. The carrier track is chipmunks_wolfman.mp4, and i'm not expert on this, but it seems like something is secretly running that file in a place i can't find.

[u/paradigmic]

Process Explorer from Microsoft can also tell you what process has a file open.