how do i convert tar file to media player like avi or something, please help
2007-03-27 22:15:52 · 8 answers · asked by ? 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
thats a linux or unix compressed file, uncompress in linux and go from there
2007-03-27 22:19:55 · answer #1 · answered by smoothopr_2 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2014-08-17 09:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
(sorry smoothhop...) tar is *not* a compressed file format. It's a UNIX / Linux archive (originally meant for tape drive... hence Tape ARchive) - just a collection of files and their ownership / access rights / locations stuffed into a single archive. No compression, but the contents are not just the original file data.
You can use winzip to look at or extract the contents on a Windows PC. Or you can use cygwin to run a Linux tar program to unarchive it. Or you can use a Linux machine to unarchive it back into files.
You can't per-se convert it to avi... you have to extract it and see what the contents are. They may already be avi files... or other media player understandable files.
2007-03-27 22:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If I am not wrong, TAR files are actually archive files. I guess all you do have to do is uncompress it using a TAR uncompresser.
Dowload instructions of this uncompressor is on this page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/tar.html
2007-03-27 22:25:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2014-07-21 18:33:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-28 06:18:23 · answer #6 · answered by SouthAfrikaans 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u have to untar it first. it's compressed...like a zip file.
2007-03-27 22:29:12 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
winzip or winrar will do it!
2007-03-27 22:25:46 · answer #8 · answered by Matt B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋