I've just downloaded a large video file and its in several different sections called 'rar' files. I usually avoid these type of downloads as i have no idea what to do with them. i usually only deal with AVI's etc wich can be viewed straight away.
I really want this video file though and it's the only way to get it.
So what do i do now? Do i need a special reader or convertor?
Any help gratefully appreciated. Thanx.
2007-03-31 09:39:54 · 8 answers · asked by trickyrick32 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Download and install winrar, then you just need to find the first file (typically you get a bunch of files one is .rar and the rest are like .r01, .r02 etc) the quickest thing is to right click the .rar and pick extract here, it will then extract the file out of all the smaller files and rebuild it into one big one. You can also just open the .rar and decompress it wherever you want, winrar automatically does all the files and puts them back together. Its basically like a zip file but you can break them up and it knows to put them back together.
2007-03-31 09:44:13 · answer #1 · answered by y2bmj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rar is nothing but a compressed file, pretty much like zip files, if you know that.
Compressing a file decreases its size, and splitting up the file helps in downloading. If your download is interrupted, it doesn't need to redownload the whole thing, just the last few parts.
Get WinRAR, install it and open the FIRST rar file, it'll then extract the main video file from all of them.
2007-03-31 16:56:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quickpar will also be useful - it can repair damaged or incomplete RAR files. For very large downloads this is quite important. It needs the .PAR2 files - which are usually provided in the same thread sequence as the main usenet programme posts.
2007-03-31 16:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can also use Bitzipper. you get a free 1 month trial and can decompress any files within that month including rar files. so easy to use also and is like windows wizard.
2007-03-31 16:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by Simon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a compression format like ZIP
(check out explanation wikipedia link below)
2007-03-31 16:45:26 · answer #5 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
download and install 7 Zip its the best compression program you will get and its free open source!
It can do .rar, .zip, .7z etc.
2007-03-31 16:45:13 · answer #6 · answered by sbraidley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goto http://www.winrar.com and download Winrar, this will allow you to work with .zip files also.
2007-03-31 16:45:23 · answer #7 · answered by Jamie Dow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jamie Doe... www.winrar.com ??? Good luck with that. Try www.rarlabs.com.
2007-03-31 18:38:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋