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| wiggly lumber 2004-11-20, 11:06 am |
| So I downloaded Forte Agent and paid the $29 registration fee. Then I
plunked down another $15 to get the Agent company's newsfeed, which
promises a 98% completion rate on multipart binaries. I downloaded a
99-part Kung Fu movie, which took over an hour, and after some
experimentation, figured out how to combine the files. I saved each of
the 99 files separately and then copied the combined file to my videos
directory as "test.rar". The file is 1.4 gig.
Then I found out that none of my software can play .rar files. I have
the latest versions of RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, and the Nero
media player, but they all gag and can't find online updates that enable
them to play the movie.
Off I go to Google to find a .rar to .mpeg converter. If anyone has any
better ideas, please speak up.
-wl
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| TohuVohu 2004-11-20, 11:06 am |
| >So I downloaded Forte Agent and paid the $29 registration fee. Then I
>plunked down another $15 to get the Agent company's newsfeed, which
>promises a 98% completion rate on multipart binaries. I downloaded a
>99-part Kung Fu movie, which took over an hour, and after some
>experimentation, figured out how to combine the files. I saved each of
>the 99 files separately and then copied the combined file to my videos
>directory as "test.rar". The file is 1.4 gig.
>
i'm not a big fan of Forte. the free version only threads so i can't use it.
i do like Outlook Express, but use Mozilla and slrn because they are more
secure.
>Then I found out that none of my software can play .rar files. I have
>the latest versions of RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, and the Nero
>media player, but they all gag and can't find online updates that enable
>them to play the movie.
>
>Off I go to Google to find a .rar to .mpeg converter. If anyone has any
>better ideas, please speak up.
>
>-wl
as you noted in a later post, .rar is a compression format. it's often used
for multipart archives, while zip is often used for software distribution. you
might run into .tar, .bz2, and others, but those are more common in linux.
commonly used programs are WinRar and WinZip. i can vouch for WinZip, it's a
good program, but i feel guilty abusing shareware. so i switched to 7Zip which
is free. i think 7Zip will handle your files.
michael
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| TohuVohu 2004-11-20, 11:06 am |
| >www.Irfanview.com ?
that's a good program for static photos, but i dunno if it decompresses.
it does have plug-ins like email engine though.
michael
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| wiggly lumber 2004-11-21, 11:06 am |
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TohuVohu wrote:
> commonly used programs are WinRar and WinZip. i can vouch for WinZip, it's a
> good program, but i feel guilty abusing shareware. so i switched to 7Zip which
> is free. i think 7Zip will handle your files.
I had WinZip already. WinRar is shareware with a 40-day evaluation
period and costs $29 U.S. ($34 Canadian) to register. I'm no software
expert, but there seems to be a lot of workmanship that has gone into
WinRar, so I plan to register it once I pay down my credit card on Tnursday.
Thanks for the recommendation on the freeware.
-wl
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| Coconut 2004-11-21, 11:06 am |
| Try winrar: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Rar extensions are compressed files, kinda like winzip. Unrar it and
within, you should find a video file (mpeg or avi for instance) and
then you should be able to play yr movie..
All the best,
Chris
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:29:57 -0500, wiggly lumber
<dick@arithmetic.com> wrote:
>So I downloaded Forte Agent and paid the $29 registration fee. Then I
>plunked down another $15 to get the Agent company's newsfeed, which
>promises a 98% completion rate on multipart binaries. I downloaded a
>99-part Kung Fu movie, which took over an hour, and after some
>experimentation, figured out how to combine the files. I saved each of
>the 99 files separately and then copied the combined file to my videos
>directory as "test.rar". The file is 1.4 gig.
>
>Then I found out that none of my software can play .rar files. I have
>the latest versions of RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, and the Nero
>media player, but they all gag and can't find online updates that enable
>them to play the movie.
>
>Off I go to Google to find a .rar to .mpeg converter. If anyone has any
>better ideas, please speak up.
>
>-wl
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| wiggly lumber 2004-11-21, 11:06 am |
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Coconut wrote:
> Try winrar: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
> Rar extensions are compressed files, kinda like winzip. Unrar it and
> within, you should find a video file (mpeg or avi for instance) and
> then you should be able to play yr movie..
> All the best,
> Chris
Thanks, Chris. It turns out that what you say is true. If the files
have been joined with Agent and an index file created, then all you do
is run WinRar, highlight the files, and extract to have the files
combined and unrarred.
BTW, the video is gorgeous, real DVD quality.
-wl
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| TohuVohu 2004-11-21, 11:06 am |
| >I had WinZip already. WinRar is shareware with a 40-day evaluation
>period and costs $29 U.S.
you're right. WinZip is a general decompressor but the last time i tried a
..rar, it wasn't supported. the new WinZip may support it, but i haven't
checked.
i agree $30 is often a reasonable deal for so much programming time. i have
tons of freeware on this machine, but i may pay for software more once i get a
job. i try not to pirate stuff. due to money issues, i've gone from Server
2003 to Windows 98.
michael
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| wiggly lumber 2004-11-21, 11:06 am |
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TohuVohu wrote:
> you're right. WinZip is a general decompressor but the last time i tried a
> .rar, it wasn't supported. the new WinZip may support it, but i haven't
> checked.
I have WinZip 9.0, I think. It doesn't support .rar files. There may
be a newer version that does, but I have a feeling .rar is proprietary
and the WinZip folks wouldn't shell out for a licence.
The .rar format is better because it permits splitting of files and then
just unzipping them all at once and combining them again in the same
step. If you really want to, you can just .rar stuff onto a series of
floppies.
> i agree $30 is often a reasonable deal for so much programming time. i have
> tons of freeware on this machine, but i may pay for software more once i get a
> job. i try not to pirate stuff. due to money issues, i've gone from Server
> 2003 to Windows 98.
I'm no expert on programming, but WinRar looks like it is the product of
a lot of careful, detailed, loving work. I'll be happy to send the guy
my money.
-wl
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