.tar file - actually getting it to play

[stolldogg]

I downloaded a .tar file and cannot figure out how to actually play it on Windows media or Real One or ANYTHING....can anyone direct me to a solution ??????I have extracted it but the location still shows no playable parts.

thanks,
Stolldogg

[Grimey]

What kind of files did it extract?

[trossin]

.tar files are usually UNIX Tape ARchive files. You will need to untar it to extract the files that it holds:

cat Blah.tar | tar xfv -

will work. Usually, the file is compressed so I do:

zcat Blah.tar.Z | tar xfv -

Good luck.

[BJ_M]

winrar will extract a tar file ..

but tell us what the file is after extraction and i can tell you how to play it ...

or not

[zak_swan]

what is point in rar files?
they are same size after decompression as before.
if i get a big rar file i unrar it it goes into 2 folders full of more rar files then i unrar again to make final file. why does'nt it unrar to 2 final files straight away?
why when downloading do'nt they make them all avi's?
is it to do with most stuff coming from new's groups initially? which can't send files bigger than email size?
just curious.
probably not making sense but that's nothing new