How can I play (preview) a rar file containing section of an avi file??

[Toastie]

If I have a just one rar file such as .r05, and I know it contains a section of a much larger avi file - how can I play (essentially preview for quality evaluation) that one rar file??

I know that if you have a rar set for a dvd you can just look at whats in a single rar file by renaming it to .vob - yes that will usually play back in WinDVD, WMP, or whatever. Its a workaround for grabbing the entire rar set (too many gigs) and extracting the .img file or video_ts folder.

But how the heck can you do the same thing with a rar that contains an avi? Renaming it to .avi does not work as far as I know.


Thanks...

[redwudz]

In WinRAR, you can try 'Extract without confirmation', but without the rest of the RAR file, I doubt it will work.

[Dickbride]

If I have a just one rar file such as .r05, and I know it contains a section of a much larger avi file - how can I play (essentially preview for quality evaluation) that one rar file??

I know that if you have a rar set for a dvd you can just look at whats in a single rar file by renaming it to .vob - yes that will usually play back in WinDVD, WMP, or whatever. Its a workaround for grabbing the entire rar set (too many gigs) and extracting the .img file or video_ts folder.

But how the heck can you do the same thing with a rar that contains an avi? Renaming it to .avi does not work as far as I know.


Thanks...

The linux mplayer ( http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ ) usually can play these files. There is also a windows version.

[bassbinn]

download rar 001 double click on it tick the box keep broken files extract then you should have about first 2 - 3 minutes of movie use the program divfix to rebuild the index takes 3 seconds this makes the bit you got playable then you can play the movie just to check its in english etc and quality is ok

this is way i do it i not saying its the best way but its the way i use

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R

[Toastie]

Thanks to all for the info!

I had tried the keep broken files trick, but I think the reason I could not play the resulting files was because of the index issue. I will try the tip on fixing the index and see if that works.

[Toastie]

It worked! The keep broken files trick works directly with an mpeg file, but with an avi you need to rebuild that index and you are good to go.