.tar Information

If you use Irc then you know all about the .tar files.

Inside those .tar files are a bunch of .rar files. Then inside those .rar files are either .bins, or .avis or anyother file.

Have you ever been tired of downloading a movie in a .tar format then having to extract all the files over and over again until you get the .avi? It takes 3x the amount of space to extract all the files compared to downloading the original.

Well, I found out VLC (VideoLan) can open .tar files straight up. It only works for the movies though (dont quote me on this) :D .

It'll save you a lot of time, so next time your looking for movies, get the ones that are either .tar or .avi if you don't want to have to extract anything!

It saves sooo much time, cpu usage, and hard drive space!

Just thought everyone should know!

you still have to extract it to burn it. so whats the point? by the way mpegs are the best just to let you know because it is in ready to burn format. ;)

"DivineBeingX Posted on 28 February 2004 - 16:23
you still have to extract it to burn it. so whats the point? by the way mpegs are the best just to let you know because it is in ready to burn format.
" A little hard to download a part of an incomplete mpeg ..no thanks..personally i'll stick with rars and tars :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by accat13@28 February 2004 - 23:48
"DivineBeingX Posted on 28 February 2004 - 16:23
you still have to extract it to burn it. so whats the point? by the way mpegs are the best just to let you know because it is in ready to burn format.
" A little hard to download a part of an incomplete mpeg ..no thanks..personally i'll stick with rars and tars :rolleyes:

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NEVER CAME ACROSS A MPEG THAT IS MESSED UP BUT CAME ACROSS SEVERAL TARS AND RARS MESSED UP . wHY DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE A RAR AND TAR MISSING SELECTION HERE?DUH&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;BECAUSE RARS AMD TARS SOMETIMES HAVE INCOMPLETE FILES <_<

I just wanted to note that I&#39;m talking about movies to download without burning them on cd. Just ones that you want to watch then later delete. It&#39;s worth the try to put it in vlc.

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Originally posted by DivineBeingX+28 February 2004 - 19:47--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DivineBeingX &#064; 28 February 2004 - 19:47)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-accat13@28 February 2004 - 23:48
"DivineBeingX Posted on 28 February 2004 - 16:23
&nbsp; you still have to extract it to burn it. so whats the point? by the way mpegs are the best just to let you know because it is in ready to burn format.&nbsp;
" A little hard to download a part of an incomplete mpeg ..no thanks..personally i&#39;ll stick with rars and tars&nbsp; :rolleyes:

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NEVER CAME ACROSS A MPEG THAT IS MESSED UP BUT CAME ACROSS SEVERAL TARS AND RARS MESSED UP . wHY DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE A RAR AND TAR MISSING SELECTION HERE?DUH&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;BECAUSE RARS AMD TARS SOMETIMES HAVE INCOMPLETE FILES <_<[/b][/quote]
you mean you never downloaded an incomplete mpeg ..or worse a bin file, good luck trying to complete them lol.. tars(i really dislike tars)and rars may corrupt but at least u can replace them

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Originally posted by DivineBeingX@28 February 2004 - 21:23
you still have to extract it to burn it. so whats the point? by the way mpegs are the best just to let you know because it is in ready to burn format. ;)

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They may be the best if you want to burn them to SVCD but they are defenitely NOT the best if you look for good quality and a small filesize
btw avis are ready to burn too :rolleyes:

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