weird xpdvd file

[paul warner]

k, i downloaded this movie from newsgroups, and usually the movies are in rars, and when extracted, become an iso, or vob files, or an img.... or whatever.

but i got this xpdvd one, and i extracted it, and i got a file that is 4 gigs, but when i extracted it, the file has no extension, its not an iso, or anything. i dont want to waste a disc trying to burn it on regular data format.

windows just says its a "file" .... thats all...

do i need a different program to burn it? can i use nero?

please what should i doo???

thank you!!!

[{I}{K}{E}]

XPDVD is a scenerelease group so i don't think that it's the file extention...

change your windows settings that it shows all file extensions

[# Open My Computer, and select Folder Options from the Tools menu
# On the View tab, uncheck the box next to Hide file extensions for known file types.]

[paul warner]

i tried that, but windows still just says its a "file"

should i try burning it in nero as a udf file?

[paul warner]

anyone please?

[thewizeard]

See if you can do a "simulation"burn in Nero...if you can't afford to waste a disc..

[objectivist]

bump - anyone figured this out? same problem. here's some more detail. from an xpdvb usenet d/l I get files named like xpdvd-blackbeard-ntsc-dvdr.023. no rar or zip extensions, just numerical, .001 - .084. quickpar says everything is A ok

from the d/l files, winzip/rar etc won't recognize and there's no ending file to right click on (not a newb so it not show file extensions or right click to unrar). newsbin's autorar will join it into "xpdvd-blackbeard-ntsc-dvdr" - no extension, 4.5 G. tried naming to .img, nothing. drag and drop into videolan and it plays. stream info shows mpgv & a!

maybe rename to .mpg and convert (ie procoder)? might try that but xpdvd releases a lot of stuff, and i'ts released as a dvd so its not logical that they make you do a 4 hour procoder conversion - there's got to be a simple way to do this! Googling this shows lots of peeps with the same problem, but can't find the solution - anyone know how to get xpdvd's extensionless stuff onto a dvd?!

[muchspl3]

its a rar
open with win rar

[objectivist]

right clicked first number file, forced it to use winrar and away it went - thanks man, knew there was something simple i was missing!