ok, i wasn't quite sure where to put this, so i thought i'd put it here...sorry to the mod who has to move it if it's in the wrong section...
since i got broadband, i've found myself downloading more and more movies. mostly from newsgroups.
now, these movies are split into rar's, which usually means i can't preview them until i have the full film (and then it's not a preview, is it? )
anyway, i never found a way to preview these files...until now
all you need to have is the first of the rar files (usually *.rar)
then, go to the download folder and extract the first rar.
obviously you don't have all the files needed to build the full file, so once you get to the 'gap' in the number of files you have, winrar will pop up asking where the next file is...
don't hit anything on winrar now or you won't get a preview. if you just close winrar, you'll lose the part-extracted film...
all you need to do is copy the part-extracted film (it'll be in the same directory as the rar's (unless you specified other)) to the same directory. then you'll be able to preview all you have on the copy of the part-extracted file
now you can close winrar
hope this helps some people who have problems previewing rar films...
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