View ISO and RAR files

[oldjagman]

I am probably teaching a whole load of Grandmas how to suck eggs now.

I have found I can preview both ISO and RAR files as they download using VLC 0.8.4a

Very useful if there is no sample.

Just use the "any file" or *.* option in filetype and will attempt to unwrap these blighters.

[{I}{K}{E}]

This doesnt work with bittorrent if you haven't downloaded the first 'part' of your download.

[oldjagman]

This doesnt work with bittorrent if you haven't downloaded the first 'part' of your download.

True but you can set Azureus to prioritise the first part of a file to speed things up. I assume this is possible with other clients.

Another bit of useful information is that pieces of 512kB or less may not play so you may have to wait for 2 or more adjoining pieces of this size before you see anything.

I am not sure what would happen if the RAR was passworded.