Many files/movies/clips posted on websites are broken into many pieces using WinRAR. usually you have to download all parts before unzipping.
There are two ways to get a preview of the video. In both cases, you have to download part one (it's usually named something similar to filename_part_1.rar).
Now here’s a first trick to watch the movie without downloading all parts.Just download the first few parts and ignore some of the program's errors. So start the extraction and pay no attention to the WinRAR error message. Choose "extract to" and then check "keep broken files." You'll get enough of the video to preview.
Now use VLCPlayer to watch the movie!!! (of course, only the downloaded part will be watchable ;-)
The second method, and in my opinion, more elegant, is to use the Dziobas Rar Player, a free viewer. Instead of extracting part one of the RAR file, open the Dziobas Rar Player choose File, and select Streaming from Unrar.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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