transferring files

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

i wanna transfer a huge file like 700 mb or so onto a blank disk. its a video file. i want to transfer the file onto a disk and then put it on another computer to burn. is it possible if not can i find another way

[MecaKane]

So you want to burn a file to a disk, so you can burn it to another disk on another computer?

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

yes a video file over 700 mb on a cdr

[rubah]

Why not just burn it the one time on the first computer?

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

because i cannot burn dvd-r

[o_O]

Why do you need it on a DVD? If it's 700MB, then it will fit on a CD. You can probably get up to about 740MB onto a CD, if you're lucky. You could also compress it using a program like <a href="http://www.rarsoft.com">WinRAR</a> with the maximum compression to shrink it by about 30MB. You could also use a 1GB USB flash drive if you have one. Or if you have a digital camera with a large (1GB) SD/xD/MMC card, you could use that.

Otherwise, you could use FileSplitter, mentioned by Allie in <a href="http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=73472">this</a> thread.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

is there a free download of WinRAR, i would like to compress it

[Samuraid]

http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10446177.html?tag=lst-0-1

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

umm where do i click im afraid of buying it, sorry for the idiotic question

[MecaKane]

"Download now" :rolleyes2

With or without compression you can burn it to a CD-R and then on a computer with a DVD burner either copy it to the harddrive and burn it to the DVD from there, or if it has two drives burn it to the DVD right from the CD. I'm not exactly sure how anyone could question if that was possible or not. @_@

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

ok its downloaded how do i compress my file now

[Samuraid]

When you open the program, it should present you with a file browser. Browse to find the files you want to compress, right-click on them and select "Add files to archive". WinRAR will present you with a dialog box to choose where to save the compressed RAR archive. Save it somewhere and burn that file to a CD.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

it is now a .rar file but nero wont let me burn it

[Samuraid]

You'll have to burn a normal data CD. Also make sure the filesize is small enough to fit on the CD.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

ok its burned onto a cd so does my friend need winrar too?

[Necron]

Question:
Compressing Video files, does this affect the quality of the video in any way?

[Endless]

If you mean converting it from dvd/raw avi -> divx/xvid/... then yes. If you mean with winzip/winrar, well, let me ask you a question: does compressing your text files change the text?

[Samuraid]

ok its burned onto a cd so does my friend need winrar too?

Yes.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

ok

k its here how do we open the rar file?

[rubah]

Have winrar extract the archive.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

ok its opened and now it shows as a music file? how can it be a video

[Samuraid]

What file extension does it have?

If you have file extensions hidden, it could simply look like a music file because the computer you're using has a music playing program associated with that file type.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

it says video clip, but wen i open it with windows media it opens it as a song

[rubah]

Maybe you need the codec to play the video.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

i dont think codec would b the problem

[o_O]

If a video file is playing as an audio file in Windows Media Player, then it is a codec problem. How has the movie been compressed; is it DivX? Download <a href="http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html">GSpot</a> to identify the codec that is required; then Google for whatever it is you don't have.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

it is compressed by winrar, ne downloads?

[rubah]

Winrar is not a codec. It is a lossless archival format.

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

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