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starseeker
05-08-2006, 07:03 PM
I recently downloaded some videos and they're in this .rar file format. Problem is my computer, which runs on Windows XP, doesn't recognise it. Is there any way to decompress it or convert the vid files to .avi or divX?

Necronopticous
05-08-2006, 07:05 PM
.rar file format is like .zip, it's a compressed file. Download winRAR trial version for free to extract them.

http://www.rarlab.com/

Yamaneko
05-08-2006, 07:06 PM
First you have to decompress them before converting them to anything. <a href="http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm">WinRAR is your friend.</a>

starseeker
05-08-2006, 08:20 PM
You guys are saints thank you.

Necronopticous
05-08-2006, 08:33 PM
Well, I'm a saint at least.

crono_logical
05-08-2006, 08:56 PM
Why use trial software? Get 7-zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) instead, it'll extract rar's too, and it's open source :p Plus it'll save you coming back next time when you bump into .7z archives :D

starseeker
05-08-2006, 09:43 PM
I'll do that next time I need to extract some files. I'm not supposed to install things so I had to remove winRAR after I used it. Disposing of the evidence.