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hakuna · 2006-04-17, 12:06

When you (for some unknown reason) have a movie packed within several RAR-files, you can't at the moment not watch it in MP without unpacking it first.
To avoid this you can use this work around:

First you need MPlayer
Here are the files incl. source:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html

Second you have to make a bat-file with this content (note the last dash):

Code:

"C:\program files\winrar\unrar.exe" p -inul %1 | "C:\program files\mplayer\mplayer.exe" -fs -

Then in My Programs setup you make a dir browser starting the bat file, the file type beeing .rar

Found the tips here (Swedish): http://forum.directconnect.se/showthread.php?t=182

/Niclas

2006-04-17, 12:06	#1 (permalink)
hakuna Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bollebygd Age: 32 Posts: 355 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Watch movies from within RAR-files When you (for some unknown reason) have a movie packed within several RAR-files, you can't at the moment not watch it in MP without unpacking it first. To avoid this you can use this work around: First you need MPlayer Here are the files incl. source: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html Second you have to make a bat-file with this content (note the last dash): Code: "C:\program files\winrar\unrar.exe" p -inul %1 \| "C:\program files\mplayer\mplayer.exe" -fs - Then in My Programs setup you make a dir browser starting the bat file, the file type beeing .rar Found the tips here (Swedish): http://forum.directconnect.se/showthread.php?t=182 /Niclas