Streaming RAR files (3 Viewers)

[biggles]

I agree! Unrar support would be great!

 

[CuBone]

If you have winrar installed you can let winrar unrar the files from within MP. Just add it to My Programs.

I think theres a guide in some thread here somewhere.

 

[zag2me]

I think the idea is to keep the original files rar'd and only unrar them at time of use.

This keeps the original release intact and then you don't have to worry about it.

 

[anvandarnamn]

exactly, the idea would be to treat the rar files as folders. This feature would be great! I know Xbox Media Center has this feature, why not borrow the code from them?

 

[jadz]

I also fully support the ability to play rar's and would be interested to see how the XBMC guys did it.

 

[stanoislav]

vidunpacker

I guess vidUnpacker could be integrated into media portal to unpack the movie in the temp folder before playing it

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/vidunpacker-t20049.html?p=131528

I'm nto familiar with the XBOX MC you'r reffering to - when you start "playing RAR" file does it start playing righ away or does it unpack the archive first?

 

[Haplo]

Yep this feature would be really nice.
I'm looking at replacing the XBOX and it's the only features that I'm missing.

Stanoislav,
Yes it start the file/movie/whatever as soon as you start it.
So no temporary unpacking and then running it.

 

[miiiicke]

Not being able to play rar-archives is the one and only reason why i have not yet thrown out my old XBMC and replaced it with Media Portal. In XBMC you can start downloading the first rar file and immediately begin playback even if the media file isn't finished downloading.

Playing rar-archives in Media Portal would make me buy a new htpc tomorrow

 

[Salle]

It would be really nice to have that function, but like Infinityloop said there are more important features to implement. Like a rock stable tv-server for instance.

 

[miiiicke]

It would be really nice to have that function, but like Infinityloop said there are more important features to implement. Like a rock stable tv-server for instance.

How could you say that one function is more important than another?

It depends on who you are asking. To me, streaming rar-files is way more important than a TV-Server, which i would never use