Watch .rar files "My videos" - the easy way! (1 Viewer)

[Spragleknas]

Did a quick test - and this method works flawlessly!!!

Here is what you need to do:

• follow the (very few and easy) instructions in the link given: RARFileSource
• add .rar in MediaPortal configuration -> Videos -> Video extensions

Please report back your experience with this. As I pointed out, I did not test extensively, and only on test PC (HTPC currently in "family-usage").

 

[lloydsmart]

Seems pretty cool. I still prefer to unrar stuff first, though. Don't know why. This could be handy in combination with the new myTorrents plugin, though!

 

[Spragleknas]

Well, it depends. If there is no need/benefit from unraring, I don't see why I should bother. Also, seeding is nice - deleting the rar is not

I know this is a feature that has been requested by users many times, and I was pleasantly surprised to see how easy this filter solved this.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Nice find Spragleknas, as you say, this has been requested many times by users, so give it a few weeks and this will be a very read thread

 

[bazzz]

Does anyone know if this requires all the .rar files to be downloaded before it will work? Or can it play as it downloads, like NZBPlayer - Stream Videos from Usenet Newsgroups - NZB Streaming ?

If it can do this, then it's potentially very promising for the various usenet plugins that have been / are being developed.

 

[Spragleknas]

Just tried deleting some of the part.rar's and sadly it did not work

This might be "by design", so you could perhaps contact the author (who has made the code available to the public).

 

[bazzz]

I'll drop him a line. I expect the problem is that with only some rars present you extract an incomplete avi file which most players don't like (only VLC can handle it I think, and even then seeking doesn't really work properly).

 

[thepwrserg]

Great Tip! Thanks!

 

[lloydsmart]

Anyone know how this handles encrypted rars? I know it won't work with compressed ones, but how 'bout encrypted?

 

[Spragleknas]

Seems like this only works with MyVideos and not MovingPictures - which I find strange (I have only tested My Videoes, but another user reported that it did not work with MovPic). Must ask fforde...