I know this has been discussed at length in the past but I cannot find the thread for it. I searched too.

I nearly never got VLC to even play on Vista Ultimate, and for any that may still have this issue ( go to Settings>Preferences>Output Modules>Select Advanced Options> Click the drop down and Select Windows GDI video output ) or at least that is what worked for me.

So, here is my real question/s. Why won't VLC preview rar files on Vista like it did for me when I ran XP?
Or..
What setting do I need to change to make this option work for me?

Help ole' Pickles out fellows.

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I've never heard of VLC opening RAR files (not saying it can't, I've just never heard of it) but I'm also on Vista Ultimate and it doesn't work.

Btw, I have used VLC for the past couple years, but recently made the switch over to GOM player: http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html

It's got everything VLC does (Although probably not as good video support without codecs, although so far for me it hasn't been a problem). Most importantly, it can actually seek properly! VLC's seeking was the thing that irritated me the most.

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When I was big on watching S/VCD I fell in love with VLC being able to play movies out of multiple rars even while in bin/cue. From what I have heard its the minor tweaks o the file system that Vista has (a semi silent upgrade). Windows tends to view rars/zips almsot like a folder where vista treats it as a file.

I could be 100% wrong because I have only read a few peoples remarks about this problem and I dont use Vista.

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