as far as im aware, to preview xvids from rars, u need the first file in the rar set (generally the .rar file) - i dont think vlc lets you directly drag and drop rar, .r01, r02... files into it, so i think you need to extract what you can, tick the option to not delete incomplete files, then run it in either vlc or avipreview - i do this a lot to check quality if im either too lazy to download the sample, or if there isn't one to download...

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I downloaded the entire thing, and it's 100% sure a TC. It has Cig-burns and artifacts and the color is washed out compared to a DVD-Rip. If this is a DVD-Screener, I'm the Easterbunny.

Why this hasn't been nuked for being mislabeled really is beyond me...

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You can open .rar with VLC.

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for xvid? news to me. i just tried and doesn't work, so i must have a very out dated copy of vlc

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Thats what i meant, with VCD/SVCD/DVD you can open individual rars, but with avi's its different, it has to be complete for it to be viewed, and i have tried it myself many times.

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and as i said, for svcd you can just drop any rar into vlc, BUT FOR XVID YOU DONT NEED THE WHOLE SET, all you need is the FIRST RAR in the set, but vlc wont let you drop the individual rar file, you need to extract with winrar, HOWEVER you must click the option not to delete incomplete files, winrar will start to unpack, but then it'll realise that not all files are there, and abort. if you tick the dont delete option, then youll be left with a partial file that vlc CAN READ. give it a shot but it'll only work if you have the first file in the rar set, so if you have *.rar, and 00, 01, 02, 05... it'll unpack the movie up till 02, and you can preview that, got it?

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Cheers for that chiv, worked great, didn't read your earlier post properly.

Nice to learn something new, gives me a few more options for checking out XVID's.

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Originally posted by chiv
for xvid? news to me. i just tried and doesn't work, so i must have a very out dated copy of vlc

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