.zip and .rar files: how to watch ?

I hope this can be useful for those newbies who find problems with .zip or .rar files.

You can't open a .zip or .rar fils with a video player.
Zip and Rar files are compressed files.
You must have Winzip or Winrar (or similar softwares) installed in your PC.
Let's consider the Sabrina's video I posted here (post 03.07.2010, 17:09):

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if you want to watch this video you must download the 2 parts (from the 2 Megaupload links) in the same folder of your PC.
At the end of the download you will find these 2 files in the same folder of your PC:

Sabrina_02_07_2010.part1.rar
Sabrina_02_07_2010.part2.rar

Then: right click with your mouse on the first file and select 'extract files'.
The video will be decompressed in few seconds and, at the end, you will find a .mpg video
( Sabrina_02_07_2010.mpg ) that you can watch with your common player.

I hope everything is clear.

nrg1sa wrote:what i done was to right click on the downloaded files and selected open archive under 7-zip which i have installed. This then showed a list of videos

just got it to work using the 7-zip you suggested, cheers for your help. Great videos

what i done was to right click on the downloaded files and selected open archive under 7-zip which i have installed. This then showed a list of videos

potato2604 wrote:all that happens when i use rarzilla, is that it makes a folder for the files to extract to. They don't remain in the folder, they vanish. I just wonderd what unrar is best to use?

It worked ok with unrar for me but i use a Mac so can't help on the best for Windows

dazaman wrote:

potato2604 wrote:

nrg1sa wrote:you need to right click on the file, go to unrar and open archive, you should then see the list of videos

what version of unrar did you use? im using the rarzilla version and i cant find the archive you mentioned.

Look for files dated 30th of May as they get split up when opened.

all that happens when i use rarzilla, is that it makes a folder for the files to extract to. They don't remain in the folder, they vanish. I just wonderd what unrar is best to use?

potato2604 wrote:

nrg1sa wrote:you need to right click on the file, go to unrar and open archive, you should then see the list of videos

what version of unrar did you use? im using the rarzilla version and i cant find the archive you mentioned.

Look for files dated 30th of May as they get split up when opened.

nrg1sa wrote:you need to right click on the file, go to unrar and open archive, you should then see the list of videos

what version of unrar did you use? im using the rarzilla version and i cant find the archive you mentioned.

you need to right click on the file, go to unrar and open archive, you should then see the list of videos

nrg1sa wrote:got it working now, thanks Dazaman, and thanks for the videos Sader

hey, i'm having the same problem with the files deleting after being extracted. How did you get it to work properly? i tried using Unrar but had no success. Cheers