.rar files

[PokerGuy]

How would I go about watching a .rar video using Quicktime? Or is there another program I should use?

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....rar is a compressed file (like zip) so you don't watch a rar video, you unrar the archive and then use the player you prefer....look for UnrarX or Stuffit Expander, they'll do the job....oh yeah!

 

[MisterMe]

How would I go about watching a .rar video using Quicktime? Or is there another program I should use?

.rar is not a video format. It is an archive format that is popular with USNET newsgroups and file sharing sites. There are many MacOS X utilities that will extract your video from the .rar archive. Stuffit Expander and The Unarchiver are just two.

As for playing your video: With Perian and Flip4Mac QuickTime codecs installed, you can play darned near everything.

 

[MacDawg]

Links

UnRarX or The Unarchiver

 

[Tyler76]

quicktime is a very old video player, and the .rar file is not a video format so you have to unrar first. 🙂

 

[PokerGuy]

Thanks guys - tried Stuffit and it works perfectly. I had no idea that rar wasnt a video format - live and learn... 🙂

 

[HongKongPhooey]

I have .zip and .rar files in Winterboard after installing themes from Iconharvester. How do I access them? I've tried DiskAid, iFile, and openSSH/winSCP and all of these methods still don't show said compressed files. Anyone? Please help! TIA

 

[spinnerlys]

I have .zip and .rar files in Winterboard after installing themes from Iconharvester. How do I access them? I've tried DiskAid, iFile, and openSSH/winSCP and all of these methods still don't show said compressed files. Anyone? Please help! TIA

Have you tried any of the mentioned software titles yet - UnRar X, The Unarchiver, Stuffit Expander - or do they not work in your situation?

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Have you tried any of the mentioned software titles yet - UnRar X, The Unarchiver, Stuffit Expander - or do they not work in your situation?

No. The files are on my iPhone, not my Mac.

 

[spinnerlys]

No. The files are on my iPhone, not my Mac.

How did you get the .rar files on the phone? Is it jailbroken?

Anyway, I don't know of such software for iOS, maybe it would be easier to get those files onto your Mac OS X or Windows or Linux computer and use the respective applications to decompress those files and get the resulting files onto your phone again. Or don't you have access to a working computer? OS does not really matter, as the ones I mentioned have the ability and the applications to handle those files.

Btw: "How to maximise your MacRumors troubleshooting experience" created by mad jew in 2006

 

[HongKongPhooey]

How did you get the .rar files on the phone? Is it jailbroken?

Anyway, I don't know of such software for iOS, maybe it would be easier to get those files onto your Mac OS X or Windows or Linux computer and use the respective applications to decompress those files and get the resulting files onto your phone again. Or don't you have access to a working computer? OS does not really matter, as the ones I mentioned have the ability and the applications to handle those files.

Btw: "How to maximise your MacRumors troubleshooting experience" created by mad jew in 2006

Hey Spinner, I noticed the .rar and .zip files after installing a few themes via Iconharvester. And yes, I have a MacBook Pro. I've tried all the aforementioned methods and even most recently, PhoneDisk, but still no luck seeing any of these files in private/var/stash/themes.