Rar Not Extracting

Computer users downloading television programs or movies from the internet will know that quite often the resulting files are divided into several parts. This can be quite problematic because you have to make sure all the files are available and also make sure they are 100% correct and not corrupted in any way. With the size of high definition TV shows and movie files today, having to download dozens of chunks to make up a complete video file is not unheard of when you're after good quality.

The reason some video files are packaged this way is related to 'scene rules' which lays out various regulations for groups to encode and upload various content to the internet. Files are distributed as a multi part RAR archive, are not compressed but simply stored and split into various sizes depending on their content. A problem with this is all files have to be extracted before you can play the file. This takes time and if your downloaded is high quality, it could require several Gigabytes of free space to unpack.

Thankfully there are ways to play video files directly from inside the multiple part RAR archives without the need to unpack anything.

Navigate to the directory where the split rar/zip files are saved, confirm all of parts are there and choose the first file in the sequence (.001 or.part01). Then click Open button. Then it would appear in WinRAR. Step 4: Select files you want to extract in the first file in WinRAR. Hey guys Eazy here, if this video help you out in any way please leave a like and a comment. Comment if it didnt and also comment on a tutorial you would lik. 1) I opened a Winrar file. 2) I drag and dropped the files in the.rar file to my desktop. 3) The computer then automatically extracts the file to the desktop. BUT it also copy and paste all the files in the original rar location to the desktop. I don't know what happened. Winrar was working fine one moment and then all of a sudden this began. Simple steps to repair WinRAR not responding when extracting. Step 1: Launch the WinRAR repair utility on your system. The main screen appears as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Main Screen Step 2: Select the not-extracting RAR file by using the Browse button. Step 3: You need to click on the Repair button to trigger the repair on the selected RAR archive.

Here we show you some ways to do it.

RARFileSource

RARFileSource is a Windows DirectShow filter that gives the ability of playing video files directly from a RAR archive to just about any video playing software, it can even be used with something like Windows Media Player. The only real limitations are a slight issue with Windows Media Video files (WMV) and like other RAR playing software, the archive has to be stored and not compressed.

The Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable is required before install, if you don't have it, download and install the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version depending on your system. Also note that software like Windows Media Player will still require extra codecs to be installed for you to be able to play various video formats such as MKV. K-Lite Codec Pack is among the most popular, but watch for the adware on install.

Once Visual C++ and any required codecs are in place, download and install RARFileSource. All you have to do now is either right click on one of the RAR files then choose 'open with' and pick your media player, or open the media player, choose to open a file and select one of the RARs. The media type may have to be changed to all files in the dropdown so you can see RAR archives.

The nice thing about RARFileSource is the ability to open the video file(s) directly from whichever file in the set you click on, so you can easily select video.r88 to open the archive for playing. Another useful option is you can select from multiple videos that are inside the archive, so if you have 2 videos inside, the second can be selected for playback.

Media Players With Built in RAR Support

Software media players have caught up to this requirement and now many of the popular players can do it without the need for extra codecs or software such as WinRAR. Here's a selection of media players with this ability, there are others, these are just examples.

Media Player Classic – Home Cinema

MPC-HC is a lightweight open source player that produces good quality video. We believe MPC-HC uses a built in modified version of the Directshow filter RARFileSource mentioned above. This brings all the benefits that tool gives you such as loading the video from any one of the archive files and a selector for multiple video files.

Simply drop a RAR file onto the MPC window, 'Open with' or open a file from the menu (File -> Quick Open), if there is more than one video in the archive, a window will allow you to select what to play first.

Download Media Player Classic – Home Cinema (portable version also available) Garageband noise reduction plugin.

VLC Media Player

Possibly the most popular free multimedia player, VLC introduced support for playing RAR files directly in version 1.0, although the RAR abilities in VLC are slightly more restrictive than MPC-HC and RARFileSource.

Drop a RAR file onto the VLC window or open one from the menu, make sure to open the first RAR in the set (the xxxxx.RAR file) as VLC won't work correctly if you try to open one of the parts. If there are multiple videos in the archive, it will load the first video and you can cycle through the others with the Next and Previous buttons.

Download VLC Media PLayer (portable version also available) Http www apple com support itunes.

Daum PotPlayer http://mibrqkm.xtgem.com/Blog/__xtblog_entry/19356402-free-video-editing-software-for-linux-ubuntu#xt_blog.

This is by the same developer who created KMPLayer before he sold that and moved on to create PotPlayer. A lot of users who have tried both prefer PotPlayer because it doesn't contain extra things you don't need such as adware and streaming services.

Rar File Not Extracting

Although it will accept RAR archives, whether you drag and drop or open the main .RAR file or a subsequent part, PotPlayer will not play multiple videos inside the archive. It does actually tell you it's playing video 2 or 3 etc, but in reality is still just replaying the first video.

Download Daum PotPlayer

Dziobas Rar Player

This was one of the first media players to have direct RAR playback and also had a great ability of playing corrupted or partially downloaded videos. Sadly the program never got past an experimental release and hasn't been updated since 2010. As a consequence it doesn't really work too well on newer systems and is a little unstable.

You can get it to work on your Vista/7/8 system better if after the program has been launched, you go to the Filters menu and select 'OpenGl' or 'OpenGl2', XP runs OK out of the box. For the most part though, other video playing software has superseded Dziobas Rar Player which is a shame because it had potential.

Download Dziobas RAR Player

Mounting RAR files as a Virtual Drive

A final way of playing the video inside multiple RAR files is mounting the archive as a virtual drive. This is similar to mounting ISO files as virtual drives and you can play the files without extracting them. There are a couple of tools that do this but neither are fully recommended for various reasons.

Winmount is a shareware tool which can mount RAR archives but the free version only handles file sizes of 20MB, not big enough for this purpose. Another tool is Rar Mount 3, which is completely free. It should work on XP/Vista and 7 32-bit systems but not on any 64-bit, Windows 8/8.1 32-bit works but not without errors.

The useful thing about Rar Mount 3 is you can set it up to mount when right clicking on a RAR file, and then automatically start playing any video file inside the archive. Extensions like MP4 or MOV may need to be added to the three already included. Theoretically this should also work for other things such as RAR'd games.

Download Rar Mount 3

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Thanks for mentioning this player. I really like its functionality – similar program is Winmount – only it only opens archives in a virtual drive.

Most of 7zip's features can be access by selecting the file and using the right click menu which makes this program very simple to use.

Select the file you want to extract from the ZIP/RAR/7z archive.

A – Select the file you want to extract from the ZIP/RAR/7z archive. Right click the file. It will bring up a menu.

Rar File Not Extracting

A – Once the menu appears, hover over '7-zip'
B – Select 'Extract Here' Once you selected the option, it will bring up another window showing you the progress and remaining time before file is fully extracted/UnRaR, etc.

When it is complete, it will show the complete file in the same directory that you have all the 7-Zip or RAR files in.

A – Complete extracted file. Content aware fill cs4. Open File and Enjoy.

METHOD #2: Another method to extract/unrar the file is to right click the one of the 7zip/RAR files and select 'Open Archive.'

A – Right Click file, select Z-zip on menu
B – Select 'Open Archive.'

This will open up the Zzip File Manager. You will then want to click on the 'Extract' button.

A – Click the 'Extract' Button. It will then bring up another 7-zip window asking you the directory in which you would like to save the file. Choose your location and click 'OK'

A – Select the directory that you would like to save the file
B – Click 'OK'

Once you click 'OK,' it will bring up a window showing you the unrar/unzip process.

When it is complete, you can just open the complete file with the appropriate program!

For more help refer to other NGR 7-zip guides:
1. 7-Zip Download and Installation Guide
2. How to Extract / UnRAR with 7-Zip
3. How to Use 7-Zip to Split / Archive a File
4. How to create an Archive / Zip with 7-Zip