Extracting video part from rar without having all parts

ironam · #1 9th Nov 2008, 05:12

I have question on rar archive. I have to download a video file which is equally divided into several parts and both are as .rar file. I have to download all parts and then use winrar to extract and join them to get the full file.

But is there any way to extract the video part from the part1.rar without having rest of the .rar files?

**thingie2** · #2 9th Nov 2008, 06:34

No, it's a combined file, unless you extract it all together, there will be an error and you won't be able to see the file.

**MJM** · #3 9th Nov 2008, 07:11

There is however a huge but.
Using VLC you can preview the individual parts.
Or if you have archive 1-8 out of ten, you could tell winrar to keep broken files and just use that file, though you would probably have to repair it somehow. However having files 4-10 doesn't mean you can extract 4-10 since WinRar will tell you that it needs the previous file.

ironam · #4 9th Nov 2008, 10:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJM

There is however a huge but.
Using VLC you can preview the individual parts.

Thank you dear for that helpful information. I have the 1st part of the rar file and latest version of VLC player. But VLC says that it cannot open the rar file. Would you please guide - how can I use VLC player to preview the rar file?