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digital cause · Post by **digital cause** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:10 pm

what is a rar file and how can i get my computer to recognise em or convert em to wav etc/ cheers

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:16 pm

RAR is a compression format similar to zip
http://www.rarlab.com/
winrar is the most commonly used expander

octave_noize · Post by **octave_noize** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:37 pm

and just to note, if your using mac,

http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/MacPAR_deLuxe/

thats what i use,

Rob

marsyas · Post by **marsyas** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:03 pm

extract now is the bomb, just drag and drop.
unzips every type.

unempty · Post by **unempty** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:38 pm

Digital Cause wrote:what is a rar file and how can i get my computer to recognise em or convert em to wav etc/ cheers

7-Zip will properly handle pretty much any compression format you'll run into. And it's free and without bullshit.

.7z is also a pretty good compression format in its own right, btw.

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:41 am

Unempty wrote:
Digital Cause wrote:what is a rar file and how can i get my computer to recognise em or convert em to wav etc/ cheers
7-Zip will properly handle pretty much any compression format you'll run into. And it's free and without bullshit.

.7z is also a pretty good compression format in its own right, btw.

Yeah .7z is a linux/unix format originally I believe

digital cause · Post by **digital cause** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:53 pm

thanks for the effort guys but still dont understand exactly how to use em...lol. like i downloaded some .rar samples, how do I get em to work? do I get one of the programs above or summin? thanks again

relik · Post by **relik** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:33 pm

I use 7zip. Nice free program to handle most compression formats.

If you still don't understand, a RAR file is basically the same thing as a ZIP file. It's just a different type of compression. You need to uncompress/extract/unzip the file first before you can use what's inside.

digital cause · Post by **digital cause** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:54 pm

ok nice one i will try download that prog. above. its just that my computer does that thing where if you try opening the file it says what program do you wanna open it with and none can open it. but ill try that program and see if it works..

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