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From: sbt on 3 Aug 2006 20:20 In article <44d2763c$0$24998$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Mark Herr <markherr(a)digitalsense.com> wrote: > silkunicorn(a)gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am new to downloading par and par2 files, so please excuse my > > ignorance. I am using Mac OS X 10.2.8. > > > > I have just downloaded some par2 files from > > "alt.binaries.multimedia.scifi" group and was able to use a Mac program > > called "Chunkjoiner" to join them together. However the finished file > > has no file extension and it showed as "Document" in the folder. > > Please kindly tell me how can I watch this downloaded video and what > > extension should I change to? I hope I have given you enough > > information, if not, please let me know. > > > > Thank you in advance for any kind assistance anyone might provide. > > > > Sincerely > > > > you should look into installing fink and the par and unrar tools if you > are not concerned about having to run from terminal. this is what i use > when i ssh into my Mac and i have found the par tool to verify slightly > quicker than MacPar Deluxe although it may be in my head. > > either way no Mac user should be w/o fink unless you prefer to build > from within OS X own system. Just as an FYI, UnRarX is also significantly faster than MacPAR Deluxe (I had the same perception as you, so I tested it). Not only does it verify more quickly, but it unrars a lot faster (about 4x on a couple of 400MB archives I tried). MacPAR Deluxe does have some advantages, though -- it will check/rename as necessary without you having to do anything special. MPD also has default options for deleting PAR/PAR2 files (and rar volumes) after successful repair and/or unraring operations. Additionally, it passes off to helper files automatically for decompression and extraction (ZIP, SIT, etc.) I use the commandline tools, sometimes, UnRarX most frequently, and MacPAR Deluxe, sometimes. Why restrict yourself to just one tool? -- Spenser |