How to play a .tar file?

[dangerously_cool]

Well, I have a question, it's in the title. Computers and I are not friends. I downloaded a .tar file, and I was wondering what program/codec I need to play the video? Realplayerk, Quicktime, WMP, none of them play it. If any of you know, it'd be great. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Winrar, its an archive like .rar or zip only less widely used :wink:

[dingo]

its a UNIX extension I think, thats why its less widely used I'd say. :wink:

[dangerously_cool]

Oh many thanks, I'll give winrar a shot.

[dangerously_cool]

Well it was the right type of file now I'm having trouble playing the extracted files. There are 48 of them. It lists them as winrar files themselves...Thanks for your help though.

It's a three minute blank screen...I hate that. Thanks for lending a hand though.

[stracing]

Winrar, its an archive like .rar or zip only less widely used :wink:

i don't think the linux geeks will agree to that :P

[nthfinity]

Winrar, its an archive like .rar or zip only less widely used :wink:

i don't think the linux geeks will agree to that :P
really, the UX famlies are everywhere, and are either very very helpful, or condicending :?
.tar and .gz are the main meathods of zipping a file in shell, or in the GUI of choice...

any questions will lead to further answers, or just more confusion at www.sourceforge.net

[Anonymous]

Winrar, its an archive like .rar or zip only less widely used :wink:

i don't think the linux geeks will agree to that :P

meh its ok they will be busy trying to get some program or other to work on linux so they won't read this :P

[igeorge]

Winrar, its an archive like .rar or zip only less widely used :wink:

i don't think the linux geeks will agree to that :P

meh its ok they will be busy trying to get some program or other to work on linux so they won't read this :P

BS.. I use tar all the time and I read this topic :lol:

[Anonymous]

Winrar, its an archive like .rar or zip only less widely used :wink:

i don't think the linux geeks will agree to that :P

meh its ok they will be busy trying to get some program or other to work on linux so they won't read this :P

BS.. I use tar all the time and I read this topic :lol:

yes but you lay roads and drives :P

[dominiquelee]

Winrar, its an archive like .rar or zip only less widely used :wink:

i don't think the linux geeks will agree to that :P

meh its ok they will be busy trying to get some program or other to work on linux so they won't read this :P

BS.. I use tar all the time and I read this topic :lol:

yes but you lay roads and drives :P

yeh.. you know those rumours of bodies being embedded in motorway bridge pillars etc ?





they're true

[Anonymous]

Winrar, its an archive like .rar or zip only less widely used :wink:

i don't think the linux geeks will agree to that :P

meh its ok they will be busy trying to get some program or other to work on linux so they won't read this :P

BS.. I use tar all the time and I read this topic :lol:

yes but you lay roads and drives :P

yeh.. you know those rumours of bodies being embedded in motorway bridge pillars etc ?





they're true

i wondered what you did with all those noobs :P