skipping winrar corrupt files

[doughboy]

I've been told that winrar can skip corrupted files in an archive...

I've got a multi-part avi, but 1 file is bad.. I can't see an option to skip the bad files..

Anyone know how??

Cheers

[-[Maximus]-]

If the archive is corrupt, it likely won't be able to merge the data into a readable .avi file anyway so you wouldn't be able to view the file. Try to D/L the bad file again.

[doughboy]

Cheers.

Got it sorted now anyway.. It was only 1 file out of about 60.

Need to use dos: rar e -kb filename.rar

Was perfectly watchable too..

[Vile]

This is why I like it when archives have .par files :)

[doughboy]

Not in this case..

I initially tried deleting the file and used a par to replace it...

The original file was corrupt, so the par which replaced it was also corrupt..

[Vile]

Originally posted by doughboy
Not in this case..

I initially tried deleting the file and used a par to replace it...

The original file was corrupt, so the par which replaced it was also corrupt..

Lol yea, i guess if the original or par files are corrupt, it doesnt help much :D

I was just saying, in general, its always nice when par files are included rather than just the rar files.

[doughboy]

yes, pars are a very cool/useful thing..

Not that I want anyone to go into parity maths, but it seems strange how a par file can replicate any other file, but only be used once...after all, the original par file is unaltered after it's used. I never got why it can't be used again...

[NorthViking]

Sorry but what's a par file?

[doughboy]

Originally posted by Strider
Sorry but what's a par file?

a par file set is generally created from a rar set...

think of it as a backup set of files.

You have 1 file with the extension .par and others with the extension p01, p02 etc...

The p01, p02 etc are the same size as the rar files they come with.

If you download a rar set but have some incomplete files, then you can use the pars to retrieve them...

1 par file will fix any 1 rar file... So if you have say 30 rar files out of 35, you will need 5 different par files..eg p01 - p05.

As far as I know you only really come across these things when using newsgroups...

Oh, and you also need a par app to do the deed... I used to use smartpar, but now use fs raid.

hope that answers you question....:)

[NorthViking]

Thanks for that :)

[sann007m]

I have just solve my problem.I have download some series of rar file.But one of them is corrupted.Its the original file.So I cant extract the file.A video file is in those rar files.So I started to find some solve.I have find this forum.But nothing gonna help me.So I just start to think and do the job what my mind said to me.Now firstly I exratct the rar file till 99% then press pause[some msg can be shown by winrar but dont click anything].then open task manager and kill the rar program exe.Then U can known the extension of the video file.let this is AVI.Then download corrupted avi fixer from net.After download you try to fix the video using this software.And after that you can watch the video fully except the corrupt portions.Use VLC player for better result.Good luck friend.If you need more help plz mail me with some attachment[except virus].Becoz lots of mail I have received daily.I open Only those which has some attachment.Bye

[M46NU2]

Why not just try the reapair tool in Winrar first??

[lowestseries]

I have just solve my problem.I have download some series of rar file.But one of them is corrupted.Its the original file.So I cant extract the file.A video file is in those rar files.So I started to find some solve.I have find this forum.But nothing gonna help me.So I just start to think and do the job what my mind said to me.Now firstly I exratct the rar file till 99% then press pause[some msg can be shown by winrar but dont click anything].then open task manager and kill the rar program exe.Then U can known the extension of the video file.let this is AVI.Then download corrupted avi fixer from net.After download you try to fix the video using this software.And after that you can watch the video fully except the corrupt portions.Use VLC player for better result.Good luck friend.If you need more help plz mail me with some attachment[except virus].Becoz lots of mail I have received daily.I open Only those which has some attachment.Bye

This issue would have been solved 6 years ago when this thread was created, so plz dont revive dead threads which are 6 years old. Thanks.