OK Im a lamer and I admit it... someone sent me a movie 7z compressed... only a short one... 3 files... I extracted it and it went to a folder with a 7 on it... but how the hell do I play it... nothing I have will run it... do I need to convert it with something... most of the stuff I have is rar and it just opens to an avi file and it plays... what am I doing wrong [not unusual for me] or what am I missing.... looked through the info files and the forum but missed any mention of this... but then most people who come here know a little something of what they are talking about... wish I could say the same about me...
Thanks for the help in advance
Geo
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either I'm blind or you didn't mention the format of the files you extracted.
If you really extracted them successfully out of a .7z-file, they need a player. But this has nothing to do with 7-Zip. Take MediaPlayerClassic or mplayer.
If you unpacked them out of another archive-type (for instance .zip) and now they are on your harddrive in .7z-format you need 7-Zip to unpack them further.
Please make more clear what we are talking about.
Best regards!
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seriously, why act stupid? He is saying that he got a movie that was compressed for the net delivery with 7zip... obviously it is a volume... how do u uncompress it to the one movie file?
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OK Im a lamer and I admit it... someone sent me a movie 7z compressed... only a short one... 3 files... I extracted it and it went to a folder with a 7 on it... but how the hell do I play it... nothing I have will run it... do I need to convert it with something... most of the stuff I have is rar and it just opens to an avi file and it plays... what am I doing wrong [not unusual for me] or what am I missing.... looked through the info files and the forum but missed any mention of this... but then most people who come here know a little something of what they are talking about... wish I could say the same about me...
Thanks for the help in advance
Geo
Hello everyone,
either I'm blind or you didn't mention the format of the files you extracted.
If you really extracted them successfully out of a .7z-file, they need a player. But this has nothing to do with 7-Zip. Take MediaPlayerClassic or mplayer.
If you unpacked them out of another archive-type (for instance .zip) and now they are on your harddrive in .7z-format you need 7-Zip to unpack them further.
Please make more clear what we are talking about.
Best regards!
"Take MediaPlayerClassic or mplayer."
Right. "MPLAYER" is better.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu
Or VLC player.
BTW: "a movie 7z compressed"
It is a really BAD idea to "compress" a movie with an archiver :-(
seriously, why act stupid? He is saying that he got a movie that was compressed for the net delivery with 7zip... obviously it is a volume... how do u uncompress it to the one movie file?