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dawj
April 3rd, 2009, 05:29 PM
i downloaded a move file from megaupload but my system cannot recognise the format. i checked in the synaptic package manager and both rar and unrar have been properly installed.The format is as follows (for part 1):

/home/dawj/Desktop/LCN.10000.BC.2008.HDRip.x264.[300Mb].mkv.__a

When i right click on it, there is no command for extracting it. How do i extract this file?
Jose Catre-Vandis
April 3rd, 2009, 05:32 PM
Try the file on the command line with this:
/usr/bin/unrar e -y /path/to/your/file.__a
If it is a rar this should work
dawj
April 3rd, 2009, 05:48 PM
Try the file on the command line with this:
/usr/bin/unrar e -y /path/to/your/file.__a
If it is a rar this should work

sorry it did not work.

i should have said this earlier, when i was downloading,it came up with the message "BIN file." i am a bit confused here as well because i have never encountered a bin file when downloading a movie from megaupload/rapidshare etc. when using windows ( i am very new to Linux)
SunnyRabbiera
April 3rd, 2009, 05:51 PM
.mkv is a matroska video, it should open with your default media player...
are you sure you are downloading it right?
dawj
April 3rd, 2009, 05:58 PM
.mkv is a matroska video, it should open with your default media player...
are you sure you are downloading it right?

i am unsure if there is a different procedure for Linux. i merely add the url (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C6FLYEEY - part 3) to the web browser and it goes to the website and i download as a free user. Once the waiting period is over, it asks me if i want to download the file and it gives the message that this is a bin file. i am presently downloading part 3 of 4
Jose Catre-Vandis
April 4th, 2009, 04:42 PM
You will need all the parts of the archive before you can start unarchiving :)
dawj
April 4th, 2009, 06:10 PM
You will need all the parts of the archive before you can start unarchiving :)

Thanks, but still does not work. The files are all BIN format and i tried burning them using brasero but could not read them after having burned them on a dvd disk. Perhaps i need to join all the files first. Do u know of any File Splitter/Joiner programs?