Unpacking multiple rar archives with the same files inside

Sully

Ok heres my problem:

Iv a movie in several rar files. Each rar file has one file inside them called (movie.img). If I extract them by selecting them all and click "Extract to Movie\" a problem arrises: "The file movie.img already exsists. Overwrite, rename etc."

Now, if I had time to spare I could sit there and rename them individualy each time. But it takes a lot of time to extract them (I use WinRAR) and I could be here all night.

Is there an easier solution to extracting them fast and without having to rename them myself each time?

- Sully

NotMe

Yeah you just right click on the .rar file and "extract here". You don't need to do it for each one.

Sully

NotMe wrote:

Yeah you just right click on the .rar file and "extract here". You don't need to do it for each one.

My problem is that each rar file (there are several) has the same named file in it. So doing "extract here" (as outlined in my first post) will do the first one grand, then the secound one will ask me to rename it as it "already exsists" from the previous rar file..

- Sully

Giblet

The first file connects to the second file and so on. Extracting the first file actually extracts the file from all the rar files. The extensions are r00, r01 or similar, correct?

Sully

Giblet wrote:

The first file connects to the second file and so on. Extracting the first file actually extracts the file from all the rar files. The extensions are r00, r01 or similar, correct?

Yes and No :P. No, the extensions are nothing like that. Its a rar file with one img file inside the rar archive. Iv several of these rar files, and each contain the same file name..

- Sully

Mutant_Fruit

if its the exact same file... the rar's should be called file.rar, file.r01, file.r02 etc (or something like that). Then using winrar it should unzip the single file from the different archives without a hitch.

If they are all named .rar, you'll have to manually rename them to ,r01, .r02 etc.

Giblet

Does the file name have a little arrow beside it.

angelofdeath

its a split rar archive, forget about the ones named .r00 .r01 etc, so long as there all in the same directory. extract the movie.img from the .rar file only, by right clicking on it and extract to the specified folder, then pick a folder to extract to and thats it

Syth

Some kinda shell script should do the trick. Here's something I whacked together in a few miniutes:

#! /bin/bash
mkdir tmp/
for file in $(ls *.rar)
do
	cp $file tmp/
	cd tmp/
	unrar x $file
	rm ${file}
	mv movie.img ../movie.img_$(date '+%s')
done

Put that baby in the directory with all the rar files, and let 'er run. It'll extract all the movie.img to their own unique names.

Unless you're using Windows, which AFAIK has very, very poor support for scripts.

Sully

Im using Windows for a start yes.

Anyway, heres a sample of the rar file: meteor-moviename.part001.rar. There are 92 "parts!" (ie. last part is meteor-moviename.part092.rar). The folder I downloaded also contains meteor-moviename.sfv and meteor-moviename.nfo. Also a subfolder called Sample with meteor-moviename-sample.vob (thats only a sniplet of the moive). The size of the 92 rar files are in total: 4.25GB. In each rar files contains a file called meteor-moviename.img.

Unfortuantley, I cant even extract all the those because I dont have enough space. Iv cleaned it out as best as I can, but theres no more I can do. Iv only 0.98GB leff in space. Its a 73.4GB Hard Drive. My plan was to extract each archive to a seperate folder.

Any suggestions what to do? :P

- Sully

Giblet

You will need over 4.25 gigs of space. As was said, you only need to extract part001, the rest will automatically unrar aswell. If you read the status bar of the progress window, you will see the file name changing to part002, part003 etc etc.

Chalk

@_@

did the part1.rar, part2.rar not give it away?
how about the 4.25gig file compressed to 15meg?
what about the 4.25gig file compressed to 15meg that says compression 0%?


jeesus if your downloadin warez at least use teh google.

Sully

Giblet wrote:

You will need over 4.25 gigs of space. As was said, you only need to extract part001, the rest will automatically unrar aswell. If you read the status bar of the progress window, you will see the file name changing to part002, part003 etc etc.

OK so all I need to do is extract the first rar file, then the rest will be done auto? And I need over 4.25 gigs of space (which I dont have). Is there anyway to make the files smaller or give me more room?

If someone could give me a lend of an external modem, can I extract it on that?

- Sully

Mutant_Fruit

The rar made the files as small as they could be made, giving them a reduction of a whopping 0.1% (estimated). The only way to unzip is to have the required free space (about 4.5gigs).

My advice is to delete some crap off the computer/burn onto disc/uninstall games but keep save games and reinstall later. Then unzip the rar's.

Sully

Mutant_Fruit wrote:

The rar made the files as small as they could be made, giving them a reduction of a whopping 0.1% (estimated). The only way to unzip is to have the required free space (about 4.5gigs).

My advice is to delete some crap off the computer/burn onto disc/uninstall games but keep save games and reinstall later. Then unzip the rar's.

I did :P Im left with everything I need! Might burn it onto a DVD and try unpack it on a computer with more space..

Tell me, if I was to get an external hard drive - would it be easy/hard to pass the information from one HD to another?

- Sully

angelofdeath

it'd be the exact same as unraring to some where on your main hd, no difference at all

Sully

angelofdeath wrote:

it'd be the exact same as unraring to some where on your main hd, no difference at all

But how easy is it to transfer from the HD its on now, to the other HD? Same to a CD and from a CD (or DVD?)

- Sully

Giblet

Drag and drop.

Sully

Giblet wrote:

Drag and drop.

Perfect. Now to go find an external hard drive :P

I think ill go post a request to see if anyone near me has it, not much look yet. Only looking for it temp.

- Sully