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preview_while_downloading [2010/09/16 12:47] – Added sub-section about playing/preview of video inside RAR archives greywizard | preview_while_downloading [2015/08/15 04:21] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1 |
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====== Preview of files while downloading ====== | ====== Preview of files while downloading ====== |
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The preview of .mp3, .avi, .rmvb, .wmv, etc. media files, is available during the downloading process. (However, since **version 1.23**, preview program can open any files from task list regardless of the file type granted certain conditions are fulfilled. Read further details on that, [[preview_while_downloading#how_to_play_preview_video_in_multi-volume_rar_archives|here]].) | The preview of .mp3, .avi, .rmvb, .wmv, etc. media files, is available during the downloading process. (However, since **version 1.23**, the preview program can open any files from task list regardless of the file type granted certain conditions are fulfilled. Read further details on that, [[preview_while_downloading#how_to_play_preview_video_in_multi-volume_rar_archives|here]].) |
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With Bitcomet (version 0.60 or above) you can preview the videos only minutes after downloading has begun, instead of waiting even dozens of hours to finish the download. At present, most of the video files on the Internet have huge sizes, some files going even as big as several Gigabytes. And there are some torrents containing fake files which may waste lots of your time to download. | With Bitcomet (version 0.60 or above) you can preview the videos only minutes after downloading has begun, instead of waiting even dozens of hours to finish the download. At present, most of the video files on the Internet have huge sizes, some files going even as big as several Gigabytes. And there are some torrents containing fake files which may waste lots of your time to download. |
Starting with BitComet v.1.23 a new [[bitcomet_options#advanced|advanced option]] was introduced (//ui.preview_any_file//), which, when enabled, will allow the user to "play" any type of file from inside the //Files// tab of the //Detailed Info Pane//, not just video/audio files. The "//Play File...//" command, which is accessible from the right-click context menu of any selected file in the //Files// tab will be enabled for **any** file type, once this advanced option is enabled and it will pass the selected file to the player assigned for BitComet (in //Advanced Options--> ui.preview_program_path//), which will attempt to play the file. | Starting with BitComet v.1.23 a new [[bitcomet_options#advanced|advanced option]] was introduced (//ui.preview_any_file//), which, when enabled, will allow the user to "play" any type of file from inside the //Files// tab of the //Detailed Info Pane//, not just video/audio files. The "//Play File...//" command, which is accessible from the right-click context menu of any selected file in the //Files// tab will be enabled for **any** file type, once this advanced option is enabled and it will pass the selected file to the player assigned for BitComet (in //Advanced Options--> ui.preview_program_path//), which will attempt to play the file. |
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If your designated player is one capable of playing video content from inside RAR archives, then you will be able to play the video file without having to extract the contents of the archive first. | If your designated player is one capable of playing video content from inside RAR archives (see the end of this subsection for details on that), then you will be able to play the video file without having to extract the contents of the archive first. |
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This option is also really useful for previewing the video content inside multi-volume RAR archives (i.e. for checking if the torrent is a fake or a valid one).\\ | This option is also really useful for previewing the video contained inside multi-volume RAR archives (i.e. for checking if the torrent is a fake or a valid one) shortly after starting the download.\\ |
In order to accomplish that, you will have to select the //Files// tab and in there you will have to select the first and last volumes of the archive and set a //High// download priority for them (so that they are downloaded first). Once they're 100% downloaded, you will be able to preview the content, just as you would preview any normal video file. This should be enough to let you tell if the content is what you seek or its garbage. | In order to accomplish that, you will have to select the //Files// tab and in there you will have to select the first and last volumes of the archive and set the //Highest// download priority for them (so that they are downloaded first). |
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| Once they're 100% downloaded, you will be able to preview the content, just as you would preview any normal video file. This should be enough to let you tell if the content is what you seek or its garbage. |
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<html><span style=color:teal;font-weight:bold>Note:</span></html> For multi-volume RAR archives you may encounter 2 cases: | <html><span style=color:teal;font-weight:bold>Note:</span></html> For multi-volume RAR archives you may encounter 2 cases: |
- If the RAR volumes are part of a RAR 3 type archive, then the files will have extensions of the type: //.part**1**//, //.part**2**//, ... //.part**nn**// (where **nn** is the highest number among the archive's volumes). In that case the first file will be the one with the extension //.part**1**// and the last, the one with the extension //.part**nn**//; these are the ones for which you will set //High// priority. | - If the RAR volumes are using the RAR 3.0 file naming style, then the files will have extensions of the type: //.part**001**.rar//, //.part**002**.rar//, ... //.part**nnn**.rar// (where **nnn** is the highest number among the archive's volumes). In that case the first file will be the one with the extension //.part**001.rar**// and the last, the one with the extension //.part**nnn**.rar//; these are the ones for which you will set //Highest// priority. |
- If the RAR volumes are not part of a RAR 3 type archive, then the files will have extensions of the type: //.r**00**//, //.r**01**//, ... //.r**nn**// (where **nn** is the highest number among the archive's volumes) but there will also be a file with the extension //**.rar**//. In that case the first file will be the one with the //**.rar**// extension and the last, the one with the //.r**nn**// extension; these are the ones for which you will set //High// priority. | - If the RAR volumes are not using the RAR 3.0 file naming style, then the files will have extensions of the type: //.r**00**//, //.r**01**//, ... //.r**nn**// (where **nn** is the highest number among the archive's volumes) but there will also be a file with the extension //**.rar**//. In that case the first file will be the one with the //**.rar**// extension and the last, the one with the //.r**nn**// extension; these are the ones for which you will set //Highest// priority. |
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| <html><span style=color:darkred;font-weight:bold>Attention:</span></html> For many of the players capable of playing video from inside RAR archives, the "//Play File...//" command has to be issued on the **first** volume of the archive (if it's a multi-volume RAR archive). That would be the file with the //.part**001**.rar// extension (for RAR 3.0 type archives) or the file with the //**.rar**// extension, for RAR archives of the older type. |
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For more detailed info on playing video from inside RAR archives and player capable of doing that, read [[http://www.cometforums.com/topic/12795180-how-to-play-movies-from-inside-rar-archives-without-extracting-them/|this guide]]. | For more detailed info __on playing video from inside RAR archives and on players capable of doing that__, read [[http://www.cometforums.com/topic/12795180-how-to-play-movies-from-inside-rar-archives-without-extracting-them/|this guide]]. |
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====== How to enable the preview of the whole file? ====== | ====== How to enable the preview of the whole file? ====== |
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