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	Nov 9 2008	FREEMINDER I downlaoded the VLCRAR Loader well it works locating my VLC player but when the VLC Player play it just hang and i have to force quit VLC. Anyone can help me? (Version 1.3)		0
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	Aug 17 2008	JMEDDY Works great, but I do have one small feature request: support for password-protected RARs. That would make the app perfect. (Version 1.3)		+1
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	Apr 16 2008	SAMUS Oh! Also, I have another idea about what your trouble might be. When you're downloading a video, the files usually download in alphabetical order. So, it'll download in this order: filename.r00 filename.r01 filename.r02 . . . filename.rar Problem is, the .rar is actually the first part of the archive. You just need to move the .rar file up to the first spot in the queue, and then once that first piece is finished downloading you should be good. Cheers, Samus (Version 1.3)		0
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Apr 29 2008

JJABBA That is already handled by the application, you drop whatever part of the rar archives and it will find the first by itself, it will show the filename of the one yuo dropped, but it will actually start using the .rar or whatever the first part is named.

I'll investigate the problems reported with 1.3 on an intel mac as soon as I get a chance, I don't own one of my own yet.

/jjabba
(Version 1.3)

May 4 2008

SAMUS Yes, VLC Rar-Loader will start playing the files in the correct order regardless of which piece you drag in. However, you do need to have the first piece completely downloaded. What I meant by my above comment was that the first piece usually comes *last* alphabetically (.r01, .r02 etc... and finally .rar)

So, if the download order isn't correct (in Unison, NZB Drop, or whatever app you're downloading the rars with) this app will be useless. Usually I have to pull the .rar up to the top of the download queue.
(Version 1.3)

	Apr 11 2008	MACINSPORE does not work after 2 tests. Error from VLC is "read failed (bad file descriptor)" wish this app worked, coolest idea i have encountered in years (Version 1.3)		0
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Apr 16 2008

SAMUS Actually it works great, but not the latest version. Try downloading 1.2 at this link:

http://vlcrarloader.jjabba.com/downloadcounter/download.php?file=5
(Version 1.3)

	Apr 6 2008	SAMUS VLC 0.8.6f responds with 'main: cannot pre fill buffer'. RAR-Loader 1.2 worked fine for me. MacBook Pro 2.16GHz OSX 10.5.2 (Version 1.3)		0
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	Feb 23 2008	IMMRAMA its really working very nice, thanks a lot !! (Version 1.2)		0
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	Jul 3 2006	THEGOODGUY Works flawlessly now, thanks a lot! Very useful program and a good idea =D (Version 1.2)		0
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	Apr 10 2006	JOPPE No need to unrar your latest episode again :p This program rocks (Version 1.2)		0
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	Mar 1 2006	DOM21 No "Play" button appears either before or after dropping file in. Unusable here but I won't neg rate it in case I am doing something wrong - though I don't know what, I read the entire PDF. (Version 1.0)		0
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Mar 2 2006

JJABBA Your "play" button doesn't show if you have selected "play instatly on drop" in the preference drawer.

If you see the playbutton but it itn't clickable it's most likely because VLC-rar Loader was unable to find Video Lan Client on your hard drive. Please make sure you have the latest version of Video Lan Client installed.

(Version 1.0)

	Feb 28 2006	SMACTRON Thanks! This plays an XviD that VLC (standalone) and everything else wouldn't. This compact application is just what I'd been looking for for about a month. (Version 1.0)		0
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	Feb 28 2006	CHAGRINS You can open RAR archives in VLC by drag-and-drop already. What is this for? (Version 1.0)		0
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Mar 1 2006

JJABBA It's true that VLC will play most rar-files that are dropped on it. This works because most rar-releases have compression level set to zero, using the rar-archive only as a wrapper to split the movie file inside. VLC will however not play the whole movie but only the data from the very archive-segment you drop on it. VLC RAR-Loader on the other hand will "feed" VLC with all of the movie data from all of the rar-segments. That is what it's for.
(Version 1.0)

Mar 2 2006

CHAGRINS Oh! That actually is useful and unique thenmaybe a brief word about segments in the description is in order?
(Version 1.01)

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