[Starcat]

Originally Posted by vikulenka

In your iTunes settings, do you have Copy Files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library enabled? That helps, me at least, keep all music that I want in my iTunes under one roof. Whether atomatically or manually added to iTunes, the file will be copied into the new folder structure, and then you don't have to convert anything.

Thank you for that tip, Vik
I checked and I did not have that setting enabled.
I have now enabled it, so hopefully that will solve my problem

[Mauro]

Originally Posted by mehrens2112

What are .rar files? Can someone please explain these to me? Similiar to .zip files? If there is a thread already on this, someone point me in the right direction. I've used Flac, Ape, SHN and others, but never rar.

zip gives better compression i.e. smaller files although can take longer to decompress.
Rar slightly worse in compression although much faster in decompression.

[vikulenka]

Originally Posted by Starcat

Thank you for that tip, Vik
I checked and I did not have that setting enabled.
I have now enabled it, so hopefully that will solve my problem

Excellent. And now for the next step, go to "Advanced"-> "consolidate library". That will copy all the music to your new location (which you can select and and change if you want). It would take "awhile" depending on the size of your music library. Probably best if you remove the music later from where it used to be, such that you don't have it in 2 places!

I am potentially proposing a HUGE task - reorganizing the location of your whole music library. So don't do it on a whim. It works pretty well for me, but it's totally up to you whether you want to do the same.

[chamlin]

I use 7 zip for .rar files. Works so easily. Winrar confused me...
Download

[solaris]

Originally Posted by chamlin

I use 7 zip for .rar files. Works so easily. Winrar confused me...
Download

http://www.aom3.org/forum/40496-post18.html

[Starcat]

Originally Posted by vikulenka

Excellent. And now for the next step, go to "Advanced"-> "consolidate library". That will copy all the music to your new location (which you can select and and change if you want). It would take "awhile" depending on the size of your music library. Probably best if you remove the music later from where it used to be, such that you don't have it in 2 places!

I am potentially proposing a HUGE task - reorganizing the location of your whole music library. So don't do it on a whim. It works pretty well for me, but it's totally up to you whether you want to do the same.

Thanks, Vik, but I don't think I'll attempt that at the moment, sounds a bit scary to me, I don't want to mess up my precious music library

I appreciate your help though.

[vikulenka]

Originally Posted by Starcat

Thanks, Vik, but I don't think I'll attempt that at the moment, sounds a bit scary to me, I don't want to mess up my precious music library

I appreciate your help though.

As long as you know that having selected to copy the music into the iTunes Library all NEW music from now on will go into that central location.

[mehrens2112]

Howdy everyone,

I'm downloading something that is several .rar files/links (7 of them) from a certain site to be named later that is a dvd file and I am trying to put them together to burn them as one file onto a dvd. Is this easy to do?

[Hirs Ute]

Originally Posted by mehrens2112

Howdy everyone,

I'm downloading something that is several .rar files/links (7 of them) from a certain site to be named later that is a dvd file and I am trying to put them together to burn them as one file onto a dvd. Is this easy to do?

Hi Mehrens, the way it usually works is that you open 'Part.1' and then drag the file out of the RAR utility and that will tell the file to get all the other 'parts' to make one single file.

Not to sure how well I explained that but hopefully you get the gist

[solaris]

Originally Posted by mehrens2112

Howdy everyone,

I'm downloading something that is several .rar files/links (7 of them) from a certain site to be named later that is a dvd file and I am trying to put them together to burn them as one file onto a dvd. Is this easy to do?

Hi mehrens2112


I have heard that normally one of these two things happens, when you download your brother's .avi version of the latest family gathering:


1. When you right click on the part1-file, WinRAR unpacks the seven archives and creates ONE .avi file, which you can then let VSO ConvertXToDVD well... convert from .avi to DVD


2. The seven files you download are named .001, .002, ... .007

What to do now?

Piece a cake: Download HJSplit (freeware) here: Download HJSplit

Install the application, run it, browse (inside the application) to find the .001 file and let HJSplit join the seven parts for you. You now have your .avi file, which you can then let VSO ConvertXToDVD well... convert from .avi to DVD