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Suppose I just want to see 1 part of a multi-part download; I don't want to stitch together Parts 1-4, I just want to see Part #2.

Can I use the program to just remove the "002" suffix at the end and watch that part solo ? :confused:

Just discovered that (free) RAR 'Extract Frog' does the same as jzip above.

http://download.cnet.com/Free-RAR-Ex...-10804840.html

I was getting the 'invalid floating point operation' error message with HJspit - decided to unzip first - simple right click>extract - job's done.

Just wondering what I'm doing wrong here?

I downloaded the 2 parts of Virginia from here:

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...light=virginia (#3 by bigfatbob)

I successfully joined each part with hjsplit and thought I'd have a go at putting the two halves of the film together.

I renamed them from Virginia_upg_cd1.avi and Virginia_upg_cd2.avi to Virginia_upg_complete.avi.001 and Virginia_upg_complete.avi.002

Hjsplit appeared to join them successfully - the original file were 699Mb and 700Mb respectively and the new file is 1.36Gb.

However every player I've tried it in only shows the first half (about 45mins).

Have I got the renaming concept wrong or do I need to use a completely different programme to put the two halves together?

(And if so is there a good freeware option?)

The two AVIs (cd1.avi and cd2.avi) are not separate parts of one video. They are two individual videos.

Ah - so I was thinking hjsplit is a bigger app than it is.

I guess Windows Movie Maker would splice them together.

No, it will not.

(sorry for going off topic)

Try Easy Video Joiner http://www.doeasier.org/joiner/
Very simple tool, nothing fancy and quick

Can I offer a bit of advice on joining split files for Linux and Mac users?

It's actually very easy, no special software required provided you don't mind using a bit of command-line magic. Everything you need is built in.

Let's say you have three files in your Downloads folder that need to be joined, mystuff.rar.001, mystuff.rar.002 and mystuff.rar.003.

Open a terminal, and in it type:

Then use the 'cat' command to paste the three files to a new, joined file called 'mystuff.rar' like this:

If, as in this case, the files are numbered and in order, you can use a wildcard like this in place of that last step:

.. which does exactly the same thing.

Note that on a Mac, for Safari users at least, the usual download location is the Desktop - so as the first step above, you would do:

Hope this is useful.