Rebuilding movie files from split archives

**bowlinggreen** · December 13th, 2016, 03:26 PM

On a lot of sites you see scenes that have been split up because of file size limitations. Is there a standard tool used to rebuild these movies from parts?

I tried downloading a split up scene awhile ago and used a freeware tool to try rebuilding it, but I just got some wierd errors about corrupt files and some other missing stuff.

Is there a tutorial/link around here that can explain some of this, and how to do it, and what tools to use?

**rotobott** · December 13th, 2016, 04:17 PM

Just search the help section for winrar or hjsplit, they will do the job if you are using windows.

**bowlinggreen** · December 13th, 2016, 05:48 PM

I'll try hjslpit, don't WinRAR files have another extension besides RAR if the actual RAR file has been broken up though?

**rotobott** · December 13th, 2016, 06:59 PM

Should look like a little pile of books and say xxpart1 xxpart2 etc, always make sure they are in the same folder when opening them.

**bowlinggreen** · December 13th, 2016, 09:53 PM

Yes, I know what RAR icons look like, but using hjsplit, don't you extract what's inside first before trying to join them?

Maybe that's what I've been doing wrong.

**rotobott** · December 13th, 2016, 10:26 PM

Maybe you could give an example of what you are trying to extract, sometimes we can get confused with terminology

**bowlinggreen** · December 14th, 2016, 02:06 AM

What I mean is say I have a RAR file, containing part of a movie file, labelled movie_part1.xxx (where the xxx could be whatever file extension).

Do I extract these OUT of the RAR files, and then use a file splitter/joiner to join the extracted files, or do I join the RAR files together directly, WITHOUT extracting them?

Doing the last makes no sense to me. But that is my impression of what you were saying.

I am not sure if the various movies that you see around the net are split with tools that require that specific tool to rejoin them or not.

Jenny48549 · December 14th, 2016, 03:25 AM

Extract the split scenes from the rar files first.

Then you need to join the individual split scenes with video joining software. I haven't done this in quite a while, but I do remember that it only worked well some of the time.

**bowlinggreen** · December 14th, 2016, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jenny48549

Extract the split scenes from the rar files first.

Then you need to join the individual split scenes with video joining software. I haven't done this in quite a while, but I do remember that it only worked well some of the time.

^ That's what I did the last time I downloaded a split movie, and it didn't work out so well for me either. I can't remember what software I used, but I got some weird errors, I think one was about a codec problem. The upshot was, after spending a bunch of time downloading the parts, I wasn't able to watch the movie, and I was only interested in one part of it.

I'm wary of trying this again, and was hoping for someone to illuminate a path through the video wilderness.

Rommelbommel · December 14th, 2016, 07:28 AM

If you have something like "Movie_part_1.rar" and "Movie_part_2.rar", click on the "Movie_part_1.rar" to open the unpacker window. You should see the full unpacked size of that file. Compare it to the file size mentioned in the post where you got the links from.

If your movie is 700MB and it shows something like 350MB, it means the software only recognized one file or the movie is indeed split into various files.

If it shows the full 700MB, it means the software noticed that it should combine all the parts and you should end up with one movie file.

UNLESS:
You mean actual split movie files. Something like "Movie_1_of_2.avi" and "Movie_2_of_2.avi". Then you can either combine it them with a shell command that I can't remember, or use any video joiner software, preferably lossless.

December 13th, 2016, 03:26 PM	#1
bowlinggreen Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4,192 Thanks: 48,676 Thanked 49,168 Times in 4,188 Posts	Rebuilding movie files from split archives On a lot of sites you see scenes that have been split up because of file size limitations. Is there a standard tool used to rebuild these movies from parts? I tried downloading a split up scene awhile ago and used a freeware tool to try rebuilding it, but I just got some wierd errors about corrupt files and some other missing stuff. Is there a tutorial/link around here that can explain some of this, and how to do it, and what tools to use? __________________ So much porn, so little time...

December 13th, 2016, 05:48 PM	#3
bowlinggreen Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4,192 Thanks: 48,676 Thanked 49,168 Times in 4,188 Posts	I'll try hjslpit, don't WinRAR files have another extension besides RAR if the actual RAR file has been broken up though? __________________ So much porn, so little time...

December 13th, 2016, 09:53 PM	#5
bowlinggreen Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4,192 Thanks: 48,676 Thanked 49,168 Times in 4,188 Posts	Yes, I know what RAR icons look like, but using hjsplit, don't you extract what's inside first before trying to join them? Maybe that's what I've been doing wrong. __________________ So much porn, so little time...

December 14th, 2016, 02:06 AM	#7
bowlinggreen Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4,192 Thanks: 48,676 Thanked 49,168 Times in 4,188 Posts	What I mean is say I have a RAR file, containing part of a movie file, labelled movie_part1.xxx (where the xxx could be whatever file extension). Do I extract these OUT of the RAR files, and then use a file splitter/joiner to join the extracted files, or do I join the RAR files together directly, WITHOUT extracting them? Doing the last makes no sense to me. But that is my impression of what you were saying. I am not sure if the various movies that you see around the net are split with tools that require that specific tool to rejoin them or not. __________________ So much porn, so little time...

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Jenny48549 Beloved Sister Mistress of Mayhem Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Great Gig In the Sky Posts: 6,668 Thanks: 64,911 Thanked 127,574 Times in 6,475 Posts	Extract the split scenes from the rar files first. Then you need to join the individual split scenes with video joining software. I haven't done this in quite a while, but I do remember that it only worked well some of the time. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

December 13th, 2016, 04:17 PM	#2
rotobott Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 32,111 Thanks: 174,800 Thanked 634,718 Times in 31,432 Posts	Just search the help section for winrar or hjsplit, they will do the job if you are using windows.

December 13th, 2016, 06:59 PM	#4
rotobott Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 32,111 Thanks: 174,800 Thanked 634,718 Times in 31,432 Posts	Should look like a little pile of books and say xxpart1 xxpart2 etc, always make sure they are in the same folder when opening them.

December 13th, 2016, 10:26 PM	#6
rotobott Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 32,111 Thanks: 174,800 Thanked 634,718 Times in 31,432 Posts	Maybe you could give an example of what you are trying to extract, sometimes we can get confused with terminology

December 14th, 2016, 07:28 AM	#10
Rommelbommel Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 338 Thanks: 160 Thanked 1,119 Times in 244 Posts	If you have something like "Movie_part_1.rar" and "Movie_part_2.rar", click on the "Movie_part_1.rar" to open the unpacker window. You should see the full unpacked size of that file. Compare it to the file size mentioned in the post where you got the links from. If your movie is 700MB and it shows something like 350MB, it means the software only recognized one file or the movie is indeed split into various files. If it shows the full 700MB, it means the software noticed that it should combine all the parts and you should end up with one movie file. UNLESS: You mean actual split movie files. Something like "Movie_1_of_2.avi" and "Movie_2_of_2.avi". Then you can either combine it them with a shell command that I can't remember, or use any video joiner software, preferably lossless.