Using BitTorrent on a Mac
January 31, 2006 9:11 AM

I'm new to using BitTorrent and just downloaded last night's episode of '24' to my Mac. Last time I did this I ended up with a very large .avi file, which I knew what to do with, but now I have a folder full of files ending in '.hdtv.lol.roX' (X= numbers 1-22). What do I do now?
posted by invisible ink to Computers & Internet (8 answers total)

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That means the .avi file is compressed in RAR format and you need to unrar it. Download, install, unrar, enjoy.
posted by Pontius Pilate at 9:13 AM on January 31, 2006


It's probably a multipart .rar file.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:13 AM on January 31, 2006


UnRAR it.
posted by majick at 9:14 AM on January 31, 2006


Not to be a prude or anything, but shouldn't this have been posted anonymously?
posted by The Bellman at 9:17 AM on January 31, 2006


Thanks everyone:-)
posted by invisible ink at 9:19 AM on January 31, 2006


What is RAR by the way?
posted by A189Nut at 9:28 AM on January 31, 2006


Wikipedia article on RAR compression.
posted by furtive at 9:29 AM on January 31, 2006


By "last night's episode of '24' ", you meant "freely distributable file", right?
posted by Orange Goblin at 9:37 AM on January 31, 2006


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