help with .rar files to dvd?

Question

please go easy on me, i need a lot of help with this.
i have these .rar files on my computer that i want to burn to a dvd but im lost on how to do it. everywhere i search people are like "well first you have to extract and decompress blah blah blah". well, you see, i dont know how to any of that!?!?! help!!!

p.s. sorry if this is under the wrong category. i didnt know where to put it. :p

Answer 1

relax kaitlyn....

you could burn the files to DVD without uncompressing them, just for archive purposes.

If you want to use the files, uncompressed, right off the DVD drive, then yes, you will need to extract them all - here's how (hopefully)

First off - make sure you have Winrar installed (obvious I know)

2nd - make a new folder somewhere handy, say on your desktop, or in "My documents" - this is where you are going to put all those files, ready to burn onto the DVD

((by the way, do you really need a DVD? a regular CD will hold about 700MB of stuff - a DVD can hold a whole lot more - I think 7GB))

now double click those RAR files, and in the extract (or decompress) options you will need to send the files to that nice new folder.

When you have unpacked all you want, then it's time to burn that CD or DVD - remember to check the option to "close the session" if you want to use the disk on any other PC or DVD player.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Just burn to the DVD. You don't have to do anything beforehand.



For some reason people seem to think that you can only burn certain types of files to a DVD, but that's not the case. A DVD is like any other type of optical media; you can store any type of file on it. So just go ahead and burn the RAR archives and you're done.



Some operating systems, such as Windows and OS X, have features that allow you to burn a DVD from your file manager (ie. Windows Explorer and Finder, respectively). So if you an OS like that you don't even need any third-party software.



Maybe I should also mention that you will need a DVD burner and a blank DVD. Can't be too careful, I suppose.



EDIT: If you're trying to burn a *video DVD* that's an utterly different story. You didn't say that before. You just said you wanted to burn a RAR archive to disc.



To burn a video DVD if you already have properly encapsulated video, audio and subpicture streams in VOB containers, all you need to do is create a directory named `VIDEO_TS` (without the quotation marks) in the root directory of the DVD-ROM. Then put all of those files you listed inside the `VIDEO_TS` directory and burn the disc at the slowest speed your drive supports.



The hard part was already taken care of for you, apparently: the encoding.

Answer 3

first step....

download and install 7-zip. it's a free programme to decompress .rar (and other compressed) files.

http://www.7-zip.org/download.html



second step....

make sure all the rar and 001, 002, 003 etc files are in one directory. (usually they will be automatically).

then open either the .rar file or the .001 file in 7-zip. (usually if u right click on the file name it will give u the option of using 7-zip, if your install of 7-zip was successful.

u can then choose "extract here" (will extract to the same directory) or "extract files" (u can choose where to extract to).

the files should be extracted into one .avi file or similar.



third step..........

use a programme such as "convertxtodvd" to convert the extracted file into dvd compliant specs. "convertxtodvd" will also burn the disc for u. some other converters may require u to have "nero" or another application to burn the disc.

Answer 4

a million- placed a sparkling DVD on your disk force. 2- Open the sparkling CD (generally happens with 'autoplay') 3- Drag and drop your rars into the empty disk. 4- while completed, there could be an selection interior the folders panel that asserts "Burn disk". 5- click that when which persist with the outfitted in wizard. 6- celebrate with

Answer 5

OK let see , rar file are some files compress in a folder , i hope you don't want to play rar file in your DVD , that don't work , you need a software to decompress these file , if you want to play it in your DVD they should be VOB file , you will need a software to convert these files to VOB , them you can burn it to a DVD here is a link that oyu can find these software , http://4everythingyouneed.webs.com/download.htm , i hope this help you