theycallmethehunter Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Im trying to download some bootlegs off of megupload and rapidshare and I can never do it, after I download it I dont know what to do with the file and how to listen to it...I do not really know how to use a computer well, im too slow.. Any help would be appreciated.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footsteps of Dawn Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Is it a zip file? If so, right click on it, click Extract All, and then it'll take you through a couple of steps (just press ok for all of them, making sure you know where it's going to save the unzipped files when it's done - the Desktop is a good place), and then a new folder will appear on your Desktop (if that's where you opted to save them) with your unzipped files in mp3 or wav or whatever format. If it's not the zip file thing that's throwing you off, uh, I guess I'll have to hand this off to someone else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Most files you download anymore are zipped, as FoD pointed out. So you need to unzip them. I use WinRAR for that, it works like a charm. Make sure you extract the files to the same place you saved it. For example, if you saved the .zip/.rar file in your My Music folder, that's where you should extract the files. Now, if they're not zipped and they are individual tracks, what file extension are they? Most boots are in FLAC format, just because they're lossless and very high quality and for bootlegs you want the best quality possible to maximum the sound. You may not have the right media player to listen to them, which is why they're not playing. Other than that, what can you tell us about the files? Maybe that'll enable us to help you better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 Thanks for the help both of you Ill try it again, I have WinRAR..lol so I dont know.. I think I might not have the right media player Ill look back and the files and see, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 I got a message that came up saying, You need to have the following volume to continue extraction: Insert a disk with this volume and press "OK" to try again or press "Cancel" to break extraction...I keep puting in blank disks and nothing is working... Uhg.. I think I give up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Hartman Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) If you post a link to the files your trying to download it will be much easier to help. Include windows version your using and media player your on..well or Mac if that may be the case. I would suggest trying another file as this one may be corrupt. Edit: To include Apples Edited May 3, 2009 by Mary Hartman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I got a message that came up saying, You need to have the following volume to continue extraction: Insert a disk with this volume and press "OK" to try again or press "Cancel" to break extraction...I keep puting in blank disks and nothing is working... Uhg.. I think I give up Hmmmm.....maybe the boot is divided up into parts since the file size in total is too big. Did you download everything? I know that if the boot I'm downloading was split into 6 parts for example, I won't be able to extract any of the files until all 6 parts are downloaded. Then when I click "extract here", it'll automatically extract all files from all 6 parts and merge them together. I echo what MH said, what is the location of the files you're trying to download? Maybe someone here can get it for you and rehost it to someplace more user-friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 Hmmmm.....maybe the boot is divided up into parts since the file size in total is too big. Did you download everything? I know that if the boot I'm downloading was split into 6 parts for example, I won't be able to extract any of the files until all 6 parts are downloaded. Then when I click "extract here", it'll automatically extract all files from all 6 parts and merge them together. I echo what MH said, what is the location of the files you're trying to download? Maybe someone here can get it for you and rehost it to someplace more user-friendly. Omg lol youre right, I downloaded part of boot because it is split into parts..I didnt download everything, Ill do it now. I was getting them from here http://qualitybootz.blogspot.com/ Thanks everyone for your help ... Im horrible with technical things.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Omg lol youre right, I downloaded part of boot because it is split into parts..I didnt download everything, Ill do it now. I was getting them from here http://qualitybootz.blogspot.com/ Thanks everyone for your help ... Im horrible with technical things.. That's where I get a lot of my boots from too, good to see you found it. It's such a great site, isn't it? And great to hear you found out what the problem was! I knew it would be something easily fixable. Hope you enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 What do you do once you extracted all the files?... Wait it said Windows media player cannot play the file... hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 That's where I get a lot of my boots from too, good to see you found it. It's such a great site, isn't it? And great to hear you found out what the problem was! I knew it would be something easily fixable. Hope you enjoy it. It is a great site, thanks lol Umm well how do you play FLAC files, because I cant get windows to play it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilith Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I use something called Traders Little Helper (you can find the link to it via Google) which converts (decodes) FLAC files to mp3 format. If you need any help using it just PM me and I'll try to talk you through it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) I use something called Traders Little Helper (you can find the link to it via Google) which converts (decodes) FLAC files to mp3 format. If you need any help using it just PM me and I'll try to talk you through it Thank you Quick question once you add all the files do you just hit the re-encode button? Edited May 3, 2009 by theycallmethehunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 It is a great site, thanks lol Umm well how do you play FLAC files, because I cant get windows to play it.. Download the VLC media player, it's free and it's not malware or shareware. I love it, it plays audio and video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Oh yeah, with the VLC media player you don't have to convert the files. They'll play in the FLAC format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilith Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Thank you Quick question once you add all the files do you just hit the re-encode button? I have always clicked on "decode" and it works for me! Format > decode audio files > Add Add the files you want then click "Decode" Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) Download the VLC media player, it's free and it's not malware or shareware. I love it, it plays audio and video. Thank you so much!!! Yay Im so happy its playing I love you lol And is there anyway you can get those songs onto an ipod or something of off the VLC player? Or put the songs onto a cd? Edited May 3, 2009 by theycallmethehunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Hartman Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 What do you do once you extracted all the files?... Wait it said Windows media player cannot play the file... hmmm Try here. There's a better place online but I think they took it down. Plus I quit burning boots so Electro will know better. I do know you need to do a conversion to get it to a wave file if you want it to play on all CD Players. http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/09/26/how-t...les-in-windows/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 And is there anyway you can get those songs onto an ipod or something of off the VLC player? Or put the songs onto a cd? iTunes will convert the files into .aac format when you import them. Then you can put them on your iPod lickety-split. In fact, it'll convert any files that aren't already m4a or aac already. To burn them to a CD, you would probably need to convert them to mp3 first. Most CD players....dare I say about 99% of them don't play anything other than mp3 or wma formatted files, as inconvenient as that may sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3hrsoflunacy Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 MP3's suck - don't do it. Download this program: JetAudio It is free and very useful. It will play the FLAC files on your computer, burn audio discs directly from FLAC format, and convert to other formats as needed. For your Ipod, you can download Rockbox. It will allow your Ipod to play FLAC files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Hartman Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I just wanted to say thanks for helping this person out. I've been there and it can be confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 Lol I want to say thanks to all of you ..And, sorry for another question, but is there another program like JetAudio? because it was working for a few minutes, and now I cant get into it... :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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