Posted by Netmask on 01/08/08 21:57

"rhino" <No.offline.contact.please@anonymous.com> wrote in message
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> "Netmask" <netmask56NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "rhino" <No.offline.contact.please@anonymous.com> wrote in message
>> news:fltt80$s6m$1@news.datemas.de...
>>> I'm not sure if this question even makes sense so forgive me if it
>>> doesn't.
>>>
>>> For the last year or two, I've been downloading TV programs that I
>>> wasn't able to watch due to my work schedule, watching them, then
>>> deleting them. I'd normally download files that were AVIs, even though
>>> they didn't always specifically say they were AVIs. However, some of the
>>> shows that I follow only seem to be available in a format called "caph"
>>> (at least "caph" is part of the title of the file.)
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, when I download a "caph", I have no idea what to do with
>>> the files. How do I play them? Do I need to run them through a
>>> conversion program of some kind to turn them into AVIs (or some other
>>> format playable on my DVD player)?
>>>
>>> I prefer to watch TV programs on my TV, not on my computer, which is why
>>> AVIs were so nice: they would play in both places.
>>>
>>> Can someone tell me what I need to do with these "caph" files to make
>>> them playable, preferably on both the computer's DVD player and the DVD
>>> player connected to my TV, which is a Pioneer DVP 642/37.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Rhino
>>
>> Was the file you downloaded called something like this?
>> Blah.S03E22.HDTV.XViD-Caph
>>
> Yes, that's right.
>
>> If so this is just the Torrents pointer file and you have to then use it
>> to download the avi file. So you will need a progam like Azureus or
>> uTorrents etc.
>>
>> There are no files that actually have a suffix called caph
> I already have Azureus and I used it to download the file. But the file I
> got was NOT an avi. It was something else I'd never seen before. It was
> about two months ago and I deleted the file so I don't remember what
> format it actually was. Sorry, I know that is probably no use to you at
> all. I'm not actually computer illiterate or stupid; I just don't know my
> way around all the ins and outs of the file formats that you can download
> with torrents.
>
> --
> Rhino
>>
Well you need to download the file again and then when you know the suffix
post again. Most likely if it is not an avi it could be a rmbv or wmv or
mpg. It might have been a RAR with a password required to open it. Can't
really help until you know the suffix of the file in question.
You can download any file format using a torrents client it all depends on
what is being offered....

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