David Kerridge wrote:
I have been using SM for about 10 years. What I like about it is I get
the Browser, email and news groups.
Now days most of the news group articles I am unable to open, because
they have either .avi or .rar extensions on each article submitted all I
get when I try to open the article, graphics or text, all I get is
machine language.
Is there a download for SM that will allow me to open these files?
The version of SM I'm using is 2.21.
.avi is a video format; there are lots of programs that can open them,
but it's not a native format for browsers like .gif or .jpg. I
personally prefer VideoLAN, which will play lots of video formats and
comes with a good plugin for SM. But as I say, you have lots of options.
<http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>
.rar is a compression format like .zip, and again you have several
options. My favorite is WinRAR, which works fine in a Windows
environment. You get nagged every time you launch it that it's
technically not freeware and wouldn't you like to buy it, but you can
dismiss the nag and run it forever without paying. You don't have to
integrate it into SM, just list it as a helper app that handles .rar,
.zip, etc.
<http://www.win-rar.com/start.html>
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