[MPlayer-users] Headerless RPZA MOV file

[DevilKin]

On Wednesday 04 December 2002 00:32, Sycotic Smith wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> > > Does it mean i have to download whole movie only to see if i can recode
> > > it with mencoder? :-/
> >
> > You might be able to get away with this. This is loosely based on the
> > numbers you gave earlier; you'll probably have to adjust them some.
> > Also, filenames will need to be changed to protect the innocent.
> >
> > 0. Make a copy of what you have. We don't want to mess something up.
> >
> > 1. Add a whole lot of zero data, to somewhere _near_ the full size of
> > the original file.
> > $ dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1184 >> file.mov
> >
> > 3. Download the rest of the file.
> > $ wget -c http://somewhere/file.mov
> >
> > Good luck. If the file is playable after this madness, you know it'll
> > work. If it doesn't, well.... ;)
> >
> > -Corey
>
> Is it just me, or did you intentionally 'forget' to give us step 2? ;)
> /S. Smith

Well, don't know if you saw Southpark, episode 'Underpant gnomes'

1. Collect underpants
2. ...
3. profit!

DK