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Help And Support => Digital Comic Help => Topic started by: Serj on November 04, 2006, 04:05:58 PM

Title: How do I view .cbr or .cbz files? (FAQ)
Post by: Serj on November 04, 2006, 04:05:58 PM

Question "How do I READ these files after I've downloaded them?"
Answer - Read part 3 below if you are in a hurry.


Table of Contents (TOC)
1. Digital Comics
2. What are CBR, CBZ, CBT, RAR, ZIP and TAR files?
3. How do I view these files (read comics)?
4. What's so good about the CDisplay/Comical/FFView programs?
5. How do I make my own CBR, CBZ or CBT files?

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1. Digital Comics

The comics that we read are digital pictures of the original physical comics. The pictures are placed in a directory and are in a certain sequence based on the name of the picture file. The file is compressed into a computer archive and computer software can be used to read these picture archives.

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2. What are CBR, CBZ, CBT, RAR, ZIP and TAR files?

Computer files are generally compressed into archive data sets to save space and to organize information better. Common archives are RAR, ZIP and TAR. Comics have a

Title: Re: How do I view .cbr or .cbz files? (FAQ)
Post by: boox909 on November 04, 2006, 10:54:07 PM

I swear by TUGZip!

I have been able to open a variety of formats
and view the contents by utilizing it.