Hacha FAQ

[gila67]

Hi cosquillero,

I have followed all the steps to use Hacha and it seemed to work, but when I try to play the file, it says "The video for this file cannot be played". Do you know what's the problem?

 

[His Divine Shadow]

help help help!!!
i have no idea
i download the hacha(size:84KB)
and double-click it
nothing happened!!!
who can tell me what to do???

Are you using the Chinese version of Windows (I noticed your location was Shanghai)? I believe there is a problem with Hacha and that version.

gila,

Are you sure you had all the parts in the same folder? If one was missing, the file that got put together may have had errors.

 

[gila67]

gila,

Are you sure you had all the parts in the same folder? If one was missing, the file that got put together may have had errors.

Yes, they're all in one folder.

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Hmmm....what is the files extension (wmv, rm, etc), and WHAT media player are you trying to play it in?

 

[gila67]

Hmmm....what is the files extension (wmv, rm, etc), and WHAT media player are you trying to play it in?

It's a mpg file, and launches in (or tries to launch in) Real Player.

More info: I get the "video for this file cannot be played" message twice, then a message saying "Real Player needs to download new software to play this clip". Then it tries to contact Real Player for the download, but ends up saying "Unable to connect". WTF?

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Aha, codec problem, not Hacha problem. First of all, go here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358&release_id=227046, and download the top .zip file if you have XP or Windows 2000. Grab the bottom one if you have Win98. This is an alternative to Real Player that I encourage, as it is not as invasive as RP is, and still plays all Realmedia files. After downloading, extract the zip, install the program, and open it in your programs folder after installing. Open the file from within it (E.g. File>Open>Find the file) and see if it plays. If that doesn't work, let me know. Just to reiterate, there is NOTHING wrong with Hacha, this is more likely Realplayer being a bugger, from the sounds of it.

 

[jim66bcd]

Is there any way for a mac user to get hacha to work?

Thanks for any help

 

[cosquillero1]

Is there any way for a mac user to get hacha to work?

Thanks for any help

Sure, exist versions of hacha for either Mac classics or Mac OS X too. Mac OS X version can be got from this url : http://homepage.mac.com/julifos/soft/machacha/machacha.sit. Mac classics version can be got from this thread click here!.

 

[ppa]

Regional Options of Win2000 or XP will greatly affect Hacha. For some language set as default, Hacha never work. Better use English(US) as the default language.

 

[cosquillero1]

Regional Options of Win2000 or XP will greatly affect Hacha. For some language set as default, Hacha never work. Better use English(US) as the default language.

Well i don't know nothing about of this issue because i have spanish version of windows xp pro and hacha works fine. I know that some programs interfering with hacha, but again there are lots of programs/applications so is really difficult to set a group of steps to fix any trouble with hacha. The simplicity is the key, while less programs have your PC installed, less possibility of problems you'll have.

 

[mart]

Copying Hacha onto Harddrive.

I read in an earlier post and in the hacha instructions, that one can copy it onto ones harddrive. How do I do this exaxtly...please treat this as information for the very thick.

 

[PBL]

Hacha for UNIX

I run linux and the windows version of hacha didn't run under wine for me, so after a little experimentation I came up with this. Its a small shell script that reassembles hacha broken up files. It hasnt been widely tested but its worked so far for me. Should also run under OS X, or Cygwin if one was so inclined. The usage is as follows:

dehacha <filename>

where <filename> is the file you get after unhachaing it. So for instance if the hacha files are tickle.avi.0.zip, tickle.avi.1.zip and tickle.avi.2.zip you'd type:

dehacha tickle.avi

Of course this assumes you save the shell script to a file named dehacha. Script follows:

#!/bin/sh
targetfile="$1"
unzipcommand=unzip # change this to what ever command you have that can unzip
for each in "$targetfile".*.zip; do $unzipcommand "$each" 
cat "`echo "$each" | sed -r 's/.zip$//'`" >> "$targetfile"
done

Notes for gurus: Assumes GNU-style tools. I don't think its dependant on a any particular shell, but it definitely runs under bash and ksh (the two shells I use most often).

 

[cosquillero1]

I read in an earlier post and in the hacha instructions, that one can copy it onto ones harddrive. How do I do this exaxtly...please treat this as information for the very thick.

You can copy hacha into your HD like any other program/application, this don't require any especial drill. You can drag-&-drop by example.

 

[dimmy_821]

yes i'm a chinese and my winXP is chinese too
how to solve the problem

 

[dimmy_821]

Are you using the Chinese version of Windows (I noticed your location was Shanghai)? I believe there is a problem with Hacha and that version.

gila,

Are you sure you had all the parts in the same folder? If one was missing, the file that got put together may have had errors.

yes i'm a chinese and my winXP is chinese too
how to solve the problem

 

[cosquillero1]

yes i'm a chinese and my winXP is chinese too
how to solve the problem

If you don't mind, i can fix that trouble for you, using remote assistance, that option that comes included with Windows XP. If you like this idea only pm me.

 

[dimmy_821]

If you don't mind, i can fix that trouble for you, using remote assistance, that option that comes included with Windows XP. If you like this idea only pm me.

thanks but could you tell me how to fix it,i think it is cause of the language edition
the english one i used ok, but the spanish one didn't

 

[cosquillero1]

thanks but could you tell me how to fix it,i think it is cause of the language edition
the english one i used ok, but the spanish one didn't

I'd need to check your windows's registry, this is a job for advanced user, i work with this frequently, possibly there's the wrong.

 

[bobbtklr]

I run linux and the windows version of hacha didn't run under wine for me, so after a little experimentation I came up with this. Its a small shell script that reassembles hacha broken up files. It hasnt been widely tested but its worked so far for me. Should also run under OS X, or Cygwin if one was so inclined.

Actually, this should only work for files splitted with old versions of Hacha, which does the job the trivial way (just splitting). Recent versions add some complexity, since every part has some more information added (like number of files, some checksum or digest, and so on), which leads your script to failure: the resulting file will no more be good.

A much better way to proceed is to use Hoz, which is an opensource splitter/joiner using the same file-format as Hacha. You can find it on http://hoz.sourceforge.net/ and, if you want, compile it yourself (though the Makefile may need a little editing).

 

[mortais1]

need a little help here

just wondering , trying to upload bigger files (for the first time i might add).im useing both hacha 3.4 and hj-split 2-2......ive managed to split the file with both , but when i upload , the manager gives me a invalid file message..the file is originally a mpeg file.......am i doing something wrong guys?.......thanks 🙂 ........i hope this is the right place for my question.

 

[mart]

just wondering , trying to upload bigger files (for the first time i might add).im useing both hacha 3.4 and hj-split 2-2......ive managed to split the file with both , but when i upload , the manager gives me a invalid file message..the file is originally a mpeg file.......am i doing something wrong guys?.......thanks 🙂 ........i hope this is the right place for my question.

You need to zip each of the files with Winzip, Winrar (or Tugzip, which I don't know aything about), and as you do so, put them into a separate folder, numbering each one. Then upload.

 

[MistressValerie1]

just wondering , trying to upload bigger files (for the first time i might add).im useing both hacha 3.4 and hj-split 2-2......ive managed to split the file with both , but when i upload , the manager gives me a invalid file message..the file is originally a mpeg file.......am i doing something wrong guys?.......thanks 🙂 ........i hope this is the right place for my question.

As Ericmartin says, you need to zip each part seperately after you have split the file. Don't change any file names or extensions. You should end up with a set of files with names like clip.0.zip, clip.1.zip, etc., which are then ready to be uploaded 🙂

 

[mortais1]

thank you all for your help , i will give it a try🙂

 

[sm3]

yes i'm a chinese and my winXP is chinese too
how to solve the problem

 

[terino]

I have found the instructions on these pages very useful.