I have a ubuntu server with transmission set up. I download most of my movies and series in .rar format. I have to unrar the movie and then look at it. Do anyone know about a movie player who can play .rar files? I know xbmc can, but xbmc is pretty resource heavy.
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PS3 media server can also play rar'd files. It can browse rar files and play the contents within them without having to extract them.
Also you don't need a PS3 to stream with it. It will stream to many devices. I use it to stream to a Samsung AllShare TV. Even Banshee picks it up so you can watch the movies locally if you choose.
You can see the option here in this screenshot
From help.ubuntu.com/community to install run the following commands in terminal, one line at a time -
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:happy-neko/ps3mediaserver
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ps3mediaserver
For more information, http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/about/