Anyone now how to play .dat files (videoCD)?|??

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Posted by Bellie on Apr-12-2001 15:26:

i have a VCD movie.But i can't seem to play the DAT file.

Everytime i open the file i get messages like.Format not supported;cannot play file in this system configuration!!

Somebody know how to solve this problem???
Pls help

GREETZ!!

Posted by ADK on Apr-12-2001 16:07:

you should try to open it in mediaplayer of realplayer
with those 2 programs you can open most of the music/image/movie-files

ADK

Posted by Bellie on Apr-12-2001 16:30:

when i open it with Realplayer i get this message

MPEG by Bitcasting: File Format cannot find MPEG file header. This may not be an MPEG file.

But thats bullshit because by all my other friends the movie works perfectly.Maybe there is something wrong with the registry or something!!Reallty dont know.

GREETZ!

Posted by Mark on Apr-12-2001 16:50:

open your windows media player.
open 'my computer' and go to the mpeg folder on your vcd
then click and drag one the .dat files right into the windows media window and it should play

Posted by Bellie on Apr-12-2001 16:56:

NO NO NO NO

I already tried that guyz.It much more complicater then you think.I've tried everything.downloaded codecs,VCD players.But nothing helped.It just wont play VCD movies (*.dat file)

GREETZ!!

Posted by Mark on Apr-12-2001 17:02:

that is totally weird.....what windows are you using and which version of windows media player are you using?

Posted by Bellie on Apr-12-2001 17:30:

windows '98 & Media player 7.

GREETZ!!

Posted by breakdown on Apr-12-2001 18:13:

if it really doesn't work.. look to download VCD Power player.. if it doesn't work then.. ur VCD is defunct

Posted by Bellie on Apr-12-2001 19:52:

done that too and still nothing!!!

And how can i fix that prob???

GREETZ!!!

Posted by Blik on Apr-12-2001 21:09:

Ever tried to rename the file to MPG or mpeg!!??

Posted by Mark on Apr-12-2001 22:18:

no that doesn't make a difference
it only changes the file extension but
the content is the exact same.

Posted by Suzaku on Apr-14-2001 11:58:

Media Player should be able to play .dat files because really they are just MPEG-1 files. Try downloading the older version Media Player 6.4. Version 7 has given me nothing but problems.

Posted by Bellie on Apr-15-2001 19:25:

Been There,Done That

Nothing seems to work.

GREETZ!!

Posted by raver4life on Apr-16-2001 04:01:

a couple programs

Just a couple suggestions for certain player for dat files, being into that type of vcd deal I use a couple of good programs out there that have each of their own advantages once you start to play around with 'em a while. Ok, the two I use are:

Cinematograph (awesome player that can play SVCD's as well)
PowerDVD (one of the most powerful and versatile programs that can play pretty much anything including dat files and svcds too)

Just as a side note, Cinematograph is unregistered software but if you want to be cheap and not buy there, I'm sure they're cracks for it at your local crack site. :P Hope this helps at all!

Posted by Robert on Apr-19-2001 17:25:

download the divx codec and play it open it with the latest version of windows media player (7 ??). that works for me.

robert

Posted by Flaming IceCube on Apr-19-2001 17:44:

There's this program.. err...
Winsomething
i have it on a cd and it lets u play the VCD by simply puttin the disc in. it Autoruns.. any1 have an idea on how it can play ?
or try .. when u doubleclick on the file it say Open with..
choose Windows Media Player..
and it will play after a minute or so if u haff a slow computer