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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Video / April 2005How To Convert .DAT to MPEG
I have saved several funny .dat movie clips from MSN "Found" and want to send them to my brother but can't find a way of converting them to MPEG, WMV or some other type of file that is compatable with Windows Media Player. I have tried using VCDGear to convert the files to MPEG but got an error saying it could not find the MPEG Stream. I was later told that error message means that the .dat file is not a regular Video CD (VCD) type of file. Does anyone know how to convert these files? I wonder why Microsoft chose to use the .dat format instead of something compatable with Media Player. Thanks. Mike950 >I have saved several funny .dat movie clips from MSN "Found" and want to send >them to my brother but can't find a way of converting them to MPEG, WMV or [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >to use the .dat format instead of something compatable with Media Player. >Thanks. Mike950 just rename the files to *.mpg and see if they play in media player. Dave Thanks for the suggestion but renaming to .mpg doesn't help. Any other ideas? Mike950 > >I have saved several funny .dat movie clips from MSN "Found" and want to send > >them to my brother but can't find a way of converting them to MPEG, WMV or [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > just rename the files to *.mpg and see if they play in media player. > Dave >Thanks for the suggestion but renaming to .mpg doesn't help. Any other ideas? >Mike950 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> just rename the files to *.mpg and see if they play in media player. >> Dave open the old media player (version 6.4) by typing mplayer2.exe from the RUN box. Open windows explorer and navigate to the DAT file. Drag and drop it onto the media player. Does it play? If it fails, I would contact MSN and ask them about their file format. Dave .dat and .mpg are the same format. renaming should have no effect on the "playability" of the file. I have a video editor that will not accept .dat files, so I change the extension to .mpg and it works fine. Bobby >>Thanks for the suggestion but renaming to .mpg doesn't help. Any other >>ideas? [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > file format. > Dave I can not import Avseq01.dat file of video into movie maker and therefore I can not edit it. How can I convert it to such format that is acceptable to movie maker. Raja > ..dat and .mpg are the same format. > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > file format. > > Dave If you cannot import it, it is probably encrypted.  SignatureCari (MS-MVP Printing & Imaging) >I can not import Avseq01.dat file of video into movie maker and therefore I > can not edit it. How can I convert it to such format that is acceptable to [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >> > file format. >> > Dave > I can not import Avseq01.dat file of video into movie maker and therefore > I > can not edit it. How can I convert it to such format that is acceptable to > movie maker. You need to convert the DAT to a suitable AVI format. Since it is for editing the size of resultant AVI doesnt matter. Use Stoik Converter or TMPGenc to open the dat file and save to an (preferably uncompressed) AVI file. SignatureRehan MS MVP -- Digital Media www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker >I can not import Avseq01.dat file of video into movie maker and therefore I > can not edit it. How can I convert it to such format that is acceptable to [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >> > file format. >> > Dave > Use Stoik Converter or TMPGenc Sorry I missed out the easiest option for this type of conversion: VirtualDubMod http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net SignatureRehan MS MVP -- Digital Media www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker >> I can not import Avseq01.dat file of video into movie maker and therefore >> I [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] >>> > file format. >>> > Dave .dat video files are often encrypted so renaming them to anything doesn't help. SignatureCari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging www.coribright.com In Loving Memory of our dear friend Alex Nichol MVP > Thanks for the suggestion but renaming to .mpg doesn't help. Any other > ideas? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> just rename the files to *.mpg and see if they play in media player. >> Dave Thanks Cari, I think your answer is probably correct. The .dat video clips posted by MSN for their "Found" page are probably encrypted so they can't be copied and forwarded. I can understand why. They want you to go to the actual site for the advertising. I guess that's ok. They have to pay to produce the series. Thanks for the help. Mike950 PS: I'm very sorry to hear about Alex Nichol. He has helped me out a number of times on various topics for many years. His willingness to help others will be remembered by many. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: > ..dat video files are often encrypted so renaming them to anything doesn't > help. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >> just rename the files to *.mpg and see if they play in media player. > >> Dave |
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