I have a CD with files of .dat extension? It is a wedding film. So it probably is a movie.?

Question

is there anyway I can convert those .dat files to some other extension that can be played by WMP, or RP, etc...

Answer 1

.dat files are data files that can basically be anything. If you want to open a data file, you're going to have to know what program created it in the first place.



Or, if you're looking for a quick fix and want to convert it into a file that WMP or RP recognizes, I suggest that you buy something like Advanced X Video Converted. There's really no other way to figure out how to fix your problem.



Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Wordperfect saves files with a .dat extension try opening with notepad

Rt click on the file and click on Open With then select notepad

DO NOT check the box that says Always Open With

Answer 3

.dat files can't be movie files. It could be the setting and list and some sort of properties of the movie files. Try opening those dat files in a text editor and see what's in there.



Are those .dat files only files you see ? Go to my computer and right click on your CD drive to browse (Explore) the contents.

Answer 4

DAT can be MANY things.

http://filext.com/alphalist.php?extstart=%5ED

DAT Nascar Racing Archive

DAT Unfinished FastTrack Download

DAT Nero CD Speed Results File (Nero AG)

DAT SPOT Graphic

DAT SHARP MZ-series Emulator RAM-Disk File

DAT RDXR020305.DAT is Morpheus Adware

DAT Novell Message File

DAT Terrasoft Dataset Definition File

DAT Runtime Software Disk Image (Runtime Software)

DAT Shareaza Thumbnail (Shareaza Development Team)

DAT SeeYou Waypoint (Naviter)

DAT Peachtext List Manager (Peachtree Software (Sage Software SB, Inc.))

DAT Chuzzle Saved Game

DAT LithTech Game Compiled Level File (Touchdown Entertainment, Inc.)

DAT My Personal Programmer Distributed Project (M:Pact Technologies)

DAT VMS Data File

DAT WordPerfect Merge Data (Corel Corporation)

DAT Z80 Spectrum Emulator Snap/File Format

DAT MS Word for DOS File

DAT Windows Registry Hive (Microsoft Corporation)

DAT Video CD MPEG or MPEG1 Movie

DAT VCD and/or SVCD File

DAT Mitsubishi DJ-1000 and Photorun Native Format

DAT Clarion DOS Database (SoftVelocity)

DAT PestPatrol Data/Scan Strings (PestPatrol, Inc.)

DAT EasyRecovery Saved Recovery State (Kroll Ontrack Inc.)

DAT Oric Atmos Snapshot

DAT Allegro Generic Data

DAT Windows 9x Registry Hive (Microsoft Corporation)

DAT BLUEWAVE File

DAT Data

DAT MapInfo Native Data Format (Mapinfo Corporation)

DAT Internet Explorer Cache File (Microsoft)

DAT Walkman NW-S23 MP3 File Storage Container (Sony)

DAT Gunlok Archive

DAT Commodore 64 Audio

DAT Exchange Server Error Message (WINMAIL.DAT) (Microsoft Corporation)

DAT Digital Audio Tape

Any OpenSource player can convert them or access them for free.

http://xinehq.de/

What is xine?



xine is a free multimedia player. It plays back CDs, DVDs, and VCDs. It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives, and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet. It interprets many of the most common multimedia formats available - and some of the most uncommon formats, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xine

Every Linux geek has used Xine or somesuch thing for long time now.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Audacity is another stable one.

Why do you think Micro/Applesoft bought a Linux Distro.

Answer 5

.dat files are VCD files , and u can use WinDVD player ,dont convert this file , quality wont be good if u convert these type of files,

i guess that you are from iran , go to paitakht computer center , ask software stores for that kind of software

hope this helps

Answer 6

.dat files are data files. not video files.

So the answer to your question is no!

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Answer 7

i'm not sure DAT is a movie. Dat is data