Re: [xine-user] about *.dat files in xine

[Michael R. <mr...@us...>]

Hi,

> i m running RH 9 with 2.4.20-8 kernel source and have
> installed xine player.
> i cant run .dat files ? how should I go about it ?
> let me know

"dat" is AFAIK no standard ending for any media format.
However, I guess the file came from a VideoCD, where the MPEG video 
stream is represented as a file called avseq1.dat (or something like 
that). If you want to play the whole VideoCD, there is a VCD button in 
xine-ui for that. If you just have the file, you might be able to play 
it by either renaming the file to end in ".mpg" or by launching xine 
with 'xine yourfile.dat#demux:mpeg' to force the MPEG demuxer.
But if the file has simply been copied off the disc, it won't play in 
any player, since special programs have to be used to extract the MPEG 
stream from a VideoCD. A standard filesystem copy won't do.

Michael

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