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Playing .DAT files in Windows Media
Name: Andrew Chng Date: October 5, 2002 at 16:58:01 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: P2 350 128RAM
Comment:
Since my .DAT file is burned into cdr, I can't rename it to .MPG and I can't copy it from my cdr over to my HD to rename it cos' windows won't recognise it.
Name: Pucho Date: October 5, 2002 at 17:05:29 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried coping the dat files back to the hard drive and then changing the ext and reburning.
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Response Number 2
Name: Andrew Chng Date: October 5, 2002 at 17:54:44 Pacific
Reply:
I can't. Windows won't recognise this .dat file and thus won't allow me to copy and bring over.
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Response Number 3
Name: Richard Date: October 6, 2002 at 03:13:49 Pacific
Reply:
I have a lot of VCD movies that show as .dat files on the disk. Just start media player use File>Open tabs and change file option to "All Files" open the .dat file and media player does the rest. Works for me.
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