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Help needed opening Dat File

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I came across a disc that has my wedding photo's stored on it, It plays fine on the DVD player. However when I pop it in the PC it just will not play or allow me to view them.

The file is saying its a DAT file!

What do I need to open these files?
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  • bingo_bango
    bingo_bango Posts: 2,594 Forumite
    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

    Plays pretty much any video file.
  • marcellep
    marcellep Posts: 1,695 Forumite
    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

    Plays pretty much any video file.

    Tried that but still no luck
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  • mrscruffy
    mrscruffy Posts: 221 Forumite
    1) Do you have a DVD reader on the PC?

    2) Open 'My Computer', right-click on the CD/DVD drive, select 'explore'. Are there any files or folders there? You might be able to manually navigate the CD this way and locate the photos.
  • DAT files are usually linked to VCDs [video compact discs containing mpeg1 files]. This site explains it much better than I could in short time.

    OTOH, it could also be a data file, similar to BIN or ISO files. You'd need a program such as PowerIso, WinISO, UltraIso, etc. to show the contents and extract the data. I'm quite rusty on that stuff, I guess the above mentioned utilities are shareware, you may use them for a while without buying (basically to get done what you need) or check out a site offering free utilities, such as no-nags.
  • made2fade
    made2fade Posts: 23 Forumite
    Just rename the DAT extension to mpg and it should play fine.
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