k...i have downloaded a movie from an ftp. i unpacked these files and got 2 cdīs both cdīs are in .bin format. i didnīt burn it on cd, but i unpacked it with WinImage, that should be no diffrence. and in both .bin files is a "music01.dat" both the same name but not the same size, one ist 580 and the othe 570mb big. i donīt know what to do...the media player7 doesnīt support the files and the realplayer8 plus either. Maby someone can help me

thanx

-- zIcr0ot (Schmand@web.de), February 28, 2001

Answers

Go to www.vcdhelp.com and get a copy of "dat2mpg". It runs on the command line in a DOS window.

For some odd ball reason all video files on VCD's are named "music01.dat"..."musicXX.dat". Some legacy convention I suppose.

I haven't been able to get WinMediaPlayer to play *.dat's in W95- W98SE, but have in WinME.

I finally gave up on Realplayer. Too much overhead and lack of support for third party codec's.

-- me (snake_mountain@hotmail.com), March 01, 2001.

music01.dat is the file name like asveq01.dat given by the Adaptec burn program.

see if this helps [url] http://www.vcdhelper.com/convertbin.htm [/url]

-- thePest (jamesthepest@aol.com), March 03, 2001.