playing DAT files

LinuxLala · 08-28-2003, 01:43 PM

Kindly suggest a medi player which can play DAT files as well.

Mplayer is gud in all respects accept that it does not play DAT files.

Also when playing MP3 in Mplayer on Red Hat 8.0 it skipps chunks of data and skips to the next song only to stop a sec later with an error message saying 'cannot continue'

DrOzz · 08-28-2003, 01:49 PM

?? mplayer does play .dat files...and so does xine, and if you do try xine, and it gives an error then all you do is add dat to the valid mrl list in the xine setup...

LinuxLala · 08-28-2003, 02:13 PM

xine also gives a similar error but then i guess it is not installed properly

thanks pal

altager · 09-01-2003, 02:43 PM

to avoid Mplayer skiping chunks you have to install Mplayer with gui mode and run it in graphical mode.
Concerning .dat file I have the same problem. I can not see and hear .dat files properly.

acid_kewpie · 09-01-2003, 02:48 PM

a .dat file is typically the contents of a VCD, if this is the case you should not be playign the files themselves, but the VCD as a whole entity

mplayer -vcd 1

altager · 09-01-2003, 03:26 PM

a .dat file works well under VCD.

Thanks acid.

mercutio · 09-01-2003, 04:41 PM

now that i finally got it installed, i would have to suggest the vlc player. it plays everything - and often works when other players fail. i have been using it for years under windos and mac.

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acid_kewpie · 09-01-2003, 04:51 PM

doesn't play quicktime or realmedia files.... hmmm.... http://mplayerhq.hu

mercutio · 09-01-2003, 06:38 PM

it did on windos - except pure quicktime codec - haven't tried with linux yet. mplayer doesn't play divx5.0.5 (until v1 comes out). anyway, there's nothing wrong with having both.

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