hi there i have a similar problem with you but i think im the worst of the worst ... On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 14:50, Parameshwara Bhat wrote: > Hello List, > > I have played files with extensions *.dat with both 'xine' and > 'mplayer'.The vcd of the film "Unfaithful" has three files in the 'MPEG' > folder,Music01.dat,Music02.dat,Music03.dat.I played this file from the cd > in Windows Media player as well as SiS mmplayer.Now I copied those files > to a separate directory and later opened them using both Mplayer and Xine. i can't play .dat file both in xine ... im using the gui in the mplayer its fine ... don't know whats wrong with my xine .... > > Xine even has a file filter for *.dat type of files.Mplayer like its > namesake Mediaplayer doesn't automatically filter the files but once > selected using filter "all files",it plays it anyway.But both these > programs fail to run the same files from the CD when tried with Play > File.(They can very well play the VCD containing these files)whereas if > these files are copied to harddisk they can play it. > > Curiously within Linux,these files cannot be copied off CD.But,once in > Windows,you can copy them and store them.Both Xine and Mplayer play them > now once they are stored like this. And that's how VCDs are kept on the > harddisk by all my friends here. i tried extracting/copying the .dat file from a windows pc ... i can ... > > This is curious.Could anybody shed more light? > > Parameshwara Bhat > > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- ========= Kent Emia
