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Bilal
Asked: 2012-03-25 07:17:00 +0800 CST

How to open a dat files from a vcd?

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I am trying to open .dat files from a vcd but can not open them. Help please?

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2 Answers

  1. Install open the terminal and type

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

    then open with movie player(totem)

    Or install vlc media-player

    sudo apt-get-install vlc

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  2. The .dat file on VCDs cannot be opened directly on Linux as its a so-called "gateway" file. You can open such files using vlc and mplayer on Linux.

    To open with mplayer,

    $ sudo apt-get install mplayer 
$ mplayer vcd://<track> [-cdrom-device <device>]

    Examples:

    To play VCD track #1,

    $ mplayer vcd://1

    To play VCD track #1 when disk is not detected,

    $ mplayer vcd://1 -cdrom-device /dev/sr0

    To play with VLC, follow the earlier answer to install VLC and then.

    $ vlc vcd://<device>

    Example,

    $ vlc vcd:///dev/sr0
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