.dat conversion

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I have a home video, one file (350 MB) with a .dat extension.

I would like to edit it in Windows movie maker which does not support this
format.
Can I convert the file so that Win movie maker can read it?

Thanks for advise.

Cheers,
Stephan

 

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:08:50 +1100, "S. Pfeiffer"
<sjpfeiffer50@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have a home video, one file (350 MB) with a .dat extension.
>
>I would like to edit it in Windows movie maker which does not support this
>format.
>Can I convert the file so that Win movie maker can read it?
>
>Thanks for advise.
>
>Cheers,
>Stephan
>
try renaming it to .mpg

Dave

 

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Thanks for that, Dave

too easy...

Cheers,
Stephan


"da_test" <davexnet02NO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:08:50 +1100, "S. Pfeiffer"
> <sjpfeiffer50@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I have a home video, one file (350 MB) with a .dat extension.
>>
>>I would like to edit it in Windows movie maker which does not support this
>>format.
>>Can I convert the file so that Win movie maker can read it?
>>
>>Thanks for advise.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Stephan
>>
> try renaming it to .mpg
>
> Dave