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> Use Stoik Converter or TMPGenc
Sorry I missed out the easiest option for this type of conversion:
VirtualDubMod
http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net
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Rehan
MS MVP -- Digital Media
www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker
"Rehan" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> Raja wrote:
>> I can not import Avseq01.dat file of video into movie maker and therefore
>> I
>> can not edit it. How can I convert it to such format that is acceptable
>> to
>> movie maker.
>
> You need to convert the DAT to a suitable AVI format. Since it is for
> editing the size of resultant AVI doesnt matter. Use Stoik Converter or
> TMPGenc to open the dat file and save to an (preferably uncompressed) AVI
> file.
>
>
>
> --
> Rehan
> MS MVP -- Digital Media
> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker
>
>
>
> "Raja" <Raja@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8857F870-2630-4DBB-8E39-F26B17490B41@microsoft.com...
>>I can not import Avseq01.dat file of video into movie maker and therefore
>>I
>> can not edit it. How can I convert it to such format that is acceptable
>> to
>> movie maker.
>>
>> Raja
>>
>> "NoNoBadDog!" wrote:
>>
>>> ..dat and .mpg are the same format.
>>>
>>> renaming should have no effect on the "playability" of the file.
>>>
>>> I have a video editor that will not accept .dat files, so I change the
>>> extension to .mpg and it works fine.
>>>
>>> Bobby
>>>
>>> "da_test" <davexnet02NO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:jskp41dm9i4q1vuh2p802kkds2dufv923c@4ax.com...
>>> > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:41:04 -0800, "Mike950"
>>> > <Mike950@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>Thanks for the suggestion but renaming to .mpg doesn't help. Any
>>> >>other
>>> >>ideas?
>>> >>Mike950
>>> >>
>>> >>"da_test" wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:59:04 -0800, "Mike950"
>>> >>> <Mike950@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> >I have saved several funny .dat movie clips from MSN "Found" and
>>> >>> >want
>>> >>> >to send
>>> >>> >them to my brother but can't find a way of converting them to MPEG,
>>> >>> >WMV
>>> >>> >or
>>> >>> >some other type of file that is compatable with Windows Media
>>> >>> >Player.
>>> >>> >I have
>>> >>> >tried using VCDGear to convert the files to MPEG but got an error
>>> >>> >saying it
>>> >>> >could not find the MPEG Stream. I was later told that error
>>> >>> >message
>>> >>> >means
>>> >>> >that the .dat file is not a regular Video CD (VCD) type of file.
>>> >>> >Does anyone know how to convert these files? I wonder why
>>> >>> >Microsoft
>>> >>> >chose
>>> >>> >to use the .dat format instead of something compatable with Media
>>> >>> >Player.
>>> >>> >Thanks. Mike950
>>> >>> just rename the files to *.mpg and see if they play in media player.
>>> >>> Dave
>>> >>>
>>> > open the old media player (version 6.4) by typing mplayer2.exe
>>> > from the RUN box.
>>> > Open windows explorer and navigate to the DAT file.
>>> > Drag and drop it onto the media player. Does it play?
>>> >
>>> > If it fails, I would contact MSN and ask them about their
>>> > file format.
>>> > Dave
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
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