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.dat movie file

Asked by naufal

hello,I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 in my laptop.
I've tried to play .dat movie file with totem,mplayer,realplayer 10 and VLC media player but it's doesn't work.
I wrote in terminal:
pyan@pyan-laptop:~$ totem /media/cdrom0/mpegav/avseq01.dat
sh: jackd: not found
** Message: Error: Could not read from resource.
gstfilesrc.c(814): gst_file_src_create_read (): /play/source:
system error: Input/output error

so I downloaded 'jackd' from internet and installed it in my machine.

and this result appear:
pyan@pyan-laptop:~$ totem /media/cdrom0/mpegav/avseq01.dat
JACK tmpdir identified as [/dev/shm]
** Message: Error: Could not read from resource.
gstfilesrc.c(814): gst_file_src_create_read (): /play/source:
system error: Input/output error

can anyone help me?

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Wrwrwr (wrwrwr) said : 		#1

What format is the .dat file? Can you copy it to your hard drive?

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jitendra (jabalpur02) said : 		#2

i also faced same problem. i installed ubuntu on last night and realy fond of it.here to play dat file go to sanpyt under admin.Add application ,be sure u must have internet connection. mark vlc to add and apply.

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naufal (musp-student) said : 		#3

I cannot copy to hard drive.this message appear:
Error "I/O error" while copying "/media/cdr...vseq01.dat".

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Wrwrwr (wrwrwr) said : 		#4

Then this is most probably a bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/82307.

Maybe the workaround down there would work. However you'd need to compile and install the cdfs filesystem, Here you can find the sources including installation instructions: http://trappist.elis.ugent.be/~mronsse/cdfs/.

It is also possible that some ripping software might help.

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naufal (musp-student) said : 		#5

hello,
after a few work,my problem solved.
Now I can play the '.dat' file with gxine or xine media player.
And I installed the 'vcdtools' from synaptic.After that I open the gxine or xine media player and select 'vcd' and gxine or xine media player play the .dat file automatically.

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Wrwrwr (wrwrwr) said : 		#6

Great you've solved it. I'll link this thread to the bug report, so that those that find it can try your solution too.

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naufal (musp-student) said : 		#7

hello,
I installed Kaffeine Player,press 'vcd' and play the .dat file.It works very well.

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naufal (musp-student) said : 		#8

here the step how to copy vcd .dat movie file into harddrive:
1:search and install 'vcdimager' from synaptic
2:type in terminal:
vcdxrip and computer will copying the file to /home/user directory and convert it into .mpg format

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muztaba (muztaba) said : 		#9

man i can play .dat file but its not smoot wanna see screen shot?

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muztaba (muztaba) said : 		#10

i tried with kaffeine man it dint work...

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Jwtiyar Nariman (jwtiyar) said : 		#11

first the instruction of @naufal worked great , but when i tried another VCD its not work , its not convert them to mpg .

thanks.