WinFF doesn't work

Ubuntu 14.04LTS............ Installed WinFF Version 1.5.3-3

.dat is not a video file, what does the 'file' command in terminal say it is?

Sombody posted in Software Center Review (in 2013) to install libavcodec-extra-53. But I didn't install its 54 for WinFF. Need I install it?

May as well, it's free. What does the 'file' command say the file is?

I saw #2 only after posting #3 .... sorry. .DAT file type shows Type: RIFF audio (audio/x-riff). It works as a Video file. But can't convert.

                            -desktop:~$ file
Usage: file [-bchikLlNnprsvz0] [--apple] [--mime-encoding] [--mime-type]
            [-e testname] [-F separator] [-f namefile] [-m magicfiles] file ...
       file -C [-m magicfiles]
       file [--help]
                           -desktop:~$

What is the full name and location of the file, case sensitive?

thanks

I think somebody has renamed the file name completely it before I got it. Location: /home/madhu/Desktop/Video

I installed libavcodec-extra-54. But not useful.

What is the name of the file please?

disc1.DAT

Ok run:

sudo apt-get install mencoder pastebinit

clear; mencoder -identify /home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disk1.DAT | pastebint

What is the URL generated?

Thanks

The pipe and pastebinit are part of the second command. There are only 2 commands there.

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mencoder pastebinit
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 980 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,266 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main pastebinit all 1.4-3 [14.9 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe mencoder i386 2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3 [965 kB]
Fetched 980 kB in 6s (146 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package pastebinit.
(Reading database ... 235266 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../pastebinit_1.4-3_all.deb ...
Unpacking pastebinit (1.4-3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mencoder.
Preparing to unpack .../mencoder_2%3a1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb ...
Unpacking mencoder (2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
Setting up pastebinit (1.4-3) ...
Setting up mencoder (2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3) ...
madhu@madhu-desktop:~$

I didn't get anything more than these
 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main pastebinit all 1.4-3 [14.9 kB]
 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe mencoder i386 2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3

ok, run:

mencoder -identify /home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disk1.DAT | pastebint

As I have already asked....what is output?

madhu@madhu-desktop:~$ mencoder -identify /home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disk1.DAT | pastebint
-identify is not an MEncoder option
No command 'pastebint' found, did you mean:
 Command 'pastebinit' from package 'pastebinit' (main)
pastebint: command not found
madhu@madhu-desktop:~$

I didn't get any other output

trusty/universe (archive.ubuntu.com) and Local/universe (archive.ubuntu.com) shows same winff and winff-gtk2 packages in Synaptic..... Is there anything wrong?

Please send us the output of this Terminal command instead:

mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify /home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disk1.DAT | grep "^ID"

madhu@madhu-desktop:~$ mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify /home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disk1.DAT | grep "^ID"
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
File not found: '/home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disk1.DAT'
Failed to open /home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disk1.DAT.
ID_EXIT=EOF
madhu@madhu-desktop:~$

Is it called disc1.DAT or disk1.DAT ?

Please send us the output of this Terminal command instead:

mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify /home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disc1.DAT | grep "^ID"

If the output still shows "file not found", please clarify where the file is located....

madhu@madhu-desktop:~$ mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify /home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disc1.DAT | grep "^ID"
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
ID_AUDIO_ID=0
ID_FILENAME=/home/madhu/Desktop/Video/disc1.DAT
ID_DEMUXER=mpegps
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=0x10000001
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=1150000
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=352
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=288
ID_VIDEO_FPS=25.000
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=80
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=0
ID_AUDIO_RATE=0
ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
ID_START_TIME=0.37
ID_LENGTH=4453.96
ID_SEEKABLE=1
ID_CHAPTERS=0
ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffmpeg1
Requested audio codec family [mpg123] (afm=mpg123) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=224000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=44100
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=ffmp2float
ID_EXIT=EOF
madhu@madhu-desktop:~$

If you change the file extension to .mpg does it play ok in VLC. The file is a video

Have you tried to "Open Disc" from vlc player ?

Open VLC, Click The Media menu, Open Disc, Select SVCD/VCD, and point it at your .dat file.

To #23

> If you change the file extension to .mpg

I didn't understand it.

Using Transmageddon I could convert it to MPEG TS {(Audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)...........Video: MPEG-2 Video)} and it played in VLC.

Did you mean something like that?

To #24

My CD drive is useless. It was a copy taken in a USB stick.