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Unable to play dat file in totem mplayer

Asked by Yadvinder Singh Bhullar

totem does not play VCD having avseq .dat files . The error given out is ''The playback of this movie requires a VCD protocol source plugin which is not installed".

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Pedro Fragoso (ember) said : 		#1

Please check https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultimediaApplications#head-94cec33eee8ef46857b3f9c873bf978aeeb1e199

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

Did you tried with Mplayer or even GXine?

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Yadvinder Singh Bhullar (ybhullar) said : 		#2

I have tried the above said two methods and also the Mplayer/ gxine. The error being displayed is the same.

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proteus (proteus-cortex) said : 		#3

Did you install the restricted extras of ubuntu?

Try www.medibuntu.org

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naufal (musp-student) said : 		#4

Hello,I faced the same problem and solved it with this steps:
(if you dont have gxine player,so you must install it).
1:search 'vcdtools' Look in:'Name' from synaptic.
2:install 'vcdtools'
3:open gxine player
4:open the file tab and click 'vcd'.
5:gxine will play .dat file automatically
hope this helpfull.

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naufal (musp-student) said : 		#5

You also can play it with xine multi media player but I prefer to use gxine...

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naufal (musp-student) said : 		#6

hello,
to play .dat file using totem you need to copy the .dat file to harddisk and convert it into .mpg file.
1:search and install 'vcdimager' from synaptic
2:type in terminal vcdxrip
computer will copying the .dat file to /home/user directory and converting it into .mpg file
hope this help...

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