Mpeg = .dat ???

[Sharpy]

I wasn't sure if this was Tech or OS so i posted here to be safe.
I have a cd with a movie on it but it won't play in media player,quicktime,real player The directory it's in says mpeg but the file ext is .dat.
A couple of friends have watched it on media player so if anyone knows why it ain't working or what i can play it with i'd like to here about it.
I'm using Win2k.

[Prospero]

You can rename it to .mpg and it will work, or tell media player to open that file extension. The dat file is like a .vob for dvd's.

[Sharpy]

No still no luck http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif
I copyed the file to the HD and renamed it .mpg .
I just get this error message.
No combination of filters could be found to render the stream.

[Prospero]

Hmmm, anyone else? This should work, are you sure you have a valid file? Has another program taken over the file association?

[Donkey]

Use Xingmpeg player. I think it associates .dat files with mpeg movies. Have had trouble with it on my computer as after loading it took all the associations of .dat which i had already used for data from work.
Worth a try.

[Sharpy]

Sorted by Donkey http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif cheers m8.
Xing played the .dat no problem.
Three m8's watched the movie before me and all use'd Media Player so i checked Microsoft and it says nothing about Media Player supporting .dat files.
I don't understand whats going on but now i've seen the movie i don't care. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

btw the movie was garbage. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif(for want of a better expression)