.dat to video format

[canadian_divx]

my friend sent me a video and it is in .dat format and i dont know waht to do with it, can someone help me??

 

[muzikool]

Have you tried renaming the extension to a video format (mpg, avi, etc)? I might be wrong, but don't VCD disks have the video in .dat format? By the way, did you ask your friend what to do with it?

Update: Yeah, you might want to download a VCD player and see if that will play the .dat file.

 

[Glaanieboy]

Windows Media Player (8 and 9) should pick up .dat files automatically.

 

[canadian_divx]

ok the player did, and by the way this is a video of his final programing project. but thanks for the help

 

[Grandmaster]

Like Glaanieboy said, just open the file with WMP 8 or WMP 9.