.dat or mpeg?

[Aznmask]

i have some .dat file and i want to burn it into dvd..

i have 3 choice..

1. change the .dat extenstion to .mpeg
2. use vcdgear355 to change .dat to mpeg.
3. use tmpegenc to reconvert it again.. to mpeg.

[adam]

1. This does nothing. Its still the same file and file type, it just changes how programs access it.

2. This is the best way. That is what the program is for.

3. There is no reason to re-encode the file. A dat file just contains an additional file header which needs to be stripped. That is what vcdgear is for.

[Aznmask]

problem is.. using the vcdgear take up like 30second for each file.. i have like 100+ .dat..

i can change the extenstion .dat to .mpeg in 2 second..

[jimmalenko]

What Adam said.

If you want it work, first time, every time, spend the time and do number 2

30 seconds is a lot quicker than the time it would take to do number 3 also.

The choice is yours, but don't say we didn't warn you.

[andkiich]

problem is.. using the vcdgear take up like 30second for each file.. i have like 100+ .dat..

Yeah, and there is a reason for that. It needs to PROCESS the file.
You can either do it correctly like the previosu 2 gentlemen explained or take your chances.

[Sifaga]

thats funny

[adam]

So you just don't want to have to manually do this for each file? Doesn't VCDGear have a batch processing option? The release history mentions batch processing.

Like I said, renaming the filetype might not take long but it accomplishes nothing. You'd get the same result by just telling your program (whatever program you are trying to load these into) to show "all files" and then selecting your dat file.

You said you want to burn these to DVD right? Well if these dat files are coming off a VCD then they are not DVD compliant. You need to re-encode the audio to 48kHz. So there's really no reason to even use VCDGear. Load the dat files into a demultiplexor like TMPGenc and demux to video and audio streams. Re-encode the audio to dvd compliant settings, then multiplex them back again. Now you're ready to author to compliant DVD.

[jimmalenko]

So you just don't want to have to manually do this for each file? Doesn't VCDGear have a batch processing option? The release history mentions batch processing.

I've tried the batch processing and it takes a little while to set up. I've ended up just loading each one one by one if I have multiple files to convert.

You said you want to burn these to DVD right? Well if these dat files are coming off a VCD then they are not DVD compliant. You need to re-encode the audio to 48kHz. So there's really no reason to even use VCDGear. Load the dat files into a demultiplexor like TMPGenc and demux to video and audio streams. Re-encode the audio to dvd compliant settings, then multiplex them back again. Now you're ready to author to compliant DVD.

No need really - I drop them into VCDGear, then drop the MPEG(s) into TDA and let it do it on the fly. I have found this to be much quicker.

[adam]

No need really - I drop them into VCDGear, then drop the MPEG(s) into TDA and let it do it on the fly. I have found this to be much quicker.

TDA converts the audio to 48kHz for you? If not then the DVD is not compliant.

[jimmalenko]

No need really - I drop them into VCDGear, then drop the MPEG(s) into TDA and let it do it on the fly. I have found this to be much quicker.

TDA converts the audio to 48kHz for you? If not then the DVD is not compliant.

Yep. It upsamples it for you, no sweat

[ZippyP.]

TDA converts the audio to 48kHz for you?

Apparently it does, here's a guide.