How to extract a .wmv file from inside a .dat file

[Toastie]

Hi -

I went to a site with streaming media and looked in my temp folder for the actual video file. Found it! It was a 20 meg .dat file, which I have not been able to play back. However from the pathname to that file I know that what I was watching in my browser when at the actual web page was really a .wmv file. I am virtually positive that the .wmv file is buried somehow inside that .dat file. I have tried renaming it to .wmv but that doesn't work.

The reason I believe this is that the pathname to the file looked something like this:

www/MusicVideoWebPage.com/subfolder/FavoriteVideo.wmv?/otherFolders/FavoriteVideo.dat



So, how the heck can I somehow open the .dat file and look inside it and extract out that .wmv file?

Thanks!

[AlanHK]

Try GSpot, it may be able to tell you what it is.

Otherwise, if you open the file with Notepad, you may see some interesting text that gives you a clue, though most of the file will look like garbage in that.

[Toastie]

I found the answer to my own question.

The program WM Recorder works like a charm! It stores all the files int he correct video format in a folder called "Recordings" in its folder under Program Files.