Error playing vcd *.dat files in windows media player

[Famine]

For some reason I can't seem to be able to play .dat files in windows media player anymore
I used to be able to do it I beleive
The error I get is "no combination of filters could be found to render the stream"
I have tried with this with multiple vcds that I have downloaded
Any suggestions?

[LighthouseJ]

You have to find the dot product of your filter matrix to adequately combine the set of filters in a good fashion. If the dot product becomes zero, your filter combination is orthogonal. In which case, your unit vector is tangential to your filter plane.

[tk]

im using win2000 prof. and having same problem with the dat files. as 4 ur solution i dont understand a thing from dot product to filter plane. other vcds with same dat ext work others dont i have no i dea y? plse help me.

[P@iNKilleR]

Try to unassociate the dat with opening with whatever prog it is opening with & this may solve one thing or if U R try to play a vcd get powerdvd this works like a dream.. But if U wanna get technical get isobuster & copt the dat to an mpg by extracting it to the HD


Kev!

[jaw2957]

Just get vcdgear and change the dat to an mpg. Its fast(takes about 5 minutes for an entire vcd). If you don't want to leave it just delete it afterwards. Its simple and you won't have a problem playing them.