How do I convert?

[jpkitte]

Hi. I hope this is the right place to post my question.

I have a CDR disc which I thought it was a VCD and I could play in my DVD player ( I have Panasonic s35). Well, I couldn't. I tried Power DVD, but I still couldn't (the message said it cannot support this kind of format). I tried Windows media player, I finally could play it. I checked the disc and it contains .DAT. I'm assuming it's a data file. I think I need to convert this file, so I can play it in my DVD player. I don't even know where to start
Could someone please help me?
Thank you.

[jimmalenko]

If you use Windows Explorer to umm, explore the disc, does the disc have the following structure:

[Cobra]

If it turns out that it hasn't been authored as a VideoCD (which is what jimmalenko is asking you to check) then you can do this. Use VCDGear to convert the .DAT to .MPG (this only takes a few minutes) then re-author with VCDEasy.

Cobra

[jimmalenko]

The other thing I thought of is that in the past, I have managed to load DAT files straight into VirtualDubMod on occasion. You could then frameserve to your favorite encoder from here.

[jpkitte]

There were no folders on the disc. Just one file. I don't know if it's a VCD or not.
I tried what was suggested. I used VCD gear to convert DAT file to MPG. Then, burn the file with Sonic MyDVD instead of VCDEasy since I already had Sonic installed.
Well, it worked

You guys are GREAT!!
Thank you very much for your help!!