Copying AVSEQ01.DAT to HD

[elsandalos]

Hi all,
I'm trying to get a VCD DAT file back to its MPG state, but vcdgear gives me an ETA of 80hrs to grab it off the cd. So i decided to just copy the AVISEQ01.DAT file onto the hard disk to see if that would speed things up ... and discovered a strange problem. I have tested this with loads of VCDs now and always get a dialog box up saying "Error Copying - invalid MSDOS function". Anyone know what that's all about?

And btw, anyone know if there's a prog around that will let you chop bits out of a DAT file? TMPGEnc won't accept dat files ...

many thanks
El.
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[Tiezo]

You can try VCDEasy (www.vcdeasy.org) its a freeware; on the "Tools"section under "MPEF Tools" at the bottom you will se the "Cdxa2mpeg" option, just put the address for the .DAT file and name it.... it's really easy..

Tiezo

[MOVIEGEEK]

In Win9x you can change the file extension to .mpg,not sure if this
works in XP.In Explorer:"Tools">"Folder Options">"View">uncheck"Hide file extensions...".Right click on file>"Properties">change AVSEQ01.DAT
to AVSEQ01.MPG

[syxx2001]

it works in xp.

[vitualis]

The "DAT" file contains RIFF headers. It is strongly suggested that you remove them with either VCDGear of CDXA2MPEG rather than simply renaming it to .MPG.

Regards.

[smeg]

Try using VCDGUI, it converts the .DAT file back into a MPG. Small program works great.