DAT files contain data in text or binary formats, which can be created by various applications and programs. As a video data, DAT video is stored in MPEG-1 movie file format on a VCD (Video CD) optical disk. Due to the particularity of DAT video, only few DAT video players support it or the specific plug-ins are required, let alone play DAT video on portable devices like mobile phone. Inevitably, many people will encounter the following similar problems.
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Q: Error message pops when I try to open a .dat movie with Windows Media Player. The video is from a trusted source. This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. How to play DAT files?
Q: My marriage and some recording videos are in .dat file extension, I want to edit those videos in DAT format and convert them into MP4 to view in my Tablet. But when I try to import one to Windows Movie Maker, it does not recognize the format. Please give me some advices on how to convert DAT file to MP4.
To solve the problems above and play DAT files easily, the most common and effective approach is using a good DAT file converter and converting DAT files to MP4 and other popular formats.