Top 5 Ways to Convert DAT Video Files to MP4 Easily

Launch HD Video Converter Factory Pro and select “Converter” on the main interface. Click “Add Files” (or drag and drop files) to import your .dat videos.

Go to the “Output Format” part, navigate to the “Video” tab, and select “MP4” as the target format.

Optional step: Edit the DAT video and change parameter settings at will.

Click ▼ at the bottom of the interface to set an output folder. Then, press “Run” to convert DAT files to MP4 immediately.

You can use VLC Media Player as a video converter on Mac to convert a DAT file to MP4. VLC comes with almost all formats to help you play videos and supports converting video files to MP4, AVI, MOV, MP3, FLAC, etc. Here is how to convert DAT to MP4 using VLC for Mac:

Step 1: Install VLC media player on your Mac computer from
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html.

Step 2: Run VLC. Click “File” on the top menu bar and select “Convert/Stream”.

Step 3: Click the “Open Media” button to add your DAT video file. Make sure the file type is set to “All”, or the DAT file won’t show in the folder.

Step 4: Go to the “Profile” section and choose “MP4” from the list.

Step 5: Click “Save” to start the conversion in VLC.

https://video.online-convert.com/convert-to-mp4

Step 1: Visit the site and click “Choose File” to add a DAT video file.
Step 2: Change optional settings: screen size, video bitrate, frame rate, cut video, crop video, normalize audio, and so forth.
Step 3: Click the “START →” button to change .dat to .mp4.
Step 4: Select the converted file and download it to your PC.

Disadvantages:

• No support for batch processing
• No preview function
• Slow to upload and convert a large video
• File size limit

https://video-converter.com/

Step 1: Open the URL and click “Open file” to add a DAT video file.
Step 2: Choose “mp4” under the “Video” tab.
Step 3: Change the resolution and other settings (video codec, audio codec, and output file size).
Step 4: Press “Convert”.
Step 5: Click “Download” or save the converted file to your Google Drive or Dropbox.

Disadvantages:

• Convert only one file at a time
• Maximum file size of 500 MB
• Limited output format
• No editing features like trimming or cropping
• No preview window

https://www.aconvert.com/video/

Step 1: Open the link and click Choose Files to import your DAT video files. You can also add the source file using a URL.
Step 2: Select the Target format as MP4 and Options - Change size, bitrate or frame rate.
Step 3: Click Convert Now to start the conversion.
Step 4: Once done, click the save icon to download the output file.

Disadvantages:

• Maximum file size of 200 MB
• 16 output formats only
• No editing tools like cutter and rotator