CD-DVD Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v2.23, by Dr. Herong Yang
Playing DAT Files with Windows Media Player
This section describes a tutorial on how to play DAT files directly with Windows Media Player.
The real audio and video items are stored as DAT files in the MPEGAV directory on the VCD. You can actually copy a DAT file from a VCD and store it on your computer hard disk, and play it later. Here is what I did to save a DAT file and play it directly with Windows Media Player.
1. Insert my VCD into the CD drive.
2. Copy D:\MPEGAV\MUSIC03.DAT to C:\temp\MUSIC03.DAT.
3. Start Windows Media Player. Click menu File > Open and select C:\temp\MUSIC03.DAT. This audio and video item plays.
4. Click menu View > Skin Mode. You will see the audio and video item played in a very nice looking smaller window.
Table of Contents
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Format
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Players
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Rip Music
MP3, MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, Encoding Format
Movie VCD File Directory Structure
File Directory Structure on an Example Movie VCD
Playing Movie VCD with Windows Media Player
►Playing DAT Files with Windows Media Player
DVD (Digital Video Disc) Standard Format
TOC (Table Of Contents) on CDs
IsoBuster - A Nice CD GUI Tool
vStrip - Rip and Manipulate DVD VOB Files
mpgtx - Manipulating MPEG Files