hi ,i'm not ubuntu user but trying 2 help u nd u can play .Dat files on ubuntu .click on link nd read.
*help.ubuntu.com/7.04/musicvideophotos/C/index.html
another helpful link:-
*ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty
I am using vlc, mplayer, xine player but all are fail to play.VCD mount on ubuntu but still problem in copying files..... "I/O problem"
I have sony dvd+rw that works well in windows (daul boot)
however i copy some vcd files(with DAT extension). and in ubuntu edit file name...by del extnsion or replase by avi. and now it could be played.
Your thread title is misleading,"any linux OSes that play vcd", I almost feel like changing that to,"any linux OSes that don't play vcd !" Please install Mplayer your problem should be solved
You have VLC right? Open it, then click file, then click on open disk. Select the type as VCD and give the path to CD (hdb,hdc whatever).
If you can mount the CD, then this method works. As far as directly playing dat files that are not in a VCD structure, VLC does that too. (ie :- you can play them as well).
(I have not tested this method on Ubuntu, but it works in SuSE, and it should work in Ubuntu also)(Should, not will).