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How to get information from .DAT (Video) Files

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k_mridul
k_mridul Original post #1
Jan 25, 2006 at 2:46 AM
recently i tried VideoInspector v1.7,

it is a good tool to get information like codec, bitrate, frame size etc.,

but it dosen't support DAT (Video) files

so i was wondering, if anyone here knows any tool to get such informations from a DAT (Video) files

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Ethan_Hunt
Jan 25, 2006 at 11:49 AM
.Dat files are usually a MPEG 1 compression media and are mainly used as VCD quality video which has a standard resolution of 352x288 pixels and a standard Bitrate of 1150Kbit/Sec(PAL version).You could Try GSpot Codec verifier for most of the codec Indentification.use this link *www.free-codecs.com/download/GSpot.htm
S
Jan 26, 2006 at 11:57 AM
Rename the dat file to .mpg and check whether it works...
M
Jan 26, 2006 at 3:17 PM
If I remember correctly, Gspot did work for me for dat files so you can try that out.
alib_i
alib_i #6
Jan 27, 2006 at 1:50 AM
try AVICodec : *avicodec.duby.info

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alibi
k_mridul
Jan 27, 2006 at 4:58 AM
Thanks to all of you

but specially to 'alib_i' for suggesting AVICodec, it really works and gives all the information i needed

thanks once again