unable to play dat files

[whoopy_whale]

All of a sudden,my friend's computer doesn't play video files i.e Windows Media Player doesn't read those .dat files.It says no filters are available to render the stream.Power DVD also says there are no decoders to play the file.
Help plz....

[swatkat]

reinstall DirectX.....
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/dir...ds/default.htm

get GSpot and use it to analyse the file, it shows which codecs r needed to play files....
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

[enoonmai]

Umm, I dont mean to sound crazy or something, but are you sure what you're trying to play is a video stream? Not all .dat files are video streams. Just wondering out loud. Sorry if it upset you. If its a valid video file, then GSpot will pretty much tell you what you need to install. Just follow swatkat's links.
Also download the K-Lite Codec Pack, its pretty much got all the codecs you want, and then some more.

http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/

[Ethan_Hunt]

also now even i dun wanna sound crazy or sometin.....but correct if i am wrong but arent .dat supposed to be the Mpeg 1 compression video files which as far i know rarely require codec and stuff.....havent heard of any such codec requirement while playin a .dat files yet

anyways had posted a solution for this similar sotra prolem in a thread sometime back.....btw will try and look up for it

Edit:well kinda found this one out in a hurry for now....check out Microsofts explaination for this probs http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842185

[enoonmai]

Now whoever talked about codecs for playing .dat files? All I said was that if it WAS a valid video stream and it couldn't be played, then follow swatkat's link, get GSpot, analyze the file to check if its really a .dat file or some other type that needs a codec install, and if it did, then get K-Lite. And yes, you're not crazy, and VideoCD files are MPEG1 related.

[Ethan_Hunt]

Originally Posted by enoonmai

if its really a .dat file or some other type that needs a codec install, and if it did, then get K-Lite.

well here i just gotta add that if other type of .dat file meaning other than movie file then i doubt it requiring codec or rather even a Media player to play it but anyways let him oughta try it....i guess theres no harm in that

Originally Posted by enoonmai

And yes, you're not crazy, and VideoCD files are MPEG1 related.

Thank god that sure was a reliever

[beaditya]

had the same damn prob,...........if u use internet ,the u shud always have a ghost image ready to install ...................all these prob bcoz of the viruses...............i always have em

[Charley]

Try the Jiao Mpeg player too

[whoopy_whale]

Try the Jiao Mpeg player too

Surprisingly it works!But no PowerDVD,Winamp or WMP.
Gonna try swatkat's instructions.

[whoopy_whale]

Thanx swatkat,
It worked.Just reinstalled DirectX and now the media players work fine...
thanx again

[swatkat]

yeah..those "filter errors" r related to DiretShow (an unit of DirectX)...
if DirectShow gets corrupted, then "filter" errors occur....

[suj_engico]

TELL UR FRIEND TO USE A 'XING PLAYER'
IT IS A SMALL PLAYER BUT I ASSURE U THAT IT CAN PLAY ALMOST ANY FORMAT.
PROVIDED IT MUST BE USING PROPER CODECS & MUST BE AN UPDATED VERSION.