neo1980 Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 I was trying to play a MPeg2 and a DAT file but both arent getting played in the windows media player, it says Opening... then suddenly says waiting... then no other activity, its pretty frustating.. what should i do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prasanth Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 install windvd or powerdvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 username Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 first you need a mpeg2 codec to play mpeg2 (not standard in windows), dat files are raw mpeg1 files, i was probably copied off of a VCD. www.vcdhelp.com has some help on turning raw mpeg 1 and 2 files back to playable formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neo1980 Posted July 22, 2002 Author Share Posted July 22, 2002 which is better. WINDVD or PowerDVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neo1980 Posted July 22, 2002 Author Share Posted July 22, 2002 Originally posted by prasanth install windvd or powerdvd. i previously tried to use NVDVD and installed it but it still got stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 username Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 windvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BxBoy Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 WinDVD (quality) vs PowerDVD (functionality) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MxxCon Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 quality of powerdvd4 is higher now than windvd3 or 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I was trying to play a MPeg2 and a DAT file but both arent getting played in the windows media player, it says Opening... then suddenly says waiting... then no other activity, its pretty frustating.. what should i do?
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