Problems playing downloaded dvds? read on biatchez

[tylerv]

Hey, you may have read my post from the other day (AVSEQ01.dat/mpg files from DVD cds are extremely flawed )

Ive left what that idot said at the bottom for yal, so he doesnt confuse u any further....

If you have downloaded an svcd/vcd or whatever, it is usually in a bin/cue format, and the files within are called something like "AVSEQ01.DAT" , along with a bunch of other folders and files... they are copies of files from the dvd, excetp they are re compressed to fit on a single 650mb cd... if you try to extract those files right to your hd, and then play the AVSEQ01.DAT with win dvd or powerdvd...etc, it will not work, you will probably get close to no video, and sound that makes you go into convultions...
well, there is a way that ive found around that now

what you need is a program called, Daemon Tools 3.02 (http://www.daemon-tools.com/) go there, and download the program.. this program is a software emulator acting as a dvd drivve, you will notic once youve installed it, you will have a new drive under my compter... now, you will see a new icon in the bottom right of the screen, you right click on it, click virtual dvd / cd rom, then click Device 0, and then click Mount Image...
it will now come up with a browse screen, all ya gotta do is search for the movie you have which should be in Bin/CUE format still..... now, find the movie, and click on the first cue file..(if its a 2 cd movie)
NOW what happened, is youve got that BIN/CUE acting like its a CD in your NEW DVD "DRIVE" once you load up windvd (which i prefer) or powerdvd, it will automatically start playing the movie, with no video or sound problems.......... im sure u can figure out the rest, u can also MOunt Games which are in bin/cue format, and goto mycomputer, then the new drive, and you will see all the setup files, and u can install it directly from the bin file
wicked eh?

get this word spread around, there are so many peeps who dont know how to do this..


"well because those are the files on the dvd/"

Nooooo...

What you are now describing are ripped, converted, and compressed videos. The only thing these files have in common with DVDs is that they both contain videos.

The file groupings you've described are either VCD (AVSEQ01.DAT) or SVCD (AVSEQ01.MPG) - and both of these should play properly under WinDVD - unless of course, you've downloaded crap - which is not at all uncommon.




what a foo

[admin]

First of all, please refrain from posting this kind of inflammatory post in the future. If you have a point to make, please make it politely. This is our number one rule, found here :

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You have been warned.

and the files within are called something like "AVSEQ01.DAT" , along with a bunch of other folders and files... they are copies of files from the dvd, excetp they are re compressed to fit on a single 650mb cd

Umm ... not quite.

DVD files are in IFO/BUP and VOB formats, and are compressed with MPEG-2 and usually AC3/DTS audio. They are all located in the Video_Ts directory. Most 2 hour DVD movies require around 4 to 6 GB of storage, and cannot be compressed further without some quality loss (because DVD is already compressed with MPEG-2 video).

.DAT files are only found on VCDs (Video CDs). There are many folders on the VCD, including CDI, EXT, MPEGAV, SEGMENT and VCD. DAT files can be played back using Windows Media Player (6.4 or later), and most software DVD players. Alternatively, you can use software DVD players to load the VCD (if it is made properly) using disc mode and it will also play (necessary if there is a menu on the VCD, which denotes that the disc is a VCD version 2.0 disc).

VCDs must be burned (authored) properly before it can be played back - simply copying the files off a VCD to your hard-drive and then copying back to a CD-R will not work. This is where BIN/QUE files comes into play. They are a way to store CD formating data (along with the digital data) in a single file. Most CD writer software can open up one kind of another of these BIN/QUE files, and people distribute VCDs in this format since the original formatting information is obtained for easier duplication. SVCD files (in fact any set of files) can also be stored as a BIN/QUE file on your hard-drive - there is usually no compression offered by BIN/QUE and other similar formats.

ISO files are also similar.

Neither BIN/QUE nor DAT files you are describing in this context has anything to do with DVD, except for the possibility that the VCD you downloaded may have been converted from a DVD sometime in the past. This is why this post should really belong in the VCD playback forum, but since you didn't know that is was a VCD, then that's okay.

However, if you have a BIN/QUE file and you don't want to burn a CD out of it, then there are methods to "open" these files and play it off your hard-drive. Most CD emulation (like the Daemon Tools you described) software (does not need to be a DVD emulation software) will allow you to open these files and create a virtual CD drive.

If you search the net, there are quite a lot of resources devoted to using BIN/QUE/ISO files, as well as many free tools that can be used to convert from one of these formats to another (in case your CD Writer doesn't support one format).

[Enchanter]

That was a really rude statement by tylerv. Do you actually like being called an idiot, you idiot?

Ty, you have your knowledge wrong anyway. I have never seen a .dat file on a DVD in my life and I doubt there will ever be one. Why act like you are offended when all Setarip did was to straighten up things? Nothing wrong will ever be right even if you want it to be right and but are still wrong in the first place.

Lastly, I don't think very much of your posting either. It sounds childish and contains a lot of spelling and grammatical errors.

p.s. Be tactful and know who you really are.