.dat files

[jumpman17]

How do I view movie files from games that have them stored as a .dat file? I know the main ways they store the videos in games anymore is .bik and .dat. While I know how to access the .bik files, how do I access .dat ones?

 

[pasc]

Try Mediaplayer Classic, it helps in many cases.

 

[lagman]

Media Player Classic

whoops.

 

[kellyan95]

First, just try to open it with winrar

 

[War]

.dat video files? I'm not really understanding.

 

[jumpman17]

The game in particular is Hellgate London. This is the directory where the movie file is. All the movies are in one file.

EDIT: Oh, and Media Player Classic and WinRAR don't work.

 

[xJonny]

It's probably encoded in and will only be run by the main program

 

[lagman]

It's probably encoded in and will only be run by the main program

Indeed, I was thinking on a simple .DAT video file:

 

[bobrules]

try vlc media player

 

[Nero]

I've never heard of .dat Video files.

*Slaps self*

~Nero

 

[legendofphil]

I've never heard of .dat Video files.

It was just the extension used by VCDs for the video file.