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Convert or Merge dat and mpg (VCD) files
I had downloaded 2 videos broken into files and I wanted to burn them to a DVD. The first video consisted of dat files that my DVD player could not recognise so I had to convert them to vcd files and merge them. This was very easy because all you have to do is use the ffmpeg and cat. First of all, install or make sure you have ffmpeg installed
sudo apt-get install ffmpegI suppose you are using a debian-based distro like Ubuntu Linux. After that type the following:
ffmpeg -i datfile.dat -target ntsc-vcd vcdfile.mpg
When you haveall the avi files ready you can type:
Merge avi files
For avi files you can do the same with the broken avi files like
cat file.avi file.avi.001 file.avi.002 > totalavi.avi
Finally... you can burn the files and watch them!
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