Baishampayan Ghose wrote:
The so-called DAT file can never be copy-pasted directly in GNU/Linux as that file is _not_ a real file. A VCD doesn't contain a file system, it contains raw data.
The simplest solution to this problem I have found is: 1. Use K3B(or any cd burning tool on linux) to create an ISO image of the VCD and store it on your system. One may face problems with k3b unable to read cd, but this can be fixed by properly configuring it(I dont remember the configuration but you can always try out different combinations. I could find it in around 3 attempts.)
2. The name of the image file would be <anything>.iso 3. Change the extension of this image file by simply renaming it as <anything>.mpg
Since VCD's are in mpeg format and u have just copied entire raw data, just saving it as .mpg makes any video player supporting mpeg movies play it properly. Only problem that may remain is the track info. You wont get separate files for separate tracks as it appears on the vcd.