There are 14 other file types using
the DAT file extension!
.dat - Program data [common]
.dat - Game data [common]
.dat - Sony Digital Audio Tape
.dat - Microsoft Internet Explorer cache
.dat - SPOT image format
.dat - Unreal Tournament game data
.dat - Nero BackItUp drive image
.dat - Shareaza thumbnail
.dat - Thumbnail cache
.dat - SWAT database
.dat - Tecplot ASCII data
.dat - Barudan Embroidery format
.dat - Bitcoin wallet
.dat - Prince of Persia game data
DAT file extension - Video CD MPEG movie MPEG1
What is dat file? How to open dat files?
File extension dat has also been in the past related for its use Video MPEG movie file format.
A .dat files are stored on VCD (Video CD) optical disks.
Video is stored in MPEG1 video file format. VCDs were replaced by DVD and Blu-ray digital video formats.
VCDs are playable in most DVD and Blu-ray players as well as by multimedia players in computer.
The default software associated to open dat file:
Company or developer:
CyberLink Corp.
PowerDVD is popular commercial multimedia player very often bundled with new computers, laptops, graphic cards and DVD drives. It is also available as stand alone version. PowerDVD supports variety of video and audio formats, such as DVD-video, DVD-audio, VCD, SVCD, AVI, DivX, XviD etc.. PowerDVD provides many settings to specify, such as image ratio, snapshots, audio channel etc.
List of software applications associated to the .dat file extension
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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open dat file, edit dat file, convert dat file, view dat file, play dat file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Software that open dat file - Video CD MPEG movie MPEG1
Programs supporting the exension dat on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open dat file action.