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HD2 can't play DAT files?

Hi everbody;
I have some DAT files and need a software to play them back on my HTC HD2 but it says it can't play them and looks for a software for play back,what's the best to do this on my phone please

same here anyone who can suggest someth pls!!

change .dat format to .mp4 with rename and play it with core player

Rename *.DAT to *.MPEG,. ha ha!!

Or *.avi, whatever you like really. Whatever works anyway!

By Changing file extemsion to *.mpeg OR TO *.avi of a *.DAT fiel, it does not work, pls. help

Shouldn't this be in Q&A ?
I would use a file converter fella,not just changing the extension...

use vcdgear to properly convert it to mpeg. changing the file extension will not change the fileformat..

MX player ,play .dat format video files , go to file manager long press .dat file select open as video and select mx player from list of players....it surely plays. I have tried it
Thanks

You can play *.DAT file via MX Player
By default MX Player cant add DAT file in video list you should add the DAT extention on its file list
Goto Settings>Lists>File Eextetions>Add
type DAT and save it
after that MX Player automatically refresh the list and now you are able to play DAT files

playing DAT video using mx player
arshadnawaz89 said:
You can play *.DAT file via MX Player
By default MX Player cant add DAT file in video list you should add the DAT extention on its file list
Goto Settings>Lists>File Eextetions>Add
type DAT and save it
after that MX Player automatically refresh the list and now you are able to play DAT files
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Thank you for the precise advice which helped me play .dat file using mx player
Veerender

saratel-gsm said:
Hi everbody;
I have some DAT files and need a software to play them back on my HTC HD2 but it says it can't play them and looks for a software for play back,what's the best to do this on my phone please
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In order to successfully play DAT files anywhere, a recommended solution is to convert DAT to more popular video or audio format.
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[Q] Best format for music, size and quality

Can anyone tell me the best format to store thier music so that the files will stay resonably small but retain thier quality. I guess what I'm asking is, is there a better file format than MP3? I was storing a ton of music on my old phone's SD card, but since the Nexus S doesn't have the "extra" room an SD card allows for, I was wondering if anyone can help me to shrink the files to save space.
Also, I know, I can just carry fewer songs, so please don't put that.
Thanks.

Man just chill

there are better formats, but i don't think the stock music app actually supports them.
The nexus s does have 13GB of space on the SD card, i think that would be enough unless your one of the crazy people who spent $100 on 32GB SD card.

So how big are your MP3 files? Encode your MP3 to VBR 128-192kbps, they sound fine with good file sizes. If you're an audiophille, you'll have your own standards.

AAC is the best format, because it's actually mp3's successor. They couldn't call it mp4, because that was already used for the video file format.
AAC uses a different compression algorithm, thereby offering better sound quality at lower bitrates. 96kbs AAC = 128kbs mp3 in terms of quality.
HE-AAC v2 is an advanced format of AAC that allows even lower bitrates, such at 32kbs.
Listen to this song encoded at 32kbs: HE-AAC+v2 (44100Hz [email protected]) 1.1 MB
Yup, the entire song is 1MB!
Here is a free encoder: http://www.nero.com/enu/technologies-aac-codec.html

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AAC is the best format, because it's actually mp3's successor. They couldn't call it mp4, because that was already used for the video file format.
AAC uses a different compression algorithm, thereby offering better sound quality at lower bitrates. 96kbs AAC = 128kbs mp3 in terms of quality.
HE-AAC v2 is an advanced format of AAC that allows even lower bitrates, such at 32kbs.
Listen to this song encoded at 32kbs: HE-AAC+v2 (44100Hz [email protected]) 1.1 MB
Yup, the entire song is 1MB!
Here is a free encoder: http://www.nero.com/enu/technologies-aac-codec.html
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pretty awesome stuff there, do the android music apps support it though? stock, winamp, poweramp?

I am making a batch file that will automatically transcode any mp3 files in the current directory to HE-AAC v2 mp4 files. All you'd have to do is unzip it, copy the .bat file into the directory where your mp3 files are, then double-click the .bat file. I have it set for 64kbs for highest quality.
There are players available that will play AAC files in android, just search the market.
Also, make sure you edit the .bat file paths to the correct path of lame & neroAAC.
Code:
SET LAMEEXE="C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\AAC\lame.exe"
SET NEROAACEXE="C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\AAC\win32\neroAacEnc.exe"

doubleTwist supports mp3 AND AAC, and it's free
If you're really concerned with file size, 32 kbs is the lowest I would go and 48 kbs is a nice balance of size and quality.

I use ogg vorbis 192kbps which can yield very good quality sound, especially Android has native ogg support.

OGG Vorbis has been consistently proven to yield higher quality audio at lower file sizes than mp3, and about equal to or better than AAC. That's why it's part of Google's WebM video container format. Vorbis is supported by default in Android and is what I encode my music in (along with FLAC).
Windows doesn't support *.ogg by default (open standards aren't their thing), but this link should get you set up to listen on Windows: http://www.vorbis.com/setup_windows/
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Ogg is better than mp3, but it gets hard to tell difference between formats once you get to 320kbps. Being open source, ogg benefits from improvements over the years while mp3 is stagnant and costs to include on device. But its well adopted and almost everywhere. Other formats may be better compression, but not well supported like mp3 and ogg.

Bah! No URLs for newbs. Google for: winamp preferences guide, and on that wiki page search for the text "force transcoding"
I was looking into writing an auto-transcode app/script for just this reason, but it turns out that winamp has one built in: I set the "Force transcoding of compatible tracks if bitrate is over __ kbps:" to transcode anything above 191kbps and when syncing music over it works like a charm. You can set it to a couple different codecs, winamp seems to include LC-AAC, AACPlus, mp3, and wav.
Note that these settings only appear when you have your device attached.

Each MP3 averages to about 3-4mb. I only have about 4gb worth, so not a lot, I'm just looking to obtimize space where I can. Is there a specific AAC player for Android that you would recommend?
Oh yeah, and thanks for the helpful answers.

If you care about audio quality you wouldn't use mp3 any way.
Use 160 its the best middle ground.
Un compressed aiff is best but 10MB per minute is to big for a phone
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WMA Audio
Nexus S doesn't play wma audio ? If it does let me know how.
Thanks

Im a big advocate of FLAC but size compression is almost non existent

All my music is in mp3 format and I was just discussing with my brother how to improve sound quality. I went to the vorbis site and downloaded "audacity" a free audio converter.
I chose a mp3 file I had which was about 10mb @ 320kbs. Using audacity I exported that mp3 to .ogg and it cut the file size down to 4.2 MB @ 165kbs. Does that sound about right? Does doing a simple export actually improve sound quality? Or just cut the size down.
EDIT: I did some more digging around and apparently converting to ogg from mp3 is not recommended rather to convert to ogg from a lossless format like flac or from CD.
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320kbps is damn near lossless, you won't get much more quality from a lossless format.

Use I tunes to convert your music. It does a great job. mine is 192kps. Just about right for me for mp3. I'm just use to mp3. I will try ogg
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havent really tried myself but has anyone tried the leaked music player to see if it supports any new formats?

What is the fastest way to change DTS audio from an .mkv file to AAC audio?

What is the fastest way to change DTS audio from an .mkv file to AAC audio?
Is there a program that just change the audio format without encoding the video file in the .mkv container so that the movie would be encoded faster?

I use Popcorn MKV Audio converter.
A little tricky to set up as it is basically a front end for other editing software, and you have to aquire all the required pieces and place them in the specified locations, but once this is done it works like a charm, it strips out the audio, and re-encodes without touching the video. Very fast and effective.

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Drop the videos onto the script. Defaults are to recode both audio and video. Change video recode to NO from pop-up menu, so only audio is recoded.
In the advanced section of the menu, you can select either keeping surround, or downmixing it to stereo. If stereo, then it encodes to MP3 via LAME; if 5.1, it uses NeroAACEnc to encode to 5.1 AAC. Surround AAC isn't widely supported, so you may want to stick with stereo.
On my system, it takes about 6min to recode audio (per audio track) of a 2-hr movie. Since it does folder processing, you can drop the whole movie folder and it'll process 5-10 movies an hour.

This is the one I used to use for converting for the xbox. It doesnt mess with the video, just the audio, so its quick and easy.
http://xenonmkv.ev98.net/

i use xenonmkv, excellent program.
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You may also try iDealshare VideoGo which can convert video or audio files to DTS or convert DTS to other audio formats.
This guide applies to:
Convert DTS audio to other audio formats like converting DTS to AC3, WAV, AAC, MP3, MP2, FLAC, AIFF, WMA, OGG, APE, M4A, AU and etc.
Convert video with DTS audio to video with AAC, AC3, MP2, PCM, or WMA audio like convert MKV DTS to MKV AAC/AC3/MP3/MP2/PCM, convert AVI DTS to AVI MP3, and etc.
Convert to DTS digital surround audio from WAV, AC3, FLAC, APE, PCM, AIFF, OGG, WMA, M4A, and Apple Lossless.
Convert video with non DTS audio codec to video with DTS codec files.

Any ways to detect songs in flac format?

Hi guys, right now I'm using playerpro to play .flac songs. But the problem is the player can't detect .flac format. I can only play it using file explorer (i.e es explorer). So I was wondering is there any ways to allow my sensation detect those .flac format songs?
Thanks in advance.

I believe if you have the VLC media player available on the market, that will detect and play FLAC format. If you don't, I am unsure of the capabilities of the music player that is included with the Android OS. I believe it to be MP3, and MP4 but nothing else. That is why I recommend VLC. Also if you have the new WinAmp app from the market that also supports FLAC file types.

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