newbie question about converting, .dat, etc.

[fekimoki]

hi im a 1st time switcher
sorry if this thread is dupe, i tried searching related keywords, none suit.

1. i want to upload .dat movie file (VCD format?) to the youtube. the file is big 86mb. and it's a tv resolution. so i want to resize it and maybe it will reduce its size in order to speed up the upload process to the youtube.
since i no luck on finding good s/w around macrumors & google, i stumble upon isquint, to resize it to ipod size screen (although im using it for youtube). but it returns error on converting: Error while parsing header. and the log goes this way:

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  configuration:  --enable-pthreads --disable-network --disable-audio-oss --disable-v4l --disable-bktr --disable-dv1394 --disable-vhook --disable-ffserver --disable-ffplay --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --disable-debug --enable-x264 --enable-memalign-hack 
  libavutil version: 49.0.0
  libavcodec version: 51.9.0
  libavformat version: 50.4.0
  built on Apr 11 2006 09:49:09, gcc: 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)
/Users/felixwidjaja/worx/royalvictorian/AVSEQ09.DAT: Error while parsing header
'/Applications/iSquint.app'/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -y -threads 4  -i '/Users/felixwidjaja/worx/royalvictorian/AVSEQ09.DAT'     -s 320x240 -r    -vcodec mpeg4  -g 300  -qmin 5 -b 1200  -async 50  -acodec aac  -ar 44100  -ac 2  -ab 128 '/Users/felixwidjaja/Desktop/''/AVSEQ09.DAT'.temp.mp4 2>> /tmp/isquint_time  1> /dev/null  ; echo done > /tmp/isquint_working 
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  configuration:  --enable-pthreads --disable-network --disable-audio-oss --disable-v4l --disable-bktr --disable-dv1394 --disable-vhook --disable-ffserver --disable-ffplay --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --disable-debug --enable-x264 --enable-memalign-hack 
  libavutil version: 49.0.0
  libavcodec version: 51.9.0
  libavformat version: 50.4.0
  built on Apr 11 2006 09:49:09, gcc: 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)
/Users/felixwidjaja/worx/royalvictorian/AVSEQ09.DAT: Error while parsing header
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NpYEJ92T/Wm89gZyHQt3hg+jm2aFfclCPsCqx/nVrB0VNK5bifx5Ww7f91UjJsJ8ei4in0uqb4d3
ZnNNaVy6EXlL4iV+XlWSB7E07pyOrNZdrYe5L6+/oPGCXmRlioGfj+abXgUbWexc+MXtNe8za5gY
gp7M0gzObJi3B7qVBxpgHivl98GodCGvJT7NHbzfS18KLTJDnsESvY0RVEzZTfN1JhRKYXPR93DY
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h9O6wBx45KfvJN/105MJUG8aHQbTfmj5vEvup3fDx92D/Lzz8+Z/gpaaPk84uELGn4+hdWtt4KKW
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j8yv0HA7m5/PkzBvfp9a/AY3qw04eRAAAA==
====

so im asking help for resizing video.

2. im having trouble to play certain files on quicktime (.dat, mpg from jvc handycam), i googled quicktime pack, quicktime component, but still no luck. in windows world they have something called k lite codec mega pack, are there any codec packs that we can use in osx?

because i love quicktime more than vlc


thx in advance guys. really apreciate it.

 

[balamw]

Could you just pull the MPEG-1 out from the DAT file with something like BBDEMUX or vcdgear? Then you'd have a standard .MPG file you could do what you wish with...

B

 

[fekimoki]

Could you just pull the MPEG-1 out from the DAT file with something like BBDEMUX or vcdgear? Then you'd have a standard .MPG file you could do what you wish with...

B

thank you.
tried the console tool from vcdgear and isquint can read it.

 

[fekimoki]

Hi, I recently bought the JVC Hard Drive Camcorder. Why the movies can't be imported to the iMovie?

Please look at the attachment.

Thx in advance

 

[-DH]

Hi, I recently bought the JVC Hard Drive Camcorder. Why the movies can't be imported to the iMovie?

Thx in advance

You'll need to convert the MPEG files into an editable format BEFORE importing into an editing program. The MPEG family of codecs is heavily compressed and was/is designed to be a delivery (final) format - not intended for editing.

Try using QuickTime Pro or MPEG Streamclip for converting ... for use in iMovie, conversion to a DV Stream (.dv) should work best.

-DH