Vegas 7 VCD to DVD converson .mpg file wont recoganise

[nizam]

Hi

Back in to this forum after a long time,as Senu explained me b4 i rename .dat vcd file to .mpg so that vegas 7 will recoganise them,but this time it didnt happen this time, it says some thing about sony media manager when i try to install vegas 7 after a long time, the file is not getting recoganise.Any help please.Shall i have to istall windows xp again and re install vegas any coments welcome.

Nizam

[senu]

Firstly I would make sure you are actually renaming it properly ( ie you can see that Nizam.dat becomes Nizam.mpg
Also try playing the renamed file in VLC to ensure it is still intact as a video file
Otherwise you can try and convert the *.dat file to mpg with any no of video conversion software to mpeg instead of just renaming
Before you do this make sure your Vegas can actually import any mpeg file as it may be a Vegas issue : repairing or " registering" the mpeg plug-in may be the problem
Have a think before you try to reinstall Vegas

[nizam]

Hi Senu

Thanks for your help, when i open up vegas a window pop up saying Sony Media Manager 2 service does not exists or current accont does not have the previlage to manage it, I never had this problem b4 i think mine courroupted may be nned a clean re installation of XP or any way of fixing this issue.

nizam

[senu]

Start by unistalling first, deleting the Vegas entry from the Common folder then reinstalling it

[nizam]

Hi

Senu I find out what the problem is even after i rename to .mpg it still shows as a DAT file, so is ther any software or any thing available so that i can convert it in to an .mpg file.Please help

nizam

[senu]

Any no of converters can do this . If you really must You can use Nero Vision
but

However , I suspect you are not really chaging the DAT to mpg extension correctly
DAT, like VOB are mpeg files and properly renamed should not be identifiable as thier original names any more
Is your file properties in Windows configured to show extentions of registered files?

[nizam]

Hi

I did try ,but still it is a DAT file, so file properties in windows how do i find out it is configured correctly, also how can i change it with nero vision.Please

nizam