.DAT movie files not recognised

[maurice]

I have some old rips that are .DAT files, but I'm unable to rename them as I keep getting "No movie files have been selected."

Is there a way to fix resolve this?

[rednoah]

*.DAT files are typically not movie files. If you use the correct file extension - or any video file extension really - then it'll probably work.

What does the MediaInfo table say for the file at hand?

[maurice]

Thanks! Seems like it was common for old VCD rips to be .DAT, but they were all MPEG-1.

Would be handy if the media info was a bit easier to access (it's quite useful, but I don't think I would have ever found it). Maybe something like "right click Original File -> View Media Info"?

[rednoah]

You can also click Inspect and then open the MediaInfo view from there:





Alternatively, you can also use Filter ➔ MediaInfo to view the MediaInfo table for many files at once.



In any case, you can use [Plain File Mode] Batch Rename any type of file to fix all the file extensions before processing the files as movie / episode:

Format: Select all

{ fn }.{ media.FormatExtensions.tokenize(' ').first() }

** Note that setting Settings ➔ Extension: Override is required if you want to rewrite file extensions


See [Plain File Mode] Add missing file extensions for details: