FileBot

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?

*.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?

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"?

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: ** 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: