Movie Download Incomplete

[zedd]

hi, i have just downloaded a movie from BT, the download completed but the file has still remained as a dat file, (well i think its a dat file anyway, the icon looks like a dat file icon). how can i fix this. i can play it in videolan, but it is very sticky and thats annoying, DIVX and bs player wont plat it. please help. (the movie is the italian job)

[Cyril]

You can just rename it with the correct file extension (avi). If it's sticky then that it not because it's still a dat, it may just be poor quality copy.

[ck-uk]

Bt dont use dat files mate.It just downloads the file then fill in the data as it goes along.

[zedd]

ok, what amendments can i make to videolan to make the movie play more smootly, i mean i dont know much about this streaming and stuff

[ck-uk]

Whats the extension of the file mate?

If you go to tools at the top of a window ,folder optons ,view ,then remove the tick from "hide know file extensions".

the file may also have bad frames too.You could try an avi fixer or virtual dub.

[zedd]

it says, italian job, The.xl.3ivx.mov
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