Using VCD file in Director

Hello, all.
I have this project intended to be a hybrid cd - it can be
played as a VCD if inserted ina DVD player, and if used in a
computer it is played as a Director projector. The issue is that
the video file is too big, so I can´t have it duplicated, so
I'm trying to make director read the DAT file used in the VCD. It's
a kind of mpeg, but I can't get it right. I know it can be
acomplished because i've seen it.
Can anyone help me, please? Thanks in advance.

you can create an application with VB to launch a media
player that plays a specific DAT file.
then launch that exe file from director with :
_player.open("","you VB exe file path")
or
you can just launch a default media player (maybe, windows
media player) from director with :
_player.open("your DAT file path","media player of your
choice path")
but, this is not recommended as we don't know what media
player applications the customer had in his/her computer.
Try the first step. That should work.

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