5 CDs to 1 DVD

Is there an easy way to convert .dat files in 5 CDs to one DVD?
Thank you

Use Toast 7 or 8.
By .dat files I assume you mean the video tracks of a Video CD?
You can extract the files using the Disc Info dialog in Toast. Just select the tracks and click Extract.
Once extracted, drop the files into a Toast DVD layout, each one will become an item on the DVD. Toast will convert them from MPEG-1 to MPEG-2.
The quality won't be great, but it should work (I've not tried it myself).

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