Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Dat file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type convert to mp4 in the search box.
Press Convert.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.dat -c "convert to mp4" (how).
Let your AI agent convert VideoCD MPEG to MP4
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.
Install Filestar and add it to your agents:
npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install
Then ask your agent:
“Convert the VideoCD MPEG files in my Downloads folder to MP4”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.dat -c "convert to mp4"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent convert VideoCD MPEG to MP4?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.dat -c "convert to mp4" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
An MP4 file is a multimedia file commonly used to store a movie or video clip, but may also contain subtitles or images. MP4 is short for MPEG-4 Part 14, which is a container format based on the QuickTime File Format (QTFF) used by .MOV and .QT files.
