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Posted by Bill's News on 04/11/06 01:30
Glassman wrote:
> I've been banging my head against the wall the last few years
> trying to get my downloaded .avi's to play on my stand alone DVD
> recorder, (Lite-On 5005), so I can watch them on my living room TV.
> All that aside, my friend just bought a new cheapie DVD player, and
> to my astonishment it plays alot of my burned .avi's. Seems like
> the
> newer players will now play DIVX encoded .avi's, but not the other
> .avi's. Can someone please explain the different types of .avi's,
> and
> why some will play and others won't? Is it possible that there
> will
> ever be a firmware upgrade that will
> enable my liteon 5005 to play all?
> Last question.... can someone recommend an inexpensive stand alone
> DVD recorder that will play all? Thanks!
>
> *sorry for the crosspost, but not sure where to best get my answer.
>
>
> JK Sinrod
> www.sinrodstudios.com
> www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com
I don't know if this will help or not, but I'm in the mood to be
verbose
MPEG4 was/is a compression improvement over MPEG2 in some, if not all,
videos. I've read, at some time in the past, that it had been
"hacked" and out of that effort grew two new camps (Divx & Xvid).
Divx having evolved into a commercial effort (good in its own way) and
Xvid being a GNU effort (equally good or better).
Since the introduction of these WIDELY available and FREQUENTLY
CHANGED encoding methods, the video "trading" community members have
each adopted their own pet version, and parameters for its use; thus
there have been few software suites capable of playing all iterations
available to downloaders. In the case of PC based players, the task
has been easier because one can add codecs (or versions thereof)
whimsically. In the case of hardware players the ability to play
everything and anything is limited by the manufacturer's willingness
to invest time and money in the project - taking the "plays most"
stance has worked well for many.
So, one answer (perhaps the only answer) to your "recommend an
inexpensive stand alone DVD recorder that will play all" is a PC -
preferably with proper connections to your TV monitor. On another
hand, "plays most" can be accomplished by several SA players.
Probably the most comprehensive, user configurable search is here
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.
Having been the owner of a LiteOn 2001, a Philips (DVP?)642, and
currently a Buffalo LinkTheater, I can state unequivocally that one
gets what one pays for;-) While I'm whelmed at the BLT's video
presentation, it is only tasked with playing my own encodings - so I
can't address its performance with whimsical encodings.
I might add that, having acquired the BLT (hold the mayo), I am now
underwhelmed with the other players.
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