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Posted by JimK on 04/11/06 03:30
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:30:50 -0700, "Bill's News"
<BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote:
>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
TY02 DVD-R go for $0.30 each, convert avi's to dvd format
>
>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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