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Posted by Mike S. on 04/11/06 13:49
In article <__C_f.2042$aN5.266@fe10.lga>, Glassman <jksinrod@aol.com> 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?
AVI is a "wrapper" for a number of different MPEG4 video encodings. DiVX
is licensed and proprietary while XVID is open-source and free. Support
for these in standalone players will vary according to what issues are
most important: cost (better to support XVID which is free) or
compatiblity (XVID support not guaranteed as it is changeable).
> Is it possible that there will ever be a firmware upgrade that will
>enable my liteon 5005 to play all?
Doubtful. The LVW-5005 is an aging model which has already been superceded
by newer hardware. To add that feature to older hardware is usually not
worth the effort.
> Last question.... can someone recommend an inexpensive stand alone DVD
>recorder that will play all? Thanks!
There is no such animal. There are playback issues with all of them,
especially since, unlike a PC, new or bugfixed codecs cannot simply be
downloaded and installed when there is a problem. Even DiVX-certified
players have compatiblity requirements with regard to encoding. The
inexpensive standalone with the widest support for different formats is
the $60 Philips DVP-642.
The Ilo DVR5005MU1/Cyberhome DVDR1600MU1/TruTech TT1620MU1 recorders (all
manufactured by the Cyberhome factory in China) will play XViD and MPEG
files. This is an un-advertised capability, and they are rumored to be
removing DiVX playback in existing models due to licensing issues, and
the fact that they have introduced a real DiVX model in Europe, the
DVDR1600D.
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