Posted by Bob on 04/11/06 13:13

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:45:46 -0400, "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.

Lite-On has to install the proper codecs in order for you to play
AVIs.

>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 MPEG-4 content. There are several kinds of MPEG-4
content but the two most widely implemented are XviD and DivX.

DivX is proprietary and costs money. XviD is open source and free.
Guess which is more widely used for bit torrents.

I am actually a bit surprised that the cheap player has DivX but
apparently does not have XviD.

My Walmart ILO DVDR05MU1 with Ver 6.10 F/W plays XviD but not DivX.
Since 6.10 is beta F/W for the ILO, I assume the XviD was used because
it is free.

> Is it possible that there will ever be a firmware upgrade that will
>enable my liteon 5005 to play all?

Ask Lite-On.

> Last question.... can someone recommend an inexpensive stand alone DVD
>recorder that will play all? Thanks!

The above-referenced ILO costs $99.


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