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MPEGS - DIVX - AVIs

  • 01-08-2006 10:20am
    #1
    berengar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 289 ✭✭


    Hi

    I have a batch of MPEGS that dont play well on my DVD player ,
    I assumed they were just encoded badly but they play fine on VLC player
    on my laptop.

    My DVD player is a good panasonic and usually plays all AVIs, MPEGS, DivX etc..
    perfect but this batch of Sopranos not so good.

    do software players have better MPEG/AVI decoding then DVD players ??

    Or is it just VLC is really good at decoding cos in the past its played mpegs
    that wont play (or will with ****ty quality) on other apps such as Media player
    or the playa ??


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  • #2
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Well it is a likely case of both being the problem.

    The player has support for MPEG-4 ASP (XviD, DivX etc) but this support is strictly defined and may not encompass the entirety of the MPEG-4 ASP specification.

    The files you have obviously fall out side the scope of your players MEPG-4 ASP decoding capability in some manner and so you get playback problems.

    Firmware updates to players can sometimes improve the compatibility of these players and of course a computer software based player is always a lot more capable.

    (Of course the files themselves may not be adhering to the specification in which case they are to blame, best thing to do is re-encode the files if you want to play them on your DVD player)


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