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Aldi DVD player, mp4 problem

  • 17-10-2010 08:34PM
    #1
    johnnyfruitcake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭


    I bought the dvd player in aldi today, I burned some films to a dvd and its not recognizing the .mp4 files,

    is there anyway I can fix this, it says in the manual that it plays MPEG4 so it should work....


Comments

  • #2
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,117 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    There are probably 100s of different MPEG4 file types out there. The manual should detail which ones are supported, I would not expect a DVD player to support all of them.


  • #3
    johnnyfruitcake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭johnnyfruitcake


    But it also has the DivX logo, and the films play on my computer in the DivX player,


  • #4
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,940 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    according to this, mp4 is a misnomer regarding video files. i got a dvd player in lidl years ago and it plays almost all .avi files, so you may need to do some converting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP4_player


  • #5
    johnnyfruitcake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭johnnyfruitcake


    Looks like I will so, recommend any good free converters?

    cheers for the replies


  • #6
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,940 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    i'm using a mac, so can't remember what i had for the pc. does the divx converter work? you should have it from downloading the codec.


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  • #7
    johnnyfruitcake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭johnnyfruitcake


    No DivX wont work, unless I buy it

    so if anyone has a link for a good free MP4 to AVI converter, I tried hamster video converter but its AVI's wont play in the dvd player???


  • #8
    chatterboxes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭chatterboxes


    If you download YouTube Downloader and get the manual, you can convert it to a supported file. Or, you can manually input a codec. Hope it helps!
    Link to download:
    http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/


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