new DivX player's

Every DivX player I have tried so far plays xvid just fine (but skip the GMC and Qpel settings). I got myself a Philips Dvp5166K/98 in about june, and it even has a usb port, which was about R450 BUT.....

If you have a 1ghz class machine lying around unused, use that to build your next player. I took an old machine, installed XP and Mediaportal, and now I can watch just about any format I want to. You can even load Mythbuntu and create a Linux based media player. Since I have done this, all my movies sit on HDD now, and my originals discs are safely stored. I had to spend about R200 to pick up a nice Remote for the machine.
 
Nuro said:
Every DivX player I have tried so far plays xvid just fine (but skip the GMC and Qpel settings). I got myself a Philips Dvp5166K/98 in about june, and it even has a usb port, which was about R450 BUT.....

If you have a 1ghz class machine lying around unused, use that to build your next player. I took an old machine, installed XP and Mediaportal, and now I can watch just about any format I want to. You can even load Mythbuntu and create a Linux based media player. Since I have done this, all my movies sit on HDD now, and my originals discs are safely stored. I had to spend about R200 to pick up a nice Remote for the machine.
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Got myself a tedelex DVD player, that plays divX... copied a disc with vista recording and tried on player... didnt wrk...

btw that philips is that the DVD player only, with USB port???
Have u tried connecting a USB HDD to it? apparently it'l work, providing the external drive is FAT32...
 
mercurial said:
i think that's why they're called DivX players...
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was told there are some problems with new DivX coded movies on DivX players... apparently newer settings and is regards as bad discs...
 
Freeksta said:
was told there are some problems with new DivX coded movies on DivX players... apparently newer settings and is regards as bad discs...
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oh ok. well i have a samsung model, which allows me to update the firmware as the XviD codec changes.
 
Freeksta said:
Got myself a tedelex DVD player, that plays divX... copied a disc with vista recording and tried on player... didnt wrk...

btw that philips is that the DVD player only, with USB port???
Have u tried connecting a USB HDD to it? apparently it'l work, providing the external drive is FAT32...
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The Philips will play from an external HDD, provided it is Fat32. I have tried NTFS, and it fails. The other problem is that the usb port is a bit slow. Some of my movies are high bitrate because it is meant for archival purposes, and they stutter when playing through usb, but they play fine when burnt to disc. A Couple of Philips players now have usb, and is "Divx Ultra" certified, meaning it has some nifty features. The Philips plays from cd-r,cd-rw,dvd+r,dvd-r,dvd+rw. Flash sticks work very well.

But seriously (on a side note), Xvid and Divx are showing their age now. Try and use some of the modern h.264 codes like x264 (opensource), or Nero's h.264 encoder. The bitrate saving is worth it, and the codec itself is a bit more future proof, as both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray has this codec as part of the standard. Ipod's, PSP, PS3, and Xbox all support the h.264 codec already, as well as all HD-dvd and Blu-Ray players.
 
Nuro said:
But seriously (on a side note), Xvid and Divx are showing their age now. Try and use some of the modern h.264 codes like x264 (opensource), or Nero's h.264 encoder. The bitrate saving is worth it, and the codec itself is a bit more future proof, as both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray has this codec as part of the standard. Ipod's, PSP, PS3, and Xbox all support the h.264 codec already, as well as all HD-dvd and Blu-Ray players.
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Although h.264/x.264 are "later" codecs, they are nowhere near as compatible as DivX/Xvid. So even if you create a h.264 file, there is no guarantee that your player will decode it. Try playing back Quicktime encoded h.264 on your xbox or PS3 for instance... if you can get it to play (no guarantee) it often stutters and tears.
 
arf9999 said:
Although h.264/x.264 are "later" codecs, they are nowhere near as compatible as DivX/Xvid. So even if you create a h.264 file, there is no guarantee that your player will decode it. Try playing back Quicktime encoded h.264 on your xbox or PS3 for instance... if you can get it to play (no guarantee) it often stutters and tears.
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I agree. Apple overall as been very poor with their h.264 implementations. Quiktime, apple tv, and the ipod support only h.264 main profile. Movies encoded with standard h.264 encoders, often don't play in quicktime. I have never encoded with quicktime, so I can't say much about that side. But then again, that is why I built my HTPC :)

The PS3 and the Xbox 360 is OK though. They both support High Profile level 4.1, which is pretty good. The tvix and liksys players are also good, both with High Profile level 4.1. Tvix's latest firmware even support my favorite container, MKV.

I suppose if you are going to share an encode with avarage joe, xvid is fine. But for me who wants to back up his dvd's, h.264 is pretty cool. Oh, that reminds me, Divx players normally only support avi, and if you are very lucky, mp4 containers
 
this is why i built an HTPC ready PC from old parts and installed MythTV on it. Now I can play an format as long as the codecs are available. Which they are.
 
Hectic TVIX supports mkv. MKV is by far the best quality format IMO. But do they sell TVIX products in South Africa?
 
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