Can dvd players play avi format?

[wearetheborg]

Are there dvd players which are not divx compatible but will play .avi format?

 

[BlueWeasel]

There are no "AVI-only" players that I know of. The forums over at Doom9.org or Videohelp.com could probably give you a little more assitance.

FYI, the Phillips 642 player is a nice Divx/Xvid/AVI player.

 

[Cawchy87]

I have the Phillips and it is quite nice. Beware tho that some movies are pixlated and it requires good compression to get good quality, but it can easily be done.

 

[igowerf]

I just got the 642 yesterday and it's great! I made it permanently region free with just a simple code. We've been watching Region 3 and Region 1 movies on it without problems.

 

[Cawchy87]

That sounds cool, but what does it mean? And what advantages does Reagion free have?

 

[BlueWeasel]

A player that's region free means you can play Japanese and other imports with no problems. Most players are locked into Region 1 (North America) and a region free players mean you can basically play most every DVD out there.

If you're not playing imports or other non-Region 1 DVDs, then there are really no advantages.

 

[Cawchy87]

Oh ok, I am fine then. Thanks for the help!

 

[boran]

Avi is audio video interleave, it's a method of combining audio and video, not a video format, avi can be hundreds of different things.

Anyways, DivX is a video encoder that is more frequently used as an avi video codec these days, and divX compatible DVD players will play a big part of the avi files you have, make sure to test first (using a rewritable disc or somesuch)

 

[rh71]

time to invest in those wireless media players that transmit your PCs screen to your tv.

 

[Nothinman]

Or a mod'd XBox

 

[timswim78]

Divx is a type of MPEG4 compression. That is what you should look for if you want to know if a player is Divx compatible.

 

[Vernor]

These days, 90-95% of the .avis out there are either xvid or divx.

 

[Nothinman]

These days, 90-95% of the .avis out there are either xvid or divx.

Irrelevant, next year someone could come up with a better codec (lord knows MS is sure trying to push WMV as a better MPEG4 offshoot) and a year after that 90% of the AVIs out there could be something different.

 

[Vernor]

Anything might happen in the future.


MS uses its own wrappers, though.

 

[Nothinman]

MS uses its own wrappers, though.

I know, they had to because they wanted to include DRM. But my point was that just because AVIs are mostly divx and xvid these days, that could change at any time and people need to realize that the AVI file format is generic and can contain any codec so there's no such thing as an AVI compatible DVD player.