Is there a home DVD player that plays .AVI Files ???

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leeland

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I have a bunch of .avi videos and I want to burn then to DVD-r...well my DVD player doesn't recognize .AVI files...and it is a pain in the ass to convert the files to MPEG-2 and then to have nero reencode them to be able to play them on the DVD player...(nero takes like 8 hours to do one disc)

any ideas of a better way to do this or of there is a DVD player that reads .AVI files ?


thanks

Leeland
 
rh71

rh71

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i can't wait till those AVI dvd players become mainstream
 
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thomsbrain

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Originally posted by: chibchacan
Originally posted by: rh71
i can't wait till those AVI dvd players become mainstream
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I don't understand why they haven't become mainstream. :confused:
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because only hardcore computer geeks would want one, plus anything you'd want to play on it is probably illegal.
 
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Childs

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Philips 642. I bought 2 last week, they're only $69. Plays almost everything except certain types of DIvx, like qpel and gmc. Plays most Xvid, DIvx3/4/5, MPEG4 files great.
 
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leeland

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Originally posted by: Childs
Philips 642. I bought 2 last week, they're only $69. Plays almost everything except certain types of DIvx, like qpel and gmc. Plays most Xvid, DIvx3/4/5, MPEG4 files great.
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Stupid question:

I am no video person, so how does .avi files come into play there ? is that divx ? or something totally different ? because I got all the friends episodes season 1-9 for the wife and she wants them to be on DVD to watch...so that is my problem if you could clear that up for me I would love it


thanks

leeland
 
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Childs

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Originally posted by: leeland
Originally posted by: Childs
Philips 642. I bought 2 last week, they're only $69. Plays almost everything except certain types of DIvx, like qpel and gmc. Plays most Xvid, DIvx3/4/5, MPEG4 files great.
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Stupid question:

I am no video person, so how does .avi files come into play there ? is that divx ? or something totally different ? because I got all the friends episodes season 1-9 for the wife and she wants them to be on DVD to watch...so that is my problem if you could clear that up for me I would love it


thanks

leeland
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Because AVI is nothing but a container for type of video file, like Xvid, Divx, etc. For example, a Friends episode maybe named something like Friends_-_Season_02_-_Ep_05.avi. The video was encoded with Divx 5. Just think of .avi as the file extension, nothing more. Whats more important is what was used to encode the video, because you need a way to play it. Just like on Windows, you need a certain codec to view your .avi file, depending on what was used to encode it. The Phillips 642 knows how to play most of the .avi files, not to mention as a DVD player its top notch.
 
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knivox

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Originally posted by: Childs
Philips 642. I bought 2 last week, they're only $69. Plays almost everything except certain types of DIvx, like qpel and gmc. Plays most Xvid, DIvx3/4/5, MPEG4 files great.
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It's $69 at Target, by the way. I just got one, and it's played everything I've thrown at it.
 
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I want the gateway connected DVD player, it seems to play everything and hooks right up to your network so you don't have to burn it or anything. For me, this would be the easier option.
 
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MustISO

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Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
Originally posted by: MustISO
This thing looks pretty cool as well:

http://www.leadman.com/playattv/index.htm

You hook it up to your network and then you can play audio/video/pictures from your PC on your TV.
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a bit expensive though at $200
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True but the fact that it uses your PC means that you never have to worry about codec issues as long as the PC is updated. Products like these will probably fall in price and become very common in the future.
 
rh71

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Originally posted by: MustISO
Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
Originally posted by: MustISO
This thing looks pretty cool as well:

http://www.leadman.com/playattv/index.htm

You hook it up to your network and then you can play audio/video/pictures from your PC on your TV.
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a bit expensive though at $200
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True but the fact that it uses your PC means that you never have to worry about codec issues as long as the PC is updated. Products like these will probably fall in price and become very common in the future.
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Definite advantage since it'll be forever compatible as long as your PC is up to date. I'm sure there will be future versions of DIVX that the current players won't handle... or even other better compressed codecs.

I can't wait till this becomes more mainstream (read: cheap) ;)
 
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