Home Theater/HDTV/et al...

Dapule wrote:Sorry if this has been brought up in sidebar :sweat: , but I wanted to start a thread with a couple questions:

Are DivX DVD Players becoming common place?

Does anyone recommend any models?

Is it even legal to have the format on a stand alone player?

Thanks in advance :sweat: -- because converting DivX2VCD [for example] to watch dramas on larger screens realy takes away from the quality :bleh: that the DivX format provides :mrgreen: .

I heard that Samsung will incorporate that feature onto their DVD players via firmware....read something on Gizmodo. I know a few of the guys on here have the Liteon but not sure if they have firmware updates for that thing.

But the only way I am seeing friends and associates doing it is via their modded XBOX or their computer or they own an RCA Lyra or related portable player.

kndy

Dapule wrote:
Thanks in advance :sweat: -- because converting DivX2VCD [for example] to watch dramas on larger screens realy takes away from the quality :bleh: that the DivX format provides :mrgreen: .

not to mention time! :beaten:

what about something like this

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burger wrote:what about something like this

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holy crap! what is that?

Dapule wrote:Are DivX DVD Players becoming common place?

DivX is being used more among the bootleggers and P2P enthusiests. Debate that all you want...

As much as you people may laugh at the following statement, but it's true... Electronic equipment sold at stores like Circuit City and Wallmart represent the majority of consumers. I've tried finding a DivX player at these stores for over a year now, and I've yet to find a make/model that stays on the shelves for a consistent amount of time. I do "hear" from time to time of a particular make/model at a Wallmart that can play DivX/XviD/MPEG-4, however they either disappear quickly, or they're not even available at the store in your geographical area.

With that in mind, IMHO, DivX is nowhere near from becoming a common thing among major-braind appliances. Most of the non-online people like my mom deal only with DVDs. Even for people with computers, on any given Windows or Macintosh PC, you have to do SOMETHING different to the factory build of the computer in order for it to play DivX/XviD. Even on a Macintosh running Mac OS X and QuickTime 6.x, you still need to install something like VideoLAN for it to play DivX/XviD.

The day I'll accept DivX as being a standard in the appliance industry is when two events occur:

1. I can walk into ANY electronic appliance store at ANY time, and find more than one player that can handle DivX and ISO formats.

2. When Microsoft AND Apple both implement these codecs into their mainstream players (Windows Media Player and QuickTime Player).

Is it even legal to have the format on a stand alone player?

It's legal to have DivX on a stand-alone player.

--- groink

eltinator wrote:

holy crap! what is that?

should be something similar to Pinnacle Showcenter....it allows you to stream video from you pc via lan or wireless to view on tv

i did not realise i posted the wrong h/w since the standalone player was not found on the website.... :banghead: :banghead:

edit: now i know why...."Neuston USA regrets to inform that we will no longer be selling the Maestro DVX-1201 Multi-Format DVD player. This item has been discontinued from the manufacturer."

The Virtuoso MC-500 was created with the user in mind. As a debut product of the Virtuoso series, the MC-500 sets the new platform for media files playback from multiple computers through wireless or wired network. Simply download movies from the internet through a computer, keep them available on your hard disk and the MC-500 will retrieve these files for playback on your television. The MC-500 allows you to enjoy internet movies and digital content on television so you never have to watch them on a computer monitor again.

Supporting multiple formats and digital media, the Virtuoso MC-500 is everything you need to enjoy networked home entertainment in your home or office. The MC-500 is capable of MPEG-4 playback. It can connect wirelessly to your computer, and it even allows you to enjoy internet surfing on a television or home theater setup.

this is the stand alone dvd/divx player but as i said above it has been discontinued

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groink wrote:
Even on a Macintosh running Mac OS X and QuickTime 6.x, you still need to install something like VideoLAN for it to play DivX/XviD.

I've been sending my friend dramas but not in DivX because they have a Mac -- is VideoLAN the name of the program to play DivX/Xvid? Is there a specific version or place online to locate the program? :doh:

Because sometimes in converting dramas from DivX to MPEG using TMPGEnc-2.521.58.169-Free. I get a lagging in the picture and then it speeds up to sync with the audio. It usually happens midway, on and off, within each episode. :sweat:

Dapule wrote:

I've been sending my friend dramas but not in DivX because they have a Mac -- is VideoLAN the name of the program to play DivX/Xvid? Is there a specific version or place online to locate the program? :doh:

Because sometimes in converting dramas from DivX to MPEG using TMPGEnc-2.521.58.169-Free. I get a lagging in the picture and then it speeds up to sync with the audio. It usually happens midway, on and off, within each episode. :sweat:

The VideoLAN project targets multimedia streaming of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX files, DVDs, digital satellite channels, digital terrestial television channels and live videos on a high-bandwidth IPv4 or IPv6 network in unicast or multicast under many OSes. VideoLAN also features a cross-platform multimedia player, VLC, which can be used to read the stream from the network or display video read locally on the computer under all GNU/Linux flavours, all BSD flavours, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, Solaris, QNX, Familiar Linux...



get it here

<img src="http://www.videolan.org/images/cone-soppera10-moyen.png">

I recognize the logo now -- almost forgot about that program. :mrgreen:

what about that awesome divx player that is mass marketed and sold... i hear it can handle divx files, no problem... i swear i saw it in every electronic retail store i go to.. what was it called again?...

...oh yeah X-BOX! manufactured by the evil micro$oft no less....

gregsan wrote:

Is the liteon a PC drive or a standalone player for your television?

BTW (I guess it's my fault - since I started this whole copying/dvd off topic a while back)..is there anyway to have all of this moved to a new thread with a more relevant topic? I feel bad for having hijacked this thread.

My LiteOn 2002 is a standalone DVD player... :)

bmwracer wrote:
My LiteOn 2002 is a standalone DVD player... :)

oh ok...I looked it up. it's a Divx player as well. Besides the lack of support, have you had any problems with it? How's the picture quality?

BTW...in regards to the Philiips player...I encountered a really strange problem. When I play divx (any Mpeg4?) files on my older analog TV...the picture is slightly cropped left to right. It's not very noticeable except for screen captures or for example the JTV Good Luck. I can tell because the JTV logo is slightly cropped. I called tech support regarding this and they didn't really know what to say at first. Wanted me to try multiple discs to make sure it wasn't the disc, etc... (even though the same disc played fine on my PC). Anyways..they finally told me that it's likely due to the fact that my tv is analog. I was scepticle at first with regards to this...but I then tried it out on my new Sony Grand Wega TV...and it WASN'T cropped (using same analog S-video output). Go figure!! I don't know if this is something unique to the player I got, or if it has something to do with the format itself. I haven't really seen any other mention of this online...

I noticed in my phillips dvp642, the cd skips a bit, like the images skip.... Would it be better if I tried a different dvd-r?? Im using Prodisc rite now and I have a Pioneer dvr-106.

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:I noticed in my phillips dvp642, the cd skips a bit, like the images skip.... Would it be better if I tried a different dvd-r?? Im using Prodisc rite now and I have a Pioneer dvr-106.

I'm not very familar with the brands and which ones are better. At what speed did you burn the DVD? I think the faster the speed you burn, the more likely it is you will have problems.

I burned it at 4x and as data cds....

I love my Philips DVP-642. It can even read some corrupted dvdr's fine that my burner couldn't read. o_O I just hope that the next firmware supports subs with long filenames.

mvc wrote:I love my Philips DVP-642. It can even read some corrupted dvdr's fine that my burner couldn't read. o_O I just hope that the next firmware supports subs with long filenames.

what do you mean by that? My player can read files with filenames longer than 8 characters (it won't display them all...but it will read the file).

gregsan wrote:oh ok...I looked it up. it's a Divx player as well. Besides the lack of support, have you had any problems with it? How's the picture quality?

No problems with it so far... Haven't tried the final firmware upgrade, since everything's fine so far... Why flirt with danger?

Picture quality is fine: I use the component video outputs into my 32" WEGA... The remote isn't so great, particularly compared to that of my old sony DVD player...

BTW...in regards to the Philiips player...I encountered a really strange problem. When I play divx (any Mpeg4?) files on my older analog TV...the picture is slightly cropped left to right. It's not very noticeable except for screen captures or for example the JTV Good Luck. I can tell because the JTV logo is slightly cropped. I called tech support regarding this and they didn't really know what to say at first. Wanted me to try multiple discs to make sure it wasn't the disc, etc... (even though the same disc played fine on my PC). Anyways..they finally told me that it's likely due to the fact that my tv is analog. I was scepticle at first with regards to this...but I then tried it out on my new Sony Grand Wega TV...and it WASN'T cropped (using same analog S-video output). Go figure!! I don't know if this is something unique to the player I got, or if it has something to do with the format itself. I haven't really seen any other mention of this online...

Again, check with and/or make an inquiry at videohelp.com... The people there are really helpful... :D

gregsan wrote:

what do you mean by that? My player can read files with filenames longer than 8 characters (it won't display them all...but it will read the file).

Well subs with long filenames don't display correctly. At least on my player. Long filename media files play fine though.

mvc wrote:

Well subs with long filenames don't display correctly. At least on my player. Long filename media files play fine though.

do they not play at all? If they do play, but you have problems...what's the specific problem. I know that they don't accept highly formatted subtitles (you see "{f10a \}" or something like that in place of the subtitles) But other than that I haven't had problems with long filenames. Also, do you have the latest firmware revision? If not...that might be your issue.