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It's disgustingly hot in here. I'm going to have to turn on the air conditioner, aren't I? Damn. I was putting that off as long as possible, because whenever I run the A/C, the electric bill becomes painful to look at. But unfortunately my apartment is on the top floor and all the heat in the building gathers here. :(

Anyway, so I bought this DVD player, which says "This player is compatible with everything: DVD / DVD-R / DVD+R / VCD / SVCD / CD / CD-R / MP3 / jpg kodak cd / .mpg / .mpeg, / .vob files / Mini DVD."

So, I put in some of the Buffy stuff I've burned to CD, and most of it works, but AVI and WMV files don't. I would have assumed that those formats are included under "everything," but apparently that's just hype? Anyone know if it's possible to get them to play, or convert them, or something? I'm pretty clueless about this, but any help would be appreciated. I'd like to be able to watch those files on the DVD player too.

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I don't really know, but the only thing I've tried to watch (and they were fine) were the VCDs I burned. Which means I converted any AVI or WMM into MPEG and then burned it. Really, that's all I know. Seriously. That's it.
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Thanks. :) Glad to know it's possible.

You probably need to convert them. Here's a handy guide. :)

Ooh, thank you. I will do that. :)

Yeah, as Elz said, you will need to convert them. It's relatively easy to do, and there are several programs available. Only problem is that the end quality varies, and some of the smaller encodes don't look real good on a big television.

For what it's worth, I've never seen a DVD player that would play .avi or .wmv files. Granted, I am in Australia where we don't even have Ti-Vos, and where a DVD that could play .mpgs would be a month or so's salary, but I'm pretty sure that .wmv and .avi are computer-only formats. So I don't think you've been ripped off too bad.

Ah, okay. I just wasn't sure if it was possible.

I'm happy with the DVD player. It even plays JPGs and MP3s. I wasn't planning to get one, but it was online, and it was on SALE (most importantly), so I figured, why not? :)

actually the easiest thing to do for .avi & .wmv is run a cable from your laptop to your TV. but converting works too.

Which would probably be a lot easier if I had a laptop. ;)

But thanks; glad to know that it's possible to convert them.

Try Nerdout.com and see if your player is listed, and if so, if there are any upgrades you need to make or anything.

My player will play SVCD (takes avi files thru nero without any problem) but nothing else. So frankly, I'm way jealous. Way jealous.

Thanks; I'll check it out.

I guess I'm lucky to have this player. It was for sale online really cheap.

Looks interesting. There are moments when I want an all-region player, but then I look at what I can't afford in Region 1 that I desperately want and decide I don't need to be looking at Region 2 DVDs.

I've had to convert AVI and WMV files so they're in proper .MPG format before burning to VCD. What I think they meant by "play anything" is all regions, CD-R and DVD-/+R. That's the big thing, because if you can't play home-burned disks, the machine has a limited appeal these days. My Samsung was only $99 at Thanksgiving and while it's Region 1 only, it's big appeal is being able to play home burned discs. When we picked it up at Fry's, we actually tested it with a somewhat off-the wall SVCD of "Darla" because I figured that was the big test. Worked beautifully and drew a big crowd as it played on a large HDTV they had the player hooked to.

Yes, we ran it forward to the Fanged Four walking through the streets of Peking. Such fun.

OK, good! Elz posted what to do :) if you need further help, feel free to drop me a line anytime. I have tons of links on this stuff.

lisa at sparklies.org

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