Divx not playing on my DIVX Panasonic
I tried to convert MPEG4 file to Divx using Divx converter. After the file it's converted I tried to play it on my Panasonic DIVX player and it will no play. What I may doing wrong?
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did you figure out the problem. I have a panasonic to and went through this same issue.
You have to have your audio set at a max of like 128 and it will only video is 720 x 576
Also the converter and burner matters
converter divx's and tmpg's, I believe their are a couple of more, but I dont use them the quality of these two are way better.
burners divx's burner and tmpg's will work. Tmpg actually doesnt burn, it makes an iso and then you burn the iso.
I guess you can use windows, but why take a chance wasting more dvd's MS's junk when the divx burner is so simple.
best thing when starting fresh,completely update all your divx then reinstall the old player with the burner.
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we all know divx is much better and cleaner but for a quick avi fix
panasonic will also play the xvid's much easier, same size restraints.
also use the divx burner.
Heck I have a philips and pansonic player and they both make divx such a pain to play.
I just wasted hours converting a ton of movies to divx plus for the philips and it will not play it,thought it says it will play divx plus.
Does divx plus mean something else to them? funny I use the program authors software and it still doesnt work.
Irks me I didnt buy these players to play xvids.
Philips has not released a DivX Plus HD player (yet), so can you please point out where your player's documentation said it would play DivX Plus? We'll need to look into this... or is it possible your mis-read it?
DivX Plus HD is H.264 video in an MKV container, whereas "DivX" certified players play DivX/AVI files. So, if you made a bunch of DivX Plus HD files with converter, it's doubtful it'll work with a player certified for just DivX... a player that is certified "DivX Plus HD" will play the .mkv files as well as DivX/AVI files, but as I already mentioned, Philips has not released one (to my knowledge).
For a DivX certified player, you should encode to Home Theater in DivX Converter. For a "DivX HD" certified player, you can encode to DivX HD 720 or 1080, depending on what the player's documentation says.
Please post the model number of your player if you can't find the documentation and we'll try to verify which files types it's certified to play.
Are you using USB, CD-R or DVD-R?
What error message do you see on your TV, or do you just see nothing?
It may help to know what kid of Panasonic player you have.
We'll see if we can get you some help...
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Sorry for taking a bit to get back, I got busy and forgot about the post. Not typically for me.
Anyway,
thanks porfitron for the pointer, though I figured out what you basically said through due diligence. I was misunderstanding the HD part. It wasnt the divx plus hd, but it did play either 720 or the 1080. It was over what my panasonic could play.
I bought for a christmas present for kid, so I havent used it in awhile. I cant remember if it plays MKV either, but I was thinking that it said it did. This was why I had gotten annoyed.
I have since learned that there are 2 different formats of MKV also, so I am guessing its the other one that what DivX outputs.I am guessing its the older MKV since DivX's is HD.
I've let my computer area get trashed and am having trouble finding the book, so I cant be sure. The player is Phillips DVR-5990/F7.
edit:I had skimmed past were you asked for the model number. I just happened to post here.lol I was to quick to respond without reading thoroughly. anyway, The player in question is the Phillips.
The one listed below, there's not to much I havent figured out. Though, if you happen to look at it and see something interesting, let me know.
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You know after comparing the 2 player side by side. I thought all players were pretty much the same other than a few features. Clock, etc..
My Panasonic which is DMR-EZ28, other than it being a recorder to, showed me this isnt true. When you buy a more expensive player you get extra features.
For instance. I can put in a video that is 704x480 or 576 and the phillips on default settings and the video looks like its running in a cube. The panasonic on the other hand on default settings will stretch the video to tv size and supposedly upscale it.Though, I'm not sure about the upscale part.
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To answer your question I use dvd-r, sometime dvd+r when I have them, but typically I use -r, cause the dvd recorder's typically do not like +R. Its a habit.
I need to remember to use the usb when testing. Something else I havent gotten used to yet, even though I've had the Panasonic for a about 6 months. Only bad thing, they make you use dvd-ram when using the recorder on it if you want a menu. Otherwise- you label your movie and thats it, you can also record multiple shows till you finalize, but no personal menu.