Philips 5960 Playing DVD Movies via USB

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

I looked thru all the postings for the Philips DVP5960/37 and I did not see an answer to my question.

I have successfully used a 80GB external 2.5" HD that I formatted it to FAT32 and have played AVI files via the USB just fine. I tried something different the other day ... I loaded up my movies as a DVD Folder ... for example Title: Hidden Sword then all VOBs in VIDEO_TS. I tried playing it thru my USB ... by the way I power my external drive via my laptop ...
Problem is ... these Movies play extremely jerky and SLOW ... both Video & Audio.

Question: Can this even be done ... playing a movie the way I have it via USB without being Jerky & SLOW?

Thanks,
G!

[lacywest]

Might be possible but the results could be slow and extremely jerky

[gonwk]

Hi Lacywest,

You are exactly right. It does play but it is way jerky and slow as heck ... both Audio & Video.

I was wondering why would this be ... or may be someone can point me to an explanation site ...

Just trying to learn more!

G!

[John]

I have the same problem, I figured out that it must be a speed issue, im assuming that the dvd is usb 1.1 which would probably be to slow, i might be wrong. i can play avi's no problems, but no vobs

[TBoneit]

it is the USB1.1 port that is too slow....

The same thing affects Divx/Xvid playing. They play OK form a external drive but you will notice they take longer to load and that the FF is not as smooth as when they are played from a DVD in the DVD drive of the player. It is just a Port thing.

That being said I have played MPGs that are VCD quality and they play OK. Once again 1/8 the bitrate of the DVD files.

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

Thank YOU all.

@TBoneit, your comment has stirred me in a new direction ... Thx!

G!