sony dvd palyer will not paly mp4

[forare]

hello all

I just bought a standalone sony divx dvd player which says it can play mpeg4 vids but when i insert my mp4 clips it can not recognize or play any of them ? do i need to convert my clips to mpeg4 ? how to do it ?
thanks

[Ai Haibara]

DVD players that can play DivX and Xvid generally only play videos in AVI or .divx form, and possibly MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. You'll most likely have to re-encode your video into an AVI with a DivX or Xvid video stream, and MP3 audio stream.

Also, it might be a good idea to make sure the .avi/.divx video(s) don't exceed any of the points in this post:
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic357003.html

[Baldrick]

And convert your mp4 to avi using for example winff, super, xvid4psp, avidemux.

[hech54]

but when i insert my mp4 clips

Insert?
Are they on CD or DVD?

[jman98]

forare - I'd have to see the exact claim that Sony makes to know for sure, but I'm guessing that they are claiming to be able to play MPEG-4 video (ie. Divx/Xvid) and NOT that they are claiming to be able to play video in MP4 containers.

[forare]

but when i insert my mp4 clips

Insert?
Are they on CD or DVD?

USB flash drive !!!

[forare]

ok here is an example of my file (downloaded from youtube using keepvid.com)
is it much different from standard mpeg4?


General
Complete name : G:\Wafaa Sultan\34video.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 10.4 MiB
Duration : 4mn 32s
Overall bit rate : 321 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-12 12:37:20
Tagged date : UTC 2008-08-12 12:37:20

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L1.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 4mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 196 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 501 Kbps
Width : 320 pixels
Height : 240 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.102
Stream size : 6.36 MiB (61%)
Title : (C) 2007 Google Inc. v08.13.2007.
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-12 12:37:20
Tagged date : UTC 2008-08-12 12:37:20

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 4mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 123 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 252 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.99 MiB (38%)
Title : (C) 2007 Google Inc. v08.13.2007.
Encoded date : UTC 2008-08-12 12:37:20
Tagged date : UTC 2008-08-12 12:37:20

[jman98]

ok here is an example of my file (downloaded from youtube using keepvid.com)
is it much different from standard mpeg4?

YES!!!

There's no way this is going to play. It uses VC-1 for video. Your player probably doesn't support AAC audio either (few DVD players do).

I stand by my original statement in my previous post. You would do well to pay attention to that.