Philips DVP5990/37 Issue with Xvid AVI's, Any help appreciated

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Hey guys.
Hope I am posting this in the right section, if not mods kindly move it.
I just recently purchased Philips DVP 5990/37
My issue is most AVI files I download when burned as data to dvd after a minute of LOAD just says NO DISC and if I try to play from memory card it just says MEDIA EMPTY, it does'nt prompt an error or codec issue, just says NO DISC or MEDIA EMPTY

I have googled for info on solving this issue or even finding cause of it but cant seem to pinpoint it.

Finally I compared 2 similar files One that works and one that does not and analysed it through mediainfo and the results are surprisingly similar, both are xvid and mp3 audio.

I am attaching both files media info output if someone could please pinpoint the cause and possibly a fix for this I would greatly appreciate it.


THIS IS THE FILE THAT WORKS PERFECTLY
General
Complete name : S:\DATAT\That.70s.Show.S07E01.DVDRip.XviD-SiNK.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 174 MiB
Duration : 22mn 0s
Overall bit rate : 1 108 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2540/release

Video
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Streaming Video@L1
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 22mn 0s
Bit rate : 962 Kbps
Width : 576 pixels
Height : 432 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.161
Stream size : 151 MiB (87%)
Writing library : XviD 1.1.2 (UTC 2006-11-01)

Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 22mn 0s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 133 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 21.0 MiB (12%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 156 ms
Writing library : LAME3.90.
Encoding settings : ABR



THIS IS ONE OF THE FILE THAT DOES NOT
General
Complete name : S:\DATAT\That_'70s_Show_S04E12_An_Eric_Forman_Chri stmas.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 175 MiB
Duration : 22mn 5s
Overall bit rate : 1 110 Kbps
Writing application : Nandub v1.0rc2
Writing library : Nandub build 1853/release

Video
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Streaming Video@L1
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 22mn 5s
Bit rate : 966 Kbps
Width : 576 pixels
Height : 432 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.162
Stream size : 153 MiB (87%)
Writing library : XviD 1.1.0 (UTC 2005-11-22)

Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 22mn 5s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video delay : 8ms
Stream size : 20.6 MiB (12%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 512 ms
Thanks

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[Krispy Kritter]

I didn't look at the specs, but from past experience, regardless of the file type, the player should be able to read the disc without any errors. The error you are getting (NO MEDIA) would seem to indicate a media issue. I suspect you are using a brand/type of media that the player doesn't like or having some sort of burning issue.

[jagabo]

My issue is most AVI files I download when burned as data to dvd after a minute of LOAD just says NO DISC

This means the disc was not finalized. Don't use multisession. Burn as a single session and be sure to finalize the disc. Otherwise, I didn't see anything unusual about the file that wouldn't play.

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krispykritter : the working dvd is on same type of media

jagabo - thats possible am going to try that now, however I dont see any other way of trasferring media files to the USB, which also shows as empty media card

[jagabo]

Try an 8.3 format name with only alphanumeric characters like VIDEO.AVI or 4X12.AVI.

[JjMon]

Also maybe try reformatting the USB Drive to FAT/FAT32 format if it isnt.

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Jagabo, I tried that on USB but not working.

You did however solve the dvd issue, finalizing and verifying after burn does the trick now all files are playable

Thanks a lot

jjmon - the usb is fat32 partition

I'll check that part later

[jagabo]

Can the Philips player read any AVI files from the USB device? There is a problem with software that comes installed on some thumb drives. U3 I think it is. If you uninstall the software (reformatting is part of the process, I believe) you should be able to use the thumb drive. This is a problem for all the Philips players with USB.