mkv mp4 or hd divx on phillips 3962/37

[MiXed]

Is there any possibility to play one of these formats on this dvd player?
Maybe with a modded firmware?

MiXed

[usually_quiet]

Nothing HD can actually be played using a DVD player. The best they can do is upconvert SD to HD resolution. Look elsewhere for an HD media player.

[dicque]

That only partially answered the question.. What about the MP4 playback??

[bmo]

That only partially answered the question.. What about the MP4 playback??

Actually, usually_quiet completely answered the question. MKV, MP4, and HD divx aren't supported on any DVD player unless explicitly stated. To my knowledge there aren't any DVD players that natively support those HD formats. However, maybe people have had luck playing high resolution avi's.

[Ai Haibara]

My Phillips 5990 supports MP4, but only if it's a DivX/Xvid video stream and MP3 audio stream muxed into an MP4 container. The DVD resolution limit still applies (in other words, you won't be able to play video above, say, 720x576). Supposedly, the 642 can play MP4s like the above, as well, but I haven't felt like burning a disc just to test it on mine. So, in theory, the 3962 should be able to play that kind of MP4 as well, though not any other kind.

No, there's no chance of MKV support, or most other types of MP4 (or at least h.264 decoding), even with different firmware. Most of the decoding is done by dedicated hardware, and the player has to actually have the hardware setup to use those other formats/codecs.