WHY CANT DVD PLAYERS PLAY AVI FILES

[wipeout]

COMPUTERS CAN....WHY CANT YOU PUT A LITTLE PROGRAM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AVI FILE SO THE DVD PLAYER WILL WORK?

[Salatious1]

dvd players only play vob files !!! that is what ther set for or mpeg-1 white book format vcd's

[Cooly-O]

dvd players only play vob files !!! that is what ther set for or mpeg-1 white book format vcd's

To say the least: 'cause users want more than mere seconds of video on a CD-R.

[Craig Tucker]

Your assuming that the AVI file is uncompressed, but it could also be a DIVX AVI

Craig

[Nelson37]

DVD players have no conventional OS or processor, so running a program won't work.
However, some DVD players, such as APEX 500, WILL play a raw AVI.

[offline]

Because AVI is just a termwhich is applied to hundreds of completely
different file formats, each with various audio, frame size, bitrate and
other options.

Too many options = too difficult for manufacturers V's cost the consumer
is prepared to pay.