My DivX DVD Player can't play my avi DivX/xvid video

Baldrick · Administrator Joined: 09 Aug 2000 Location: Sweden

1. Use Gspot to open your avi divx/xvid files that wont work on your DivX DVD Player
2. Then compare the video settings against this list below
3. If it's something on the list you probably must reconvert the avi divx/xvid using for example avi recomp or autogk.

Any of the following Divx encoding options might cause DVD players to have problems.
1) Use of QPel (Quarter Pixel).
2) Use of GMC (Global Motion Compensation).
3) Resolutions greater than 720x576.
4) Files larger than 2 GB in size.
5) Video bit rates higher than 2000 Kbps.
6) If you use AC3, LPCM or DTS audio, the video bit rate may have to be a lot lower than 2000, perhaps as low as 1200 for successful playback.
7) Packed bit stream (MPEG4Modifier can remove this).

All of these problems except #7 require re-encoding the video to remove them. My best guess is that your resolution is greater than 720x576. Almost no DVD players support HD Divx. Region codes are not the cause of your problem.

/Thanks to jman98 for this list.

yoda313 · Regular joe Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Location: sector 001

I'd like to add that apparently the ps3 does handle high def divx. I had converted a short music video from my high def dvr to 1920x1080 divx. I had sync problems but the video played just fine.

Also I've read online that high def wmv plays back on the xbox 360 just fine. I have not tested it personally though.

So if you have a ps3 or xbox 360 those would be your best bet for high def divx/wmv playback.

Now there are special dvd players that I think can handle high def divx. I believe those might be the kiss networked players. And of course you could look into those media players that are beefed up harddrive enclosures.
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fabpozzi · Member Joined: 29 May 2008 Location: Italy

So, to your knowlegde, there are some DVD standalone players that can do HD divx or wmw playback. This would be great! Which are them?

FulciLives · Posted: Jul 09, 2008 08:57

markosjal · Member Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Location: Mexico

Baldrick, fabpozzi

any DIVX logo DID player that is currently certified MUST reproduce DIVX playback up to 720P resolution to pass certification. I read this only days ago on the DIVX web site.

Not all MPEG4 platers will support DIVX , the two are very different.

The issue with some of the formats mentioned
QPEL should noit be an issue with DIV logo devices

AC3 is not available on all units

GMC problems abound and they are more severe when playing back from a CD or DVD, than via USB. I think the data rate increases in high motion scene and many DVD players can not read my CD-Rs fast enough

I bought a Curtis DVD1093 just 2 days ago, and I have played back files with resolutions up to 960x540 . I am currently downloading a true 720P format video to see how that goes.

I am also looking for anyone who may yet have found a solution for connecting a DVD players USB port to a Network. Since no DVD player seems to support a USB to ethernet adapter, it seems only a matter of time before someone makes a smart USB to ethernet that emulates a disk to the DVD, but access a network share in place of a local disk. This is almost like the Eye Fi does for a digital camera on an SD card, but here I want to read , not write files.

jagabo · Member Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: none

markosjal · Member Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Location: Mexico

Jagaboo,

I do not think those are all "current" certifications.

I looked for the page, but I do not find it today. As I recall it related specifically to DVD players.

guns1inger · Member Joined: 01 Apr 2004 Location: Miskatonic U

Standard Divx certification (including Divx Ultra) that does not include HD supports only up to 480/576p, with all the usual caveats regarding GMC, warp points, file sizes etc. Non-Divx certified mpeg-4 ASP players may support other features (or less features) than Divx certified players.
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jman98 · Member Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Location: Freedonia

markosjal's posts are why I wish we would just lock sticky threads.

Look markosjal, I know you are trying to be helpful, but you are NOT being helpful here. guns1inger is quite right. Standard Divx certification does NOT include HD support.

MPEG-4 support is an industry code word that means Divx support. Some manufacturers that don't want to pay for Divx certification use "MPEG-4" instead to mean Divx support because you don't have to pay to say you support "MPEG-4". But it definitely means Divx and it does NOT mean MP4 container support.

The fact is that probably 99 out of 100 DVD players that support Divx can't play HD Divx files. This is why this sticky exists. To post that you found one player that can play HD Divx and demand that we change the sticky is insane. What about everybody else who doesn't have this Curtis player? If you found a player that this sticky doesn't apply to, that's great for you, but the rest of the people who don't have your player still need to see this.

jagabo · Member Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: none

kjmorley · Member Joined: 27 May 2009 Location: Canada

I have two of the DVP5990 players. They have different firmware versions as I purchased one last year and then another last February. The newer one (firmware xx.xx.xx.31) often freezes when playing DivX files from either disc or USB. Other older one (firmware xx.xx.xx.27) plays the same files with no problems.

Here's instructions that will show you how to check your firmware version: Link

Philip's website only seems to have version 31 avaialble. Anyone know where I can DL version 27?

dalb8623 · Member Joined: 07 Sep 2009 Location: United States

I was finally able to play my Xvid avi files on my Samsung 1080P9 by following these 4 steps. Along the way, I will explain
all of the issues I had and how to get around them. I hope this helps you, i know how frusrating it can be to have technology
and not know how to use it properly.

1) insert DVD to rip
2) using FormatFactory:
a. select DVD to Video File
b. make sure only the main title is selected
c. select English from the Audio Stream dropdown
e. click the SetRange button and do the following:
- let the movie play until the first scene begins
- click the Start Time button to set the begin-point
- the end is trickier, you have to use trial and error:
you have to just estimate the end and type in the
time you guess the end to be, then with the movie
paused, click the play button next to the End Time
value. That should take the play time to your value.
Then just click the main play button to check your
guess. Compensate one way or the other by pausing the
movie and editing the end time vaues and repeat the above.
- Click the OK button to return to main window
f. click the Output button set the following:
- select the firt profile (High Quality and size)
- Video Encode is set to (MPEG-4/Xvid)
- Video Size is (720x480 DVD-NTSC)
- Click the OK button to return to main window
g. enter the File title you want
h. click the convert button
i. click the start button
3) now in C:\Users\[UserName]\Documents\FFOutput you will have your avi, however it might not play in the 1080P9
1. when i would try to play the avi file created above from the usb drive, it would just go back
to the main menu without any error message.
2. after i experimented with SetRange, i got it to play but after
an hour or so, the movie would return to the main menu as if it was finished
3. i followed the avi troubleshooting steps, but found
no problematic encoding options when viewed in GSpot or MPEGModifier

4) how i finally fixed it:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1. i happened to notice several weird things that i used to guide me:
a) when using the "Media File Info" viewer in FormatFactory,
i noticed the video length was just over one hour, yet the top section
showed the total length to be 2.5 hours. (this coincided with step 3.2 from above)
b) many of the fields in GSpot appeared to be readonly
c) the window file icon didn't show a preview when viewed at "Large Icons"
d) lastly, the Aspect Ratio viewed in MPEG4Modifier showed a Custome ratio
2. So in MPEG4Modifier, i selected the 16:9 NTSC option under Aspect Ratio and clicked Save
3. A new avi was created that did not exhibit any of the weird things from above and it plays on 1080P9