DVD player can't read large DIVX files

[Alistair George]

Not sure if its the DVD player, or burning programs Infrarecorder or Imgburn, but when I compile a bunch of DIVX videos into one large contiguous file eg about 3Gb I can play same file off DVD on PC player, but my DVD player fails.
Infrarecorder recording on DVD player shows filelist and can start playing for 2-3 seconds before reverting back to menu, whereas Imgburn wont play or even show files on DVD player.
Any ideas? Thanks. Al.

[Soopafresh]

A lot of Divx DVD players can only handle individual file sizes of up to 2GB in size.

[guns1inger]

One of my players will happily load and play the file - until it hits the 2GB mark. Then it stops. The other (a DVDR) and the PS3 both play them without issue.

In short, it varies from machine to machine, but the safest bet is to keep them below 2GB

[jman98]

whereas Imgburn wont play or even show files on DVD player.
Any ideas? Thanks. Al.

Since ImgBurn is a burning program only, it can't play anything. I have no idea what you are trying to do here.

You have surely run into the infamous "2 GB" limit discussed in the other messages and it has nothing to do with your burning software.

[Alistair George]

OK tks guys. Does this 2gb limit behave as I described above in that the player will attempt to play the file then bum out? Seems to be an odd scenario that it cant do more, but I do recall that zip files originally were limited in size too.
However, I just checked and the other file is a compilation of Battlestar Gallactica, and its only 1.2Gb so that does not apply.
Any other ideas? Perhaps I will try a 3rd burning program Nero. I had tried burning both with lowest burn speed.
Al.

[tomlee59]

To isolate the problem, first determine whether the file itself is flawed. Mount your image instead of burning a disc from it, and then attempt to play it on your computer. If that's ok, then at least things are likely fine up to there. If not, then you know that it has nothing to do with your media/burner/standalone player.

Just design a set of experiments to narrow down the suspects. Find what's broken, then fix that.

[Alistair George]

To isolate the problem, first determine whether the file itself is flawed. Mount your image instead of burning a disc from it, and then attempt to play it on your computer. If that's ok, then at least things are likely fine up to there. If not, then you know that it has nothing to do with your media/burner/standalone player.

Just design a set of experiments to narrow down the suspects. Find what's broken, then fix that.

Please read the OP 'I can play same file off DVD on PC player'

[citanool]

A possible solution is to change to a different format version of AVI without re-encoding. See these threads about using either mpeg4modifier or vdub[?mod?]:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1060050#post1060050
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1005791#post1005791

[Alistair George]

I re-encoded the smaller file of the two 1G2 using CBR rather than VBR and that seems to have sorted it. Very odd though before it kicks out with the original file on the DVD player, the audio is fine.

another problem I am experiencing is that I cannot do a SEARCH or GOTO even though there are keyframes - Ill do some searching on this site to see will keep you informed as to results thanks. Alistair

[tomlee59]

To isolate the problem, first determine whether the file itself is flawed. Mount your image instead of burning a disc from it, and then attempt to play it on your computer. If that's ok, then at least things are likely fine up to there. If not, then you know that it has nothing to do with your media/burner/standalone player.

Just design a set of experiments to narrow down the suspects. Find what's broken, then fix that.

Please read the OP 'I can play same file off DVD on PC player'

Sorry for not being clearer. It's important to attempt to play the actual image used to burn the problematic disc. Sometimes the original source file itself will seem to play ok, but the process of producing the image can highlight a problem not found earlier. But it seems that you are saying that you can play the burned DVD itself on the PC successfully, so as Gilda Radner/Emily Latella used to say on SNL, "never mind."

As to your search/goto difficulties, there may be timecode breaks (very common after joining separate files) that are confusing the player. There are various utilities for repairing the timing metadata. That might take care of that problem.

[Alistair George]

To isolate the problem, first determine whether the file itself is flawed. Mount your image instead of burning a disc from it, and then attempt to play it on your computer. If that's ok, then at least things are likely fine up to there. If not, then you know that it has nothing to do with your media/burner/standalone player.

Just design a set of experiments to narrow down the suspects. Find what's broken, then fix that.

Please read the OP 'I can play same file off DVD on PC player'

Sorry for not being clearer. It's important to attempt to play the actual image used to burn the problematic disc. Sometimes the original source file itself will seem to play ok, but the process of producing the image can highlight a problem not found earlier.

As to your search/goto difficulties, there may be timecode breaks that are confusing the player. There are various utilities for repairing the timing metadata. That might take care of that problem.

Hmm tend to disagree; if the source file is the DVD made from an image and the DVD plays OK on the PC media player, then surely the DVD is a replication of the Image, or are you saying that the image may not play, but the DVD can play - most unusual scenario I would have thought.

Re the timing tks, I'll keep pursuing it and advise here.

[citanool]

How did you join these together? Did you use append in vdub or avidemux?

[Alistair George]

How did you join these together? Did you use append in vdub or avidemux?

Started using vdub but then there was a frame difference between files so used avi-mux instead.
As reported the smaller of the two is now working since processing the audio stream to CBR. However, the frames or ability to search for a position is giving problems now and I have tried 'Digital Video repair' without any luck.

[citanool]

might give DivFix++ a go

[Alistair George]

might give DivFix++ a go

That cant read the file which is >3Gb