Philips DVP5990/37 and mp4 video

[rogmath]

I've got a DVP5990/37 with the last firmware from vb6rocod (Jan 2010). The manual says DivX .mp4 video should play, but I'm getting a "video codec not supported" error. Audio plays. The origin of the three files I've tried are from mine or someone else's streaming from TV. Any ideas?

[Ai Haibara]

Why didn't you keep this in the 5990 thread? It would have been okay there, too.

The 5990 will only play .mp4s if they're DivX/Xvid video streams and MP3 audio streams (maybe AAC/AC3) muxed into an .mp4 container, or an .avi renamed to .mp4. In short, it has to fit basically the same criteria as an .avi/.divx file.

Use MediaInfo or GSpot to check the videos' information and see if they fit those criteria.

(Edit: Do you mean MP4 as in the .mp4 container, or MP4 as in MPEG-4 video (DivX/Xvid, in this case) in an AVI container? Either way, posting the results from either MediaInfo or GSpot on one of the 'problem' videos might help.)

[jagabo]

The 5990 will play MPEG 4 Part 2 video (Divx/Xvid) in an MP4 container. It will not play MPEG 4 Part 10 (h.264, AVC) in an MP4 container.