DVD-mp3 on Mintek 1710

[cohen]

I just saw this cool Mintek 1710 at Best Buy for $330 (including $50 rebate). It's a portable with a 7" screen. I was thinking it would be great for playing DVD-Rs with mp3 files in the car. I tried a DVD-R with mp3 files on it and it seemed to come close to working. It could actually list the directories and the files (and recognized them as mp3 files), but when it tried to play one of the mp3 files, it totally hung (had to eject the DVD-R).

If it could see the files, could the problem just be the type of mp3 file? My mp3 files had variable bit rate, so perhaps that's the problem. Does that seem likely? If so, maybe I should buy the unit to test out some other mp3 formats.

Anyone have this unit? Any thoughts?

Jon

[leebo]

AFAIK, the circuitry used to play back mp3s in DVD players is designed to read only from CD DISCS.

[cohen]

AFAIK, the circuitry used to play back mp3s in DVD players is designed to read only from CD DISCS.

Not always. Several players are listed on the DVD players compatibility page as playing dvd-mp3, which means they can play mp3 files off a dvd disc (such as dvd-r). It just so happens that the Mintek 1600 is one of the players listed with this capability, so it is not so far-fetched to assume the 1710 might as well. (BTW, I was under the impression that the real problem was getting the player to see the DVD-R disc as a data disc at all rather than dvd-video. The 1710 seems to pass that test by reading the directory and file structure)

Jon

[MOVIEGEEK]

My Mintek 2110 will not play vbr mp3's.