How to make a [b].avi [/b]dvd/cd

[Puneet]

I am thinking of buying a Philips DVP642 player so that I can make AVI dvds/cds and watch them on the player rather than storing on my PC.

To make such discs, do you have to burn using special header info, or just make a data disc with the .AVI file on it.

[Capmaster]

I am thinking of buying a Philips DVP642 player so that I can make AVI dvds/cds and watch them on the player rather than storing on my PC.

To make such discs, do you have to burn using special header info, or just make a data disc with the .AVI file on it.

I believe you must convert to Divx, VCD, SVCD or DVD before playing it on that unit:

[ybeard]

If you already have the video in AVI format, you only have to make a data dvd. You're correct. I have the same player and have done exactly that. Once you burn the data disk, upon insertion into the player the menu comes up. Select the AVI you want to watch and sit back and enjoy. At least the way I have my player set up, once the first video finishes the next one starts up on its own.

[lordsmurf]

AVI is not a format. AVI is wrapper that stores formats.

[stackner]

If you already have the video in AVI format, you only have to make a data dvd. You're correct. I have the same player and have done exactly that. Once you burn the data disk, upon insertion into the player the menu comes up. Select the AVI you want to watch and sit back and enjoy. At least the way I have my player set up, once the first video finishes the next one starts up on its own.

i dont have this player but if it is a divx enabled player like my digitrex gx4000 then you just burn a divx/xvid to a cd dvd as a normal data disc and insert it into the player.

[offline]

If using Nero, copy as a DVD ROM ISO for maximum
space. I have the Zensonic & can play multiple AVI movies
on a DVD disc just fine.

[Puneet]

Is it then possible to make custom menus for such .AVI cds/dvds and/or insert chapter entrypoints?

[offline]

Nope - not and be able to run on a current standalone. You will see
a filelist on screen and use the player remote to choose a vid.
Not all AVI (DivX) players support reading files from
a DVD-R or DVD+R so check 1st.

[gll99]

Depending on the state of the menu button also called "DISC" the player either displays a basic menu or plays the first selection automatically without showing a menu.
You could create a 1 or 2 minute (more or less) avi as a first play which would display a kind of menu page with a number and each movie title beside it.
When the first play starts you then press the number on the remote which corresponds to the tiltle chosen from your menu then press the play button. Kind of basic but it works. I didn't really make a test menu but just tested this with a multi avi dvd disc. You should be able to embellish this menu with specialized sweeping intros and background music after all it's only a time limited avi or mpg. Choosing nothing would just default to the next play.

[Capmaster]

If you already have the video in AVI format, you only have to make a data dvd. You're correct. I have the same player and have done exactly that. Once you burn the data disk, upon insertion into the player the menu comes up. Select the AVI you want to watch and sit back and enjoy. At least the way I have my player set up, once the first video finishes the next one starts up on its own.

Funny, the review in the players section mentions Divx but not straight playing AVI from a DVD-ROM. Oh well, there's nothing like advice from someone else with the same unit

[gll99]

Capmaster

Funny, the review in the players section mentions Divx but not straight playing AVI from a DVD-ROM. Oh well, there's nothing like advice from someone else with the same unit

Of course you are right. The divx 3.1.1, 4x and 5x ,xvid and mpeg4 which includes ms mpeg4 among others are stored in an avi container.

We tend to generalize and use the term avi but that is technically incorrect since avi especially older ones or very new h264 are often stored as avi but are made with codecs not supported by this player. The book also says that divx and iso standard mpeg4 are supported on cdr, cdrw and commercial cdrom ( but fails to mention dvd-+R/RW and yet they work fine on these media.

[Capmaster]

I always wondered why we haven't seen more players that'll play MPEG right off of a DVD-ROM, sparing us the step of authoring, and making later editing easier. After all, VOB files are MPEG files.

But then, we wouldn't have menus, chapters, etc. But it would still be nice to have the option, and it couldn't be very difficult to build into the player firmware.

[gll99]

@Capmaster
As you no doubt have read, the dvp-642 plays mpeg1, mpeg2 and vob with ac3 but like you said no chapters etc...

[Capmaster]

@Capmaster
As you no doubt have read, the dvp-642 plays mpeg1, mpeg2 and vob with ac3 but like you said no chapters etc...

I read that. But my question was why more players don't do that. I mean, most will read MP3, VCD, SVCD and even JPEG on some models. There's gotta be an easy way to add raw MPEG to the mix. But then again, maybe most users wouldn't use it, and what the "mainstream" wants via market research is usually what drives feature sets :P