dvd player that plays divx

[necanvega]

I see they have standalone dvd players for cheap that will play divx.....

Question: Do they play divx files on DVD? ... or only on CD's? ...

I'd really like to get a player for the TV that plays AVI's as well as Divx, or Xvid. I see they have those little ones with the screen on them, they play home vids in AVI, butttt, I really want a dvd player to play on the TV.

2 questions there, sorry.
I should keep it to 1 question...
"Which dvd player will play divx on DVD?"
Thanks, any help is much apreciated

[redwudz]

A Divx video is just a data file. Makes no difference whether it's on a CD or a DVD.

The problem with 'AVI' type files is that is just the name for the container, not the filetype within. There is no standardization as there is (Somewhat ) with Divx. Nothing out there will play every version of AVI, even software players need a bunch of codecs to understand variations of AVI.

[yoda313]

Well to point you in the direction of one check out the philips dvp 640 (642??). Its the divx one. I've seen it well under $100 US and it plays divx. I've heard it plays xvid as well though sometimes you may need to apply a header trick or something.

[junkmalle]

Here's another that sounds interesting:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1397043#1397043

Use the DVD Player link to the left and select Divx/Xvid to see a bunch more.

There are a few older players that could only play Divx/Xvid on CD. Most will play on both CD and DVD.

As others have mentioned, it's not the perfect solution. Not all AVI files are Divx/Xvid and there are some Divx/Xvid features that are not supported by many players. And video may be accompanied by audio compressed via codecs that the players can't handle. So no player will play every AVI file you throw at it.