AVI files with Divx codecs - will they play?

[pooksahib]

Hi. I'm thinking of buying one of these new Media Players with HDD so that I may use my TV to watch stuff currently on my PC. I have a particular model in mind and, from its handbook, here's the list of supported video file types:

■ MPEG1(DAT, MPG)
■ MPEG2(VOB, MPG, TS/M2TS/TP/TRP)
■ MPEG4(AVI, MP4, MKV)
■ VC-1(WMV9)
■ H.264(AVI, MKV, MOV, MP4)
■ RM/RMVB(RM/RMVB)

No mention is made of Divx or Xvid which is worrying me. Attached is a screenshot of the media information of two of my files, one with a .divx extension and one with an .avi extension. Apart from that they have the same Format and the same Codec ID.


I've looked at a number of my AVI files and they all seem to have “MPEG-4 Visual” as the Video Format and either Divx or Xvid as the Codec ID.


Can anyone hazard a guess as to whether this Media Player will struggle with any file which uses Divx or Xvid?


My thanks for any replies.

[freebird73717]

How about you post the particular model of that media player and then maybe people who own that will be able to confirm or deny?

I'm gonna give a guess here but I would assume that it would play divx/xvid. Most media player devices I've seen do.

[jagabo]

MPEG4(AVI...

Usually means Divx or Xvid in an AVI container. That would be MPEG 4 Part 2. As opposed to MPEG 4 part 10 (h.264).

[pooksahib]

Fair point, freebird. It's the Toshiba STOR.E TV+. But it must be fairly new on the market, I've not been able to find any User Reviews thus far.

Sorry to be dense, jagabo - are you saying I should be OK Divx/Xvid-wise or not?

[jagabo]

It's not 100 percent clear. "MPEG4(AVI..." probably means Divx/Xvid in AVI. Especially since they list h.264 separately. But not necessarily. You'll have to find some reveiws to be sure.

Divx and Xvid are implementations of the MPEG 4 Part 2 specification.

h.264 is another name for the MPEG 4 Part 10 specification.

Note that there are only a handful of companies that make the chipsets used in this type of media player. All of them support Divx/Xvid.

[lacywest]

Here is one review I found ... not good

Link >>> http://tbreak.com/tech/2010/04/toshiba-launches-store-tv-multimedia-player/

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  Cybrjym2010 3 days ago
  
  What a piece of CRAP!!! The damn thing stopped allowing me to copy movies over from my computer. Now I can't return it or anything. Oh and BTW, there is NO firmware upgrade available from the Toshiba website. It makes a great paper weight now. I should of known not to buy anything from Toshiba especially after they decided to do away with DVD-HD disks only a month after i had purchased an HD DVD player. That is yet something else that is worthless to me now as far as HD is concerned.
  
  
  
  
  

[lacywest]

Here is a webpage with persons making comments

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/02/toshiba-store-tv-drive-connects-up-to-2tb-of-media-directly-to/

[pooksahib]

Thanks, lacywest, that was a great help. Looks like a machine to avoid. Pity, I liked the look of it AND it was fanless. A comment in that last link you provided took me to the Sumvision Cyclone HD2. At first glance an even better machine but too many reports of it being noisy. The search continues...