Windows Media Player Compatible

[juxtapoz15]

I just purchased a Panasonic CV-52 DVD player. On the front of the player it says something to the affect of "Windows Media Player Compatible." Does anyone know exactly what this means? I tried random Avis that I have but none work. I'm assuming because they are encoded for Divx 4.12 and 5.0 codecs instead of a standard windows format. I tried looking in the instruction manual for formats supported, but I do not see even a mention of this feature. If anyone has a clue of this feature it would be greatly appreciated. And if anyone knows how to get divx formats to work on this (or how to convert them to a workable format) that would be awesome too!

Thanks

[Thorn]

Also check the website as if it really plays windows media they would probably advertise it.

Windows media almost surely means the wmv junk they use now. You can get the windows media encoder to make a test file to play. There is no chance in hell it will play a divx file if it doesn't say it will do so. Especially if microsoft was involved, they'd rather see only their golden child be playable.

[Thomas Davie]

I know the DVD player of which you speak. I almost bought it (specifically because it would play WMV files). It does not; it plays WMA audio files. The first consumer DVD player out on the market that will play WMV files will be a Pioneer.

Tom

(ps; to each his own. I like the quality and ease of WMV, obviously others don't)