Can DVD players read mpeg4 movies?

[digiTal_JeZus]

Hello,

I have a collection of movies that i recorded in mpeg 2 and compressed to mpeg4 using the XVID codec a while back so i could put them onto CD-Rs, I have just ordered up a Aopen DVD+R/RW recorder and am wondering if the mpeg4 movies i have will be able to be burned to DVD-Rs and played on a DVD player? thanks ahead of time

[Arky]

As far as I know, only the KISS player can playback Div-X movies, and even then it cannot playback certain variations of Div-x, such as 3.11 alpha (I'm not sure about X-ViD). For the player you have just purchased, you would have to convert the Div-X files back to MPEG1 or MPEG2, in which case you would probably get generational encoding losses far too severe to make it a worthwhile procedure

e.g.: http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=123890


Arky ;o)