philips dvp630 4CC codec issue

[tikigod19]

Hi,
I have recently burned some mpeg files to a dvd and attempted to play them with my player however i get the message 'codec not supported'. After opening them in GSpot it says under video codec: 4cc H264/x264 Name ITU H.26n STat - codec NOT installed.
They play fine on my pc but is there anyway people know of to upgrade my player perhaps through firmware so that it will play these files. I have never upgraded firmware on this unit but I am unsure of how to find out what firmware I currently have installed.
Many thanks

[jagabo]

There are no set-top player that will play h.264 encoded video. You will have to convert to Xvid/Divx or MPEG2.

I suspect your files aren't really .MPG files. They are probably .AVI files that someone has renamed. See what GSpot says about the container.

[tikigod19]

yeah it was GSpot that gave me that initial information. I will rename them to avi's and then convet them to mpeg2 with mainconcept mpeg encoder, should that do the job?

[jagabo]

You should be able to convert to MPEG2 as long as you have all the required codecs.

[tikigod19]

sorry they are avi files not mpegs. also when I open them in mainconcept it says no video data found... ?