Philips BDP2700 - Which HD formats does it read?

[X__Alien]

It has really been a trial and error to find out this. I tried many HD movies (mp4, mkv, etc), with many encoding types, and sometimes doesn't play sound, others the picture, and sometimes neither audio or image.

I figured by now most of the times, the problem is with AAC audio. It only recognizes AC3. But the image encoding it's always a mistery. I never know. I think x264 encoding works most of the times, but there are exceptions.

[DB83]

Isn't there such a thing as a user manual ?

[X__Alien]

Yes, but it doesn't mention any encoding conditions, bitrates or whatever. Just says it reads mkv, mp4 and avi.

[hech54]

In the quick reading I've done on it....it only reads MPEG2 and Divx/Xvid.

As far as other features go, Philips BDP2700/12 Blu-ray player is quite standard. The file formats supported are MP3, WMA, WAV for audio, MPEG 2, DivX Ultra and XviD for video and JPEG for pictures.

http://tech2.in.com/reviews/bluray-players/philips-bdp270012-just-another-bluray-player/186632

[X__Alien]

This is the file description of a movie i played and it worked fine (sound and picture)

ViDEO CODEC....- x264
ViDEO BiTRATE..- 2124 kbps
RESOLUTiON.....- 1280 x 536
FRAMERATE......- 23.976
SETTiNGS.......- MP4 PSP
AUDiO CODEC....- AC3 6 chnls
AUDiO BiTRATE..- 384 kbps
FiLE SiZE......- 2.27 GB
ENCODER........- 26K

[DB83]

Well methinks that no player would go in to the specific detail of encoding as to the general user that would be akin to water off a duck's back.

The clue is in the words 'blu-ray'. If the video meets the formats of that then it really should play. If it does not then it really should not be called a blu-ray player.

[hech54]

This is the file description of a movie i played and it worked fine (sound and picture)

Not according to what I've read.

[X__Alien]

But it's true. This is from Dark Knight Rises, and also works fine:

Video


Video Format......: AVC
Video Codec.......: x264 core 125 r2200 999b753
Bitrate...........: 2 750 Kbps
Frame Rate........: 23.976 fps
Width.............: 1 280 pixels
Height............: 720 pixels
aspect ratio......: 16:9



Audio


Format..........: AC-3
Bitrate.........: 448 Kbps
Channels........: 6 channels
Sampling Rate...: 48.0 KHz
Language........: English

[DB83]

Wel, the first example you posted is NOT HD in the accepted sense of the word. The second example is.

[hech54]

But it's true. This is from Dark Knight Rises, and also works fine:

Then just encode what you want with the same software/setting that you encoded your Dark Knight Rises disc from.

[X__Alien]

I didn't encode the movie. At least in my country there are LEGAL websites where we can pay and download movies. That's where i got them.

[hech54]

I didn't encode the movie. At least in my country there are LEGAL websites where we can pay and download movies. That's where i got them.

Of course you did. We ALL believe you.

Language........: English

[X__Alien]

Movies here are subtitled. Of course audio is in english!

[DB83]

I didn't encode the movie. At least in my country there are LEGAL websites where we can pay and download movies. That's where i got them.

Wow. Christmas just came early. Ding Dong. I hear bells ringing.