MP3 / JPEG on DVD

[Oli72]

Guys,

any stand-alone players out there that play MP3s or show images from
DVD(+R/+RW) ? They all do it from CDs. How hard can it be to play
them also from a DVD. I would like to put 900+ mp3 and my DigiCam pics onto a DVD instead of using 7 CDs.

If anyone has a player / knows one that does that please post the model.

Thanks,
Oli

[MOVIEGEEK]

AFAIK there isn't any players that support raw mp3 or jpeg on DVD.
I made one(sort of) with TMPGEnc(converting mp3 to mpeg-1) and Sonic MyDVD(menus and burning).I was able to put 140 songs on one DVD-R but you can get more on a cd(depending on bitrate)and a mp3 cd is compatible with my players.Here's a link for DVD-Audio:http://www.digitalaudioguide.com/faq/dvd-audio/faq_intro.htm

[Oli72]

Thanks,

I am in contact with the guys from Cyberhome, they are working on the problem and will post a BIOS upgrade for download when it works.
The player just has to support the DVD-ROM mode. Can't be that hard.
140 MP3 on a DVD-R is a waste, I already am able to put almost 200 on a 700 MB CD-R. I can't believe no one was designing that from the beginning to support those features, it's a logical step. CDs are just too small !!! I wonder when the portables will support that. Can't wait to put my MP3 DVD into my car.

[clayts]

Owners of older Taiwan built Sampo players have had this capability for a while now, although it's all unofficial

It's called the MaxiCD option, enabling owners to put raw .mpgs, .mp3s, .jpgs and .vobs onto a DVD-R and tricking the player to play it back as a CD

Owners can patch this capability into the Sampo DVE631CF firmware theselves. See here

[crahak]

Just me, but HTPC's do all that plus a lot more too...

[billthomas501]

Oh doo doo hole man danggit dudes. I had a great idea too man i wanted make a dvd with mp3 songs on it and have the menu/chapters as the cd album cover so if u wanted to hear a song just hit menue and go to the chapters and just click on the album cover picture. Hmmmm i geuss it cant be done huh or i could make them to a wav format. If anyone has any idea pls give me a holla. Oh yea did i say i wnat it to play on a stand alone dvd like a APEX or something

[MOVIEGEEK]

Just me, but HTPC's do all that plus a lot more too...

Please excuse my ignorance but what is that?

billthomas501,
DVD audio has to be AC3,DTS,MP2 or PCM(all 48khz samplerate).

[billthomas501]

OK i understand that man but how do i get it to record in the correct format since none of my progs like spruce up or ulead dvd movie maker. will do it casue it says it is only audio and not a movie file. so i need to make the correct format....

[MOVIEGEEK]

In TMPGEnc(don't use the wizard)load your MP3 in the audio box and insert a .jpg or .bmp photo(optional)in video,load VCD or DVD template,
select mpeg-1 or 2,reduce video bitrate to 600kbps CBR and audio bitrate
to 384kbps.All these settings may be useless because your authoring software may transcode your audio to PCM and a higher video bitrate in that case you will get less songs on a DVD.

[crahak]

You're not ignorant, it's just me being unclear I think.
HTPC=Home Theater Computer (PC)
It doesn't need to be expensive and fancy nor ugly.

[furball6969]

Oli72:

The Apex 1200 that I have reads Mpeg1 video clips (any resolution that I've tried, including 160x120) and jpeg images from DVD-R. I don't see any reason it won't do mp3. I just started burning a data disc like 10 minutes ago before I read this message, otherwise I would have put an mp3 on it to confirm but I do have another 3 or 4 discs to burn so I will do that and let you know the results - maybe even tonight. I'm pretty sure the 1200 reads +R discs as well as -R.
http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers



BillThomas:

SonicDVDit! PE will take a 720x480 BMP and allow you to link an audio file (48khz, 16, x2) and it will act like the image is a video clip. I did one to test it and with 5 - 1 meg BMP's (plain white with a number on them) and 5 short wav files, encoded the audio to 224Kbit AC3 and the DVD folder was like 2 megs.

[furball6969]

Yes, I am currently listening to Rammstein mp3's burned on a DVD-r, and jpgs work too.

apex ad-1200.

[billthomas501]

Whoa dude cool beans my man cool beans i just got off a hard days work and my wifey is mad at me so i may spend the nite in the cpu room working on this TY for the info my man. Will let u know if it works for me cool dude

[mp3superfreak]

My Norcent DP-300 purchased at Walmart for $58 plays MP3, MPG-1, MPG-2, JPG, etc. on CD-R/RW AND DVD-R/RW. Trust me, this was my sole purpose for buying this unit. How cool to have 4.4GB of MP3's (big 'ol jukebox!) The Norcent DP-300 also has a musical slideshow mode, where you can choose mp3's and jpg's from the disk and it will play them as a slideshow!!! How cool. Are there any $300 DVD players out there that will do this? I don't think so, Tim.

I'm not sure of the availability of this Norcent DP-300 at Walmart, but if I came across another one, I'd pick it up as a spare. Only cost as much as 3 Hollywood DVDs!

[furball6969]

I find it quite ironic as well that the cheapest players will play anything and some of the more expensive ones are turning out to be junk - (my Pioneer 434, my friends Denon 2800 - nothing but problems.