Playing .avi ? Noob

Originally Posted by tonemgub

With the Philips DVP 642

1. Can I burn an .avi file encoded as divx and have it play in a phillips dvp642 or any other divx dvd player without have to convert it into .vob, mpeg1/2 ?

Don't know - have you checked the Philips website, or a dealer? Is this player listed in the "DVD Players" section to the left? Details may be there.

Originally Posted by tonemgub

2. What's a proper way to burn .avi files to dvd, as storage, and not intended to be used to playback the movie on a dvdplayer ?

Burn as a data DVD.

Originally Posted by tonemgub

With the Philips DVP 642

1. Can I burn an .avi file encoded as divx and have it play in a phillips dvp642 or any other divx dvd player without have to convert it into .vob, mpeg1/2 ?

Yes. Just burn as Data. You probably should be aware though of things like GMC & QPEL, which have been known to cause some issues with certain settop players. Luckily AVI Recomp, or https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=810&howtoselect=4;13#810 or https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=811&howtoselect=4;13#811 should be able to make this a relatively painless procedure.

Originally Posted by tonemgub

2. What's a proper way to burn .avi files to dvd, as storage, and not intended to be used to playback the movie on a dvdplayer ?

Same - burn as Data.

For playback on a PC ? Sure.


There's a couple of ways to go about it - HTML or a "launcher" app in VB are just two of them.

Here's an example that uses HTML:

http://members.dodo.com.au/~jimmalenko/Autorun_With_Menu.zip

I've also written one that uses a front-end designed in VisualBasic.

Both methods use MediaPlayerClassic to play the files.

No settop player supports menus when burnt as data yet AFAIK.

Once DivX6 is fully supported, you can create menus using DivX Converter.