Will Divx Play On DVD Player?

Will a CD with a Divx or Xvid file play on a DVD player? Will all new DVD
players include these formats? And, do most DVD players in Europe now play
these?

Thank-you

DVD

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:21:38 GMT, "DVD" <> wrote:

>Will a CD with a Divx or Xvid file play on a DVD player? Will all new DVD
>players include these formats? And, do most DVD players in Europe now play
>these?
>
>Thank-you
>

If you look up the players at their mfg websites, they should tell you
what formats they will play. Most will not play Divx or MPEG-4 files.
You can simply use a program like NERO to convert the divx (avi) files
to VOB files and the program will then burn them to a blank DVD.
-Rich

Rich

"DVD" <> wrote in message news:CLtcf.6470$SV1.2983@trndny01...
> Will a CD with a Divx or Xvid file play on a DVD player?

Not on most,. only the divx capable players, and that list is short but it
is growing.

Will all new DVD
> players include these formats? NO


And, do most DVD players in Europe now play
> these?

Some, not most...look at www.divx.com under hardware to see alist of
divx/xvid capable players
>

Biz

Unless it specifically says on the specifications that it plays DivX then it
won't.
I have a Yamada DVX6600 which does.
Thing I have noticed is that Curry's, Argos, Woolworths etc. don't sell DivX
players, I don't know why.
I got mine from:
www.aria.co.uk
but also look at:
www.scan.co.uk

--
Kenny Cargill

"Biz" <> wrote in message
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>
> "DVD" <> wrote in message news:CLtcf.6470$SV1.2983@trndny01...
>> Will a CD with a Divx or Xvid file play on a DVD player?
>
> Not on most,. only the divx capable players, and that list is short but it
> is growing.
>
> Will all new DVD
>> players include these formats? NO
>
>
> And, do most DVD players in Europe now play
>> these?
>
> Some, not most...look at www.divx.com under hardware to see alist of
> divx/xvid capable players
>>
>
>

Kenny

"Biz" <> wrote in message
news:mTucf.4858$ ...
>
> "DVD" <> wrote in message news:CLtcf.6470$SV1.2983@trndny01...
>> Will a CD with a Divx or Xvid file play on a DVD player?
>
> Not on most,. only the divx capable players, and that list is short but it
> is growing.

Check out the Philips DVP-642 player. (Target carries it; I think it's only
$69). It's arguably the most popular of the divx-capable DVD players. I
have two: one in the livingroom, other in the bedroom, and love 'em. Can
throw anything at them: +R, -R, +RW, duel layer, etc. and they'll read it.
Plays 95% of divx and xvid files just fine. The other 5% I blame on poor
encoding of the file. My only complaint is I hate the remote control. And
when playing a regular DVD, I can't figure out how to get the player to tell
me how much time is left in the move. (The manual explains it, but poorly,
and their directions don't work for me.) - minor complaints.

Nonymous