Watching Geti_player Downloads On Tv
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Hi
New to these forums and to geti_player. Using the latter, I can download mp4s from the BBC website to my computer. I'd like to be able to then copy the programmes to a USB stick so I can watch them on TV. Are there any TVs or DVD players that are compatible, allowing me to watch the mp4s. I've tried my current DVD player and it says it the format is 'incompatible'. Any advice welcome.
New to these forums and to geti_player. Using the latter, I can download mp4s from the BBC website to my computer. I'd like to be able to then copy the programmes to a USB stick so I can watch them on TV. Are there any TVs or DVD players that are compatible, allowing me to watch the mp4s. I've tried my current DVD player and it says it the format is 'incompatible'. Any advice welcome.
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They may have some sort of drm protection so you can't export them.
Found this
http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer
I realise some DVD/Blu Ray players can handle mp4s but can they specifically handle BBC ones extracted using get1-player?
Not true
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14
If the OP would follow the advice to post a detailed analysis of the file contents then a more reasoned guess as to compatibility or conversion would be possible.
I'll get me coat.:o
So called video containers can be a nightmare :eek:
The tendency is to think of a video file extension .avi .mp4 etc as being a fixed format. In reality the extension is just a containing format with the actual content being nearly anything that has a codec to support it. Then there's the variation in resolution, bitrate and framerate within the actual video and audio codecs used.
To me it's just an mp4; how do I access this 'tree view analysis'?
Install Medianinfo
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Windows
Use it to open one of your files. Switch to treeview to see every concievable detail of what your file contains. By default you get a simplified analysis.
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