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Advice needed please on Xvid format
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we bought a Panasonic S500 DvD player some while back and now we want to use it to play files, everything comes up as "unsupported format" whether it's on a DvD-r or via the USB stick which has the files on.I had some .mp4 files and some .avi files and burned them to the DvD-r which was when the problems of no playback began. We phoned Panasonic who seemed a bit vague and were going on about converting to a .xvid extension, well as far as I know this isn't a file extension, it's something to do with being a Codec and part of the mp4 or avi make-up? Anyway that's brought me here to ask if anyone knows what to do next and how to get this playback started - I just put the flash drive in and all the files are in unsupported format. I have tried a few of the free software options in an attempt to convert files into Xvid but a lot of them didn't have the option 'as advertised' and it's left us rather disappointed at the moment. Can anyone help us? |
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Yes, Xvid is a video codec rather than a file type. Don't know a lot about this but pretty sure the video files have to use this codec in order to be playable on your DVD player.
Here's a possible solution using Freemake Video Converter: - When it's up and running, click on the '+ Video' button and add your video of choice. - Click on the 'to AVI' button at the bottom. - The 'preset' box should be set to 'Same as source', click on this and change it to 'TV Quality' (you should see 'XVID, MP3' to the right). - If you wish, change the save location using the 'Save to' box. - Press the 'Convert' button. Copy this converted file to USB or burn it to a DVD a try it on your player. |
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Yes, Xvid is a video codec rather than a file type. Don't know a lot about this but pretty sure the video files have to use this codec in order to be playable on your DVD player.
Here's a possible solution using Freemake Video Converter: - When it's up and running, click on the '+ Video' button and add your video of choice. - Click on the 'to AVI' button at the bottom. - The 'preset' box should be set to 'Same as source', click on this and change it to 'TV Quality' (you should see 'XVID, MP3' to the right). - If you wish, change the save location using the 'Save to' box. - Press the 'Convert' button. Copy this converted file to USB or burn it to a DVD a try it on your player. Alternatively, with these players being so cheap nowadays, I may well decide to try again with a multi-format player, that said, I didn't check the capabilities of this Panasonic before I bought it. |
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we bought a Panasonic S500 DvD player some while back and now we want to use it to play files, everything comes up as "unsupported format" whether it's on a DvD-r or via the USB stick which has the files on.