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Advice needed please on Xvid format
Kid B
18-11-2016
One for you experts out there 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?
JurassicMark
20-11-2016
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.
Kid B
21-11-2016
Originally Posted by JurassicMark:
“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.”

JM, thank you. I already have Freemake and had converted some files to AVI but not with the method you state hare so I can try that.

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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