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Old 08-29-2004, 09:32 PM   #1
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Default Videos on DVDs?

I was wondering if you can burn video clips (like avi, mpeg, etc.) on dvds and watch them on a dvd player. I have a lot of videos I don't have time to watch, and it would be easier to have them available when I am off the computer too.
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Old 08-29-2004, 11:39 PM   #2
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Yea, but not all "DVD player" support that. You can probably get the new Philips DivX-enabled dvd player, it plays DivX/XviD as well as mpg's on data cdr/dvdr.
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Old 08-30-2004, 02:18 AM   #3
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are those philips firmware upgradable?

it will suck if new versions of divx comes out and wont play those files
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Old 08-30-2004, 02:23 AM   #4
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OR I think u can convert mpg, mpg2 into VOB files...then put it in DVD, then u can watch it without getting a new player
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Old 08-30-2004, 03:15 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe
OR I think u can convert mpg, mpg2 into VOB files...then put it in DVD, then u can watch it without getting a new player
show me how and i will be a very happy man
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Old 08-30-2004, 02:03 PM   #6
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^ There you go
http://www.dvd-guides.com/guides.php...&name=dvdsanta
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Old 08-30-2004, 02:09 PM   #7
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Since a lot of you guys know abotu divx and codecs, I have been having a problem. After I dl a movie the sound is very very very low. I have all the right codecs ( Used G SPot), however I have to put my speaker volume at the highest , just to hear it . What's wrong with it!??
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Old 08-30-2004, 06:57 PM   #8
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Actually that happens to me too, but the sound effects are perfectly good if the speakers are turned up to the max rite?
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Old 08-31-2004, 01:07 AM   #9
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That's cause the audio on DVDs (ac3 or dts) is not as compressed dynamically as audio on VHS or TV. So you hear both the very quiet and very loud sound. By compressing the dynamic, everything would sound about the same in terms of loudness.
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^Ahhh... ops:
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Old 08-31-2004, 12:46 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by AlienDB7
That's cause the audio on DVDs (ac3 or dts) is not as compressed dynamically as audio on VHS or TV. So you hear both the very quiet and very loud sound. By compressing the dynamic, everything would sound about the same in terms of loudness.
i turn the ac3 filter off personaly for best results.

as for DVD DivX players, they have firmware updats, u download a cd image off the website, load it into you're DVD player and it automaticley copys over the new firmware.
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