USB DVD player?

[Northy]

Hi all,

Is there a DVD player available that will play .avi, divx etc from a USB stick or memory card?

I've seen divx ones, but not any that state they will play .avi's

Cheers,

G

[rcracer]

i use VLC media player for my avi files but havent tried it from a usb pen drive but cant see it been a problem

[Northy]

Nah, I want a DVD player that sits under the TV that does it. :)

G

[rcracer]

oh right ...doh..:blush:

[Evo_Snr]

Nah, I want a DVD player that sits under the TV that does it. :)

G
Digilogic from T J Hughes £18, Plays avi files but only if you have burnt them to a disk.

[ashleyb4]

I generally find the cheaper ones do play dvd's that you have made on your computer as i have one from kwiksave it was 25 quid and it plays my own dvd's but the sony one downstairs wont.

A

[stegger]

here you go fella http://www0.dealtime.co.uk/xPF-Daewoo-Daewoo-DV2500H-DVD-player-with-HDMI-up-scaling-USB-port

[rcracer]

doesnt say avi though..

[JCJC]

Worth a look........no avi again tho !

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139176/show_product_reviews?offset=0&review_type=both&review_order_by=RUF

[rcracer]

i just run a dvi to hdmi cable to the tele :thumbsup:

[Northy]

Don't have a HDMI TV, got an old skool 12 stone 42" Panasonic CRT :thumbsup:

Is avi a type of divx thing?

G

[markwilliamson2001]

Hi all,

Is there a DVD player available that will play .avi, divx etc from a USB stick or memory card?

I've seen divx ones, but not any that state they will play .avi's

Cheers,

G

My Sony DVD/HDD Freeview recorder does play DivX files, but I am not sure on pure AVI files. It is this one

http://www.prcdirect.co.uk/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=RDRHXD870B

HTH
Mark

[rcracer]

Is avi a type of divx thing?

G

i think divx is more of a compressed file than avi

[JCJC]

i think divx is more of a compressed file than avi

AVI is the file that comes off most camcorders on to DV tape, unusual to see it anywhere else. This runs at approx 5 minutes of video per gig of space on your hard drive.

Compressed to mpeg or more compressed to divx or more to h264 to fit longer video & onto DVD discs (4.7gig) or streamed onto the web quicker.

Just like photos - but much bigger files

[glypo]

divx, xvid etc all have the .avi extension though. So don't be fooled. I am not sure what type of files you are wishing to play, but if it's anything you've downloaded from the web it won't be native avi. It would be a compressed codec like divx or xvid.

If you are wanting a way of viewing these formats, best option is to get a cheap dvd player that supports divx, xvid etc, and simply burn the files to DVD. You can fit tonnes of divx and xvid on a single dvd. Well a single layer DVD can hold 4.7GB and a 40 minute long xvid is usually around 350mb, to give you can idea of capacity.

Alternatively you could get a HDD media player,http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221816&source=1&DOY=5m4 like that for example. However if you were looking for a new DVD player as well, that obviously means getting the DVD player separately. I certainly don't know of any DVD players with USB input. I would imagine this would be hard to do, as the DVD player would need to be able to mount the drive to read.

[glypo]

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=223003&doy=9m4#overview

[markwilliamson2001]

Mines got USB input!

HTH
Mark

[jim76]

most of the hdd recorders around have usb now, but they only playback picture slideshows from USB. to play DivX files you need to burn them to disk, about 12 TV episodes or 5 films to a disc.

[Northy]

Well We bought the Philips DVP5960, £40 from Amazon, playback from USB and HDMI output. Bargain :thumbsup:

G

[markwilliamson2001]

I hate Philips stuff... I am a true DUTCHATER....TAKE THE VAJA AWAY (lol joke for legal reasons).

[Richard Lowe]

You need a HTPC G, you can play just about anything :)

[Northy]

wtf? :confused:

G

[Richard Lowe]

Home Theatre PC (http://www.projecthtpc.co.uk/) ;)