My player supports divx & mpeg2, etc. & was cheaper than the "name" brands but isn't a short-life machine afaik. The electronics store had the player custom designed by their specifications & since I'm a member, get it for an even better price. A fraction of the price of name brands that claim to play all but are usually even still limited in some way ... until the next model comes out ... which is usually even still limited in some way ... until the next model comes out ...

Just burn as a data disk if you have such a player & such files. I've had a 10+ hr music video dvd disk made from mpeg 4 & divx files.