Thread: Problems playing mpg4 files & Questions about converting to DVD
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Old March 6th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Sleepless View Post
Actually some newer DVD-players will play avi files (DivX and XviD).
Yes...

BUT...

I have yet to see any domestic hardware-type player that will play a plain vanilla .avi file. This includes the rather magical KISS machines.

DivX, yes... XviD, yes... But not straight .avi files.
A further problem is that many of the files available for D/Ling are tagged with references to DivX but the files are not actually in DivX format... They are just plain .avi files !

Hope I am wrong and just maybe 6 months out of date... (Instead of 60 years !!!)
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