Divx DVD newbie
I had to learn a thing or two from Terence regarding getting my Divx DVD player to work with the files I had and I had to learn quick as I had to keep churning out them Baby Einstein ,Sesame Street & other cartoon DVDs for a 2 year old who wants to do 3 things at the same time.Having a DVD with multiple files sure does help rather than ejecting out the disc every 30 minutes.
While,people with more money (a’hem like some people I know) have a player that plays multiple format or have a portable media player like the one Chris mentioned before , I opted for a cheap Pioneer player.That meant that I had to ensure my files had the codecs it required .I use CodecInstaller to check those files and FYI,it needs Microsoft .NET Framework to work which you can download from M$ site.For converting the files I use DivxConverter but if you want to to do it on the cheap , DivxMachine does a great job and you can do it right from the Windows right click context menu.
Anyway,do share if there are other tools out there and can anyone tell me if there’s a DVD player out there that plays anything I throw at it.I mean every single type of media file out there!




Arul, I’ve not seen anything quite close to a play-all type of DVD player, however, the Philips DVP642 DVD/Divx player can play most: Plays DVD-Video, video CD, audio CD, JPEG image CD, and CDs loaded with MP3, MPEG-4, or DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x files. So far, can’t find one that plays QT, Real, WMV and Divx all in the same player. Something close to that would be something like the Pinnacle ShowCenter (you can get a relatively cheap knock off player from Low Yatt as well) which acts like a jukebox to your hdd media storage in your PC and sort of converts on the fly when you view the videos via your tv. Or you could go for portable media player which plays almost anything but not everything. Sure saves the hassle of converting videos.
Thanks for the info Chris,may just get the portable media player as HD is relatively cheap these days.