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Why wont a dvd player play mp4 files?

  • 30-12-2014 10:11pm
    #1
    Patty O Furniture
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,133 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    If someone can please tell me, as it says it can play MPEG4 files, but not mp4 files?

    What is the difference between the two?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    bridster007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭bridster007


    detail is here

    http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/protocols-formats/difference-between-mpeg4-and-mp4/


  • #3
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,271 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    There is an LG bluray player in Power city's sale at the moment for 49.95 plays avi mkv and mp4.


  • #4
    bridster007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭bridster007


    spurious wrote: »
    There is an LG bluray player in Power city's sale at the moment for 49.95 plays avi mkv and mp4.

    May not solve his problem as not all AVI files are the same. AVI is a container so the video inside may have different codecs.


  • #5
    Patty O Furniture
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,133 ✭✭✭Patty O Furniture


    bridster007 wrote: »
    detail is here

    http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/protocols-formats/difference-between-mpeg4-and-mp4/

    Have bookmarked that link for future use & it explains a lot, inc a lot of head-scratching! especially those Lidl Silvercrest mp4 dvd players with usb function when out, now unused redface.png
    spurious wrote: »
    There is an LG bluray player in Power city's sale at the moment for 49.95 plays avi mkv and mp4.

    Does that one have a usb function? as my older brother who's player won't play the files, he got an upscaled LG DVD player for my other brother for xmas, but unbeknownst to him, he already got a Samsung dvd player in Tesco that won't play them either!

    But according to that link, looks like most dvd players will only play avi files & would be better off swappin the dvd player for a bluray player
    bridster007 wrote: »
    May not solve his problem as not all AVI files are the same. AVI is a container so the video inside may have different codecs.
    They're all .mp4 files, as i don't find many .avi files as was told that ages that mp4 is far better afaik.


  • #6
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,271 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Yes it has a USB slot in the front and so far, it has played anything I've thrown at it burnt to Data DVD or via the slot.


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  • #7
    Patty O Furniture
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,133 ✭✭✭Patty O Furniture


    spurious wrote: »
    Yes it has a USB slot in the front and so far, it has played anything I've thrown at it burnt to Data DVD or via the slot.

    Thanks, can i get the link of the one described, so i can get him to swap the LG dvd player for the LG BD player if there's one similar in Tesco L'kenny, if not get it in Curry's.

    On a related note, i told my other brother to get a saorview box, not only to get RTE/TV3, but i found out by accident (when helping a neighbour) it can play anything as well in the USB section in it too.


  • #8
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,271 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    It's this one: http://powercity.ie/?par=10-15-BP240
    Bah. Their sale ended yesterday and it's gone up a fiver. Might be worth a haggle back to the 49.95.


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