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The L Word S04E07 HDTV XviD-NoTV
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Posted at 19/02/2007, 13:52
please explain to me why i cant watch this on the tv after i have burnt it to
dvd, very new at this but i love this show. help!
dvd, very new at this but i love this show. help!
Posted at 19/02/2007, 16:04
depends on a couple of things:-
1) did you just burn the file to disc as an avi data file, or did you let your
burner app transcode it to dvd spec mpeg2 video ?
2) what formats is your dvd player capable of reading ?
divx/xvid avi files are only capable of being read by `enhanced` models.
the reason is that normal dvd video is in mpeg2 format. most avi stuff you
download will be in mpeg4 format (there are quite a few sub-flavours of this -
xvid & divx being the de-facto standard for tv episodes).
if your player can't read the mpeg4 data as it is, then your burning process
needs to convert it down to mpeg2 before it dumps it on the disc.
Posted at 19/02/2007, 16:55
thank you for the help.
most of the files i have downloaded have been avi files and i have burnt them
using the divx player onto disc. i havent had any trouble except when i have
downloaded these notv files. i will try your advice. yes my dvd player does
support divx. since you were so helpful, would you be able to help me with one
more thing...sometimes when i burn a movie onto disc and play it in the dvd
player, it almost seems like it is studdering, or skipping. like you can c each
frame change, any reason for this...its annoying!
thanks again for your help! much appreciated.
most of the files i have downloaded have been avi files and i have burnt them
using the divx player onto disc. i havent had any trouble except when i have
downloaded these notv files. i will try your advice. yes my dvd player does
support divx. since you were so helpful, would you be able to help me with one
more thing...sometimes when i burn a movie onto disc and play it in the dvd
player, it almost seems like it is studdering, or skipping. like you can c each
frame change, any reason for this...its annoying!
thanks again for your help! much appreciated.
Posted at 19/02/2007, 17:12
the situation gets complex because there are a quite a few versions of divx
codec in use, and a multiplicity of possible settings during the encoding.
since the dvd player has to contain the codec in firmware it's naturally
harder to keep it up to date, and some of the encode settings may not be
possible to implement in the hardware at all.
the stuttering is generally because of some of these software encode time
choices - it gets a bit complex but it boils down to the way the interleaving
of lines and frames is done. in a pc based playback setup the media player
software has a lot more scope to cope with or compensate for `non-standard`
files.
some dvd/divx hardware player manufacturers offer regular (ish) firmware
updates on their support websites, which can sometimes cure problems like
yours.
if it can't be done in the player hardware then your only other real option is
to transcode problem files down to dvd spec mpeg2 format before burning, as
described before.
codec in use, and a multiplicity of possible settings during the encoding.
since the dvd player has to contain the codec in firmware it's naturally
harder to keep it up to date, and some of the encode settings may not be
possible to implement in the hardware at all.
the stuttering is generally because of some of these software encode time
choices - it gets a bit complex but it boils down to the way the interleaving
of lines and frames is done. in a pc based playback setup the media player
software has a lot more scope to cope with or compensate for `non-standard`
files.
some dvd/divx hardware player manufacturers offer regular (ish) firmware
updates on their support websites, which can sometimes cure problems like
yours.
if it can't be done in the player hardware then your only other real option is
to transcode problem files down to dvd spec mpeg2 format before burning, as
described before.
Posted at 20/02/2007, 20:29
help, everytime i download from this site the audio is ahead of the video on
playback.........any help would be appreciated.
playback.........any help would be appreciated.
Posted at 20/02/2007, 20:46
depends on your video player & the codecs you have installed.
tell us what you have and we can give some meaningful advice.
(it's not a site-wide problem with all releases - everyone else is doing just
fine)
tell us what you have and we can give some meaningful advice.
(it's not a site-wide problem with all releases - everyone else is doing just
fine)
