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What dvd player will play mp4 files?

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I'm not a techie. I download my entertainment from Bittorent as most shows I watch are unavailable where i live currently. All of a sudden avi format is unavailable and the downloads come as HDTV x264 - LOL MP4 and will not play on my pc or on my dvd player. I don't know how to convert, burn etc. I'd just like to know which dvd player I can buy which will play said files on my television. Would appreciate the assistance.

Thanks.

As the most widely used video format, MP4 format is compatible with a great variety of digital players. The reason why MP4/MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 cannot be played is because they are not coded in many DVD players and some of its successors like HD DVD players, Blu-ray disc players and 3D DVD players hence it cannot be played on many DVD players.

Please try this detailed guide on how to convert MP4 to DivX. With this guide, all do the MP4 files can be played on DVD Players.

Good luck.

Idiot_21 said:
I'm not a techie. I download my entertainment from Bittorent as most shows I watch are unavailable where i live currently. All of a sudden avi format is unavailable and the downloads come as HDTV x264 - LOL MP4 and will not play on my pc or on my dvd player. I don't know how to convert, burn etc. I'd just like to know which dvd player I can buy which will play said files on my television. Would appreciate the assistance.

Thanks.



i know a step by step guide on how to play MP4 on DVD Player/HD DVD Player/Blu-Ray disc DVD Player at How to play MP4 on DVD Player

hope it also helps for you

Idiot_21 said:
I'm not a techie. I download my entertainment from Bittorent as most shows I watch are unavailable where i live currently. All of a sudden avi format is unavailable and the downloads come as HDTV x264 - LOL MP4 and will not play on my pc or on my dvd player. I don't know how to convert, burn etc. I'd just like to know which dvd player I can buy which will play said files on my television. Would appreciate the assistance.

Thanks.


I would say the best way is to do the format conversion job, it could not only solve your current problem and would help you in the future. Here is video introduction for the video converter which i used mostly. And there is trial version available from the official site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGnvw9opvuE

Most DVDs have to use MPEG-2 or DivX, if you try to directly burn MP4 to DVD or your DVD burner app has no function of converting MP4 to MPEG-2, DivX, you will fail to burn MP4 to DVD disc.

Even if you have successfully burn MP4 to DVD without converting, you will still encounter issues in playing MP4 on DVD player: Regular standalone DVD players can only read movie DVD's (those are in MPEG-2, and if you view them in Windows Explorer, you see a folder structure with VIDEO_TS, and files like .VOB .IFO and .BUP). Newer DVD players that are DivX-certified can (in addition to the above) read data DVD’s with an AVI file encoded in the DivX codec. Most of the time, you will fail to play MP4 on DVD player unless the DVD players have the "Nero Digital" label on them.

In order to burn MP4 to DVD for successfully playing on various DVD players, we had better find a powerful MP4 to DVD Video Converter which will automatically convert MP4 to DVD disc or DVD player compatible format.

Step by step guide at Solution on MP4 Won't Play on DVD Player
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